Concor: instructions for use.

"Concor" - this drug is a selective beta 1 - adrenoblocker, which has no sympathomimetic or membrane-stabilizing effects.

Tablets "Concor": the instruction.

The tablets are film-coated. There are two colors: light yellow and light orange. The color of the coating depends on the amount of active substance. Bisoprolol hemifumarate acts as an active substance. If the shell is a light yellow color, then this substance in each tablet contains 5 milligrams. The orange hue is 10 milligrams.

The excipients include: corn starch, anhydrous calcium hydrogen phosphate, microcrystalline cellulose, anhydrous colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone and magnesium stearate.

All tablets have a heart-shaped biconvex shape and with a risk on both sides.

Terms of sale in pharmacies.

This medication can be purchased only if there is a special prescription from the attending physician.

The drug "Concor": application .

The active substance of bisoprolol does not have a negative inotropic effect. As a result of taking the drug in patients in the heart, Betta 1-adrenergic receptors are blocked.

With a single admission of the drug in patients with IHD without any signs of heart failure, heart rate and cardiac rhythm are lowered . As a result, the ejection fraction decreases and the myocardial need for oxygen decreases.

If "Concor" take a long time, the initially increased OPSS will decrease.

The peak of drug action occurs three to four hours after use. It is worth noting that even 1 tablet a day is enough to ensure that the effect of the adopted dosage lasts a whole day, that is, 24 hours.

The drug "Concor": instructions for use.

This medicine is prescribed mainly for those patients who have heart problems. "Concor" is appointed in the following cases:

• the patient has arterial hypertension;

• Ischemic heart disease is diagnosed;

Stable angina;

• Heart failure in chronic form (but not in acute form).

The drug "Concor". Instructions for use: contraindications.

Due to the fact that the medicine has an effect on the heart, it is not safe to take it all in a row, and that's why this medication has a lot of contraindications.

Contraindications include the following cases:

• acute heart failure. As it was written above, the drug is indicated for use in case of chronic insufficiency, but not in acute form. In acute form, it is contraindicated;

• Chronic heart failure, which is in the decompensation stage;

• pronounced bradycardia. The heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute;

• Significant reduction in blood pressure;

• cardiogenic shock;

• metabolic acidosis;

• severe bronchial asthma;

• Raynaud's disease;

• pheochromocytoma;

• an allergic reaction to the components of the drug;

• age is less than 18 years. There have been insufficient studies for this age category. Therefore, there is no precise information on the safety and efficacy of the medication for those under the age of 18.

The drug "Concor". Instructions for use: Pregnancy.

Beta-adrenoblockers significantly reduce blood flow in the placenta and as a result can have a detrimental effect on the development of the fetus.

Use this drug during pregnancy is possible only when the mother of this drug is vital, and the expected positive outcome of treatment for the mother is greater than the potential risk of damaging the fetus.

The drug "Concor". Instructions for use: additional precautions.

"Concor" must be taken with caution in the following cases:

• Type 1 diabetes mellitus;

• hyperthyroidism;

• diabetes mellitus with strong fluctuations in the amount of glucose in the blood;

• kidney failure;

• problems with the liver;

• psoriasis;

• heart disease.

Take the drug only if it is prescribed by a doctor.