"Zokaridis" remedy: instructions for use

The drug "Zokardis" instructions for use characterizes as an effective antihypertensive drug. It is available in the form of tablets covered with a white sheath, slightly convex on both sides. In each of them contains seven and a half milligrams active active substance - zofenopril calcium. Auxiliary components are lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, corn starch and colloidal silicon dioxide.

The tablet shell consists of hypromellose, titanium dioxide, macrogol 400 and macrogol 600.

The drug goes on sale in blisters (one or two), placed in cardboard packs. In each blister - seven or fourteen tablets.

The half-life of the drug "Zokaridis" (instruction on the application of this informs) is five and a half hours. It is excreted from the body mainly by the kidneys (sixty nine percent), and the intestine (twenty nine percent) also participates in this process.

Zokardis remedy: instructions for use and recommended dosages

In order to achieve optimal levels of blood pressure, adult patients are shown to start treatment with fifteen milligrams of the drug (two tablets of seven and a half milligrams or half a tablet weighing thirty milligrams) once a day. The dose should be increased gradually (the interval is not less than four weeks), the average is thirty milligrams per day, the maximum is sixty.

If the patient has a violation of the water-electrolyte balance, then before starting taking Zokardis (the instruction says this), it is necessary to correct the water-electrolyte metabolism, and also at least two days to stop the use of diuretics. If it is impossible to comply with the above recommendations, the initial dose of the drug should not be more than seven and a half milligrams.

Patients with impaired renal function should reduce the standard medication volume fourfold. During normal operation of this body, dose adjustment for the elderly is not required.

The drug "Zokaridis" - the instruction for use reports - is taken orally regardless of the use of food. If necessary, you can drink it with a sufficient amount of any liquid.

An overdose of the drug is accompanied by a significant decrease in blood pressure (in extremely rare cases, collapse, myocardial infarction, acute circulatory disturbance of the brain, thromboembolic complications develops), convulsions, stupor.

In case of a significant excess of the recommended dosage, the following therapeutic measures should be taken: to transfer the patient to a horizontal position, to introduce a 0.9% solution of sodium chloride, plasma substitutes. In more mild cases, it will be sufficient to wash the stomach.

This medication is contraindicated during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

On the background of its reception, there may be some side effects: a sharp decrease in blood pressure, chest pain and heart area, orthostatic collapse, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, palpitations, loss of consciousness. In addition, there may be the following symptoms indicating a malfunction in the central and peripheral nervous system: dizziness, headaches, weakness, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety and confusion.

Pharmaceutical means "Zokaridis", reviews of which confirm its effectiveness, can be purchased at pharmacies solely on the prescription of a doctor.