Details
RAWEL SR Indications
Essential hypertension.
Contraindications
- Hypersensitivity to indapamide, to other sulfonamides or to other ingredients of the drug.
- Severe renal failure.
- Hepatic encephalopathy or severe hepatic impairment.
- Hypokalemia.
- Pregnancy, lactation.
- Children's age (18).
Dosage & Administration
For oral administration.
It should take 1 tablet 1 time a day, preferably in the morning. Tablets should be swallowed whole without chewing, and demands water.
The maximum daily dose - 1 tablet. Duration of treatment depends on the severity and course of the disease and the doctor determined individually.
At higher doses, antihypertensive effect of indapamide is not enhanced but increasing salt excretion (saluretychnyy effect).
Elderly patients
In elderly patients creatinine level in blood plasma should be adjusted relative to age, weight and gender. Such patients can apply Ravel SR, only when renal function is normal, or there is only a minimal dysfunction.