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Belperi is a blood pressure medication with the main active ingredients Perindopril and Indapamide. Find out information, uses, doses of drugs to help you have effective use of drugs and avoid side effects.
1. What is the effect of Belperi?
Belperi medicine has the main ingredients Perindopril (as Perindopril tert-butylamine) 3,338mg and Indapamide 1,250mg. Perindopril is an inhibitor of the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II, a vasoconstrictor that also stimulates aldosterone secretion in the adrenal cortex. Perindopril helps to lower blood pressure by reducing systemic peripheral resistance, thereby increasing peripheral blood flow without affecting heart rate. Indapamide is a diuretic that increases NaCl and water excretion by inhibiting sodium ion reabsorption in the distal tubule. Indapamide is used in the treatment of essential hypertension.
2. In what case is Belperi prescribed?
Belperi is indicated for the treatment of primary hypertension in people whose hypertension is not controlled with monotherapy.
3. How to take Belperi
Belperi is usually recommended to take 1 tablet / day, patients should take the drug in the morning before meals. However, this is only a reference dose, patients need to use the correct dosage recommended by the doctor or pharmacist.
4. Contraindications of the drug Belperi
Belperi is contraindicated in the following cases:
Patients with hypersensitivity to sulphonamides or any component of the drug. History of Quincke's edema. Untreated decompensated heart failure. Severe kidney failure, severe liver failure. Decreased blood potassium. Pregnant and lactating women. Relative contraindications for people with bilateral renal artery stenosis or renal artery stenosis in the case of only one working kidney, people with hyperkalemia, in combination with potassium-sparing diuretics, potassium salts, lithium.
5. Side effects of the drug Belperi
Some of the side effects of Belperi include:
Fatigue Dizziness Headache Sleep disturbance Cramps Postural hypotension. When experiencing any side effects of the drug, the patient should immediately notify the doctor, pharmacist for advice to adjust the effective dose of the drug.
6. Be careful when using Belperi
Be cautious when using Belperi for the following subjects: the elderly, children under 15 years of age, pregnant women, lactating women, people with liver failure, kidney failure, people who are sensitive to any substance in the composition of the drug... Or patients with myasthenia gravis, hepatic coma, stomach ulcers.
7. Drug interactions
Belperi should not be combined with lithium. Caution should be exercised when taking Belperi with drugs containing potassium salts, potassium-sparing diuretics, arrhythmic drugs, anesthetics, and other antihypertensive drugs. In addition, to avoid drug interactions, patients need to inform their doctors about the drugs, herbs, and dietary supplements they are using.
Belperi is a blood pressure medication with the main active ingredients Perindopril and Indapamide. To ensure the effectiveness of treatment and avoid unwanted side effects, patients need to take the medicine according to the instructions of the doctor and professional pharmacist.
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