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Carloten 12.5 contains the main ingredient Carvedilol with the effect of treating cases of high blood pressure. So how to use the drug Carloten properly?
1. What is Carloten 12.5?
Carloten 12.5 is a drug that contains Carvedilol and is available in tablet form. It is a non-selective beta blocker with vasodilator properties via alpha receptor blockade and antiproliferative as well as antioxidant properties. Carvedilol has two mechanisms to regulate hypertension including, vasodilator effect due to selective alpha-1 receptor blocker, thus reducing peripheral vascular resistance. In addition, the drug also has a mild calcium channel blocker effect but has no beta agonist effect but only a weak membrane stabilizing effect.
2. Indications for use of the drug Carloten 12.5
Carvedilol is indicated in the following cases:
Carvedilol is indicated in the treatment of symptomatic congestive heart failure to reduce mortality and hospital admissions due to cardiovascular events. Carvedilol can be combined in standard treatment and in cases of intolerance to ACE inhibitors. Carvedilol is indicated for the treatment of primary hypertension, either alone or in combination with other antihypertensive agents, especially thiazide diuretics. Carvedilol is also used to treat angina attacks.
3. How to use Carloten 12.5
Primary hypertension
Treatment of primary hypertension with a single daily dose. Adults usually start treatment at 12.5mg once daily for the first 2 days. Then increase to 25mg once a day. In necessary cases, the dose may be increased gradually over at least 2 weeks to a maximum dose of 50 mg once daily or in divided doses. The elderly are recommended with the same starting dose as adults. In the absence of an adequate response, a gradual dose increment may be considered over a minimum of 2 weeks to the maximum recommended dose. Treatment of angina
Start at 12.5mg twice daily for the first 2 days then increase to 25mg twice daily. If necessary, increase to a maximum dose of 100mg divided into several times a day (2 times daily) for 2 weeks.
4. Contraindications to the use of the drug Carloten
Contraindications to use the drug in some of the following cases:
Patients with heart failure grade IV People with respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with bronchospasm Pregnant women or breast-feeding.
5. Interactions between Carloten and other drugs
Carloten has the potential to increase the effect of other antihypertensive drugs if used at the same time. Do not combine the use of Carloten with diltiazem, verapamil or class I antiarrhythmic drugs. Carloten may increase the effect of insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents.
6. Side effects of the drug Carloten
The drug can cause side effects on the central nervous system such as dizziness, headache, dizziness, paresthesia, fatigue, insomnia. In addition, on the cardiovascular system can cause hypotension, bradycardia, orthostatic hypotension, syncope, edema, atrioventricular block, heart failure, peripheral circulatory disorders, increased symptoms of angina, phenomenon Raynaud .
The above is important information about the drug Carloten, before using the patient should carefully read the instructions and follow the instructions of the specialist doctor for the drug to have the best treatment effect.
