Physiotens
Moxonidine
Tablets
200 micrograms
300 micrograms
400 micrograms
What you should know about Physiotens
Please read this leaflet before you take your Physiotens. It gives you important information about your tablets. Please keep this leaflet safe. You may want to read it again. If you have any questions or you are not sure about anything, ask your doctor or a pharmacist.
What is Physiotens for ?
Physiotens reduces high blood pressure. Medicines which reduce blood pressure are known as anti-hypertensives.
Before taking your tablets
Please tell your doctor or a pharmacist before you start to take your tablets if you:
- have a heart complaint (for example, heart failure or abnormal rhythm);
- have a serious liver or kidney complaint;
- have ever had an allergic reaction to any of the ingredients; or
- have had attacks of angioneurotic oedema (a serious allergic reaction which causes swellings of the face or throat).
There is limited experience on the use of Physiotens by patients who:
- are pregnant, or think they might be;
- are breast-feeding;
- have leg pains caused by poor blood circulation;
- have Raynaud’s disease (poor circulation which makes the toes and fingers numb and pale);
- have Parkinson’s disease (a disease of the nerves which causes tremor, stiffness and shuffling);
- have epilepsy (fits);
- have glaucoma (swelling behind the eyes);
- are depressed; or
- are under 16 years old.
Tell your doctor if you think any of the above apply to you.
Some medicines can affect the way other medicines work. Before you start taking Physiotens, tell your doctor or a pharmacist if you are taking other medicines to reduce your blood pressure, antidepressants (tricyclic antidepressants such as imipramine and amitriptyline) or sleeping tablets (known as benzodiazepines). As we do not know whether alcohol affects the way Physiotens works, you shouldn’t drink alcohol while you are taking Physiotens.
How to take your tablets
Your treatment will normally start with one 200 microgram tablet each morning. After about three weeks, your doctor may increase this dose to 400 micrograms each day. After another three weeks, your doctor may need to increase this dose to 600 micrograms each day. Do not take 600 micrograms as one dose - take 300 micrograms in the morning and 300 micrograms in the evening. Physiotens is not recommended for children under 16.
Your doctor may tell you to take a lower dose than normal if you have a kidney complaint.
Take your tablets with a drink of water, before, during or after a meal.
Keep taking your tablets unless your doctor decides you should stop. If this happens, your doctor will tell you how to reduce your dose gradually. If you are taking more than one medicine for high blood pressure, your doctor will tell you which medicine to stop first so that your body can adjust gradually to the change.
If you miss a dose, ignore it and take the next dose at the normal time. Don’t take two doses together to make up for the one you have missed.
If someone takes an overdose (too many Physiotens tablets), call a doctor or go to the nearest hospital casualty department immediately. Show the pack to the doctor.
Physiotens Side Effects
You may have some of the following side effects when you first start to take Physiotens:
- A dry mouth
- Headaches
- General weakness
- Dizziness
- Feeling sick
- Difficulty sleeping
- Skin flushing
The side effects listed above will ease as your treatment continues. Sometimes, people who take Physiotens tablets complain of drowsiness. If you feel drowsy, don´t drive or use machinery.
Occasionally, people taking Physiotens may develop allergic skin reactions (rash, itching, inflamed or reddened skin) and very rarely angioedema (a serious allergic reaction which causes swelling of the face or throat). Please tell your doctor if you think you have these or any other side effects.
How to store your tablets
- Do not store your tablets above 25°C.
- Do not take the tablets after the expiry date printed on the carton.
- Keep all medicines where children cannot see or reach them.
- Take any tablets you haven’t used to a pharmacist.
These tablets are for you. Please do not give them to anyone else, even if they have the same symptoms as you.
What’s in your tablets ?
Each tablet contains 200 micrograms, 300 micrograms or 400 micrograms of moxonidine.
The tablets also contain lactose, crospovidone, povidone, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, ethylcellulose, talc, polyethylene glycol 6000, red ferric oxide (E171) and titanium dioxide (E172).
The 200 microgram tablets are round, pale pink and are marked 0.2. The 300 microgram tablets are round, pale red and are marked 0.3. The 400 microgram tablets are round, dull red and are marked 0.4.
Physiotens tablets come in packs of 28.
The marketing authorisation holder is :
The tablets are made by :
This leaflet was approved in May 2007.
Registered trademark
1056693 CL575
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