Lisinopril
Lisinoratio contains lisinopril (an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor - ACE), which inhibits the activity of the enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II, a vasoconstrictor that increases blood pressure. Inhibiting angiotensin-converting enzyme reduces the concentration of angiotensin II in the blood, reduces aldosterone secretion, lowers blood pressure in patients with hypertension, and reduces symptoms of heart failure. Lisinopril is absorbed orally at about 25%, and the presence of food does not affect the absorption of the medicine. The maximum concentration in serum occurs after 6-8 hours. The half-life of the medicine is about 12 hours. Long-term administration of therapeutic doses of Lisinoratio does not cause its accumulation in the blood. In the body, it does not undergo metabolic transformations and is excreted in the urine in an unchanged form. Lisinoratio is used to:
(see section 6),
Before starting treatment with Lisinoratio, discuss it with your doctor or pharmacist. Lisinoratio should be taken in the prescribed doses by the doctor for the entire treatment period, even if it is very long. Do not change the dose or way of taking the medicine on your own, without consulting a doctor, especially in cases of increased risk of kidney function disorders or in patients with heart failure. Tell your doctor if you are taking any of the following medicines used to treat high blood pressure:
Your doctor may recommend regular monitoring of kidney function, blood pressure, and electrolyte levels (e.g., potassium) in the blood. See also the "When not to use Lisinoratio" section. Inform your doctor about taking other medicines, including those available without a prescription. Inform your doctor, among other things, about taking antidiabetic medicines - oral or insulin, lithium salts (used, among other things, to treat depression), gold salts (used to treat a specific type of pain or arthritis). Due to the increased risk of hypotension, characterized by dizziness, vision disturbances, fainting, inform your doctor about taking diuretics before using Lisinoratio. Also, inform your doctor about any complaints or disorders, especially those related to the kidneys, vomiting, and diarrhea, dialysis, or a salt-free diet, or other medicines that may increase potassium levels in the blood (e.g., trimethoprim-containing medicines). Inform your doctor about any allergic reactions that have occurred, especially if they were characterized by swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and/or throat, difficulty breathing or swallowing. If hypotension occurs, characterized by vision disturbances, dizziness, fainting, lie down with your legs raised. If the symptoms do not disappear after a few minutes, contact your doctor. Be careful when taking potassium-containing preparations (including dietary supplements) and potassium-sparing diuretics during therapy with Lisinoratio. In patients with coronary heart disease or significant narrowing of the arteries supplying the brain, excessive lowering of blood pressure may cause myocardial infarction or cerebral hypoperfusion. During treatment with Lisinoratio or another ACE inhibitor, angioedema may occur [swelling of the face, limbs, lips, tongue, larynx, and/or throat]. In such a case, stop taking the medicine and consult a doctor immediately. In patients using ACE inhibitors and undergoing dialysis using high-flux dialysis membranes, a pseudo-anaphylactic reaction may occur. Before dialysis, inform your doctor about taking lisinopril. Similar reactions have occurred during low-density lipoprotein apheresis using dextran sulfate. This method should not be used in patients taking ACE inhibitors. In patients taking lisinopril and desensitized to hymenoptera venom, a life-threatening pseudo-anaphylactic reaction may occur. The doctor will recommend stopping the medicine during desensitization or abandoning the desensitization procedure. Inform your doctor about taking Lisinoratio before general anesthesia for surgical procedures. At the beginning of treatment with Lisinoratio, a transient decrease in blood pressure may occur, characterized by excessive fatigue and dizziness. If such symptoms occur, lie down with your legs raised, and if the symptoms do not disappear after a few minutes, contact your doctor. To assess the effectiveness of treatment and determine the smallest effective dose, your doctor may recommend frequent blood pressure measurements, especially at the beginning of treatment and after changing the dose of the medicine. Your doctor may also recommend frequent monitoring of electrolyte levels in the blood, especially in patients with increased risk of kidney failure or those taking potassium-sparing diuretics. If symptoms such as fever, lymph node enlargement, pharyngitis, nosebleeds, gum bleeding, or excessive bruising of the skin occur, contact your doctor as soon as possible, as they may be related to an excessive decrease in the number of white blood cells or platelets. Inform your doctor about taking a medicine containing a neprilysin inhibitor (e.g., sacubitril). Inform your doctor about taking a medicine containing vildagliptin.
Experience with the effectiveness and safety of lisinopril in the treatment of hypertension in children over 6 years old is limited, and there is no experience with the use of lisinopril in other indications than hypertension. It is not recommended to use lisinopril in children for other indications than hypertension. It is not recommended to use lisinopril in children under 6 years old or in children with severe kidney function disorders.
Generally, Lisinoratio can be taken with other medicines. However, you should tell your doctor or pharmacist about all the medicines you are currently taking or have recently taken, as well as any medicines you plan to take, as some medicines may affect the action of others. Your doctor may recommend changing the dose and/or taking other precautions:
For the prescription of the correct dose of Lisinoratio, it is particularly important for the doctor to know about the use of: other blood pressure-lowering medicines, diuretics (diuretic medicines), potassium-containing preparations (including dietary supplements), or other medicines that may increase potassium levels in the blood (e.g., trimethoprim-containing medicines), medicines used to treat diabetes (including oral antidiabetic medicines or insulin), lithium (a medicine used to treat certain types of depression), and some medicines used to treat pain and joint diseases. Tell your doctor about taking a medicine containing a neprilysin inhibitor (e.g., sacubitril) or vildagliptin (an antidiabetic medicine), as concomitant use with Lisinoratio may increase the risk of angioedema. Lisinoratio used with diuretics may enhance the blood pressure-lowering effect. Indomethacin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (e.g., acetylsalicylic acid) may weaken the antihypertensive effect of Lisinoratio. Concomitant administration of Lisinoratio and lithium may cause a decrease in lithium excretion. Your doctor will recommend regular monitoring of lithium levels in the blood and, if necessary, recommend lower doses of lithium. Concomitant use of potassium supplements, potassium-containing salt substitutes, or potassium-sparing diuretics (spironolactone, eplerenone, amiloride, triamterene) may lead to hyperkalemia (increased potassium levels in the blood).
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant, or plan to have a child, consult your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine. PregnancyDo not use Lisinoratio in pregnant women. ACE inhibitors, including lisinopril, may cause fetal harm or death when administered in the second or third trimester of pregnancy (i.e., from the fourth month of pregnancy to birth). If it is discovered during treatment that the woman is pregnant, stop taking the medicine, contact your doctor, and, according to the doctor's recommendation, change the treatment method. A pregnant woman or a woman planning to become pregnant should inform her doctor before starting treatment with Lisinoratio. Women of childbearing age taking lisinopril should use effective contraception. BreastfeedingIt is not known whether lisinopril passes into breast milk. If you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed, discuss this with your doctor.
Individual reactions to the medicine may vary. Some side effects reported during the use of lisinopril may affect the ability to drive or operate machines (see section 4).
The medicine contains less than 1 mmol (23 mg) of sodium per tablet, which means that the medicine is considered "sodium-free".
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. If you are not sure, ask your doctor or pharmacist. Since food does not affect the absorption of lisinopril, the medicine can be taken regardless of meals. Lisinopril should be taken once a day, every day at the same time. Essential hypertension The recommended initial dose for patients with essential hypertension is 10 mg per day. The usual effective maintenance dose is 20 mg per day. The maximum single daily dose is 80 mg. In patients treated with diuretics, the doctor usually recommends stopping or reducing the dose of the diuretic 2-3 days before starting treatment with Lisinoratio. The recommended initial dose is 5 mg. Renovascular hypertension In some patients with renovascular hypertension, especially those with bilateral renal artery stenosis or stenosis of the artery supplying a single kidney, the initial dose is 2.5 mg or 5 mg per day. The doctor may then recommend a higher dose of the medicine. Heart failure In patients with heart failure, the initial single daily dose is 2.5 mg. Daily maintenance doses usually range from 5 mg to 20 mg. If diuretics cannot be stopped, in dehydrated patients, with sodium deficiency, in patients with kidney failure, the doctor should recommend a lower dose of lisinopril, adjusted according to the severity of kidney function impairment (creatinine clearance). Acute phase of myocardial infarction In the acute phase of myocardial infarction, in hemodynamically stable patients (who have not had cardiogenic shock), within 24 hours of the onset of myocardial infarction, the doctor should recommend an initial dose of 5 mg. After another 24 hours, take the same dose (5 mg), and after 48 hours from the onset of myocardial infarction, take a dose of 10 mg of lisinopril. Then, continue taking the medicine in a single daily dose of 10 mg for 6 weeks. If there are no contraindications, the doctor will also recommend taking other medicines usually used to treat myocardial infarction (anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents, and beta-blockers). Patients with low systolic blood pressure (≤ 120 mmHg) at the beginning of treatment and for the next three days should take a lower dose - 2.5 mg of lisinopril per day. In case of hypotension (systolic blood pressure below 100 mmHg), the doctor may recommend reducing the maintenance dose to 5 mg or 2.5 mg. If prolonged hypotension occurs (systolic blood pressure below 90 mmHg lasting longer than 1 hour), the doctor should recommend stopping Lisinoratio. Diabetic nephropathy In patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes, the usual initial dose of Lisinoratio is 10 mg, while the daily maintenance dose should be adjusted to lower diastolic blood pressure to the currently recommended values for these patients. Kidney failure In patients with kidney function disorders, the dose should be adjusted according to the severity of the disorders based on creatinine clearance using the following table. Then, the doctor usually recommends gradually increasing the dose. The maximum single daily dose of lisinopril is 40 mg. Use in children aged 6 to 16 years with hypertension The doctor will determine the dose suitable for the child, which depends on the child's weight. For children with a body weight of 20 to <50 kg, the recommended initial dose is 2.5 mg once a day. for children with body weight ≥ 50 5 day.< p>
If you have taken too much of the medicine, contact your doctor immediately. Medical supervision is necessary. The most likely symptom of an overdose is excessive lowering of blood pressure and associated dizziness.
Take the medicine in the dose prescribed by your doctor. If you miss a dose at the usual time, do not take an additional dose. The next day, return to the regular use of the medicine in the dose prescribed by your doctor.
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. Lisinopril is generally well tolerated. Common side effects include dizziness, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, kidney function disorders, cough, and dizziness associated with a sudden drop in blood pressure when standing up quickly (orthostatic symptoms). Other side effects that occur not very often include myocardial infarction or stroke, probably secondary to excessive blood pressure lowering in high-risk patients, palpitations (feeling of strong heartbeat), tachycardia (fast heartbeat), decreased blood flow to the fingers and toes, characterized by a change in their color, accompanied by a feeling of cold or numbness (Raynaud's phenomenon), rhinitis, abdominal pain, nausea, rash, itching, weakness (fatigue), mood disorders, sleep disorders, paresthesia (tingling, prickling, or burning sensation), impotence, fatigue, dizziness, taste disturbances, increased urea levels in the blood, increased creatinine levels in the serum, increased liver enzyme activity, hyperkalemia (elevated potassium levels in the blood). Other side effects that occur rarely include decreased hemoglobin levels, decreased red blood cell count (decreased hematocrit), disorientation, dryness of the mucous membranes, hypersensitivity/angioedema (swelling of the face, limbs, lips, tongue, larynx, and/or throat), hives, hair loss (alopecia), elevated levels of urea, creatinine, and other nitrogenous end products of protein metabolism in the blood (uremia), acute kidney failure, gynecomastia, elevated bilirubin levels in the serum, hyponatremia (low sodium levels in the blood). Other side effects may occur very rarely, and some of them may be serious. Examples of such side effects include jaundice (yellowing of the skin and/or eyes) and severe abdominal pain. Other side effects that occur very rarely include bone marrow suppression, anemia, thrombocytopenia (low platelet count), leukopenia (decreased white blood cell count), neutropenia (decreased neutrophil count), agranulocytosis (decreased granulocyte count), hemolytic anemia, lymphadenopathy (enlarged lymph nodes), autoimmune disease, hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), bronchospasm (bronchial constriction), sinusitis, pancreatitis, intestinal angioedema (intestinal wall edema), hepatitis (hepatocellular or cholestatic), liver failure, excessive sweating, blistering of the skin and mucous membranes (pemphigus), blistering and peeling of the skin (toxic epidermal necrolysis), Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and erythema multiforme. The following side effects have also been reported, but their frequency cannot be determined from the available data (frequency unknown): gout, decreased libido, depression, somnolence, stroke, fainting, angina pectoris, arrhythmias, shortness of breath, pulmonary infiltrates, laryngitis, bronchitis, nasal congestion, sore throat, anorexia, constipation, bloating, photosensitivity, pseudolymphoma, urinary tract infections, chest pain, flushing, syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH), blurred vision, back pain, joint pain, muscle cramps, and shoulder pain. A syndrome has been reported that includes one or more of the following symptoms: fever, vasculitis, muscle pain, joint pain or inflammation, positive antinuclear antibody titer (ANA), elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), eosinophilia, and leukocytosis, rash, photosensitivity, or other skin symptoms. For more information on side effects, consult your doctor or pharmacist. If you experience any side effects or worrying symptoms, tell your doctor or pharmacist. You should stop taking Lisinoratio and contact your doctor immediately in any of the following cases:
After taking the first dose of the medicine, a greater decrease in blood pressure may occur than after subsequent doses. This may be manifested by fainting or dizziness. If this happens, lie down. In case of doubt, contact your doctor.
If you experience any side effects, including any possible side effects not listed in the leaflet, tell your doctor or pharmacist. Side effects can be reported directly to the Department of Drug Safety Monitoring of the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices, and Biocidal Products, Al. Jerozolimskie 181C, 02-222 Warsaw, Tel: +48 22 49 21 301, Fax: +48 22 49 21 309, website: https://smz.ezdrowie.gov.pl. Side effects can also be reported to the marketing authorization holder. By reporting side effects, you can help gather more information on the safety of the medicine.
Keep the medicine out of the sight and reach of children. Lisinoratio 5: There are no special storage precautions. Lisinoratio 10, Lisinoratio 20: Do not store above 25°C. Do not use this medicine after the expiry date stated on the carton. The expiry date refers to the last day of the month. Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines that are no longer needed. This will help protect the environment.
Lisinoratio 5: white, round tablets, convex on both sides, with a dividing line on one side. Lisinoratio 10: light pink, round tablets, convex on both sides, with a dividing line on one side. Lisinoratio 20: pink, round tablets, convex on both sides, with a dividing line on one side.
30 tablets
ratiopharm GmbH, Graf-Arco-Strasse 3, 89079 Ulm, Germany
Merckle GmbH, Ludwig-Merckle-Strasse 3, 89143 Blaubeuren, Germany Teva Operations Poland Sp. z o.o., ul. Mogilska 80, 31-546 Kraków For more detailed information about the medicine, contact the local representative of the marketing authorization holder. Teva Pharmaceuticals Polska Sp. z o.o., tel. +48 22 345 93 00
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