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Product name
Date released
APO-Perindopril Arginine
26 Aug 2020
The name of your medicine is APO-Perindopril Arginine tablets.
It contains the active ingredient perindopril arginine.
Perindopril belongs to a group of medicines called angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)
inhibitors.
It is used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure or coronary artery disease.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
High Blood Pressure
Everyone has blood pressure. This pressure helps get your blood all around the body.
Your blood pressure may be different at different times of the day, depending on how
busy or worried you are. You have high blood pressure when your blood pressure stays
higher than is needed, even when you are calm or relaxed. There are usually no symptoms
of high blood pressure. The only way of knowing that you have it is to have your blood
pressure checked on a regular basis. If high blood pressure is not treated it can
lead to serious health problems. You may feel fine and have no symptoms, but eventually
it can cause stroke, heart disease and kidney failure.
Perindopril arginine helps lower your blood pressure.
Heart Failure
Heart failure means that the heart muscle cannot pump blood strongly enough to supply
all the blood needed throughout the body. Heart failure is not the same as heart attack
and does not mean that the heart stops working.
Some people develop heart failure after having had a heart attack.
However, there are also other causes of heart failure.
Heart failure may start off with no symptoms, but as the condition progresses, you
may feel short of breath or may get tired easily after light physical activity such
as walking. You may wake up short of breath at night. Fluid may collect in different
parts of the body, often first noticed as swollen ankles and feet. In severe heart
failure, symptoms may occur even at rest.
Perindopril arginine helps to treat heart failure. If you follow your doctor's advice,
your ability to perform daily activities may improve. You may breathe more easily,
feel less tired, and have less swelling.
Coronary Artery Disease
You may also have been prescribed perindopril arginine if you have coronary artery
disease. Coronary artery disease is narrowing of the vessels carrying blood to the
heart. In patients with coronary artery disease, perindopril arginine has been shown
to reduce some of the risks, including heart attacks.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you. Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.
The name of your medicine is APO-Perindopril/Amlodipine 5/5, 5/10, 10/5 & 10/10 tablets.
It contains the active ingredient perindopril arginine and amlodipine besilate.
Perindopril belongs to a group of medicines called angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)
inhibitors.
Amlodipine belongs to a group of medicines called calcium channel blockers.
Calcium channel blockers do not change the amount of calcium in your blood or bones.
Perindopril/Amlodipine Tablets has been prescribed to you by your doctor to replace
the separate tablets of perindopril and amlodipine you were taking.
One Perindopril/Amlodipine tablet replaces separate tablets of perindopril and amlodipine.
You have been prescribed Perindopril/Amlodipine tablets if you have high blood pressure,
also known as hypertension.
Why Perindopril/Amlodipine is used for high blood pressure
Everyone has blood pressure. This pressure helps get your blood all around the body.
Your blood pressure may be different at different times of the day, depending on how
busy or stressed you are.
You have high blood pressure when your blood pressure stays higher than is needed,
even when you are calm or relaxed.
There are usually no symptoms of high blood pressure. The only way of knowing that
you have it is to have your blood pressure checked on a regular basis. If high blood
pressure is not treated it can lead to serious health problems. You may feel fine
and have no symptoms, but eventually it can cause stroke, heart disease and kidney
failure.
The active ingredients perindopril arginine and amlodipine help lower your blood pressure.
You may also have been prescribed this medicine if you have coronary heart disease.
Why Perindopril/Amlodipine is used for coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease is narrowing of the vessels carrying blood to the heart.
In patients with coronary artery disease, perindopril and amlodipine has been shown
to reduce some of the risks, including heart attacks.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you. Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
How it works
Perindopril/Amlodipine tablets works by widening your blood vessels, which reduces
pressure in the vessel, making it easier for your heart to pump blood around your
body.
This helps increase the supply of oxygen to your heart, so that when you place extra
demands on your heart, such as during exercise, your heart may cope better and you
may not get short of breath as easily.
There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.
The name of your medicine is APO-Piroxicam Capsules. It contains the active ingredient,
piroxicam.
It is used to treat symptoms such as swelling, stiffness and joint pain caused by:
rheumatoid arthritis (when the tissue around a joint becomes thickened and inflamed
leading to a build-up of fluid on the joint)
osteoarthritis (when the cartilage between two bones becomes damaged)
ankylosing spondylitis (a type of arthritis affecting the spine).
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you. Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
How it works
Piroxicam belongs to a group of medicines called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs). These medicines work by relieving pain and inflammation (heat, throbbing,
swelling and redness).
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you. Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.
There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.
Use in children
Do not give this medicine to children under 12 years of age.
The safety and effectiveness of this medicine in this age group have not been established.
Pramipexole is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's disease is a disease of the brain that affects body movement.
The symptoms of Parkinson's disease are caused by a lack of dopamine, a naturally
occurring chemical produced by certain brain cells. Dopamine relays messages in the
part of the brain that controls movement. When too little dopamine is produced, this
results in Parkinson's disease. APO-PRAMIPEXOLE works by having a similar effect as
dopamine in the brain.
APO-PRAMIPEXOLE contains the active ingredient Pramipexole hydrochloride. Pramipexole
hydrochloride belongs to a group of medicines known as "dopamine agonists".
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
Pramipexole is used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
It belongs to a group of medicines known as dopamine agonists.
How it works
Parkinson's disease is a disease of the brain that affects body movement. The symptoms
of Parkinson's disease are caused by a lack of dopamine, a naturally occurring chemical
produced by certain brain cells. Dopamine binds to dopamine receptors and relays messages
in the part of the brain that controls movement. When too little dopamine is produced,
this results in Parkinson's disease. Pramipexole works by having a similar effect
as dopamine in the brain.
Pramipexole ER contains the active
ingredient pramipexole
dihydrochloride monohydrate. It
belongs to a group of medicines
known as dopamine agonists, which
bind to dopamine receptors.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
The name of your medicine is APO-Pravastatin. It contains the active ingredient pravastatin
(as pravastatin sodium).
It is used to treat people who have:
high blood cholesterol levels (in combination with changes in diet)
had a heart attack (including people whose blood cholesterol levels are normal)
had an episode of unstable angina.
If you have had a heart attack, an episode of unstable angina, or you have too much
cholesterol in your blood, then you have an increased risk of a blood clot forming
in your blood vessels and causing a blockage. In these people, pravastatin can reduce
the risk of having a stroke, further heart disease, or needing a bypass operation.
Pravastatin works by lowering high blood cholesterol levels (hypercholesterolaemia).
It is more effective if it is taken with a cholesterol lowering diet.
It is also used to treat children and adolescent patients aged 8 years and older who
have heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (an inherited disorder which produces
high blood cholesterol levels).
There is not enough information to recommend the use of this medicine in children
less than 8 years of age.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.
The name of your medicine is APO-Prazosin. It contains the active ingredient, prazosin
(as prazosin hydrochloride).
It is used to treat:
high blood pressure (hypertension)
prostate problems, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men waiting for prostate
surgery
Raynaud's disease, where the fingers become white and very painful when cold
certain types of heart failure
Prazosin belongs to a group of medicines called alpha blockers.
It works by relaxing the muscles in the walls of blood vessels and making it easier
for blood to flow. They also relax the muscles in the prostate gland and increase
the flow of urine.
When used to treat high blood pressure or heart failure, prazosin is often used together
with other medicines.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription
There is no known evidence to show that this medicine is addictive.
There is not enough information to recommend the use of this medicine in children
under the age of 12 years.
The name of your medicine is APO-Pregabalin. It contains the active ingredient pregabalin.
It is used to:
treat neuropathic pain, which is pain caused by an abnormality of, or damage to, the
nerves
control epilepsy. Epilepsy is a condition where you have repeated seizures (fits).
There are many different types of seizures, ranging from mild to severe.
Pregabalin may be used alone, or in combination with other medicines, to treat your
condition.
Your doctor may prescribe pregabalin in addition to your current therapy when your
current treatment is no longer working as well as before.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you. Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
How it works
Pregabalin belongs to a group of medicines called anticonvulsants. These drugs are
thought to work by controlling brain chemicals which send signals to nerves so that
seizures do not happen.
Pregabalin also has analgesic effects (relieves pain).
Use in children
There is not enough information to recommend the use of this medicine in children
under the age of 18 years.
The name of your medicine is APO-Prochlorperazine. It contains the active ingredient,
prochlorperazine (as prochlorperazine maleate).
It is used to treat nausea, vomiting and dizziness due to various causes, including
migraine (severe headache).
Prochlorperazine belongs to a group of medicines called phenothiazines. It helps to
correct chemical imbalances in the brain, allowing it to function correctly. These
chemicals may also affect the parts of the brain which control nausea (feeling sick)
and vomiting.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
Prochlorperazine is not recommended for use in children (under the age of 2 years
or children under 10 kg in weight).
The name of your medicine is APO-Prochlorperazine Nausea Relief. It contains the active ingredient, prochlorperazine (as prochlorperazine
maleate).
It is used to treat nausea associated with migraine (throbbing headache, usually affecting one side of the head, and often
accompanied by nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light).
Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions about why this medicine has been selected for you.
How it works
Prochlorperazine belongs to a group of medicines called phenothiazines. It helps to correct chemical imbalances in the brain,
allowing it to function correctly. These chemicals may also affect the parts of the brain which control nausea (feeling sick)
and vomiting.
Use in children
APO-Prochlorperazine Nausea Relief tablets should not be given to adolescents or children under 18 years of age.
