Normalex SR 1.5 mg 30 tablets

Indapamide 1.5 mg prolonged-release tablets*

What are the uses of indapamide?

• Indapamide can be used to treat high blood pressure. It can be used alone or in combination with other high blood pressure medications.
• Most diuretics increase the amount of urine excreted by the kidneys. However, indapamide differs from other diuretics in that it causes only a slight increase in the amount of urine produced. In addition, indapamide dilates blood vessels, allowing blood to flow more easily. This helps lower blood pressure.

Do not take indapamide.

• If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to indapamide or any other sulfonamide or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
• If you have severe kidney disease
• If you have severe liver disease or a condition called hepatic encephalopathy (liver problems affecting the brain and central nervous system)
• If you have low levels of potassium in your blood (hypokalemia)

Warnings and precautions

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking indapamide:

• If you have gout or diabetes
• If you have kidney problems
• If you have hyperparathyroidism (overactive parathyroid glands)
• If you have heart rhythm problems
• If you have liver problems
• If you experience decreased vision or eye pain
• If you have previously had an allergy to penicillin or sulfonamide
• If you are an athlete, this may result in a positive reaction in doping tests.

Possible side effects of indapamide

• angioedema and/or urticaria
• severe skin reactions
• heart rhythm disturbance
• severe stomach pain
• abnormal liver function
• Fatigue, weakness, confusion, and stiff or poorly functioning muscles
• Irritability and muscle tremors.
• bumpy, itchy rash
• More infections than usual or bruising more easily
• Increased thirst, hunger, and weight loss
• photosensitivity reactions
• low blood potassium
• low blood sodium
• High blood sugar levels in diabetics
• Increased blood calcium levels

Other medications and indapamide

Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken, or might take any other medicines. This includes medicines you buy without a prescription, including herbal medicines. This is because indapamide can affect the way some medicines work. Also, some medicines can affect the way indapamide works, including medicines for:

• depression
• heart rhythm problems
• heart disease
• holding
• mental disorders
• infections
• parasitic infection
• Allergy
• pain
• fungal infections
• asthma
• Rheumatoid diseases
• Gout
• multiple sclerosis
• immunosuppression
• high blood pressure
• Diabetes

How to take indapamide

• Always take indapamide exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
• Continue taking this medication until your doctor tells you to stop. It may take several months before this medication shows its full effect.
• The tablets can be taken with or without food.
• Swallow the tablets whole with water.
• The usual dose is one tablet once a day in the morning.

How to store indapamide

• Keep out of reach and sight of children.
• Do not use indapamide after the expiry date printed on the carton. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
• Do not use indapamide if you notice that the tablets are crumbling, broken, or discolored.
• Indapamide tablets do not require any special storage conditions.
• Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer required. These measures will help protect the environment.

*The dosage form and route of administration of Indapamide 1.5 mg should be determined according to the therapeutic indication and severity of the disease for each individual patient.