RM BISOPROLOL 5MG TAB

Medicine Information

What is this medicine used for?

• Essential hypertension
• Coronary heart disease (angina pectoris)
• Treatment of stable chronic heart failure

How much and how often should you use this medicine?

Essential Hypertension:

The recommended dose is 5 mg once daily. In milder forms of hypertension, treatment with 2.5 mg once daily may be sufficient. The maximum recommended dose is 20 mg once daily.

Coronary heart disease (angina pectoris):

The recommended dose is 5 mg once daily. The maximum recommended dose is 20 mg once daily. The dosage should be determined on an individual basis in each case, particularly depending on the pulse rate and the success of treatment.

There is no pediatric experience with bisoprolol, therefore, its use cannot be recommended for children.

The film-coated tablets are to be taken unchewed together with sufficient liquid, preferably on an empty stomach in the morning or together with breakfast.

Contraindications

• Hypersensitivity to bisoprolol or any other ingredient in the product
• Diagnosed with acute heart failure, sick sinus syndrome, severe bronchial asthma, or severe obstructive pulmonary disease
• Experiencing low blood pressure and slow heart rate
• Felodipine, Amlodipine: increased risk of severe blood pressure lowering
• NSAIDs (Ibuprofen, Naproxen, Mefenamic acid): reduced blood lowering effects of bisoprolol
• Mefloquine: increased risk of having a slow heart rate
• Pregnancy: harmful effects to the fetus

Availability

• Bisoprolol fumarate 5 mg Film-Coated Tablet - Box of 100's (in alu-alu blister foil by 10's)
• Bisoprolol fumarate 10 mg Film-Coated Tablet - Box of 100's (in alu-alu blister foil by 10's)

Indication

Essential hypertension Coronary heart disease (angina pectoris) Treatment of stable chronic heart failure

Ingredients

Each film-coated tablet contains: Bisoprolol (as fumarate) 5 mg or 10 mg