Celiprolol tablets

About celiprolol

People with high blood pressure (hypertension) often do not feel unwell, but if left untreated, high blood pressure can harm your heart and damage blood vessels. This damage can then later lead to a heart attack or stroke. Taking a medicine to reduce high blood pressure reduces the risk of this happening.

Celiprolol belongs to the group of medicines referred to as beta-blockers. It is a medicine which works on the heart and blood vessels. It does this by blocking tiny areas (called beta-adrenergic receptors) where messages sent by some nerves are received by your heart and blood vessels. As a result, your heart beats more slowly and with less force. It also widens (relaxes) some blood vessels. These two things help to reduce your blood pressure.

Before taking celiprolol

Some medicines are not suitable for people with certain conditions, and sometimes a medicine can only be used if extra care is taken. For these reasons, before you start taking celiprolol it is important that your doctor knows:

• Wenn Sie schwanger sind oder stillen.

• Wenn Sie unter Asthma oder einer anderen Atemstörung leiden.

• Wenn Sie Probleme mit der Funktionsweise Ihrer Leber haben oder wenn Sie Probleme mit der Funktionsweise Ihrer Nieren haben.

• Wenn Sie unter niedrigem Blutdruck oder schlechter Durchblutung leiden.

• Wenn Sie Diabetes (Diabetes mellitus) haben.

• Wenn Sie ein Hautproblem namens Psoriasis haben.

• Wenn Sie an einer Muskelschwäche leiden, die Myasthenia gravis genannt wird.

• Wenn Ihnen gesagt wurde, dass Sie einen langsamen Herzschlag oder einen Herzblock (einen langsamen und unregelmäßigen Herzschlag) haben.

• If you have been told you have chest pain caused by spasms of your heart's blood vessels, called Prinzmetal's angina.

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• Wenn Sie schon einmal eine allergische Reaktion auf ein Arzneimittel hatten oder wenn Sie schon einmal eine andere schwere allergische Reaktion hatten.

How to take celiprolol

• Before you start the treatment, read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside the pack. It will give you more information about celiprolol and will provide you with a full list of the side-effects which you may experience from taking it.

• Take celiprolol exactly as your doctor tells you to. There are two strengths of tablet - 200 mg and 400 mg. It is usual to start by taking one 200 mg tablet daily, although your doctor may later increase this to the 400 mg strength tablet. You should take the tablet first thing in the morning, preferably 'on an empty stomach'. This means that you should take the tablet at least 30 minutes before you have breakfast, or wait until two hours after you have eaten. Swallow the tablet with a drink of water.

• If you forget to take a dose, take it when you remember (without food if possible). If you do not remember until the following day, leave out the missed dose. Do not take two doses together to make up for a forgotten dose.
  

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• Versuchen Sie, Ihre regelmäßigen Termine bei Ihrem Arzt einzuhalten. So kann Ihr Arzt Ihre Fortschritte überprüfen.

• Your doctor is likely to give you dietary and lifestyle advice about eating a healthy diet, not smoking, and taking regular exercise. If so, it is important that you follow the advice you are given.

• If you drink alcohol, ask your doctor for advice about taking celiprolol and alcohol. Alcohol will add to the blood pressure-lowering effect of celiprolol which will make you feel dizzy and so may not be recommended for you.

• If you buy any medicines, check with a pharmacist that they are suitable for you to take with celiprolol. Some medicines may not be (including some anti-inflammatory painkillers, and cold or flu remedies).

• If you are due to have an operation or dental treatment, it is important to tell the person carrying out the treatment that you are taking a beta-blocker. This is particularly important if you are likely to be given an anaesthetic.

• If you have diabetes, celiprolol can block the symptoms of low blood sugar. Your doctor will advise you about this.

• Treatment with celiprolol is usually long-term. Continue to take the tablets unless your doctor tells you to stop. Stopping treatment suddenly can cause problems in some people, so your doctor may want you to reduce your dose gradually if this becomes necessary.

Can celiprolol cause problems?

Along with their useful effects, most medicines can cause unwanted side-effects although not everyone experiences them. The table below contains some of the most common ones associated with celiprolol. You will find a full list in the manufacturer's information leaflet supplied with your medicine. The unwanted effects often improve as your body adjusts to the new medicine, but speak with your doctor or pharmacist if any of the following continue or become troublesome.

Wenn Sie andere Symptome haben, von denen Sie glauben, dass sie auf die Tabletten zurückzuführen sind, sprechen Sie mit Ihrem Arzt oder Apotheker, um weiteren Rat zu erhalten.

How to store celiprolol

• Bewahren Sie alle Arzneimittel außerhalb der Reichweite und Sichtweite von Kindern auf.

• An einem kühlen, trockenen Ort aufbewahren, vor direkter Hitze und Licht schützen.

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