Manufacturer: Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Salt Composition : S-Amlodipine(5mg), Atenolol(50mg)
Strip of 15 Tablet
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You can take Asomex-AT 5 Tablet at any time of day, with or without food, but it is best to take it at the same time each day. Keep taking it for as long as advised by your doctor. Even if you feel well, do not stop this medicine on your own because high blood pressure often has no symptoms. If you stop taking it, your condition may get worse. Keeping active with regular exercise, reducing your weight and eating a healthy diet will also help control your blood pressure. Follow your doctor’s advice while taking this medicine.
It may cause side effects like headache, nausea, flushing (sense of warmth in the face, ears, neck and trunk), ankle swelling, and slow heart rate. It may also cause dizziness, so do not drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how this medicine affects you. To reduce the swelling, raise your legs while sitting down. You may be asked for regular monitoring of blood pressure, kidney function, blood sugar level, and electrolytes level while on the treatment.
Asomex-AT 5 Tablet is a combination of two medicines: S-Amlodipine and Atenolol which lower blood pressure effectively. S-Amlodipine is a calcium channel blocker which works by relaxing blood vessels while Atenolol is a beta blocker that works specifically on the heart to slow down the heart rate. Together, they make the heart more efficient at pumping blood throughout the body.
Amlodipine is a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist drug with distinctive pharmacokinetic characteristics which appear to be attributable to a high degree of ionisation. Following oral administration, bioavailability is 60 to 65% and plasma concentrations rise gradually to peak 6 to 8h after administration.Atenolol is a hydrophilic betareceptor blocking drug, which is predominantly eliminated via the kidneys, only about 5% of the atenolol is metabolised by the liver. After oral administration atenolol is incompletely absorbed from the intestine, so about 50 % of the beta blocker are finally biovailable.
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Asomex-AT
Headache
Nausea
Tiredness
Sleepiness
Dizziness
Palpitations
Slow heart rate
Abnormal dreams
Swelling of legs
Cold extremities
Flushing (sense of warmth in the face, ears, neck and trunk)
Constipation
Ankle swelling
Edema (swelling)
If you are allergic to amlodipine, atenolol or similar medicines
If you have any heart disorders like heart failure problem, irregular heartbeat and heart blockage.
If you have low blood pressure and a slow heart rate problem.
If you have experienced shock due to a heart attack.
If you are suffering from metabolic acidosis, a condition when the body produces excess acid.
If you have a hormone-secreting tumour in the adrenal gland (Pheochromocytoma).
If you have a blood circulation problem due to it affects the blood supply to different body parts.
Asomex-AT 5 Tablet is unsafe to use during pregnancy as there is definite evidence of risk to the developing baby. However, the doctor may rarely prescribe it in some life-threatening situations if the benefits are more than the potential risks. Please consult your doctor.
It is unsafe to consume alcohol with Asomex-AT 5 Tablet.
Asomex-AT 5 Tablet is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug may pass into the breastmilk and harm the baby.
Use with caution
Below 9years: Contraindicated
Amlodipine + Atenolol tablet is indicated in the management of hypertension not controlled by monotherapy. This drug is also used in patients with angina pectoris and hypertension as a co-existing disease.
AMLODIPINE+ATENOLOL is known to interact with potassium-sparing diuretics (amiloride, eplerenone, spironolactone), anti-depression medication (lithium), high blood pressure-lowering pills (benazepril, metoprolol, ramipril, hydrochlorothiazide), drugs used to control lipid levels in the blood (atorvastatin, simvastatin), medicines to treat erectile dysfunction (sildenafil), antibiotics (clarithromycin, erythromycin, rifampin), antifungal (itraconazole, ketoconazole), anti-HIV drugs (ritonavir), anti-epilepsy medicines (carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone), immune-suppressing drugs (cyclosporine, tacrolimus) and painkillers (ibuprofen, aspirin).
Do not chew, crush or break it. Asomex-AT 5 Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
Store below 30°C
If you miss a dose of Asomex-AT 5 Tablet, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not double the dose.
Consult a doctor before taking any medicines.
You have been prescribed Asomex-AT 5 Tablet for the treatment of high blood pressure.
Lowering blood pressure reduces chance of future heart attack & strokes.
It may cause dizziness. Get up slowly when rising from a sitting or lying position.
Do not stop taking the medication suddenly without talking to your doctor as it can cause sudden increase in your blood pressure.
Let your doctor know if you are pregnant or planning for pregnancy.
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Asomex-AT 5 Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
