Indapamide

Drug Status in USA : Approved
Drug Status in Canada : Approved

pronunciation

pronounced as (in dap' a mide)

Why is this medication prescribed?

Indapamide, a 'water pill,' is used to reduce the swelling and fluid retention caused by heart disease. It also is used to treat high blood pressure. It causes the kidneys to get rid of unneeded water and salt from the body into the urine.

This medicine is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.


How should this medicine be used?

Indapamide comes as a tablet to take by mouth. It usually is taken once a day, in the morning. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take indapamide exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.

Indapamide controls high blood pressure but does not cure it. Continue to take indapamide even if you feel well. Do not stop taking indapamide without talking to your doctor.


What are the precautions to be followed?

Before taking indapamide,
  • tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to indapamide, sulfa drugs, or any other drugs.
  • tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications you are taking, especially other medications for high blood pressure, corticosteroids (e.g., prednisone), digoxin (Lanoxin), indomethacin (Indocin), lithium (Eskalith, Lithobid), probenecid (Benemid), and vitamins.
  • tell your doctor if you have or have ever had heart rhythm problems, diabetes, gout, or kidney, liver, thyroid, or parathyroid disease.
  • tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. Do not breast-feed while taking this medicine. If you become pregnant while taking indapamide, call your doctor.
  • if you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking indapamide.
  • you should know that this drug may make you drowsy. Do not drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this drug affects you.
  • remember that alcohol can add to the drowsiness caused by this drug.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Frequent urination may last for up to 6 hours after a dose and should decrease after you take indapamide for a few weeks. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
  • muscle cramps
  • drowsiness
  • dizziness
  • confusion
  • thirst
  • upset stomach
  • vomiting
  • stomach cramps
  • decreased sexual ability
  • blurred vision
If you have any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately:
  • rapid, excessive weight loss
  • severe skin rash with itching
  • difficulty breathing or swallowing


How to store the medication and dispose it of after its use later?

Keep this medicine in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medicine that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medicine.


Drug Category/Class

  • Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors
  • Agents Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin System
  • Low-Ceiling Diuretics, Excl. Thiazides
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Diuretics
  • Sulfonamides, Plain
  • Cardiovascular System
  • CYP3A4 Inhibitors
  • Sulfonamides, plain
  • ACE inhibitors, other combinations
Prescribed For the treatment of hypertension, alone or in combination with other antihypertensive drugs, as well as for the treatment of salt and fluid retent...
Weight :365.835
Structure Indapamide
Generic Drug Indapamide prescribed For the treatment of hypertension, alone or in combination with other antihypertensive drugs, as well as for the treatment of salt and fluid retent...
Formula

C16H16ClN3O3S

Indapamide has 33 Brands listed


Cgmide (1.5 mg)Cgmide-SR (1.5 mg)
Diurix (2.5 mg)Diurix SR (1.5 mg)
Divret (1.5 mg)Fanton SC (2.5 mg)
Fanton SR (1.5 mg)Healix SR (1.5 mg)
IN SR (1.5 mg)Ind SR (1.5 mg)
Indacard SR (1.5 mg)Indap (2.5 mg)
Indap SR (1.5 mg)Indapamide (2.5 mg)
Indicontin (1.5 mg)Inditor (2.5 mg)
Inditor SR (1.5 mg)Indizon (1.5 mg)
Indromide SR (1.5 mg)Inip SR (1.5 mg)
Inklud SR (1.5 mg)Insuret (1.5 mg)
Insuretis (1.5 mg)Inzu SR (1.5 mg)
Lorvas (2.5 mg)Lorvas SR (1.5 mg)
Natrilix (2.5 mg)Natrilix SR (1.5 mg)
Natritor SR (1.5 mg)Natritor SR (2.5 mg)
Perifer (2.5 mg)Tebemid (1.5 mg)
Tebemid (3 mg)

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