Description
| Medicine | |
| Alchohol Interaction | Taking Bisoprolol with alcohol may have additive effects in lowering your blood pressure. You may experience headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, and/or changes in pulse or heart rate. |
| Pregnancy Interaction | Unknown. Human and animal studies are not available. Please consult your doctor. |
| Lactation Interaction | No information is available on the use of Besicor-C 5 Tablet during lactation. Please consult your doctor. |
| Common Side Effect | Sleepiness, Headache, Ankle swelling, Flushing (sense of warmth in the face, ears, neck and trunk), Slow heart rate, Tiredness, Palpitations, Nausea, Edema (swelling), Constipation, Cold extremities. |
| How to Use | 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. Besicor-C 5 Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.Take it preferably in the morning. |
| Driving | Besicor-C 5 Tablet may cause side effects which could affect your ability to drive. |
| Kidney | Besicor-C 5 Tablet should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Besicor-C 5 Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.Regular blood pressure monitoring is advisable for dose adjustment. |
| Liver | Besicor-C 5 Tablet should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Besicor-C 5 Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.Besicor-C 5 Tablet is started at a lower dose in these patients and further increased slowly with careful monitoring. |
| Mechanism of action | Besicor-C 5 Tablet is a combination of two medicines: Cilnidipine and bisoprolol which lower blood pressure effectively. Cilnidipine is a calcium channel blocker which works by relaxing blood vessels while bisoprolol 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. |
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