Description
| Medicine | |
| Alchohol Interaction | Taking Amiloride 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 | Amifru Plus 10mg/5mg Tablet is probably safe to use during pregnancy.Animal studies have shown low or no adverse effect on the foetus, however, there are limited human studies. Please consult your doctor. |
| Lactation Interaction | Amifru Plus 10mg/5mg Tablet is probably safe to use during lactation. \nLimited human data suggests that the drug does not represent a significant risk to the baby. |
| Common Side Effect | Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Dehydration, Weakness, Headache, Muscle cramp, Decreased sodium level in blood, Decreased magnesium level in blood, Increased blood uric acid, Decreased calcium level in blood. |
| 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. Amifru Plus 10mg/5mg Tablet is to be taken with food. |
| Driving | Amifru Plus 10mg/5mg Tablet may make you feel dizzy, sleepy, tired, or decrease alertness. If this happens, do not drive. |
| Kidney | Amifru Plus 10mg/5mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Amifru Plus 10mg/5mg Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.Use of Amifru Plus 10mg/5mg Tablet is not recommended in patients with severe kidney disease. |
| Liver | Amifru Plus 10mg/5mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Amifru Plus 10mg/5mg Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor. |
| Mechanism of action | Amifru Plus 10mg/5mg Tablet is a combination of two medicines: Torasemide and Amiloride. Torasemide and amiloride. They act on different parts of your kidney to get remove extra water and certain electrolytes while maintaining the potassium balance in your body. |