Hypotron
Hypotron is a medicine that helps raise your blood pressure and is used to treat severe low blood pressure in adults when other treatments have not worked.
Form
tabletti
Strength
10 mg
Active Ingredient
Midodrine hydrochloride
Manufacturer
Brancaster Pharma Ireland Ltd.
How to Use
Dosage
The usual starting dose is one 2.5 mg tablet three times a day. Your doctor may increase this dose weekly up to 10 mg three times a day.
Method
Swallow the tablets with water. You can take this medicine with or without food. Divide the daily dose evenly into three doses.
Important
The maximum daily dose is usually 30 mg, divided into three doses.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Goosebumps
- •Itching of the scalp
- •Pain when urinating
- •Tingling and itching sensation
- •High blood pressure when lying down
- •Headache
- •Nausea
- •Heartburn
- •Inflammation of the mouth lining
- •Flushing (redness of skin)
- •Rash
- •Chills
- •Difficulty urinating
RARE
- •Sleep disturbances, including difficulty sleeping
- •Restlessness, agitation and irritability
- •Slow heart rate
- •Urgent need to urinate
- •Palpitations (feeling your heart beat fast)
- •Fast heart rate
- •Abnormal liver function, including elevated liver enzymes
- •Abdominal pain
- •Vomiting
- •Diarrhea
- •Anxiety
- •Feeling of confusion
Important Warnings
- Do not take this medicine if you are allergic to midodrine hydrochloride or any other ingredient in Hypotron.
- Do not take this medicine if you have high blood pressure, a slow heart rate, or difficulty urinating.
- Avoid taking the last dose late in the evening. Take your last dose at least 4 hours before going to bed to reduce the risk of high blood pressure when lying down.
- Do not give this medicine to children or adolescents under 18 years of age.
- Tell your doctor if your blood pressure is high when you are lying down, as it needs to be monitored.
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- Inform your doctor if you have certain heart or blood vessel diseases, high eye pressure (glaucoma), poor vision due to diabetes, an overactive thyroid, hormonal problems from an adrenal tumor, severe kidney disease, or an enlarged prostate.