Ormox
Ormox is a heart medicine that widens blood vessels, reducing the heart's workload and improving its oxygen supply.
Form
tabletti
Strength
10 mg
Active Ingredient
Isosorbide mononitrate
Manufacturer
Orion Corporation
How to Use
Dosage
The recommended dose is 1-2 tablets in the morning and in the afternoon.
Method
Swallow the tablet whole with a glass of water, with or without food. Ormox 20 mg tablets can be divided.
Important
Follow your doctor's instructions; typically, no more than 4 tablets per day.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Headache, dizziness, feeling weak
- •Fast heart rate (tachycardia)
- •Low blood pressure, especially when standing up; skin redness
- •Nausea, vomiting
RARE
- •Changes in hemoglobin (methemoglobinemia)
- •Restlessness, confusion, insomnia
- •Fainting, increased pressure inside the skull
- •Vision disturbances
- •Heart rhythm problems
- •Shock
- •Stomach pain, diarrhea, heartburn, dry mouth
- •Allergic rash, itching
- •Muscle pain
- •Urination problems, frequent need to urinate
- •Erectile dysfunction
- •Increased eye pressure
Important Warnings
- Do not take if you are allergic to isosorbide mononitrate or other nitrates.
- Do not take if you have very low blood volume (hypovolemia) or extremely low blood pressure with dizziness.
- This medicine is not for sudden chest pain (acute heart attack); use a fast-acting nitrate medicine instead.
- Do not take if you are in shock.
- Do not take if you are using medicines for erectile dysfunction (like sildenafil, vardenafil, or tadalafil).
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- Do not take if you are using riociguat (it may cause a severe drop in blood pressure).
- Talk to your doctor if you have brain circulation problems or tend to have low blood pressure when standing up.
- Talk to your doctor if you have certain heart conditions (e.g., thickened heart muscle, narrow heart valves, fluid around the heart, or heart inflammation).
- Talk to your doctor if you have lung disease with heart problems (cor pulmonale) or low blood oxygen.
- Talk to your doctor if you have high pressure in your head or glaucoma.
- Talk to your doctor if you have certain blood changes (hemoglobin changes).
- Alcohol can severely lower your blood pressure.
Use in Elderly Patients
Category A
Suitable for older adults. Consider reduced blood pressure and the risk of fainting due to orthostatic hypotonia. Need for long-acting product should be assessed regularly. (updated 19.5.2025)