Valsartan Krka
Valsartan Krka is a medicine that helps lower high blood pressure by making blood vessels relax.
Form
tabletti, kalvopäällysteinen
Strength
320 mg
Active Ingredient
Valsartan
Manufacturer
KRKA d.d. Novo mesto
How to Use
Dosage
Adults usually take 80 mg once a day. For children aged 6 to 18: take 40 mg once a day if they weigh less than 35 kg, or 80 mg once a day if they weigh 35 kg or more. Your doctor might give you a higher dose, up to 320 mg.
Method
Take the tablet with or without food. Swallow it whole with a glass of water, around the same time each day.
Important
The most you should take in one day is 320 mg for both adults and children.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Feeling dizzy.
- •Low blood pressure, which might make you feel dizzy or faint when standing up.
- •Kidneys not working as well (a sign of kidney problems).
RARE
- •Swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat, which can be severe.
- •Suddenly passing out (fainting).
- •Feeling like the world is spinning (vertigo).
- •Very bad kidney problems (acute kidney failure).
- •Muscle cramps.
- •Heart beating unusually (abnormal heart rhythm).
- •Feeling breathless, having trouble breathing when lying down, or swollen feet/legs (signs of heart failure).
- •Headache.
- •Cough.
- •Stomach ache.
- •Feeling sick to your stomach (nausea).
- •Diarrhea.
- •Feeling tired.
- •Feeling weak.
- •Swelling in your gut with stomach pain, feeling sick, throwing up, and diarrhea.
- •Blisters on your skin.
- •Allergic skin reactions like rash, itching, hives, fever, swollen or painful joints and muscles, swollen lymph nodes, or flu-like symptoms.
- •Red-purple spots on the skin, fever, and itching (signs of blood vessel swelling).
- •Bleeding or bruising more easily than usual (due to low number of blood clotting cells).
- •Muscle pain.
- •Fever, sore throat, or mouth sores from infections (due to low white blood cells).
- •Low levels of hemoglobin and red blood cells in your blood (can lead to anemia, making you feel weak).
- •High potassium levels in the blood (can cause muscle cramps and unusual heartbeats).
- •Low sodium levels in the blood (can make you tired, confused, cause muscle twitches, and/or severe fits).
- •Higher numbers in liver tests (could mean liver damage), and high bilirubin (can make your skin and eyes look yellow).
- •High levels of urea nitrogen and creatinine in your blood (can point to kidney problems).
Important Warnings
- Do not take this medicine if you are allergic to valsartan or any other ingredients in it.
- Do not take this medicine if you have a very bad liver disease.
- Do not use this medicine if you are more than 3 months pregnant, as it can harm your baby. It's also best to avoid it early in pregnancy.
- Do not use this medicine if you have diabetes or kidney problems AND are taking aliskiren (another medicine for high blood pressure).
- If your face, lips, tongue, or throat swell, or you have trouble breathing or swallowing, stop taking this medicine and call a doctor right away. This is a serious allergic reaction.
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- Tell your doctor if you take other medicines that can make potassium levels in your blood too high. Your doctor might check your potassium levels often.
- Tell your doctor if you have lost a lot of body fluids, for example from severe vomiting, diarrhea, or taking strong water pills.
Use in Elderly Patients
Category A
Suitable for older adults. Monitor renal function and potassium concentrations during the pharmacotherapy. Avoid concurrent use of NSAIDs. (updated 14.4.2025)