This combination medication lowers blood pressure. It is used in the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure).
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Rauwolfia Serpentia W/bfmtz, Flumezide
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Overview | Photos | How
To Use | Side
Effects | Precautions | Missed
Dose | Drug
Interactions | |
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Rauwolfia Serpentia W/bfmtz, Flumezide
Uses
This combination medication lowers blood pressure. It is used in the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure).
Storage
- Store at room temperature away from sunlight and moisture.
Overdose
- If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately.
- Symptoms of overdose may include nausea, drowsiness, coma, slow heartbeat, dizziness, slow or shallow breathing, diarrhea, vomiting, muscle stiffness, leg pain, tremors, or unconsciousness.
How
To Use - Take Rauzide exactly as prescribed.
- Try to take it at the same time each day.
- Take this with food or milk to avoid stomach irritation unless otherwise directed by your doctor.
- It is important to continue taking Rauzide even if you feel well.
- Most people with high blood pressure do not feel sick.
- Do not stop taking Rauzide without consulting your doctor.
- Some conditions may become worse when Rauzide is suddenly stopped.
- Your dose may need to be gradually decreased.
Side
Effects - Dizziness, drowsiness, headache, loss of appetite, nasal congestion, frequent urination or fatigue may occur as your body adjusts to the medication.
- To avoid dizziness and lightheadedness when rising from a seated or lying position, change positions slowly.
- Avoid prolonged standing and be careful on stairs.
- Inform your doctor if you develop: chest pain, an irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath, depression, impotence, stomach cramps, skin rash, nervousness.
- If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
Precautions
- Rauzide may increase sensitivity to sunlight.
- Avoid prolonged exposure.
- Wear protective clothing and use a sunscreen.
- Rauzide should be used only when clearly needed during pregnancy.
- Small amounts of Rauzide appear in breast milk.
- Consult with your doctor before breast-feeding.
- Warning to diabetic patients: Rauzide may raise your blood sugar.
- It is best to avoid alcohol and becoming over-heated because of an increased likelihood of lightheadedness and dizziness.
- Be sure your doctor knows your complete medical history especially if: you are prone to depression, you have ulcers or gallstones.
- Tell your doctor if you are allergic to sulfa drugs.
- You may also be allergic to Rauzide.
Missed
Dose - If you miss a dose, use it as soon as remembered; do not take it if it is near the time for the next dose.
- Instead, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule.
- Do not double-up the dose to catch up.
- Check with your doctor if 2 or more doses have been missed.
Drug
Interactions - Inform your doctor about all the medicine you use (both prescription and nonprescription), especially of: MAO inhibitors (e.g., furazolidone, linezolid, phenelzine, selegiline, tranylcypromine), digoxin.
- Avoid any drugs that increase your heart rate or make you excited, like decongestants, because it may interfere with your blood pressure medicine.
- Decongestants are commonly found in cough-and-cold medicines.
- If your medicine contains a thiazide and you take colestipol or cholestyramine, take the diuretic 1 hour before or 4 hours after the cholesterol-lowering medicine because of decreased adsorption.
- Do not start or stop any medicine without doctor or pharmacist approval.
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OF USE: The information in this database is intended to supplement, not substitute
for, the expertise and judgement of healthcare professionals. The information
is not intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug interactions
or adverse effects, nor should it be construed to indicate that use of a particular
drug is safe, appropriate or effective for you or anyone else. A healthcare professional
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discontinuing any course of treatment. |