Bisotab 2.5 Tablet

Description

Uses

• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Angina (chest pain)
• Heart failure, when prescribed
• Certain fast or irregular heart rhythms

Key Benefits

• Helps lower high blood pressure
• Slows an excessively fast heart rate
• Reduces the workload on the heart
• Decreases the heart’s oxygen requirement
• Helps improve heart function in certain patients with heart failure

How Bisotab 2.5 Works

Bisoprolol is a selective beta-1 blocker. It reduces the effects of adrenaline on the heart, causing the heart to beat more slowly and with less force.

This lowers blood pressure and reduces the heart’s workload and oxygen demand.

Dosage & How to Use

Take Bisotab 2.5 Tablet exactly as prescribed by your doctor.

• Swallow the tablet whole with water.
• It may be taken with or without food.
• Take it at approximately the same time every day.
• Do not stop taking it suddenly.
• Follow your doctor’s instructions regarding dose adjustments.

Side Effects

Possible side effects include:

• Tiredness
• Dizziness
• Headache
• Slow heart rate
• Low blood pressure
• Cold hands and feet
• Nausea

Seek medical attention for severe breathing difficulty, fainting, very slow heartbeat, or worsening chest pain.

Precautions

Tell your doctor if you have:

• Asthma or other breathing problems
• Very slow heart rate
• Low blood pressure
• Heart block or conduction problems
• Diabetes
• Poor circulation
• Kidney or liver disease

Bisoprolol may mask some warning signs of low blood sugar, such as a rapid heartbeat.

Do not stop Bisoprolol suddenly without medical advice.

Drug Interactions

Bisotab 2.5 may interact with:

• Other blood-pressure medicines
• Medicines that slow the heart rate
• Certain anti-arrhythmic medicines
• Some calcium-channel blockers
• Diabetes medicines
• Digoxin

Tell your doctor about all prescription medicines, OTC medicines, vitamins, and supplements you take.