A medication used to lower high blood pressure by reducing sympathetic nervous system activity, thereby helping to prevent complications such as stroke, heart disease, and kidney failure.
Indications:
- Management of high blood pressure in adults.
- May be prescribed alone or in combination with other antihypertensive medicines.
Main Active Ingredient:
- Moxonidine 0.2 mg per tablet.
Precautions:
- Do not use if you are allergic to moxonidine or any ingredients of the tablet.
- Do not use if pregnant, breastfeeding, or under 16 years of age.
- Use with caution in patients with heart problems, severe kidney disease, depression, epilepsy, glaucoma, Parkinson’s disease, or Raynaud’s disease.
- Avoid sudden discontinuation of the medicine.
- Drink enough water during hot weather or exercise to avoid low blood pressure.
Side Effects:
- Dry Mouth.
- Headache.
- Lack Of Energy.
- Dizziness.
- Drowsiness.
- Nausea.
- Sleep Problems.
- Skin Flushing.
- Anxiety.
- Severe Allergic Skin Reactions.
- Swelling Of Limbs.
- Angioedema.
- Difficulty Breathing Or Swallowing.
Drug-Drug Interactions:
- Other antihypertensive medications (may enhance blood pressure-lowering effect).
- Tricyclic antidepressants (e.g., amitriptyline, imipramine).
- Sedatives or sleeping tablets (may increase drowsiness).
- The usual starting dose is one 0.2 mg tablet once daily.
- Your doctor may increase the dose to 0.4 mg after 2 weeks, and up to 0.6 mg per day, divided into multiple doses.
- Swallow tablets whole with a full glass of water.
- Take at the same time each day, with or without food.
- If a dose is missed, take it as soon as remembered, but do not double the next dose within 6 hours.
Moxonidine 0.2 mg, Lactose Monohydrate, Povidone, Crospovidone, Magnesium Stearate, Hypromellose, Ethylcellulose, Macrogol 6000, Purified Talc, Iron Oxide Red, and Titanium Dioxide; it contains the potential allergen lactose.
Moxonidine 0.2 mg
