COVAS 16mg Price

Overview

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This medicine contains an important and useful components, as it consists of Candesartan cilexetil.
COVAS 16mg is available in the market in concentration 16mg/Tablet and in the form of Tablets.

OMAN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS is the producer of COVAS 16mg and it is imported from OMAN, The most popular alternatives of COVAS 16mg are listed downward .

Mode Of Action

Candesartan inhibits the binding of angiotensin II to AT1 receptors in many tissues (e.g. vascular smooth muscles, adrenal gland) which leads to vasoconstriction blockade and aldosterone release.

Indication

• Hypertension
• Congestive heart failure

Precaution

Volume or sodium depletion, preexisting renal insufficiency; aortic or mitral valve stenosis, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, renal artery stenosis, primary hyperaldosteronism. Patients with a history of angioedema, urticaria. Monitor serum potassium levels especially in elderly and renally impaired patients. Hypotension may occur during major surgery and anaesthesia due to suppression of the renin-angiotensin system. Discontinue as soon as pregnancy detected; during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, drugs that act directly on the renin-angiotensin have been associated with fetal injury that includes hypotension, neonatal skull hypoplasia, anuria, reversible or irreversible renal failure, and death Lactation: Not known if excreted in breast milk; not recommended

Side Effects

• Dizziness
• headache
• vertigo
• back pain
• upper resp tract infections
• pharyngitis
• rhinitis
• hypotension
• hyperkalaemia
• increased serum creatinine.

Contra indication

Hypersensitivity. Pregnancy (2nd and 3rd trimester) and lactation.

Pregnancy and lactation

Pregnancy category: D

There is positive evidence of human fetal risk based on adverse reaction data from investigational or marketing experience or studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential risks.