Spironothiazid

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Spironothiazid uses

Spironothiazid consists of Hydrochlorothiazide, Spironolactone.

Hydrochlorothiazide:


Spironothiazid information

Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) is an antihypertensive, diuretic drug that acts on the electrolyte reabsorption in the renal tubular mechanism increasing the excretion of chloride and sodium in equivalent amounts. The exact mechanism of its antihypertensive action is not known at this time.

Spironothiazid indications

Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) is typically employed for the treatment of patients suffering from hypertension, either as monotherapy or in combination with other antihypertensive medication. It is also employed in some cases as a diuretic agent. Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) therapy may also be prescribed for the treatment of hepatic cirrhosis, edema (in patients suffering from congestive heart failure), nephrotic syndrome, drug induced edema, chronic renal failure or acute glomerulonephritis. Health care professionals may prescribe this drug in order to treat other medical conditions as well; if you would like to know more about the reasons you have been prescribed this drug, it is advised to ask your personal physician.

Spironothiazid warnings

Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) may not be used in the treatment of patients who are allergic to this drug, any of its components or other sulfonamide-derived medication. Also, this drug may not be suitable for use in patients that are suffering from anuria, azotemia or impaired renal functions. Caution should be employed if the patient is suffering from hepatic disease. Other medical conditions may also influence the examining health care provider's decision of prescribing Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide); it is strongly recommended to make sure that the health care professional is fully aware of your health condition and medical history before starting a treatment with this drug.

Use of Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) during pregnancy or breast-feeding is also not recommended. This medicine may affect an unborn baby and it also passes into breast milk. As such, use of this drug in pregnant women or breast-feeding mothers should not be employed.

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Spironothiazid intake guidelines

You should always take Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) as you have been directed by the prescribing health care specialist. While in some cases daily administration of the drug is recommended, other patients may be prescribed an intermittent therapy. Also, the number of daily doses may vary. As such, it is best that you do not follow another patient's intake schedule. If you have difficulties understanding the intake guidelines that your prescribing health care professional has provided, you should ask for further explanations from an authorized health care specialist - such as a pharmacist, a doctor or a nurse.

Spironothiazid dosage

The exact Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) dosage may vary greatly from one case to another, depending on the condition being treated, on the patient's medical history and general health condition, on his or her age as well as on a number of other factors. As such you are advised to use the exact Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) dosage that has been prescribed to you and never use the dosage prescribed to another patient or a dosage that you have been prescribed in the past. Taking a different Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) dose may cause the treatment to not have the desired effect, and if you take this drug in larger doses you may have a higher risk of developing side effects, or you may suffer from an overdose.

Spironothiazid overdose

You should never exceed the Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) prescribed dosage, in order to avoid an overdose with this medication. However, if you consider that you are affected by an overdose with this drug it is advised to immediately consult your personal health care provider, the local poisons center or to go to the nearest medical facility to seek emergency medical attention. The common symptoms of an overdose with Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) are dehydration and cardiac arrhythmia. The patient may also suffer from electrolyte depletion and thus may present the relevant signs and symptoms.

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Spironothiazid missed dose

In case you have missed a dose of Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide), it is advised that you take the dose as soon as you remember. If the moment when you remember is too close to another intake of the medication, you should completely skip the missed Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) dose and take the next scheduled dose on time. You should never take a larger dose of the drug in order to make up for a missed dose, unless your prescribing health care provider directs you to do so.

Spironothiazid side effects

In some patients Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) may cause side effects. While they are not very common, it is recommended to let your personal health care provider know if you begin experiencing any side effects. Several types of symptoms are possible: dizziness, headache, paresthesias, gastric irritation, anorexia, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, pancreatitis, jaundice, hypotension. Metabolic side effects may include glycosuria, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia, hypokalemia or hyponatremia. Renal failure or dysfunction may develop, as well as interstitial nephritis. Some patients reported experiencing muscle spasms, restlessness, unusual weakness and blurred vision. In some cases photosensitivity, anaphylactic reactions, respiratory distress, fever, rashes, vasculitis or toxic epidermal necrolysis have occurred.

Spironothiazid drug reactions

Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide) may interact with barbiturates and narcotics, as well as with alcohol. If you are also following a treatment course with antidiabetic drugs, their dosage may need to be adjusted before starting to take Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide). This drug may have an additive effect with other antihypertensive medication. ACE inhibitors, ACTH, corticosteroids and skeletal muscle relaxants may also interact with this drug causing unwanted effects. This drug may not be properly absorbed if the patient is also taking Colestipol resins or Cholestyramine. NSAIDs, lithium and Pressor amines may affect or be affected by Spironothiazid (Hydrochlorothiazide), and as such it is strongly recommended to let the prescribing health care provider know if you are taking these or any other drugs before starting a therapy course with this medicine. Other drug interactions that are not listed here are also possible.

Spironolactone:


Pharmacological action

Spironothiazid is a potassium, magnesium sparing diuretic. This medication is a competitive antagonist of aldosterone on the effect on distal nephron (competes for binding sites on cytoplasmic protein receptors, reduces the synthesis of permeases in the aldosterone-sensitive part of collecting tubules and distal tubules), increases the excretion of Na+, Cl- and water and reduces the excretion of K+ and urea, reduces the titratable acidity of urine. Increased diuresis causes a hypotensive effect, which is unstable. The hypotensive effect is not dependent on the level of renin in the blood plasma and is not revealed in normal blood pressure.

The diuretic effect is seen at 2-5 days of treatment.

Pharmacokinetics

After oral administration Spironothiazid (Spironolactone) absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, the absorption is 90%. This drug metabolized in the liver, the major active metabolite is canrenone. T1/2 is 13-24 hours. This medicine derived primarily by the kidneys, some is excreted in the bile.

Why is Spironothiazid prescribed?

Edema in congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver (especially in the simultaneous presence of hypokalemia and hyperaldosteronism), in the nephrotic syndrome.

Swelling in the II and III trimester of pregnancy.

Hypertension, including with aldosterone producing adrenal adenoma (in combination therapy).

Primary hyperaldosteronism. Aldosterone produced adrenal adenoma (long-term maintenance therapy with contraindications to surgery or in case of refusal from it). Diagnosis of hyperaldosteronism.

Hypokalemia and its prevention in the treatment of saluretics.

Polycystic ovary syndrome, premenstrual syndrome.

Dosage and administration

The dosage regimen is set individually depending on the severity of violations of water-electrolyte metabolism and hormonal status.

In cases of edema - 100-200 mg / day in 2-3 recepts (usually in combination with the "loop" and / or thiazide diuretic) daily for 14-21 days. The correction of dose should be based on the values of potassium in the plasma. If necessary, repeat it every 10-14 days. In marked hyperaldosteronism and a reduced content of plasma potassium - 300 mg in 2-3 recepts.

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Spironothiazid (Spironolactone) side effects, adverse reactions

Digestive system: nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, gastritis, ulcers and bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, intestinal colic, diarrhea or constipation.

CNS: dizziness, drowsiness, lethargy, headache, lethargy, ataxia.

Metabolism: increased concentrations of urea, hypercreatininemia, hyperuricemia, impaired water-salt metabolism and KSCHR (metabolic acidosis or hypochloremic alkalosis).

Hematopoietic system: megaloblastosis, agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenia.

Endocrine system: in long-term use - gynecomastia, erectile dysfunction in men; women - dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, metrorrhagia, menopause, hirsutism, deepening voice, breast tenderness, breast carcinoma.

Allergic reactions: urticaria, papular makulopapular and erythematous rash, drug fever, pruritus.

Other: muscle cramps, reduced potency.

Spironothiazid contraindications

Addison's disease, hyperkalemia, hypercalcemia, hyponatremia, chronic renal failure, anuria, hepatic failure, diabetes mellitus with confirmed or suspected renal disease, diabetic nephropathy, I trimester of pregnancy, metabolic acidosis, menstrual disorders or breast enlargement, hypersensitivity to Spironothiazid (Spironolactone).

Using during pregnancy and breastfeeding

There is no data on adverse effects of Spironothiazid on pregnancy and fetal development.

However, in the I trimester of pregnancy this medication is contraindicated, in II and III trimester can be used for prescription. If necessary to use during lactation it should be considered that with breast milk in small amounts canrenone (metabolite of Spironothiazid (Spironolactone)) excretes.

Category of the fetus by FDA - C.

Special instructions

Use Spironothiazid (Spironolactone) cautiously in AV block (the possibility of strengthening due to the development of hyperkalemia), decompensated cirrhosis, surgery, taking drugs that cause gynecomastia, while taking local and general anesthetics in elderly patients.

Against the background of Spironothiazid (Spironolactone) it should not be given medications containing potassium and other diuretics that cause potassium retention in the body. Patients should avoid using this drug with carbenoxolone, causing sodium retention.

In the period of treatment should be periodic determination of electrolytes and urea in the blood.

If taking of Spironothiazid (Spironolactone) in combination with other diuretics or antihypertensive the dose of latters is recommended to be reduced.

In the application of this medicatio in conjunction with digoxin it may be necessary to reduce both the saturation and maintenance dose of the latter.

Spironothiazid drug interactions

When this drug applied simultaneously with:

- antihypertensive drugs potentiated the hypotensive effect of Spironothiazid (Spironolactone).

- ACE inhibitors may develop hyperkalemia (especially in patients with impaired renal function), as ACE inhibitors reduce the content of aldosterone, resulting in a delay of potassium in the body against the removal of potassium restriction.

- preparations of potassium and other potassium-sparing diuretics, salt substitutes and food supplements containing potassium may develop hyperkalemia.

- salicylates decreases the diuretic effect of Spironothiazid (Spironolactone) due to blockade of canrenone excretion by the kidneys.

- decreases hypoprothrombinemic effect of oral anticoagulants.

- digitoxin may gain as well as reducing the effects of digitoxin.

- Spironothiazid (Spironolactone) inhibits the excretion of digoxin by the kidneys, and probably reduce its volume of distribution. This may cause an increased concentration of digoxin in plasma.

- candesartan, losartan, eprosartan is a risk of hyperkalemia.

- cholestyramine it been described a case of hypochloremic alkalosis.

- lithium carbonate may increase the concentration of lithium in blood plasma.

- norepinephrine may decrease the sensitivity of vessels to noradrenaline.

- amplified effect triptorelin, buserelin, gonadorelin. Indomethacin and mefenamic acid inhibit the excretion of canrenone by kidneys.

Spironothiazid in case of emergency / overdose

Symptoms: nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, dizziness, confusion, leg cramps, skin rash, diarrhea, dehydration may, disruption of water and electrolyte balance.

Treatment: discontinuation of the drug, induction of vomiting, gastric lavage, symptomatic treatment of dehydration and disorders of water and electrolyte balance, arterial hypotension, maintenance of vital functions; in the case of hyperkalemia - fast IV injection of 20-50% solution of glucose and insulin - 0.25-0.5 units / g of glucose. Used diuretics, and potassium carve ion exchange resins. Perhaps hemodialysis. There is no specific antidote for Spironothiazid (Spironolactone) Quality Pharmaceutical Laboratory.

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Spironothiazid pharmaceutical active ingredients containing related brand and generic drugs:

Active ingredient is the part of the drug or medicine which is biologically active. This portion of the drug is responsible for the main action of the drug which is intended to cure or reduce the symptom or disease. The other portions of the drug which are inactive are called excipients; there role is to act as vehicle or binder. In contrast to active ingredient, the inactive ingredient's role is not significant in the cure or treatment of the disease. There can be one or more active ingredients in a drug.


Spironothiazid available forms, composition, doses:

Form of the medicine is the form in which the medicine is marketed in the market, for example, a medicine X can be in the form of capsule or the form of chewable tablet or the form of tablet. Sometimes same medicine can be available as injection form. Each medicine cannot be in all forms but can be marketed in 1, 2, or 3 forms which the pharmaceutical company decided based on various background research results.
Composition is the list of ingredients which combinedly form a medicine. Both active ingredients and inactive ingredients form the composition. The active ingredient gives the desired therapeutic effect whereas the inactive ingredient helps in making the medicine stable.
Doses are various strengths of the medicine like 10mg, 20mg, 30mg and so on. Each medicine comes in various doses which is decided by the manufacturer, that is, pharmaceutical company. The dose is decided on the severity of the symptom or disease.


Spironothiazid destination | category:

Destination is defined as the organism to which the drug or medicine is targeted. For most of the drugs what we discuss, human is the drug destination.
Drug category can be defined as major classification of the drug. For example, an antihistaminic or an antipyretic or anti anginal or pain killer, anti-inflammatory or so.


Spironothiazid Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical codes:

A medicine is classified depending on the organ or system it acts [Anatomical], based on what result it gives on what disease, symptom [Therapeutical], based on chemical composition [Chemical]. It is called as ATC code. The code is based on Active ingredients of the medicine. A medicine can have different codes as sometimes it acts on different organs for different indications. Same way, different brands with same active ingredients and same indications can have same ATC code.


Spironothiazid pharmaceutical companies:

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Researchers are the persons who are responsible for the scientific research and is responsible for all the background clinical trials that resulted in the development of the drug.


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References

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Frequently asked Questions

Can i drive or operate heavy machine after consuming Spironothiazid?

Depending on the reaction of the Spironothiazid after taken, if you are feeling dizziness, drowsiness or any weakness as a reaction on your body, Then consider Spironothiazid not safe to drive or operate heavy machine after consumption. Meaning that, do not drive or operate heavy duty machines after taking the capsule if the capsule has a strange reaction on your body like dizziness, drowsiness. As prescribed by a pharmacist, it is dangerous to take alcohol while taking medicines as it exposed patients to drowsiness and health risk. Please take note of such effect most especially when taking Primosa capsule. It's advisable to consult your doctor on time for a proper recommendation and medical consultations.

Is Spironothiazid addictive or habit forming?

Medicines are not designed with the mind of creating an addiction or abuse on the health of the users. Addictive Medicine is categorically called Controlled substances by the government. For instance, Schedule H or X in India and schedule II-V in the US are controlled substances.

Please consult the medicine instruction manual on how to use and ensure it is not a controlled substance.In conclusion, self medication is a killer to your health. Consult your doctor for a proper prescription, recommendation, and guidiance.

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