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General Information on Procoralan

Procoralan is used for treating stable angina pectoris in patients who experience chest pain. The generic name of the drug is Ivabradine and it belongs to the class of heart medications. You can buy Procoralan in the form of oral tablets available in 5mg and 7.5mg strengths. It works by decreasing the patient’s heart rate, thus lowering the amount of oxygen required by the heart, especially if angina attacks are likely to take place. In this way, Procoralan helps in controlling and reducing the number of these attacks. This drug is not meant for patients less than 18 years of age.

Side Effects for Procoralan

Some of the common side effects associated with Procoralan include luminous visual phenomena, headache, blurred vision, palpitations, and dizziness. Most of these are easily manageable and get better on their own without any professional medical help. However, if any of these worsen or persist, you should immediately stop using the drug and inform your doctor about your symptoms. Sometimes, Procoralan can also lead to muscle cramps, dyspnoea, vertigo, diarrhea, constipation, and nausea. In such circumstances, you should immediately seek medical help, as they may be signs of some serious problems. If you are going for a blood test, this drug may lead to changes in your laboratory parameters. Therefore, you should inform your laboratory personnel or doctor that you are taking Procoralan so that he/she can make the necessary changes.

Precautions

Before taking Procoralan, you should inform your doctor if your resting heart rate is less than 60 beats/ minute or if you are suffering from a heart rhythm disorder, low blood pressure, a severe liver problem, chronic retinal disease, sustained atrial fibrillation, unstable angina, or a severe renal problem. You should also tell him/her if you have a history of heart attack, cardiogenic shock, severe heart failure or stroke, or if you have pacemaker. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, you should not take Procoralan as it may cause harm to your unborn or nursing baby.

Procoralan Dosage

You may be advised to take Procoralan 5mg twice a day and afterwards, it can be increased to Procoralan 7.5mg twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. Elderly patients are advised to take half a Procoralan 5mg tablet in the morning and half a Procoralan 5mg tablet in the evening. The tablet needs to be taken with meals and should be swallowed whole without crushing, chewing, or dissolving it.

Interactions

Your doctor will not advise you to buy Procoralan if you are already taking antifungal medicines (such as ketoconazole and itraconazole), HIV medicines (such as ritonavir and nelfinavir), anti-depressants (such as nefazodone) or macrolide antibiotics (such as clarithromycin and erythromycin). You should also inform your doctor if you are taking high blood pressure medicines, antifungal agents, antibiotics, barbiturates, epilepsy medications, and QT prolonging medications (such as quinidine, bepridil, pentamidine and cisapride), apart from anti-malarial medicines and medicines used for treating schizophrenia or anxiety. In addition to these, you should also tell your doctor about all the medicinal products you are using at present, including prescription and non-prescription drugs, herbal products and health supplements.