Angizem 60 Tablet (Diltiazem)

Angizem 60mg Tablet contains generic Diltiazem which is a calcium channel blocker.

This pill is utilized to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), angina (chest pain), and specific heart rhythm disorders.

This drug may also be utilized for purposes not listed in this drug guide.

• Hypertension
• Angina Pectoris Prophylaxis
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Supraventricular Tachycardia

Missed Dose

In case you missed a dosage, take it as soon as you remember. If it is near to the time of your next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your dosing schedule. Do not use one more dose to make up for a missed dosage. If you are regularly missing dosages, consider setting the alarm or requesting a family member to remember you. Please consult your physician or doctor to discuss changes in your dosing planning to make up for missed dosages, if you have missed too many dosages recently.

Overdose

Do not take an extra dose than the prescribed dosage. Taking more pills will not improve your symptoms, but they may cause poisoning or severe adverse effects. If you realize that you may have overdosed on this pill, please go to the nearest hospital or nursing home. Take a medication box, container, or label with you to help physician with the required information.

Don’t give your medicines to other people even if you know that they have the exact same health condition or it seems that they may have similar circumstances. This may lead to overdosage.

Please consult your doctor or pharmacist or product package for more information.

• Redness of skin
• A headache
• Nausea
• Fatigue
• Dizziness
• Feeling of discomfort
• Dyspepsia
• Stomach pain
• Peripheral edema
• Constipation
• Flushing

General Instructions

Inform your physician if you have developed constipation during treatment with Angizem 60mg Tablet.

The safety and effectiveness of this tablet are not established in the children.

When not to use?

Don’t take if you have a known allergy to Angizem 60mg Tablet or any drug belongs to the class calcium channel blockers.

This medication is not recommended in the patients with the systolic blood pressure less than 90 mm Hg.

This Tablet is not prescribed in the unhealthy people with myocardial infarction.

This medication is not recommended in the patients with sick sinus syndrome except in the presence of a functioning ventricular pacemaker.

General warnings

To decrease your risk of dizziness and lightheadedness, get up slowly when rising from a sitting or lying position.

Inform your doctor or specialist if you have ever been diagnosed with any heart problems (heart failure, heart attack, slow or irregular heart rate).

Inform your specialist if you have ever been diagnosed with kidney or liver problems.

Warnings for special population

This medication is recommended in pregnant women only if necessary. All the pros and cons should be discussed with the doctor before consuming this medicine.

Doctors have advised not to use this medicine in breastfeeding women if it necessary to use this pill then the risks and benefits should be discussed with the doctor before taking this medicine. Your pharmacist may suggest you to discontinue the tablet or to discontinue breastfeeding based on your clinical condition.

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Can Angizem 60mg Tablet be used for chronic stable angina and faster heart rate?

Yes, chronic stable angina and faster heart rate are among the most common reported uses for this Tablet. Please do not use this Tablet for chronic stable angina and faster heart rate without consulting first with your doctor.

Is it secure to operate heavy machinery or drive vehicle when consuming?

If you experience dizziness, drowsiness, hypotension or a headache as side-effects when using Angizem 60mg medicine, then it may not be secure to operate heavy machinery or drive a vehicle. One should not drive a vehicle if utilizing the medicine makes you dizzy, drowsy, or lowers your blood-pressure extensively. The specialist also advises patients not to drink alcohol with drugs as alcohol intensifies drowsiness adverse effects. Please check for these adverse effects on your body when using this Tablet. Always counsel with your doctor or physician for recommendations specific to your body and clinical conditions.

Is this drug or product addictive or habit forming?

Most pills do not come with a potential for addiction. Usually, government’s categorizes drugs that can be addictive as controlled substances. For example, schedule H or X in India and schedule II-V in the US. Please consult the product package to be sure that the medication does not belong to such special categorizations of medicines. Lastly, without the advice of a doctor don’t self-medicate and increase your body’s dependence on this pill.

Can it be discontinued immediately or do I have to slowly ween off consumption?

Some drugs need to be tapered or cannot be discontinued immediately because of rebound effects. Please discuss with your doctor for recommendations specific to your body, health and other medications that you may be using.