What are Securon tablets for?
Securon SR and Half Securon SR tablets are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and to prevent angina (chest pain) attacks. The tablets may also be prescribed following a heart attack, to prevent another attack occuring.
Is Securon the same as verapamil?
Securon SR tablets and Half Securon SR tablets contain the active ingredient verapamil, which is a type of medicine called a calcium-channel blocker. This type of medicine acts on the heart and blood vessels. (NB. Verapamil is also available without a brand name, ie as the generic medicine.)
Is half Securon the same as verapamil?
The active ingredient in Securon SR and Half Securon SR tablets is verapamil hydrochloride.
What is verapamil prescribed for?
Descriptions. Verapamil is used alone or together with other medicines to treat heart rhythm problems, severe chest pain (angina), or high blood pressure (hypertension). High blood pressure adds to the workload of the heart and arteries. If it continues for a long time, the heart and arteries may not function properly.
What is the side effects of verapamil?
Side Effects
- Blue lips and fingernails.
- chest pain.
- coughing that sometimes produces a pink frothy sputum.
- difficult, fast, noisy breathing, sometimes with wheezing.
- dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up from a lying or sitting position suddenly.
- lightheadedness, dizziness, or fainting.
- shortness of breath.
What are other names for verapamil?
US Brand Name
- Calan.
- Calan SR.
- Covera-HS.
- Isoptin SR.
- Verelan.
- Verelan PM.
What is the brand name of verapamil?
Verapamil oral capsule comes is available as brand-name drugs. Brand names: Verelan PM (extended-release) and Verelan (delayed-release). The extended-release oral capsule is also available as a generic drug.
What are bendroflumethiazide tablets?
Bendroflumethiazide is a type of medicine called a diuretic. It’s used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and the build-up of fluid in your body (oedema). Diuretics are sometimes called “water tablets” because they make you pee more. This helps get rid of extra fluid in your body.
Is verapamil a beta blocker?
Abstract. Verapamil is a calcium channel blocker widely used as an antihypertensive agent, and its pharmacological effects may partly be due to some degree of beta blockade.