What is Ivabrad 7.5mg?
Ivabrad 7.5mg is a prescription medication for the treatment of chronic angina as well as chronic heart failure. Chronic angina is a type of chest pain in which you experience heaviness, squeezing, heaviness, or tightness in the chest due to decreased blood flow to your heart.
Chronic heart failure is a condition when your heart is not able to pump blood throughout your body properly. In this way, your heart starts working flawlessly and lowers the heart rate.
As a result, you get relief from chest pain, and the risk of hospitalization is decreased in patients with heart failure. Ivabrad contains Ivabradine as its active ingredient and belongs to the class of drugs known as Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel blockers.
Make sure you take this medicine exactly in the same way as directed by your doctor.
How does Ivabrad 7.5mg work?
Ivabrad is considered a heart rate-lowering medicine and works by slowing your heart rate. This further lowers your heart's requirement for oxygen and decreases the chance of suffering from chest pain.
As a result, this drug might decrease your frequency of experiencing angina attacks and increase your ability to exercise regularly. To treat heart failure, this medication can be prescribed in combination with other drugs to improve symptoms and prevent heart failure from getting worse.
How to use Ivabrad 7.5mg?
Before starting your treatment with Ivabrad 7.5mg, it is necessary to read the patient information leaflet once. Depending upon your age, condition and what you are being treated for, the dose of Ivabrad tablet will depend.
As the treatment for angina or heart failure is life-long, so do not stop taking this medicine without discussing it with the doctor. This drug should be taken at the same time every day to attain its full benefits.
If you increase the dosage then your heart might slow down and make you feel tired or breathless. Call the doctor promptly, if you overdose or miss a dosage of Ivabrad 7.5mg.
Precautions and warnings
Intake of this medication is not recommended by the doctor in the following conditions:
- If you suffer from a liver disorder
- Have a low resting heart rate
- Heart rhythm problem
In case, you have very low blood pressure and heart failure that has become worse recently then Ivabrad is not suitable for you. Ivabrad 7.5mg often interacts with other medicines that treat high blood pressure, HIV, and fungal infections.
If you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or breastfeeding then do not take this drug without a doctor’s prescription.
Side effects
Several people taking this medicine do not experience any kind of serious side effects.
Meet the doctor quickly, if you notice any symptoms of allergic reactions like swelling of your face and hives.
The common side effects of Ivabrad 7.5mg tablet include:
- Blurry vision
- Rapid feeling heartbeat
- Dizziness
- Visual impairment
Get emergency medical help, if your side effects continue or worsen with time.
