Hypertension
Adult: As hydrochloride: 5 mg once daily, up to 10 mg once daily if needed.
Indications and Dosage
Oral
Hypertension Adult: As hydrochloride: 5 mg once daily, up to 10 mg once daily if needed.
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Contraindications
2nd and 3rd degree AV block, sinus bradycardia, uncontrolled heart failure, bronchospasm or asthma, metabolic acidosis, severe peripheral arterial diasease, pheochromocytoma, history of obstructive airways disease.
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Special Precautions
1st degree AV block. May mask symptoms of hyperthyroidism and hypoglycaemia. May unmask myasthenia gravis or aggravate psoriasis. May interfere with carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Patients on long-term treatment should discontinue medication gradually over a period of 1-2 wk as abrupt withdrawal may result in angina, MI, ventricular arrhythmias and death. Pregnancy and lactation.
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Adverse Reactions
Bradycardia, hypotension, fatigue, coldness of extremities.
Potentially Fatal: Heart failure, heart block, bronchospasm. |
Drug Interactions
Additive hypotensive effect with other antihypertensives, aldesleukin, general anaesthetics. Hypotensive effect antagonised by NSAIDs. Increased risk of bradycardia with digoxin, sotalol and other cardiac depressants.
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Action
Description: Tertatolol is a non-cardioselective β-blocker. It lacks intrinsic sympathomimetic activity.
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MIMS Class
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