Uses / Indications:
Terifin 50mg Tablet is used in the treatment of high blood pressure, chest pain (Angina), heart failure and arrhythmias.
Pregnancy interaction:
Terifin 50mg Tablet is unsafe to use during pregnancy.There is positive evidence of human fetal risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite the risk, for example in life-threatening situations. Please consult your doctor.
Expert advice:
Terifin helps reduce blood pressure and lower heart rate. Do not miss doses. In case you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible up to 8 hrs before next dose. Don’t double the dose. Stopping Terifin suddenly can cause your blood pressure to rise suddenly, which increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. You may feel dizzy during the initial few days. You may also have fatigue and headaches. Notify your doctor if these symptoms persist for long. Can hide symptoms of low blood sugar if you're diabetic. If you take insulin or other anti-diabetic medications, you may have to check your blood sugar level more closely. Know how to check pulse daily and blood pressure (BP) twice a week, and teach your family as well. Notify your doctor if slow pulse, troubled breathing, wheezing, cold hands and feet, dizziness, light-headedness, confusion, depression.
Side Effects:
Nausea, Headache, Fatigue, Constipation, Diarrhoea, Dizziness, Cold extremities.
How to use:
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Terifin 50mg Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
How it works:
Terifin 50mg Tablet is a beta blocker that works specifically on the heart. It works by slowing down the heart rate and makes the heart more efficient at pumping blood around the body.
Faq for medicine:
What is betacard used for? : Betacard is a trade name for active drug atenolol. Atenolol belongs to a class of drugs called beta blockers and is used for its effect on the heart and peripheral blood vessels to lower elevated blood pressure, prevent chest pain, treat uneven heart beats and in the early treatment following a heart attack|Is Terifin safe? : Yes. Terifin is safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor|Is atenolol a diuretic/ blood thinner/ ACE inhibitor/ nitrate? : No. Atenolol is blood pressure lowering medication (beta-blocker) and used to treat few other heart diseases. It has no known effect on increasing the urine output or fluidity of blood. It is not an ACE inhibitor or nitrate|Is Terifin a narcotic? : No. Terifin is not a narcotic medicine. It belongs to a class of drugs called beta blockers and is used for its effect on the heart and peripheral blood vessels to lower elevated blood pressure, prevent chest pain, treat uneven heart beats and in the early treatment following a heart attack|Is Terifin cardioselective/ selective/ non-selective? : Yes. Terifin selectively blocks receptors called beta-1 adrenergic receptor in the heart and is therefore called a cardio selective drug.
Medicine interaction:
Terifin with Chlorpropamide|Terifin with Voglibose|Terifin with Glibenclamide|Terifin with Saroglitazar|Terifin with Acarbose|Terifin with Glimepiride|Terifin with Miglitol|Terifin with Gliclazide|Terifin with Tolbutamide|Terifin with Glipizide|Terifin with Terazosin|Terifin with Tamsulosin|Terifin with Phenoxybenzamine|Terifin with Naftopidil|Terifin with Prazosin|Terifin with Doxazosin|Terifin with Alfuzosin|Terifin with Silodosin
