Essential hypertension

Active Ingredient: Manidipine

Indication for Manidipine

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)
Therapeutic intent: Curative procedure

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:

10 once daily for 2-4 weeks and thereafter 10-20 mg once daily

For:

Dosage regimens

Oral, 10 milligrams manidipine, once daily to breakfast, over the duration of 2 to 4 weeks. Afterwards, oral, between 10 milligrams manidipine and 20 milligrams manidipine, once daily to breakfast.

Detailed description

The recommended starting dose is 10 mg once a day. If, after 2-4 weeks of treatment, the antihypertensive effect is insufficient, it is advisable to increase the dosage to the usual maintenance dose of 20 mg once a day.

Dosage considerations

It should be taken in the morning after breakfast.

10 mg once daily

For:

Dosage regimens

Oral, 10 milligrams manidipine, once daily to breakfast.

Detailed description

Due to the metabolic slowing in elderly people, the recommended dose is 10 mg once a day. This dosage is sufficient for the majority of elderly patients.

The risk/benefit ratio of any dosage increase must be envisaged cautiously on a case-by-case basis.

Dosage considerations

It should be taken in the morning after breakfast.

Active ingredient

Manidipine

Manidipine (INN) is a calcium channel blocker (dihydropyridine type) that is used clinically as an antihypertensive. It is selective for vasculature and does not produce effects on the heart at clinically relevant dosages.

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