Description

This drug must not be taken in the following conditions: Hypersensitivity to sulfonamides Severe renal failure Hepatic encephalopathy or severe hepatic failure Hypokalaemia

Side effects of Indapamide include headache, anorexia, gastric irritation,nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhoea etc.

There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women and so Indapamide is not recommended. Mothers taking Indapamide should not breast feed.

Monitoring of potassium and uric acid serum levels is recommended, especially in subjects with a predisposition or sensitivity to hypokalemia and in patients with gout. Although no allergic manifestations have been reported during clinical trials, patients with a history of allergy to sulfonamide derivatives should be closely monitored.

Symptoms: These could include: allergies, skin rashes, epigastric pain, nausea, photosensitivity, dizziness, weakness and paraesthesia. Treatment: Treatment is supportive and symptomatic, directed at correcting the electrolyte abnormalities.

Thiazide diuretics & related drugs