Comprimés et médicament liquide d'Amiloride

About amiloride

Amiloride belongs to the group of medicines known as potassium-sparing diuretics. A diuretic is a medicine which increases the amount of urine that you pass out from your kidneys. They are often referred to as 'water' tablets. Amiloride is called a potassium-sparing diuretic because, unlike some other diuretics, it does not cause your body to lose potassium. It is used to treat hypertension artérielle (hypertension) et aussi la rétention d'eau (œdème).

Oedema occurs when fluid leaks out of your blood vessels, causing swelling in the tissues of your lungs, feet or ankles. This makes you feel breathless and your legs feel puffy. It is commonly caused by heart failure or liver disease. Amiloride prevents the build-up of this fluid by increasing the amount of urine your kidneys produce.

Amiloride can be prescribed as a treatment on its own, or alongside other diuretics. When it is used with other diuretics, it can be prescribed as a combination tablet to help cut down on the number of tablets you need to take each day. Combination tablets include co-amilozide (amiloride with hydrochlorothiazide) and co-amilofruse (amiloride with furosemide).

Before taking amiloride

Some medicines are not suitable for people with certain conditions, and sometimes a medicine can only be used if extra care is taken. For these reasons, before you start taking amiloride it is important that your doctor knows:

• Si vous êtes enceinte ou si vous allaitez.

• If you have any problems with the way your kidneys work, or if you have any difficulties passing urine.

• Si vous avez le diabète.

• Si un médecin vous a informé que vous avez des niveaux élevés de potassium dans votre sang.

• If you have a problem with your adrenal glands, called Maladie d'Addison.

• Si vous prenez ou utilisez d'autres médicaments. Cela inclut tous les médicaments que vous prenez et qui sont disponibles à l'achat sans ordonnance, ainsi que les médicaments à base de plantes et les médecines complémentaires.

• Si vous avez déjà eu une réaction allergique à un médicament.
  

How to take amiloride

• Before you start the treatment, read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside your pack. It will give you more information about amiloride and will also provide you with a full list of side-effects which you could experience from taking it.

• Take amiloride exactly as your doctor tells you to. Your doctor will ask you to take one dose, or possibly two doses, a day. The directions for taking your doses will be printed on the label of the pack to remind you about what the doctor said to you.

• Amiloride is best taken in the morning. This is because you will find you may need to go to the toilet a couple of times after taking it and this will disturb your sleep if you take it too late in the day. If you have been prescribed more than one dose a day, make sure you take your last dose no later than 6 pm.

• You can take amiloride either before or after meals.

• If you forget to take a dose of amiloride, take it when you remember unless it is late in the day. If it is after 6 pm in the evening, leave out the missed dose completely and take your next dose when it is due on the following day. Do not take two doses at the same time to make up for a missed dose.

Tirer le meilleur parti de votre traitement

• Try to keep your regular appointments with your doctor. This is so your doctor can check on your progress. The balance of salts in your blood may be upset by amiloride so your doctor may want you to have a blood test from time to time to check for this.

• Les diurétiques vous aident à perdre de l'eau, ce qui vous permet de respirer et de bouger plus facilement. Cependant, si vous perdez trop de liquide, vous pouvez souffrir d'un manque de liquide dans le corps (déshydratation). Cela vous donnera soif et rendra votre peau sèche au toucher et à l'apparence. Informez votre médecin si cela se produit, car votre dose pourrait devoir être ajustée.

• Because amiloride is a potassium-conserving diuretic, you should try to avoid things with a high potassium content, such as 'salt substitutes'. This is so the level of potassium in your body does not become too high.

• Treatment with diuretics is usually long-term, so continue to take amiloride unless your doctor advises you otherwise.

• Si vous achetez des médicaments 'en vente libre', veuillez vérifier avec un pharmacien qu'ils sont adaptés à votre prise en parallèle de vos médicaments prescrits.

Si vous prenez également de l'hydrochlorothiazide en combinaison avec ce médicament

• Des études ont suggéré que prendre des doses plus élevées d'hydrochlorothiazide pendant de longues périodes pourrait augmenter le risque de certains cancers de la peau.

• Dites à votre médecin si vous avez déjà été traité pour un cancer de la peau auparavant.

• Informez votre médecin de tout grain de beauté nouveau ou modifié, ou de toute marque inquiétante sur votre peau.

• Utilisez un écran solaire en cas de fort ensoleillement. N'utilisez pas de lits de bronzage.

Can amiloride cause problems?

Along with their useful effects, most medicines can cause unwanted side-effects although not everyone experiences them. The table below contains some of the ones associated with amiloride. You will find a full list in the manufacturer's information leaflet supplied with your medicine. The unwanted effects often improve as your body adjusts to the new medicine, but speak with your doctor or pharmacist if any of the following continue or become troublesome.

Si vous ressentez d'autres symptômes que vous pensez être dus au médicament, veuillez consulter votre médecin ou votre pharmacien pour obtenir des conseils supplémentaires.

How to store amiloride

• Gardez tous les médicaments hors de la portée et de la vue des enfants.

• Conserver dans un endroit frais et sec, à l'abri de la chaleur directe et de la lumière.

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