Tormid-10
Tablet
Dose Type
Information
Tormid-10 is the brand name of Torsemide 10 mg Tablet. This medication lessens the symptoms of shortness of breathing, sweliing in the legs, abdomen by reducing the extra fluid in the body caused by kidney disease, liver disease or heart problem.
Therapeutic Class
Diuretics ( Loop Diuretics)
Dose and Direction of Use
Swallow the tablet whole by mouth with or wihtout food as precribed by your doctor. It is best to avoid taking this medication within 4 hours of your bedtime to prevent having to get up to urinate.Dosage depend on medical condition and response to treatment. Do not increase your dose or take it more often than directed.
Mode of Action
It blocks the Sodium Potassium Chloride co-transporter in the ascending loop of henle.This results in the increase of sodium,potassium,and chlorine and reduces edema and decreases
blood pressure.
Uses
- Hypertension
- Oedema associated with congestive heart failure; hepatic, pulmonary or renal oedema.
Contraindications
Don't take this medicine if you have:
- Renal failure with anuria
- hepatic coma and pre-coma
- hypotension
- pre-existing hypovolaemia
- pregnancy and lactation
- hypersensitivity to torasemide and sulphonylureas; cardiac arrhythmias, simultaneous therapy with aminoglycosides or cephalosporins, or renal dysfunction due to drugs which cause renal damage.
Precautions and Warning
- Hypokalaemia, hyponatraemia, hypovolaemia and disorders of micturition must be corrected before treatment.
- On long-term treatment with torasemide, regular monitoring of the electrolyte balance, glucose, uric acid, creatinine and lipids in the blood, is recommended.
- Careful monitoring of patients with a tendency to hyperuricaemia and gout is recommended. Carbohydrate metabolism in latent or manifest diabetes mellitus should be monitored.
- As for other drugs which produce changes in blood pressure, patients taking torasemide should be warned not to drive or operate machinery if they experience dizziness or related symptoms.
- Patients with rare hereditary problems of glucose intolerance, the Lapp lactase deficiency of glucose-galactose malabsorption should not take this medication.
- Particular caution is required in patients with difficulty with micturition including prostatic hypertrophy because they have an increased risk of developing acute urinary retention and require careful close monitoring.
- Take it in the morning with breakfast to avoid getting up at night to urinate.
- Take potassium supplements or potassium-rich diet (banana, spinach, coconut water, etc.) as Torasemide can decrease your potassium levels and lead to dehydration.
- Consult to your doctor if you are pregnant or breast feeding before taking this medicine.