Patient leaflet - TENORETIC 100 MG / 25 MG FILM-COATED TABLETS
3. how to take tenoretic
The score line is not intended for breaking the tablet.
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
- Your doctor will tell you how many tablets to take each day and when to take them. Read the label on the carton to remind you what the doctor said.
- Swallow your Tenoretic tablet with a drink of water.
Adults
The recommended dose for an adult is one tablet each day.
Children
Your medicine must not be given to children.
If you take more Tenoretic than.you should
If you take more Tenoretic than prescribed by your doctor, talk to a doctor or go to a hospital straight away. Take the medicine pack with you so that the tablets can be identified.
If you forget to take Tenoretic
If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose. Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.
If you stop taking Tenoretic
Do not stop taking Tenoretic without talking to your doctor. In some cases, you may need to stop taking it gradually.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
4. possible side effects
Like all medicines, Tenoretic can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Allergic reactions:
If you have an allergic reaction, see a doctor straight away. The signs may include raised lumps on your skin (weals) or swelling of your face, lips, mouth, tongue or throat.
Other possible side effects: Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)
- Cold hands and feet.
- You may notice that your pulse rate becomes slower while you are taking the tablets. This is normal, but if you are concerned please tell your doctor about it.
- Diarrhoea.
- Feeling sick (nausea).
- Feeling tired.
- Changes in the amount of certain substances in your blood.
It can cause:
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– higher levels of sugar (glucose) than normal,
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– low levels of sodium, which may cause weakness, being sick (vomiting) and cramps,
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– low levels of potassium,
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– an increase in the amount of uric acid.
Your doctor may take blood samples every so often to check on these levels.
Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
- Disturbed sleep.
Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)
- Heart block (which can cause an abnormal heart beat, dizziness, tiredness or fainting).
- Numbness and spasm in your fingers which is followed by warmth and pain (Raynaud’s disease).
- Dizziness (particularly when standing up).
- Headache.
- Feeling confused.
- Changes in personality (psychoses) or hallucinations.
- Mood changes.
- Nightmares.
- Dry mouth.
- Thinning of your hair.
- Dry eyes.
- Skin rash.
- Tingling of your hands.
- Disturbances of vision.
- Bruising more easily or purplish marks on your skin.
- Being unable to get an erection (impotence).
- Jaundice (causing yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes).
- Pancreatitis (inflammation of a large gland behind the stomach).
- A reduced number of white blood cells.
Very rare (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people)
- Changes to some of the cells or other parts of your blood. Your doctor may take blood samples every so often to check whether Tenoretic has had any effect on your blood.
Not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data)
- Constipation.
- Lupus-like syndrome (a disease where the immune system produces antibodies that attacks mainly skin and joints).
- Decrease in vision or pain in your eyes due to high pressure (possible signs of fluid accumulation in the vascular layer of the eye (choroidal effusion) or acute angle-closure glaucoma).
Conditions that may get worse
If you have any of the following conditions, they may get worse when you start to take your medicine. This happens rarely affecting less than 1 in 1,000 people:
- Psoriasis (a skin condition).
- Being short of breath or having swollen ankles (if you have heart failure).
- Asthma or breathing problems.
- Poor circulation.
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme Website: or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store. By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
5. How to store Tenoretic
- Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children. Your medicine could harm them.
- Do not use your tablets after the expiry date which is stated on the blister strip and carton. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
- Do not store above 25oC.