Torasemide 2.5 mg tablets – patient leaflet, side effects, dosage

1. What Torasemide is and what it is used for

• Other medicines to treat high blood pressure.

Torasemide tablets contains a medicine called torasemide. This belongs to a group of medicines called ‘diuretics’ or ‘water tablets’.

• Medicines called ‘ACE inhibitors’ (used to treat heart disease).
• Medicines like digoxin or digitoxin (used to treat heart disease).
• Adrenaline (also called epinephrine) or noradrenaline (also called norepinephrine). These are used to treat low blood pressure.

Torasemide is used to treat blood pressure (hypertension). It works by making you pass more water (urine). This helps to lower your blood pressure.

• Cholestyramine, or other ‘ion-exchange resins’ (used to treat levels of cholesterol in your blood).

2. What you need to know before you take Torasemide

• High doses of medicines called ‘salicylates’, such as aspirin.
• Medicines called ‘non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These include indomethacin and ibuprofen.

Do not take Torasemide if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to:

• Torasemide or any of the other ingredients of torasemide (see section 6: further information).

  • Laxatives.
  • Steroid medicines, such as hydrocortisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone.

• Similar medicines called ‘sulphonylureas’. These are used to treat diabetes (high blood sugar). These medicines include chlorpropamide, glibenclamide, glipizide and tolbutamide. Do not take torasemide if any of these apply to you. If you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking torasemide. Do not take torasemide if:

  • Medicines to relax your muscles (muscle relaxants).
  • Cisplatin (used to treat cancer).
  • Lithium (used to treat mental health problems).
  • Probenecid (used to treat gout).
  • Theophylline (used to treat asthma).

  • Loop diuretics primarily used to treat hypertension and edema. Pregnancy and breast-feeding

• You have kidney problems (renal failure).
• You have kidney problems that have been caused by medicines.

• You have liver problems.

  Do not take torasemide if you are pregnant, might become pregnant or are breast-feeding. This is because it is not known if torasemide will affect your baby.

• You have a low volume of blood (hypovolaemia).
• You have low blood pressure (hypotension).

• You have heartbeat problems (cardiac arrhythmia).

  Driving and using machines

• You are taking an antibiotic called an ‘aminoglycoside’ or ‘cephalosporin’ (for an infection). These medicines include streptomycin, gentamycin, cephalexin and ceftriaxone. See the section on ‘Taking other medicines’.

  You may feel dizzy while taking torasemide, particularly when alcohol is simultaneously consumed. If this happens, do not drive, or use any tools or machines.

  Torasemide contains lactose

• You are pregnant or breast-feeding a baby. See the section on ‘Pregnancy and breast-feeding’.

  This medicine contains lactose, which is a type of sugar. If you have been told by your doctor that you cannot tolerate or digest some sugars (have an intolerance to some sugars), talk to your doctor before taking this medicine.

Do not take torasemide if any of these apply to you. If you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking torasemide. Warnings and precautions

3. How to take Torasemide

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking

Always take Torasemide exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. High blood pressure

torasemide if:

• You have low levels of potassium or sodium in your blood (shown in blood tests).

  • The usual dose for adults and elderly people is one tablet (2.5mg) once a day, in the morning, swallowed with a drink without chewing
• You have difficulty with micturition (passing urine) including prostatic hypertrophy.

• You have diabetes (diabetes mellitus).

  • Your doctor may increase the dose to 5mg a day if needed. If you take more Torasemide than you should
• You have gout.

• You have cirrhosis of the liver.

  • If you take more Torasemide than you should, talk to a doctor or go to a hospital straight away. Take the medicine pack with you.

If any of these apply to you, or if you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you take torasemide.

• If you take too many tablets, you may pass a lot of urine, become sleepy, or feel confused, faint, or dizzy. You may also have stomach upset.

Other medicines and Torasemide

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently take or might take any other medicines. This includes medicines that you buy without a prescription and herbal medicines. This is because torasemide can affect the way some other medicines work. Also, some other medicines can affect the

If you forget to take Torasemide

• If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember it.

• Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose. If someone else takes your Torasemide tablets by mistake, they should talk to a doctor or go to a hospital straight away. If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

4. Possible side effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

Within the system organ classes, adverse reactions are listed under headings of frequency (number of patients expected to experience the reaction), using the following categories:

• Very common: may affect more than 1 in 10 people
• Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people
• Uncommon: may affect up to 1 in 100 people
• Rare: may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people
• Very rare: may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people
• Not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data

The following undesirable effects were observed whereas the frequency of undesirable effect is not known:

Tell your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following:

• Blood and lymphatic system disorders

  Frequency not known: Thrombocytopenia, Leukopenia, Anaemia.

• Immune system disorders

  Very rare: Allergic skin reactions (e.g. Pruritus, Exanthema), Photosensitivity reaction.

  Frequency not known: Serious skin reactions (e.g. Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Toxic epidermal necrolysis).

• Metabolism and nutrition disorders

  Common: Metabolic alkalosis, Fluid and electrolyte imbalance (e.g. Hypovolaemia, Hyponatraemia).

• Nervous system disorders

  Common: Headache, Dizziness.

  Frequency not known: Cerebral ischaemia, Parenthesis, Confusional state.

• Eye disorders

  Frequency not known: Visual impairment.

• Ear and labyrinth disorders

  Frequency not known: Tinnitus, Deafness.

• Cardiac disorders

  Frequency not known: Acute myocardial infarction, Myocardial ischaemia, Angina pertoris, Syncope, Hypotension.

• Vascular disorders

  Frequency not known: Embolism.

• Gastrointestinal disorder

  Common: Gastrointestinal disorder (e.g. Loss of appetite; Abdominal pain upper, Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Constipation). Frequency not known: Dry mouth, Pancreatitis.

• Hepatobiliary disorders

  Uncommon: Hepatic enzyme increased

  (e.g. Gamma-glutamyltransferase increased).

• Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders

  Very rare: Allergic skin reactions (e.g. Pruritus, Exanthema), Photosensitivity reaction.

  Frequency not known: Serious skin reactions

  (e.g. Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Toxic epidermal necrolysis).

• Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders Common: Muscle spasms.

• Renal and urinary disorders

  Uncommon: Urinary retention, Bladder dilatation. Rare: Blood urea increased, Blood creatinine increased.

• General disorders and administration site conditions Common: Fatigue, Asthenia.

• Investigations

  Uncommon: Blood uric acid increased, Blood glucose increased, Lipids increased (Blood triglycerides increased, Blood cholesterol increased).

Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help protect the environment. Other possible side effects:

Blood

• An increase in the levels of certain substances in your blood, including sugar, uric acid and fats (lipids).

  Your doctor may do blood tests from time to time to make sure that torasemide is working safely.

Stomach and gut

• Stomach upset.
• Inflammation of the pancreas causing pain in the stomach (pancreatitis).
• Changes in how your liver is working (shown by blood tests). Skin
• Skin rashes and itchy skin.
• Skin being more sensitive to the sun (photo-sensitivity). Eyes and ears
• Blurred eyesight.
• Ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and loss of hearing. Other
• Feeling numb or tingling in the legs or arms.
• Dry mouth.
• Some people may have difficulty passing water (urinating). If any of the side effects become serious or troublesome, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.

Reporting of suspected adverse reactions

Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via: United Kingdom Yellow Card Scheme Website: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store’.

5. How to store Torasemide

Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children. Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the carton after “EXP.” The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.

This medicinal product does not require any special storage condition.

6. Contents of the pack and other information

What Torasemide tablets contains

The active substance is Torasemide.

The other ingredients are lactose monohydrate, pregelatinised starch, colloidal anhydrous silica, magnesium stearate. What Torasemide tablets look like and Contents of the Pack

Torasemide tablets are white to off white, round tablets, debossed with “T 2.5” on one side and plain on other side.

Torasemide tablets are available in PVC-ALU and PVC/PVDC-ALU blister packs of 14 and 28 tablets.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer

Crescent Pharma Ltd., Key House,

Sarum Hill, Basingstoke, RG21 8SR, UK.

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Torasemide 2.5mg Tablets PL 20416/1092 This leaflet was last revised in July 2026.

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