About disopyramide

Disopyramide is used to treat arritmias. Uma arritmia é uma irregularidade no seu ritmo cardíaco, que faz o coração pular uma batida, bater de forma irregular ou bater muito rápido ou muito lentamente.

Disopyramide restores your normal heart rhythm by controlling the irregular heartbeats. It can also help stop unusual heartbeats from occurring after a heart attack.

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

• If you have heart failure, or any heart problems other than your abnormal heart rhythm.

• Se você tem uma condição ocular chamada glaucoma.

• If you have any problems with your liver, kidneys, or prostate gland.

• Se você tem uma condição que causa fraqueza muscular, chamada miastenia gravis.

• Se você está grávida, tentando ter um bebê ou amamentando.

• Se você tem uma condição rara de sangue hereditária chamada porfiria.

• Se você estiver tomando ou usando qualquer outro medicamento. Isso inclui quaisquer medicamentos que você esteja tomando e que estejam disponíveis para compra sem receita médica, bem como medicamentos fitoterápicos e complementares.

• Se você já teve uma reação alérgica a um medicamento.

• Before you start this treatment, read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside your pack. The leaflet will give you more information about disopyramide and a full list of side-effects which you may experience from taking it.

• Take disopyramide exactly as your doctor has told you to. If you have been supplied with capsules, it is usual to take 300-800 mg divided into several doses over the course of a day (this can mean taking 1-2 capsules, three to four times daily). If you have been supplied with tablets, it is usual to take 1-1½ tablets, twice a day. Your doctor will tell you what the right dose is for you, and this will be printed on the label of your pack to remind you.

• Swallow the capsules/tablets with a drink of water. Do not open the capsules, and do not chew or crush the tablets.

• Try to take your doses around the same times of day, as this will help you to remember to take them. You can take disopyramide before or after meals.

• Se você esquecer de tomar uma dose, tome-a assim que se lembrar, a menos que esteja quase na hora da próxima dose, nesse caso, pule a dose esquecida. Não tome duas doses juntas para compensar uma dose esquecida.

• Try to keep your regular appointments with your doctor. This is so your doctor can check on your progress. Your doctor will want you to have regular tests during this treatment to check your heart rhythm and blood pressure. You will also need to have regular blood tests.

• Treatment with disopyramide is usually long-term unless you experience an adverse effect. Continue to take your doses unless your doctor tells you otherwise.

• If you have diabetes you may need to check your blood sugar (glucose) more frequently, as disopyramide may affect the levels of sugar in your blood. Your doctor will advise you about this.

• If you are having an operation or any medical treatment, remember to tell the person carrying out the treatment that you are taking disopyramide.

• If you buy any medicines, check with a pharmacist that they are suitable for you to take alongside disopyramide.

Along with their useful effects, most medicines can cause unwanted side-effects although not everyone experiences them. The table below contains some of the most common ones associated with disopyramide. 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.

Se você sentir quaisquer outros sintomas que acha que podem ser devido a este medicamento, fale com seu médico ou farmacêutico.

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