Korandil 5mg

Korandil 5 mg is a prescription medicine used for the reduction of the pain and strain on the heart caused by certain cardiovascular events. The medication has Nicorandil as an active ingredient, which is a vasodilatory drug helps in the widening of blood vessel thus increasing the flow of blood and oxygen to the heart. It is used for the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure). When the blood pressure is high, the workload of the heart and arteries increases, if this condition persists for longer, the heart and arteries will not function properly. This can affect the blood vessels of the heart, brain, and kidneys resulting in heart failure, kidney failure, and stroke. Maintaining blood pressure can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Clinical Uses Of Korandil

Korandil is a medicine which comes with an active ingredient Nicorandil, and it is used to widens the blood vessels of the heart which in turn increased the blood and oxygen supply to the heart and eventually reduced pain.  The medicine is extremely beneficial in treating other medical conditions such and angina (chest pain) and acute coronary syndrome. Patients are instructed to inform their health care provider about any ongoing treatment before beginning the Nicorandil tablets to avoid undesirable side effects.

Dosing Instructions

The dose and duration should be determined by your health care specialist based on your medical history and current health status. Usually, it is taken twice daily to reduce heart strain.

Potential Side Effects

On using Nicorandil tablets, the user may experience side effects such as swelling, rapid, or irregular heartbeat, dizziness, nausea, headache, skin rash, high potassium levels, stomach pain, muscle pain, flushes, a decrease in blood pressure levels. Notify your health care specialist if you face any of these unwanted effects. These side effects may or may not occur, and this is not the complete list of side effects, you need to contact your health care specialist to get the full list of side effects of Nicorandil tablets. Before using Korandil 5 mg medicine, let your health care specialist know if you are allergic to any of the ingredients present in the formulation, you have any other allergies, you have hypertension, you have heart problems, you have mouth ulcers, you are using other medications, you are pregnant or planning to conceive, or are breastfeeding.

A health care specialist should be consulted regarding the correct dosage of Nicorandil tablets. The user is advised to consult his health care specialist for its further used and unwanted effects and should let their health care providers about any ongoing medicinal treatment before using the vasodilatory drug.