Medicine pack check sheet

Source-linked reading points

• Read the active ingredients on every pack. NORVASC is amlodipine alone and BENICAR is olmesartan medoxomil alone; LOTREL, EXFORGE, CADUET, BENICAR HCT and TRIBENZOR may share an ingredient with AZOR. If they appear together, do not add or remove a pack yourself; a pharmacist or prescriber must review the complete prescriptions.
• The label carries a boxed warning for fetal toxicity. Anyone who is pregnant, may be pregnant or plans pregnancy should contact the prescribing team promptly; do not wait for a website decision or arrange stopping or switching independently.
• Severe, persistent chronic diarrhoea with substantial weight loss may relate to the labelled sprue-like enteropathy, even after months or years of use, and warrants prompt contact with the care team. Use local emergency services for dehydration, fainting, altered consciousness or inability to take fluids.
• Older or frail adults with marked dizziness, fainting, a fall, reduced urine or persistent vomiting or diarrhoea should contact the care team promptly; use local emergency services for severe or sudden symptoms. Review blood pressure, kidney and liver function, electrolytes and the full medicine list; the site does not generate a regimen from age.