Therapeutic Indications

• The Product is recommended for use to treat the following:
• Uneven heart beats or heart attack
• High blood pressure
• Chest pain due to narrowing of the blood vessels of the heart muscle

Usage Directions

• Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your Doctor. Swallow it as a whole with water; do not crush, break or chew it.

Precautions & Warnings

• Please consult your doctor before consuming this medicine, in case of:
• Are planned for a surgery
• Are allergic to GERICARD or any of the other ingredients of this medicine
• Have thyrotoxicosis (a condition caused by an overactive thyroid gland)
• Are suffering from narrowing of the aortic heart valve (aortic stenosis)
• Have diabetes
• Suffer from chest pain at rest or with minimal effort (unstable angina pectoris)
• Have asthma, wheezing or any other similar breathing problems
• Have severe low blood pressure (hypotension)
• Have higher than normal levels of acid in your blood (metabolic acidosis)
• Have heart failure or have suffered a heart attack during the past month
• Have very slow or uneven heart beats
• Have severe increase in blood pressure (Hypertensive crisis)
• Have second- or third-degree heart block (a condition which may be treated by a pacemaker)
• Have severe increase in blood pressure (Hypertensive crisis)
• Are elderly
• Have liver or kidney problems

Indicated Side Effects

• Inflamed pancreas which may cause severe abdominal and back pain accompanied with feeling very unwell
• Sudden wheeziness, chest pain, shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing
• Abnormal heart beat
• Swelling of eyelids, face or lips, tongue and throat
• Severe skin reactions including intense skin rash, hives, reddening of the skin over your whole body, severe itching, blistering, peeling and swelling of the skin, inflammation of mucous membranes
• Nausea
• Headache, dizziness, sleepiness (especially at the beginning of treatment)
• Diarrhoea
• Palpitations (awareness of your heart beat), flushing
• Cold hands and feet
• Abdominal pain, nausea
• Swollen ankles, oedema (fluid retention)
• Altered bowel habits, diarrhoea, constipation, indigestion,
• Muscle cramps
• Tiredness, weakness
• Visual disturbances, double vision

Interactions

• Please inform your doctor if you have recently consumed or are consuming any of the below mention medicine:
• Medicines to treat nose or sinus congestion or other cold remedies
• Verapamil, diltiazem ,medicines used to treat hypertension
• Insulin or oral medicines for diabetes
• Ketoconazole and itraconazole used to treat fungal infections
• Ibuprofen or indomethacin for pain and inflammation
• Indinavir, Nelfinavir, Nevirapine used to treat viral infections
• Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine a medicine that stimulates the heart
• Clarithromycin, Erythromycin, Rifampicin used to treat infections
• Digoxin for heart problems
• Medicines to treat depression
• Disopyramide, quinidine or amiodarone to treat uneven heart beat
• Sildenafil, medicine for impotence
• Corticosteroid used to treat inflammatory and autoimmune conditions such as Dexamethasone
• Medicines for epilepsy such as Phenobarbital, phenytoin and carbamazepine
• Dantrolene
• Cyclosporine, used as an immunosuppressant
• Medicine used to alter the way your immune system works such as tacrolimus
• Simvastatin, used as cholesterol lowering medicine

Storage Condition

• Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight or as mentioned on Product/Label.

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