Benitab 8mg Tablet

Quick info

Benitab 8mg Tablet is a calcium channel blocker used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and prevent angina (heart-related chest pain). Benitab 8mg Tablet belongs to a class of medicines known as calcium channel blockers. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and prevent angina (heart-related chest pain). It lowers blood pressure and reduces the heart's workload, which helps prevent heart attacks and strokes.

How it works

Benitab 8mg Tablet is a calcium channel blocker. It regulates the blood pressure by relaxing the blood vessels and reducing the pressure on them thereby making it easier for the heart to pump more blood throughout the body. In this way it normalizes the blood pressure in patients with high blood pressure. This enhanced blood flow also improves the oxygen flow in the body thereby preventing any heart-related chest pain (angina).

Direction of use

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Benitab 8mg Tablet is to be taken with food.

Tips

• You have been prescribed Benitab 8mg Tablet to improve your blood pressure and/or to reduce the number and severity of angina attacks.
• Lowering blood pressure reduces the chance of future heart attack and stroke.
• Take it at the same time every day to help you remember to take it.
• A sudden drop in your blood pressure may occur especially when you first start taking Benitab 8mg Tablet. To lower the chance of feeling dizzy or passing out rise slowly if you have been sitting or lying down.
• It can cause ankle or foot swelling. To reduce the swelling raise your legs while you are sitting down. Talk to your doctor if it does not go away.

Side Effects

• No common side effects listed.