Aldactone
Aldactone is a heart blood pressure medication containing Spironolactone, available as 25/100mg tablets.
- Category
- Heart Blood Pressure
- Active ingredient
- Spironolactone
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 25/100mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Aldactone vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Hypertension · Oedema · Heart failure · Hyperaldosteronism
- Therapeutic Class
- Diuretic
- Pharmacological Class
- Aldosterone Antagonist
- Known Off-label Uses
- hirsutism
- Minor Side Effects
- headache, gastrointestinal disturbances, drowsiness
- Moderate Side Effects
- gynaecomastia, menstrual irregularities, hyponatraemia
- Dosage Forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Pfizer
- Onset Time
- 2–4 days
- Duration
- 2–3 days
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C, protected from light.
- Drug Interactions
- potassium-sparing diuretics, ACE inhibitors
- Age Restrictions
- Use with caution in elderly patients.
What you will receive
Aldactone is the originator brand name, made by Pfizer. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Pfizer and do not ship the original Aldactone.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Spironolactone) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.