Calan
Calan is a heart blood pressure medication containing Verapamil, available as 40/80/120/240mg tablets.
- Category
- Heart Blood Pressure
- Active ingredient
- Verapamil
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 40/80/120/240mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Calan vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Hypertension · Angina pectoris · Supraventricular tachycardia
- Alternative Name
- Cordilox, Securon
- Therapeutic Class
- Calcium Channel Blocker
- Pharmacological Class
- Phenylalkylamine Calcium Channel Blocker
- Known Off-label Uses
- cluster headache
- Minor Side Effects
- constipation, dizziness, nausea
- Moderate Side Effects
- peripheral oedema, flushing, hypotension
- Dosage Forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Pfizer
- Onset Time
- 1–2 hours
- Duration
- 6–8 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C, keep the container tightly closed.
- Drug Interactions
- grapefruit, digoxin, beta-blockers
- Age Restrictions
- Dosage adaptation may be required for elderly patients.
What you will receive
Calan 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 Calan.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Verapamil) 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.