Macirol 10mg Tablet

Macirol 10mg Tablet is a prescription medicine used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (high pressure in the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs). It even helps to improve your quality of life, exercising ability and delay in disease progression.

Macirol 10mg Tablet is given alone or in combination with some other medicines. It should be taken with or without food. This medicine should be used regularly to get the most benefit from it. The dose and how often you take it depends on what you are taking it for. Your doctor will decide how much you need to improve your symptoms. You should take this medicine for as long as it is prescribed for you.

The most common side effects of this medicine include headache, swelling of the legs and ankles(edema), and inflammation of the airways. If these bother you or appear serious, let your doctor know. There may be ways of reducing or preventing them. Some serious side effects which mean your doctor should know immediately include Anemia (low number of red blood cells) and abnormal liver function such as nausea, vomiting, dark urine, fever, and dark urine. Your doctor might check you for blood tests to check for anemia and liver function.

Before taking this medicine, let your doctor know if you have liver dysfunctioning. Inform your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Your doctor should also know about all other medicines you are taking as many of these may make this medicine less effective or change the way it works. You must avoid driving if this medicine makes you feel dizzy.

• Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
Pulmonary arterial hypertension can cause shortness of breath, tiredness, dizziness, chest pain and swelling in your ankles and legs. It is caused by thickening of walls of the arteries that supply your lungs making it hard for blood to get through. Macirol 10mg Tablet relaxes the blood vessels and can help lower the blood pressure in the arteries of your lungs. You will be able to carry out your daily activities more easily and feel less tired or dizzy.

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Common side effects of Opsutan

• Headache
• Bronchitis (inflammation of the airways)
• Nasopharyngitis (inflammation of the throat and nasal passages)
• Anemia (low number of red blood cells)
• Urinary tract infection
• Influenza

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. Macirol 10mg Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

Macirol 10mg Tablet is an endothelin receptor blocker. It blocks the action of endothelin (a natural substance) that causes blood vessels to narrow (constrict). This narrowing increases the pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs. Macirol 10mg Tablet helps relax these blood vessels and increases the supply of blood to the lungs.

• Your doctor has prescribed Macirol 10mg Tablet to treat high pressure in the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs (the pulmonary arteries).

• It helps improve your quality of life, exercising ability, and delay disease progression.

• Notify your doctor if you are pregnant or planning to conceive or breastfeeding.

• Your doctor may ask you to get routine blood tests done to check for anemia and to assess the functioning of your liver.

• Do not drive or do anything requiring concentration until you know how Macirol 10mg Tablet affects you.

• Inform your doctor if you notice weight gain, swelling of your arms and legs, or difficulty breathing.

• Inform your doctor if you notice yellowing of skin/eye, dark urine, or stomach pain.

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