Lercanidipine Mylan 10mg, 20mg Film-Coated Tablets
- Name:
Lercanidipine Mylan 10mg, 20mg Film-Coated Tablets
- Company:
Gerard Laboratories
- Active Ingredients:
- Legal Category:
Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
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1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS
5. PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
5. PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
6. PHARMACEUTICAL PARTICULARS
6. PHARMACEUTICAL PARTICULARS
7. MARKETING AUTHORISATION HOLDER
7. MARKETING AUTHORISATION HOLDER
8. MARKETING AUTHORISATION NUMBER(S)
8. MARKETING AUTHORISATION NUMBER(S)
9. DATE OF FIRST AUTHORISATION/RENEWAL OF THE AUTHORISATION
9. DATE OF FIRST AUTHORISATION/RENEWAL OF THE AUTHORISATION
10. DATE OF REVISION OF THE TEXT
10. DATE OF REVISION OF THE TEXT
Gerard Laboratories

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Updated on 30 January 2018 SmPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
- Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
- Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
- Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
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4.2 Posology and method of administration
Method of administration
For oral use.
Precautions to be taken before handling or administering the medicinal product:
Treatment should be preferably administered in the morning at least 15 minutes before breakfast.
4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
Sick-sinus syndrome
Special care should be exercised when lercanidipine is used in patients with sick sinus syndrome (
4.5 Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
Interaction studies have only been performed in adults.
10. DATE OF REVISION OF THE TEXT
Updated on 30 January 2018 SmPC
Reasons for updating
- New SmPC for new product
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
Updated on 15 July 2015 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Change to, or new use for medicine
- Change to warnings or special precautions for use
- Change of contraindications
- Change to instructions about missed dose
- Change to instructions about overdose
- Change to side-effects
- Change to drug interactions
- Change to information about pregnancy or lactation
- Change to information about driving or using machinery
- Change to further information section
- Change to date of revision
- Change to appearance of the medicine
- Addition of information on reporting a side effect.
Updated on 15 July 2015 SmPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 3 - Pharmaceutical form
- Change to section 4 - Clinical particulars
- Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties
- Change to section 5.3 - Preclinical safety data
- Change to section 6.5 - Nature and contents of container
- Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
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Updated text highlighted in red.
3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Film-coated tablet.
10mg:
Yellowish brown, round, biconvex film-coated tablet debossed with “LR over 1” on one side of the tablet and with a deep score line on the other side.
The score line is only to facilitate breaking for ease of swallowing and not to divide into equal doses.
20mg:
Pink, round, biconvex film-coated tablets, debossed with “LR over 2” on one side of the tablet and with a deep score line on the other side.
The score line is only to facilitate breaking for ease of swallowing and not to divide into equal doses.
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Lercanidipine Mylan is indicated in adults for the treatment of mild to moderate essential hypertension.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
Paediatric population
The safety and efficacy of lercanidipine in children up to 18 years have not been established. No data are available
4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
Following headings added:
Sick-sinus syndrome
Left ventricular dysfunction and ischaemic heart disease
Alcohol
Inducers of CYP3A4
Lercanidipine Mylan contains lactose
Section added:
Paediatric population
The safety and efficacy of lercanidipine has not been demonstrated in children.
4.5 Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
Following headings added:
Inhibitors of CYP3A4
Ciclosporin
Grapefruit juice
Midazolam
Substrates of CYP3A4
Inducers of CYP3A4
Metoprolol
Fluoxetine
Cimetidine
Digoxin
Simvastatin
Warfarin
Diuretics and ACE inhibitors
Alcohol
Section added:
Paediatric population
Interaction studies have only been performed in adults.
4.6 Fertility, pPregnancy and lactation
Breast-feeding
It is unknown whether lercanidipine/metabolites are excreted in human milk. A risk in the newborns/infants cannot be excluded. Lercanidipine Mylan is contraindicated during breastfeeding (see section 4.3)
Fertility
No clinical data are available with lercanidipine. Reversible biochemical changes in the head of spermatozoa which can impair fecundation have been reported in some patients treated by channel blockers. In cases where repeated in-vitro fertilisation is unsuccessful and where another explanation cannot be found, the possibility of calcium channel blockers as the cause should be considered.
4.7 Effects on ability to drive and use machines
Lercanidipine has minor influence on the ability to drive and use machines.. However, caution should be exercised because dizziness, asthenia, fatigue and rarely somnolence may occur.
4.8 Undesirable effects
Very common (1/10)
Common (1/100 to <1/10)
Uncommon (1/1,000 to <1/100)
Rare (1/10,000 to <1/1,000)
Very rare (<1/10,000)
Not known (cannot be estimated from the available data)
Within each frequency grouping the observed adverse reactions are presented in order of decreasing seriousness.
Nervous system disorders:
Rare: Somnolence
Very rare: Syncope
Reporting of suspected adverse reactions
Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via HPRA Pharmacovigilance, Earlsfort Terrace, IRL - Dublin 2. Tel: +353 1 6764971; Fax: +353 1 6762517; website: www.hpra.ie; e-mail: medsafety@hpra.ie.
4.9 Overdose
In the post-marketing experience, some cases of overdose were reported (from 40 up to 800 mg of lercanidipine , including reports of suicide attempt).
Symptoms
As with other dihydropyridines, overdosage might be expected to cause excessive peripheral vasodilatation. Symptoms associated to overdose include marked hypotension and reflex tachycardia.
5.1 Pharmacodynamic properties
following headings added:
Mechanism of action
Pharmacodynamic effects
Clinical efficacy and safety
5.3 Preclinical safety data
Non-clinical data reveal no special hazard for human based on conventional studies of safety pharmacology, repeated dose toxicity, genotoxicity, carcinogenic potential, toxicity to reproduction.
6.5 Nature and contents of container
Cold form Al/OPA/PVC/Al blister packs containing 7, 14, 28, 35, 50, 56, 98 and 100 tablets.
HDPE bottle with opaque polypropylene cap with dessicant containing 500 and 1000 tablets.
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
10. DATE OF REVISION OF THE TEXT
July 2015
(internal reference: UK/H/3812/IB/010)
Updated on 15 July 2015 PIL
Reasons for updating
- New PIL for new product
Updated on 15 December 2014 SmPC
Reasons for updating
- New SPC for new product
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
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Updated on 3 December 2014 PIL
Reasons for updating
- New PIL for new product