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Expand APO-Pantoprazole 09 Apr 2010
 
The name of your medicine is APO-Pantoprazole. It contains the active ingredient, pantoprazole (as sodium sesquihydrate).
It is used to treat and help heal duodenal and gastric ulcers.
Depending on the position of the ulcer it is called a gastric or duodenal ulcer. A gastric ulcer occurs in the stomach. A duodenal ulcer occurs in the duodenum which is the tube leading out of the stomach. These can be caused in part by too much acid being made in the stomach.
Pantoprazole may also be used to prevent ulcers associated with the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These are medicines used to relieve pain, swelling and other symptoms of inflammation, including arthritis (inflammation of the joints).
Pantoprazole is also used to treat reflux oesophagitis or reflux disease. This can be caused by "washing back" (reflux) of food and acid from the stomach into the food pipe, also known as the oesophagus.
Reflux can cause a burning sensation in the chest rising up to the throat, also known as heartburn.
Pantoprazole is also used to prevent reflux oesophagitis from coming back.
Pantoprazole is used to treat a rare condition called Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, where the stomach produces very large amounts of acid, much more than in ulcers and reflux disease.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.

Use in children

There is not enough information to recommend the use of this medicine in children.
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Expand Apo-Paracetamol Codeine 30 Jul 2009
 
The name of your medicine is Apo-Paracetamol/ Codeine 500/30. It contains the active ingredients, paracetamol and codeine phosphate.
It is used for the relief of moderate to severe pain when milder painkillers are not effective.

How it works

Paracetamol belongs to a group of medicines called analgesics (painkillers). Analgesics are used to block pain. It is also antipyretic which means that it helps reduce your body temperature if you have a fever.
Codeine phosphate also belongs to the group of medicines called analgesics. It is an opioid analgesic and it acts by blocking pain and your emotional response to pain.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.

Use in children

This medicine is not suitable for use in children under 7 years of age.
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Expand APO-Perindopril 01 Sep 2010
 

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Expand Apo-Pravastatin 18 Jun 2009
 
The name of your medicine is Apo-Pravastatin. It contains the active ingredient, pravastatin (as pravastatin sodium).
It is used to treat people who have had a heart attack or an episode of unstable angina, or who have high blood cholesterol levels. In these people pravastatin can reduce the risk of further heart disease, reduce the possibility of needing a bypass operation, or reduce the risk of having a stroke.
Pravastatin lowers high blood cholesterol levels (doctors call this hypercholesterolaemia). It is also used if your cholesterol levels are normal if you have had a heart attack or an episode of unstable angina.
It is more effective if it is taken with a diet low in fat.
Pravastatin is used to treat heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in children and adolescent patients aged 8 years and older as an adjunct to diet and lifestyle changes.

How it works

If you have had a heart attack, an episode of unstable angina or you have too much cholesterol in your blood, then you have an increased risk of a blood clot forming in your blood vessels and causing a blockage. Blood vessels that become blocked in this way can lead to further heart disease, angina or stroke.
Pravastatin may be used to lower lipids in heart or kidney transplant patients, who are also being given immunosuppressive medicine.
Pravastatin is used to treat long term (chronic) conditions so it is important that you take your medicine every day.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed pravastatin for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.

Use in children

Pravastatin can be in used in children and adolescents aged 8 years and over, if they need treatment for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia.
There is not enough information to recommend the use of this medicine in children less than 8 years of age.
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Expand Apo-Quinapril 05 Jan 2010
 
The name of your medicine is Apo-Quinapril. It contains the active ingredient, quinapril (as quinapril hydrochloride).
Apo-Quinapril tablets are used to lower high blood pressure (hypertension). It is also used to treat heart failure.
Hypertension:
Apo-Quinapril tablets are used to lower high blood pressure (hypertension). Everyone has blood pressure. This pressure helps get your blood all around your body. Your blood pressure may be different at different times of the day, depending on how busy or worried you are. You have hypertension (high blood pressure) when your blood pressure stays higher than is needed, even when you are calm and relaxed.
There are usually no symptoms of hypertension. The only way of knowing that you have hypertension is to have your blood pressure checked on a regular basis. If high blood pressure is not treated it can lead to serious health problems, including stroke, heart disease and kidney failure.
Heart Failure:
Heart failure means that the heart muscle is weak and cannot pump blood strongly enough to supply all the blood needed throughout the body. Heart failure is not the same as heart attack and does not mean that the heart stops. Heart failure may start off with no symptoms, but as the condition progresses, patients may feel short of breath or may get tired easily after light physical activity such as walking. Some patients may wake up short of breath at night. Fluid may collect in different parts of the body, often first noticed as swollen ankles and feet.

How Apo-Quinapril works

Apo-Quinapril tablets work by widening your blood vessels, which reduces pressure in the vessels, making it easier for your heart to pump blood around your body. This helps increase the supply of oxygen to your heart, so that when you place extra demands on your heart, such as during exercise, your heart may cope better and you may not get short of breath as easily.
Apo-Quinapril tablets belong to a group of medicines called angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.
Your doctor may have prescribed Apo-Quinapril tablets for another reason. Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why quinapril has been prescribed for you.
Apo-Quinapril tablets are not addictive.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
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Expand Apo-Risperidone 01 Dec 2008
 
The name of your medicine is Apo-Risperidone. It contains the active ingredient, risperidone.
It is used to treat:

1. Symptoms of schizophrenia and other types of related psychoses. These are conditions related to thoughts, feelings and/or actions.

Risperidone may be taken for both sudden (acute) and long-lasting (chronic) schizophrenia.

2. Acute mania associated with bipolar 1 disorder (short term treatment). People with this condition may have symptoms such as elevated, expansive or irritable mood, inflated self esteem, decreased need for sleep, pressured speech, racing thoughts, distractibility or poor judgment including disruptive or aggressive behaviours.

3. Behavioural problems in patients with a decline in mental ability (dementia). These problems include: aggression through words or action, morbid suspiciousness, agitation or wandering.

4. Conduct and other disruptive behaviours such as aggression, impulsiveness and self-injury in children (over 5 years old), adolescents and adults who are intellectually disabled.

5. Behavioural symptoms of autism in children and adolescents.

How it works

Risperidone helps to correct a chemical imbalance in the brain associated with these conditions.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed risperidone for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.
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Expand Apo-Roxithromycin 25 May 2009
 
The name of your medicine is Apo-Roxithromycin. It contains the active ingredient, roxithromycin.
It is used to treat infections in different parts of the body caused by bacteria. For example:
acute pharyngitis (sore throat and discomfort when swallowing)
tonsillitis
sinusitis
acute bronchitis (infection of the bronchi causing coughing)
pneumonia (lung infection characterised by fever, malaise, headache)
skin and soft tissue infections
non gonoccocal urethritis
impetigo (bacterial infection causing sores on the skin)

How it works

Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
Roxithromycin is an antibiotic that belongs to a group of medicines called macrolides.
These antibiotics work by killing or stopping the growth of the bacteria that are causing your infection.
Roxithromycin, like other antibiotics, does not work against viral infections such as the flu.
Your doctor may have prescribed roxithromycin for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.

Use in children

Roxithromycin is not recommended for children less than 40 kg in weight.

Use in the Elderly

Roxithromycin can be used in the elderly with no dosage adjustment required.
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Expand APO-Simvastatin 09 Apr 2010
 
The name of your medicine is APO-simvastatin. It contains the active ingredient, simvastatin, which helps lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Simvastain is used by people who have coronary heart disease (CHD) or who are at high risk of CHD (for example, if they have diabetes, a history of stroke, or other blood vessel disease).
This medication may be used, regardless of cholesterol level to:
help prolong life by reducing the risk of a heart attack
reduce the risk of stroke
reduce the need for surgery to increase blood flow to the heart
reduce the need for hospitalisation due to angina.
Cholesterol:
Everyone has cholesterol and triglycerides in their blood. They are types of blood fat needed by the body for many things, including building cell walls, making bile acids (which help to digest food) and certain hormones. However, too much cholesterol can be a problem. Your body makes cholesterol, but it also comes from food.
Normally the body balances the cholesterol it makes with the cholesterol it gets from food. This means if more cholesterol comes from food, less is made by the body. However, if you eat a diet high in fat, your body may not keep this balance and your cholesterol levels rise.
High cholesterol is more likely to occur with certain diseases or if you have a family history of high cholesterol.
When you have high levels of cholesterol, it may 'stick' to the inside of your blood vessels instead of being carried to the parts of the body where it is needed. Over time, this can form hard areas, called plaque, on the walls of blood vessels, making it more difficult for the blood to flow. This blocking of your blood vessels can lead to coronary heart disease (such as heart attack and angina), and stroke.
In people with CHD, simvastatin may slow down the hardening of blood vessels and reduce the risk of developing new plaques.
There are different types of cholesterol, called LDL and HDL cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is the 'bad' cholesterol that can block vessels. HDL cholesterol, on the other hand, is the 'good' cholesterol that is thought to remove the bad cholesterol from the blood vessels.
Triglycerides:
Triglycerides are an energy source for the body. However, as with cholesterol, too much triglycerides can be a problem.

How it works

Simvastatin belongs to a group of medicines known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. It works by reducing the amount of cholesterol made by the liver. In terms of good and bad cholesterol, simvastatin reduces the bad cholesterol and raises the good cholesterol.
Simvastatin does not reduce the cholesterol and triglycerides that come from fat in food. Therefore, when you are taking simvastatin you also need to follow a low fat diet and other measures, such as exercise and weight control.In most people, there are no symptoms of high cholesterol or triglycerides. Your doctor can measure your cholesterol and triglycerides with a simple blood test.
Your doctor may have prescribed simvastatin for another reason.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
This medicine is not addictive.

Use in children

This medicine is not recommended for use in children, as there have been no studies of its effects in children under the age of 10 years.
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Expand Apo-Temazepam 18 Sep 2009
 
The name of your medicine is Apo-Temazepam. It contains the active ingredient, temazepam.
It is used to treat sleeping problems, also called insomnia.
In general, temazepam should be taken for short periods only (for example 2 - 4 weeks). Continuous long-term use is not recommended unless advised by your doctor. The use of benzodiazepines such as temazepam may lead to dependence on the medicine.

How it works

Temazepam belongs to a group of medicines called benzodiazepines. They are thought to work by acting on brain chemicals.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed temazepam for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.

Use in children

There is not enough information to recommend the use of this medicine in children.

Use when Driving or Operating Machinery

Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how temazepam affects you.
Temazepam may cause drowsiness or dizziness in some people.
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Expand Apo-Topiramate 29 Sep 2009
 
The name of your medicine is Apo-topiramate. It contains the active ingredient, topiramate.
It is used to treat various types of epilepsy in adults and children over 2 years of age, and for the prevention of migraines in adults.

How it works

It prevents seizures and migraines by acting on the nerves and chemicals in the brain.
Your doctor may prescribe topiramate on its own, or in addition to another medicine for controlling your seizures or migraines.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed topiramate for another reason.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
There is no evidence that this medicine is addictive.

Use in children

This medicine may be used to treat epilepsy in children aged 2 years or older.
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