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Culol Tablet Substitute

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Composition:

LABETALOL-100MG

Uses:

<p>Culol Tablet is used in the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure). The detailed uses of Culol Tablet are as follows:</p><ul><li><span style='box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;'><strong>Treatment of Hypertension: </strong>Culol Tablet helps lower high blood pressure, reducing the risk of complications like stroke and heart attack, and is often prescribed for pregnancy-induced hypertension to ensure safe blood pressure levels.</span></li><li><strong>Management of Angina (Heart-Related Chest Pain): </strong>Culol Tablet improves blood flow to the heart, reducing chest pain caused by angina and helps prevent frequent angina attacks, allowing better physical activity.</li><li><strong>Prevention of Heart Attack and Stroke:</strong> Culol Tablet reduces strain on the heart by controlling blood pressure and also helps prevent long-term cardiovascular complications.</li></ul>

Medicinal Benefits:

  • Culol Tablet belongs to the anti-hypertensive medicines called beta-blocking agents used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and angina (chest pain).
  • Culol Tablet is also used to control high blood pressure in pregnancy and during anaesthesia.
  • Culol Tablet works by blocking the receptors in the cardiovascular system.
  • It helps decrease the blood pressure in the blood vessels.
  • Culol Tablet helps the heartbeat slow with less force and relaxes, and widens the blood vessels, which makes it easier for the heart to pump blood to all parts of the body. This helps in lowering the blood pressure to normal. 

FAQs

Culol Tablet is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Additionally, Culol Tablet is used to control high blood pressure in pregnancy and during anaesthesia.

Please do not stop taking Culol Tablet without consulting your doctor as it may lead to a rise in blood pressure. Continue taking Culol Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it to you. Do not be reluctant to speak with your doctor if you experience any difficulty while taking Culol Tablet.

Postural hypotension could be a side-effect of Culol Tablet. Postural hypotension is a sudden lowering in blood pressure leading to dizziness on standing. If you experience this, do not try to stand up suddenly or start walking, instead lie down and get up slowly only when you feel better.

Culol Tablet is used to treat gestational hypertension (high blood pressure during pregnancy) when the blood pressure needs to be lowered rapidly.

Culol Tablet may cause erectile dysfunction (impotence), ejaculation problems and difficulty obtaining or maintaining an erection. Please consult your doctor if you have any concerns regarding these.

Inform your doctor if you have type-1 or type-2 diabetes mellitus. If you are diabetic, you should monitor your blood glucose levels regularly because Culol Tablet might mask the symptoms of hypoglycemia (low blood glucose levels).

Culol Tablet might affect pupils during cataract surgery and might mask the effects of sudden blood loss, so inform the surgeon ahead of time that you are taking Culol Tablet if you are due to have cataract surgery. This will help the doctor to manage the complications in advance, which could occur during the surgery.

Multivitamins and minerals may lower the effect of Culol Tablet when taken together. If your doctor has prescribed multivitamins and minerals, maintain a minimum gap of 2 hours between both.

Culol Tablet works by blocking the receptors in the cardiovascular system; this helps in decreasing the blood pressure in the blood vessels. Culol Tablet helps the heart to beat slower with less force, relaxes, and widens the blood vessels, this makes it easier for the heart to pump blood to all parts of the body. Thereby, helps in lowering the blood pressure to normal.

Culol Tablet may cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, swelling, drowsiness, dizziness and headache in some people. However, if these side effects persist or worsen, please inform your doctor.

Culol Tablet is generally considered safe if used as advised by the doctor. During the first few weeks of treatment with Culol Tablet, side effects may occur which disappear with time.

It is important to manage high blood pressure throughout pregnancy. According to studies, poorly controlled high blood pressure in pregnancy may increase the risk of certain birth defects, reduced growth of the baby within the womb, stillbirth, and premature birth. For some women with high blood pressure, treatment with Culol Tablet in pregnancy might be considered to be the best option. However, your doctor helps you decide what is right for you and your baby.

Culol Tablet lowers heart rate. Therefore, during treatment with Culol Tablet, your doctor may regularly check your blood pressure and pulse (heart rate) to determine your response to Culol Tablet.

If you stop taking Culol Tablet suddenly, it may cause serious heart problems such as angina (chest pain) or even a heart attack. Thus, do not stop taking Culol Tablet without consulting your doctor. If you need to stop taking Culol Tablet, your doctor will gradually reduce the dose over 1 or 2 weeks.

Your doctor may recommend you to stop taking Culol Tablet for 24 hours before surgery as it may cause too low blood pressure when it is combined with some anesthetics. Therefore, inform your doctor that you are taking Culol Tablet if you are scheduled for any kind of major surgery or are going to be put to sleep using a general anesthetic.

Taking more than the recommended dose of Culol Tablet can may cause low blood pressure and slow heart rate, low blood sugar or difficulty breathing, which can cause sweating or confusion. If you have taken more than the recommended dose, contact your doctor immediately.

If you are taking Culol Tablet for high blood pressure, it may lower your blood pressure within 1-3 hours of taking it. Even if you do not feel any change, the medicine is still working, and it is important to continue taking it. However, if you are taking it for angina, it will probably take a few days for the medicine to reduce the pain. During this time, you may still have chest pain or it may worsen.