Indapamide is a diuretic. Diuretics increase the amount of urine passed, which causes the body to lose water and salt.

Indapamide helps to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Indapamide does not cure high blood pressure; it merely keeps it under control.

Indapamide also reduces the swelling and water retention caused by various medical conditions, such as heart, liver, or kidney disease.

Indapamide belongs to the class of medicines known as diuretics. Diuretics act in the kidney to remove water from the blood into the urine, by causing an increase in the removal of salts such as potassium and sodium from the blood. This removal of salts causes water to be drawn out of the blood and into the kidneys, where it is then excreted in the urine.

Removing water from the blood decreases the volume of fluid circulating through the blood vessels. The drop in fluid volume results in a drop in the pressure of the fluid within the

Take Indapamide exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Suddenly stopping Indapamide could cause your condition to worsen.

Indapamide is best taken in the morning.

Adults
High Blood Pressure
The usual starting dose of Indapamide is 1.25 milligrams as a single daily dose taken in the morning. If Indapamide does not seem to be working for you, your doctor may gradually increase your dosage up to 5 milligrams taken once a day.

Fluid Buildup

When taken together with cisapride, sertindole, sotalol, astemizole, terfenadine or beta-agonist bronchodilators such as salbutamol, there may be an increased risk of abnormal heart rhythm, if low blood potassium (hypokalaemia) occurs with Indapamide . If hypokalaemia does not occur, this risk is removed.

If hypokalaemia occurs with Indapamide, the adverse effects of cardiac glycosides such as digoxin may be increased.

Indapamide when taken together with other medicines which can cause hypokalaemia e.g. corticosteroids, carbenoxolone

Indapamide precautions if you are pregnant or breastfeeding
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More common side effects of Indapamide may include:

• agitation,
• anxiety,
• back pain,
• dizziness,
• headache,
• infection,
• irritability,
• muscle cramps or spasms,
• nasal inflammation,
• nervousness,
• numbness in hands and feet,
• pain,
• tension,
• weakness,
• fatigue,
• loss of energy or tiredness

Less common or rare side effects of Indapamide