Ivabradine may cause slow or irregular heart rate, exacerbated angina e.g. chest pain, palpitations, low or high blood pressure.
Ivabradine may also cause visual disturbances such as transient enhanced brightness in a limited area of the visual field, blurred vision, and may affect driving or operating machines in situations where sudden variations in light intensity may occur especially at night.
Please check with your doctor if you experience any unusual side effects when taking this medication.
Inform your doctor if you have any of the following conditions:
Please check with your doctor if you are currently taking any of the medicines listed in “What food or medicine must I avoid when I take this medicine?”
Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive or if you are breast-feeding. You should also consult your doctor or pharmacist before taking any other medication (either prescription or over-the- counter), nutritional supplements or herbal remedies. Some of these substances can interact with your medication.
You are advised to avoid taking QT prolonging medicines such as amiodarone, sotalol, disopyramide and medicines which inhibits the breakdown of ivabradine such as ketoconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin, erythromycin, ritonavir, diltiazem, verapamil etc.
Please check with your doctor if you are not sure.
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