• Hypertension:
    • Initially PO 0.1mg BD
    • May increase by 0.1mg/day every week
    • Max: 2.4mg/day

Tablet: 0.1mg

  • May be best to take the larger dose at bedtime
  • May be taken with or without food

Centrally-acting antihypertensive

It stimulates alpha-2 adrenergic receptors, thereby decreasing noradrenaline release from both central and peripheral sympathetic nerve terminals.

  • Somnolence
  • Headache
  • Hypotension
  • Abdominal pain
  • Fatigue
  • Nightmares
  • Nausea
  • Nasal congestion
  • Irritability
  • Throat pain
  • Insomnia
  • Constipation
  • Emotional disturbance
  • Xerostomia
  • Bradycardia
  • Dizziness
  • Withdrawal symptoms
  • Hypersensitivity to components
  • Abrupt withdrawal
  • Hypersensitivity to components
  • Children under 18 years
  • Breastfeeding
  • Severe bradycardia due to AV block (2nd/3rd degree)
  • Severe bradycardia due to sinus node dysfunction

None restricted

                          Drug Status

Availability Prescription only
Pregnancy Weigh risk vs benefit
Breastfeeding Weigh risk vs benefit
Schedule Not controlled
BRAND NAME STRENGTH FORMULATION PACK SIZE MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTOR
Catapres 0.1mg Tablet 100’s Boehringer Ingelheim Laborex Kenya