- Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, NYHA Class II-III:
- Initially PO 5mg BD
- Max 15mg/day
- Tablet:
- 5mg
- 7.5mg
To be taken after meals
HCN Channel Blockers
It blocks hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channel in SA node, selectively inhibiting cardiac pacemaker current to decrease the heart rate
- Bradycardia
- Hypertension
- Atrial fibrillation
- Visual disturbance
- Hypersensitivity to components
- Hepatic impairment
- Acute decompensated heart failure
- Clinically significant hypotension
- Sick sinus syndrome (patients without pacemaker)
- Sino-atrial block (patients without pacemaker)
- 2nd-3rd degree AV block (patients without pacemaker)
- clinically significant bradycardia
- Atrial fibrillation
- Pacemaker dependence
- Atazanavir
- Clarithromycin
- Cobicistat
- Conivaptan
- Darunavir
- Elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir
- Fosamprenavir
- Idelalisib
- Imatinib
- Indinavir
- Isoniazid
- Itraconazole
- Ketoconazole
- Levoketoconazole
- Lopinavir
- Nefazodone
- Nelfinavir
- Nicardipine
- Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir
- Posaconazole
- Quinidine
- Ritonavir
- Saquinavir
- Tipranavir
- Voriconazole
Drug Status
Availability | Prescription only |
Pregnancy | Category D |
Breastfeeding | Contraindicated |
Schedule | Not controlled |
BRAND NAME | STRENGTH | FORMULATION | PACK SIZE | MANUFACTURER | DISTRIBUTOR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivadin | 5mg | Tablet | 10’s | Ind-Swift Ltd | Ind-Swift Ltd |
Ivadin | 7.5mg | Tablet | 10’s | Ind-Swift Ltd | Ind-Swift Ltd |
Procoralan | 5mg | Tablet | 56’s | Les Laboratoires | Harley’s Ltd |
Procoralan | 7.5mg | Tablet | 56’s | Les Laboratoires | Harley’s Ltd |