The cardiologist or general practitioner may be required to prescribe various molecules adapted to your case and your pathologies. Like any treatment, these drugs can be responsible for adverse effects, related to the active ingredient or the excipients. We therefore invite you to read the leaflet to find out the benefits and risks of each prescribed treatment, and thus know how to recognise an adverse effect potentially related to your treatment.

 

If you notice an adverse effect related to your treatments, you should talk to your general practitioner as soon as possible.

Main drugs used in cardiology and the most common of their possible side effects:

(list for information only, not exhaustive)

- ACE inhibitor = ACE inhibitor (e.g. PERINDOPRIL, RAMIPRIL, etc.) = dry cough, headache, dizziness, digestive disorders, skin rash, fatigue

​- ARB II = angiotensin receptor antagonist

- CI = calcium channel blocker (e.g. AMLODIPINE, LERCANIDIPINE, NICARDIPINE, ISOPTINE = headache, facial redness with or without hot flashes, palpitations, oedema of the lower limbs, constipation.

- DT = thiazide diuretic (e.g. HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE, INDAPAMIDE...) = ionic disorders (drop in blood sodium and potassium), skin rashes, impotence, (undetermined frequency = skin cancer (non-melanoma) such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, so under this treatment sun exposure is to be avoided, sun protection is necessary in case of exposure and regular consultation with the dermatologist recommended.)

- BB= beta blocker (e.g. BISOPROLOL, ATENOLOL, NEBIVOLOL...) = dizziness, headache, shortness of breath, nightmares, hypotension, bradycardia, erectile dysfunction, fatigue, feeling cold or numbness of the extremities

- Anti-aldosterone (e.g. SPIRONOLACTONE, ALDACTONE ...) = gynecomastia (breast augmentation with inflammatory and painful gland), increase in blood potassium

- Loop diuretic (e.g. FUROSEMIDE, LASILIX, etc.) = increased urge to urinate, decreased blood sodium and potassium,

- Dapagliflozin , Empagliflozin = urinary and pelvic infections

- Statins (e.g. ATORVASTATIN, FLUVASTATIN, PRAVASTATIN, ROSUVASTATIN, SIMVASTATIN, etc.): muscle and tendon pain