Covance-AT Tablet

Reviews How to Use Benefits Uses Side Effects

Product Info

Prescription required	Yes
Marketer	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Active Ingredient	Atenolol (50mg) + Losartan (50mg)
Storage	Store below 30°C
Habit Forming	No
Therapeutic Class	CARDIAC
User Rating	4.8
User Reviews	532

FAQ

What if you forget to take Covance-AT?

If you miss a dose of Covance-AT, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not double the dose.

Covance-AT Tablet Reviews

Covance-AT is a medicine used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). It is a combination of two medicines that helps to control blood pressure when a single medication is not effective. It also helps to reduce chances of any future heart attack and stroke.

You can take Covance-AT at any time of day, with or without food, but it is best to take it at the same time each day. Keep taking it for as long as advised by your doctor. Even if you feel well, do not stop this medicine on your own because high blood pressure often has no symptoms. If you stop taking it, your condition may get worse. Keeping active with regular exercise, reducing your weight and eating a healthy diet will also help control your blood pressure. Follow your doctor’s advice while taking this medicine.

The most common side effects of this medicine include nausea, taste change, constipation, diarrhea, and headache. Consult your doctor If any of these bother you, or get worse, or do not go away. Dizziness might occur as lowering of blood pressure, which get improved with time. It may increase the level of potassium in the blood, hence avoid potassium rich food and supplements.

Before taking it, let your doctor know if you have any liver or kidney problems. Pregnant or breastfeeding women should also consult their doctor for advice before taking this medicine. You also need to tell your doctor what other medicines you are taking especially those used to treat high blood pressure or heart conditions. You should have your blood pressure, liver function and electrolytes level such as potassium checked regularly to make sure that this medicine is working properly.

How Covance-AT Tablet Works

Covance-AT is a combination of two blood-pressure lowering medicines: Atenolol and Losartan.

How to Use Covance-AT Tablet

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Covance-AT may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

Benefits of Covance-AT Tablet

In Hypertension (high blood pressure): Covance-AT relaxes the blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily around your body. It also blocks the effects of some chemicals on your heart and blood vessels. This slows down your heart rate and helps the heart beat with less force. As a result, your blood pressure is lowered and this helps in reducing your risk of having a stroke, a heart attack, other heart problems, or kidney problems in the future. This medicine needs to be taken regularly to be effective, so keep taking it even if you feel well. Do not stop without talking to your doctor.

Uses of Covance-AT Tablet

Hypertension (high blood pressure)

Covance-AT Tablet Side Effects

Safety Tips

Alcohol ^UNSAFE

It is unsafe to consume alcohol with Covance-AT.

Breast feeding ^{CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR}

Covance-AT is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug may pass into the breastmilk and harm the baby.

Kidney ^CAUTION

Covance-AT should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Covance-AT may be needed. Please consult your doctor.Regular monitoring of blood pressure is recommended and can help in better dose adjustment.

Pregnancy ^{CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR}

Covance-AT is unsafe to use during pregnancy as there is definite evidence of risk to the developing baby. However, the doctor may rarely prescribe it in some life-threatening situations if the benefits are more than the potential risks. Please consult your doctor.

Driving ^UNSAFE

Covance-AT may decrease alertness, affect your vision or make you feel sleepy and dizzy. Do not drive if these symptoms occur.

Liver ^CAUTION

Covance-AT should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Covance-AT may be needed. Please consult your doctor.Use of Covance-AT is not recommended in patients with severe liver disease.

Quick Tips

Lowering blood pressure reduces chance of future heart attack & strokes.
Do not stop taking the medication suddenly without talking to your doctor as it can cause sudden increase in your blood pressure.
It may cause dizziness. Get up slowly when rising from a sitting or lying position.
You have been prescribed Covance-AT for the treatment of high blood pressure.