Amiloride
Amiloride 5mg tablets are a potassium-sparing diuretic for high blood pressure and oedema, stocked in 100, 200 and 300 tablet packs.
All strengths and pack prices
| Strength | Pack | Price | Per tablet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5mg | 100 tablets | $29.00 | $0.29 |
| 5mg | 200 tablets | $46.00 | $0.23 |
| 5mg | 300 tablets | $60.00 | $0.20 |
- Category
- Heart & Blood Pressure
- Active ingredient
- Amiloride
- Route
- Oral
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 5mg
You will receive a quality generic, depending on stock.
Shipped in a discreet, unmarked envelope.
Details
- Conditions
- High blood pressure · Edema
- Therapeutic Class
- Potassium-sparing diuretic
- Pharmacological Class
- Epithelial sodium channel blocker
- Minor Side Effects
- Dizziness, Nausea
- Moderate Side Effects
- Headache, Weakness
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral
- Originator
- Merck
- Onset Time
- 2 hours
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature.
- Drug Interactions
- Potassium supplements, ACE inhibitors
- Age Restrictions
- Consult doctor for paediatric use.
What you will receive
Amiloride is a generic medicine sold under the name of its active ingredient, Amiloride.
- The manufacturer depends on what is in stock when your order ships.
- It contains the same active ingredient, at the same strength, as the brand-name versions.
FAQ
Which Amiloride strengths and pack sizes can I order?
Amiloride tablets come in 5mg, in packs of 100, 200 or 300. Larger packs cost less per tablet.
How can I pay for Amiloride delivery to Hong Kong?
Amiloride orders to Hong Kong can be paid by Visa, Mastercard or American Express on a secure, encrypted payment page, or with Bitcoin or Ethereum. Support answers 24/7 in English and Cantonese by live chat. You can cancel within 24 hours if your order has not yet been dispatched.
Which brand names does amiloride have?
A brand name for amiloride is Midamor. Amiloride tablets are a pure generic amiloride product and are not that brand.
When should I take amiloride?
First thing in the morning suits most people, because the tablet makes you pass urine over the next few hours and a late dose means a broken night. Pick an hour you can keep to and take the tablet at that time each day.
Can I take ibuprofen with amiloride?
They are best avoided. Ibuprofen, naproxen and the rest of that anti-inflammatory family reduce how much fluid amiloride clears and add strain on the kidneys. Paracetamol acts in a different way and does not carry the same clash.
How long does amiloride take to work?
The extra urination begins within a few hours of the first tablet and covers roughly the following day, which is why one dose a day is enough. Blood pressure and swelling shift more slowly, over days and weeks of steady use.
Is amiloride the same as spironolactone?
Both keep potassium in the body, but they act at different points in the kidney. Spironolactone blocks the hormone aldosterone and can make men's breasts tender; amiloride works further along the tubule and is less likely to cause that.
About Amiloride
How amiloride works
Amiloride is a water tablet with a difference. It persuades the kidneys to release more sodium into the urine, and water follows the sodium; potassium, though, is held back rather than washed out with it. That is the meaning of potassium-sparing. Because of it, amiloride suits two jobs — bringing down high blood pressure, and clearing oedema, the puffiness that gathers around the ankles and lower legs when fluid builds up. It is frequently paired with a stronger diuretic whose action drains the body's potassium.
When and how to take it
Take it in the morning. A 5mg tablet sends you to the toilet more for some hours, and nobody wants that at 3 a.m. Swallow it with water. Breakfast is fine but not required, and only worth it if the tablet turns your stomach. Whatever the dose ends up being, keep the same hour every day.
What it can cause
Extra visits to the bathroom are the medicine doing its job. Headache, nausea, stomach pain, wind, dizziness and tiredness appear in some people and usually fade as the body adjusts. Potassium is the thing to watch. Because amiloride keeps it in, the level can rise too far, especially in older people and in anyone whose kidneys are not working well. Muscle weakness, tingling in the hands or feet, confusion, or a heartbeat that turns slow or uneven point to that. An irregular heartbeat needs urgent treatment.
What not to combine with it
Potassium supplements and low-sodium salt substitutes are best left alone — they add the very mineral amiloride is conserving. Spironolactone and triamterene conserve potassium in the same way, so using them together compounds the effect. Blood pressure medicines ending in -pril (ramipril) or -sartan (losartan) push potassium up too. Ibuprofen, naproxen and other anti-inflammatory painkillers can blunt the diuretic's work and are hard on the kidneys. Lithium leaves the body more slowly while amiloride is being taken.
Packs and storage
These 5mg tablets are sold in packs of 100, 200 or 300, so at one a day the smallest pack runs for over three months. Keep the strips in their carton somewhere shaded and dry, and look at the expiry date before opening a new pack. In the shop, amiloride sits in heart and blood pressure, alongside the other diuretics and blood pressure medicines.
Sources
- Amiloride: MedlinePlus Drug Information — National Library of Medicine
- Fluid retention | healthdirect — Healthdirect Australia