Isordil
Isordil 10mg tablets contain isosorbide dinitrate, a nitrate that prevents angina chest pain and, with other medicines, treats heart failure. Packs hold 30 to 360 tablets.
All strengths and pack prices
| Strength | Pack | Price | Per tablet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10mg | 30 tablets | $30.00 | $1.00 |
| 10mg | 60 tablets | $54.00 | $0.90 |
| 10mg | 90 tablets | $74.70 | $0.83 |
| 10mg | 120 tablets | $91.20 | $0.76 |
| 10mg | 180 tablets | $126.00 | $0.70 |
| 10mg | 360 tablets | $230.40 | $0.64 |
- Category
- Heart & Blood Pressure
- Active ingredient
- Isosorbide dinitrate
- Route
- Oral
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 10mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Shipped in a discreet, unmarked envelope.
Details
- Conditions
- Angina pectoris · Congestive heart failure
- Brands with the same ingredient
- Isosorbide Dinitrate
- Therapeutic Class
- Nitrate
- Pharmacological Class
- Vasodilator
- Minor Side Effects
- Headache, dizziness
- Moderate Side Effects
- Blurred vision, flushing
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral
- Originator
- Salix Pharmaceuticals
- Onset Time
- 15–30 minutes
- Duration
- 4–6 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Keep in a cool, dry place away from light.
- Drug Interactions
- Sildenafil, Alcohol
What you will receive
Isordil is the originator brand name, made by Salix Pharmaceuticals. We use it to identify the medicine; the pack you receive is a generic equivalent, not the original Isordil.
- The same active ingredient (Isosorbide dinitrate) at the same strength.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock when your order ships.
FAQ
Which strengths and pack sizes of generic Isordil can I order?
Generic Isordil tablets are available in 10mg strength. You can order packs of 30, 60, 90, 120, 180 or 360 tablets. This is generic isosorbide dinitrate, not the original Isordil. Larger packs cost less per tablet.
How is Isordil sent to Hong Kong for a longer course?
For Isordil, standard airmail takes 14 to 21 business days and is untracked, which suits a longer course. Every order ships in plain, unbranded packaging with nothing on the outside about the contents. Orders can be cancelled within 24 hours if not yet dispatched.
What are the alternative names for Isordil and isosorbide dinitrate?
Isordil is a brand name of isosorbide dinitrate, which is also sold as Cedocard. Here, isosorbide dinitrate can be bought online as generic Isordil. These are generics, not the original brand.
Does Isordil stop an angina attack once it starts?
No. Isosorbide dinitrate is taken to keep attacks from coming on, and it cannot relieve one that is already under way. When chest pain begins, the medicine used is a fast-acting nitrate that dissolves under the tongue, not an Isordil tablet.
Can I drink alcohol with Isordil?
Alcohol and Isordil both lower blood pressure, so drinking while you take the tablets makes dizziness, light-headedness and fainting more likely. The effect shows up most when you get up quickly after sitting or lying down, and it can catch you out after a moderate amount.
Is Isordil the same as nitroglycerin?
They belong to the same nitrate family and both widen blood vessels, but they are separate medicines with different jobs. Nitroglycerin is a quick-acting spray or under-the-tongue tablet; Isordil is a swallowed 10mg tablet taken on a daily schedule. Neither one stands in for the other.
Is Isordil a short-acting or a long-acting nitrate?
The 10mg tablet sold here is the shorter-acting form, taken two or three times across the day with gaps built in between doses. Longer-acting isosorbide dinitrate tablets and capsules release the medicine slowly, so they are taken once or twice daily instead.
Why does Isordil cause headaches?
The headache is the blood vessels in your head widening, the same action that eases the load on the heart, so it is an expected effect rather than a sign of harm. It can appear every day while you take the tablets.
About Isordil
What Isordil tablets are for
Isordil is a brand name for isosorbide dinitrate, a nitrate that widens blood vessels. The tablets sold here are the 10mg plain form — swallowed tablets taken on a schedule through the day rather than a once-daily long-acting product. They are used to prevent angina: the tight, heavy chest pain that arrives when the heart muscle is short of oxygen, usually because the arteries feeding it are narrowed. Isosorbide dinitrate is also used alongside other medicines in heart failure, when the heart is struggling to pump.
Isordil prevents angina; it does not stop an attack that has already started. Pain happening now is treated with a fast-acting nitrate — the spray or tablet that dissolves under the tongue.
How the tablets take strain off the heart
Swallowed isosorbide dinitrate is converted in the body into nitric oxide, the signal that tells the muscle in blood vessel walls to relax. Veins widen, so less blood returns to the heart; the coronary arteries widen, so more blood reaches the muscle. The heart pumps against less resistance and needs less oxygen, so a familiar flight of stairs is less likely to bring on pain.
Nitrates lose some of their effect when the body sees them around the clock. The daily pattern therefore leaves a stretch with no nitrate in the system, and that gap is what keeps the tablets working.
Isordil and your day
If angina turns up at predictable moments — the same hill, the same stairs, the same argument — the aim of treatment is that those moments stop arriving. The 10mg tablet is usually taken two or three times a day, swallowed with water, spaced so that part of the day passes with no nitrate in your system. This is a background medicine, not the tablet you reach for when pain begins.
Headaches, dizziness and other effects
Headache is the effect people notice first, and it can turn up every day. It comes directly from blood vessels widening rather than from anything going wrong. Flushing, a pounding heartbeat and light-headedness when you stand up quickly are common too; rising slowly helps. Alcohol magnifies all of it, lowering blood pressure further and making the dizziness worse.
Fainting or a sudden severe fall in blood pressure needs urgent treatment. So does angina that arrives at rest or feels heavier and longer than your usual pattern.
Other medicines, and the tablets themselves
Isordil and the erectile dysfunction medicines sildenafil, tadalafil and vardenafil do not belong together: both widen blood vessels, and the combination can push blood pressure dangerously low. Other blood pressure medicines add to the same effect. Keep the tablets in their original pack, in a cool, dark spot — heat and damp spoil them faster than most people expect.
Sources
- Isosorbide: MedlinePlus Drug Information — National Library of Medicine
- Angina – symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - Healthdirect — Healthdirect Australia