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ALDACTONE
Active Ingredients
SPIRONOLACTONE
Inctive Ingredients
calcium sulfate,corn starch,flavor,hypromellose,iron oxide,magnesium stearate,polyethylene glycol,povidone,titanium dioxide
Usage
Aldactone (spironolactone) is indicated in the management of:
Primary hyperaldosteronism for:
Establishing the diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism by therapeutic trial.
Short-term preoperative treatment of patients with primary hyperaldosteronism.
Long-term maintenance therapy for patients with discrete aldosterone-producing adrenal adenomas who are judged to be poor operative risks or who decline surgery.
Long-term maintenance therapy for patients with bilateral micro- or macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (idiopathic hyperaldosteronism).
Edematous conditions for patients with: