Control of patients taking anaprilin should include monitoring heart rate and blood pressure (at the beginning of treatment - every day, then once every 3-4 months), an electrocardiogram, a glucose concentration in the blood of patients with diabetes mellitus (1 every 4-5 months) . In elderly patients it is recommended to follow the function of the kidneys (once every 4-5 months).
You should teach the patient how to calculate heart rate and instruct you about the need for medical consultation at a heart rate of less than 50 / min.
Before the appointment of anaprilina, patients with chronic heart failure (early stages) should use cardiac glycosides and / or diuretics.
In "smokers" the effectiveness of beta-blockers is lower.
Patients who use contact lenses should take into account that, on the background of treatment, tear fluid production can be reduced.
Patients with pheochromocytoma are prescribed only after taking an alpha-blocker. In thyrotoxicosis, anaprilin may mask certain clinical signs of thyrotoxicosis (eg, tachycardia). Abrupt withdrawal in patients with thyrotoxicosis is contraindicated, since it can strengthen symptoms.
When prescribing beta-blockers, patients receiving hypoglycemic drugs should be careful, because during prolonged interruptions in eating, hypoglycemia may develop. And such her symptoms, like tachycardia or tremor, will be masked by the action of the drug. Patients should be instructed that the main symptom of hypoglycemia during treatment with beta-blockers is increased sweating.
With the simultaneous administration of clonidine, his reception can be stopped only a few days after the withdrawal of anaprilin.
It is possible to increase the severity of the hypersensitivity reaction and the lack of effect from the usual doses of epinephrine against the background of a burdened allergic anamnesis.
A few days before the general anesthesia with chloroform or ether should stop taking the drug. If the patient took the drug before the operation, he should choose drugs for general anesthesia with a minimum negative inotropic effect.
Reciprocal activation of the vagus nerve can be eliminated by intravenous injection of atropine (1-2 mg).
Drugs that reduce catecholamine stocks (for example, reserpine), can enhance the action of beta-blockers, so patients who take such combinations of drugs should be under constant observation of the doctor for the diagnosis of arterial hypotension or bradycardia.
It can not be used simultaneously with antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics) and anxiolytic drugs (tranquilizers).
Carefully apply in conjunction with psychoactive drugs, such as monoamine oxidase inhibitors, with their course use for more than 2 weeks.
In the case of an increased bradycardia (less than 50 / min), arterial hypotension (systolic blood pressure below 100 mm Hg), atrioventricular blockade, bronchospasm, ventricular arrhythmias, severe violations of the liver and kidney function, it is necessary to reduce the dose or stop treatment . It is recommended to stop therapy with the development of depression caused by the use of beta-blockers.
Do not abruptly interrupt treatment because of the risk of developing severe arrhythmias and myocardial infarction. Cancellation is carried out gradually, reducing the dose for 2 weeks or more (by 25% in 3-4 days).
It should be canceled before the study in the blood and urine of catecholamines,normetanephrine and vanillylmandelic acid; titers of antinuclear antibodies.
Avoid intravenous administration of verapamil and diltiazem against the background of therapy with Anaprilin.