Continue to take labetalol even if you feel well. Do not stop taking labetalol without talking to your doctor. If you suddenly stop taking labetalol, you may experience serious heart problems such as angina chest pain or heart attack. Labetalol is also used sometimes to treat angina chest pain and to treat patients with tetanus. Talk to your doctor about the possible risks of using this medication for your condition.
This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture not in the bathroom.
It is important to keep all medication out of sight and reach of children as many containers such as weekly pill minders and those for eye drops, creams, patches, and inhalers are not child-resistant and young children can open them easily. To protect young children from poisoning, always lock safety caps and immediately place the medication in a safe location — one that is up and away and out of their sight and reach.
Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them. However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet. Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program. In case of overdose, call the poison control helpline at If the victim has collapsed, had a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can't be awakened, immediately call emergency services at Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory.
Your blood pressure should be checked regularly to determine your response to labetalol. Your doctor may ask you to check your pulse heart rate. Ask your pharmacist or doctor to teach you how to take your pulse. Injected labetalol can lower blood pressure in a few minutes; labetalol in tablet form should take only a little longer.
If you have been taking labetalol and no longer notice the symptoms of hypertension, do not stop taking the drug, even if symptoms do not reappear immediately.
Hypertension remains dangerous even when not actively causing your symptoms. Continue Learning about Antihypertensive What are antihypertensive medications? Antihypertensives are medications that lower blood pressure, reducing strain on, and damage to, the Do thiazide diuretics have any side effects? Brad Adkins. Labetalol can be taken by adults. It can sometimes be prescribed for babies and children by a specialist.
It's not suitable for everyone. To make sure it's safe for you, tell your doctor before starting labetalol if you:. Adults and children aged 11 years and over usually take labetalol twice a day. If you're on a high dose, you may need to take it 3 or 4 times a day. Take labetalol even if you feel well, as you'll still be getting the benefits of the medicine. Do not stop taking labetalol suddenly, especially if you have heart disease.
This can make your condition worse. If you want to stop taking your medicine, speak to your doctor. They may recommended reducing your dose gradually over a few weeks. The usual dose of labetalol for adults is between mg and mg a day, split into 2 doses. If your blood pressure is still too high, your doctor may increase your dose up to 2,mg a day. If your child is prescribed labetalol, the doctor will use your child's age and weight to work out the right dose.
You doctor may increase your dose every 1 to 2 weeks if the medicine is not controlling your high blood pressure or angina. Once you find a dose that works for you, you'll usually stay with the same amount. Take labetalol with food.
It'll be less likely to upset your stomach. Swallow the tablets whole with a drink of water, juice or milk. Do not chew them. If you miss a dose of labetalol, take it as soon as you remember, unless it's nearly time for your next dose. In this case, just leave out the missed dose and take your next dose as normal. Never take 2 doses at the same time.
Do not take an extra dose to make up for a forgotten one. You could also ask your pharmacist for advice on other ways to help you remember to take your medicine. The amount of labetalol that can lead to an overdose varies from person to person. Taking more than your prescribed dose can slow down your heart rate and make it difficult to breathe.
Get someone else to drive you. Take the labetalol packet or the leaflet inside the packet, plus any remaining medicine, with you. Like all medicines, labetalol can cause side effects in some people, but many people have no side effects or only minor ones. These common side effects happen in more than 1 in people.
They're usually mild and go away by themselves. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if the side effects bother you or last more than a few days:.
It does not happen often, but some people have serious side effects when taking labetalol. In rare cases, labetalol may cause a serious allergic reaction anaphylaxis.
You could be having a serious allergic reaction and may need immediate treatment in hospital. You can report any suspected side effect to the UK safety scheme. It's important to treat your high blood pressure during pregnancy. This will help you and your baby to stay healthy. Talk to your doctor about the best treatment for your high blood pressure. If your doctor recommends labetalol during your pregnancy, they'll prescribe the lowest dose that works for you. Labetalol is not thought to harm an unborn baby.
But there's a small chance that when your baby's born the medicine can affect their blood sugar levels. For this reason your baby may be monitored for the first 24 hours to make sure everything is OK. For more information about how labetalol can affect you and your baby during pregnancy, read this leaflet on the best use of medicines in pregnancy BUMPS website. If your doctor or health visitor says that your baby is healthy, it's OK to take labetalol while breastfeeding.
Labetalol passes into breast milk in very small amounts. It's unlikely to cause any side effects in your baby. It's important to treat your high blood pressure to keep you well.
Breastfeeding will also benefit both you and your baby. If your baby's not feeding as well as usual, seems unusually sleepy, or you have any other concerns about them, talk to your doctor or health visitor. There might be a problem taking some herbal remedies and supplements together with labetalol, especially ones that cause side effects like low blood pressure.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking any other medicines, including herbal medicines, vitamins or supplements. Labetalol is a type of medicine called a beta blocker.
Like other beta blockers, labetalol works by changing the way your body responds to some nerve impulses, especially in the heart. It slows down your heart rate and makes it easier for your heart to pump blood around your body.
It also works like an alpha blocker to widen some of your blood vessels. This helps lower your blood pressure. Labetalol starts to work after a few days to reduce high blood pressure. This does not mean the medicine's not working, and it's important to keep taking it. You may still have chest pain during this time, and the pain may even get worse to start with. Keep your spray or tablets for treating angina attacks with you at all times and use it if you need to. If you're taking labetalol for high blood pressure or angina, treatment is usually long term.
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