Eplerenone 50mg tablets
Requires a prescription from a doctor or prescriber
Diuretics
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Yellow Card reports
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Eplerenone 50mg tablets
Eplerenone 50mg tablets
Eplerenone 50mg tablets
Eplerenone 50mg tablets
Eplerenone 50mg tablets
Eplerenone 50mg tablets
Eplerenone 50mg tablets
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View full Drug TariffSource: NHS Drug Tariff via NHSBSA. Derived from dm+d VMPP (Virtual Medicinal Product Pack) pricing data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
WHO defined daily dose (DDD)
50 mg
Not a recommended dose. The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. It is a statistical measure used for research and comparison purposes only.
Source: WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, distributed via NHS dm+d BNF mapping files. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Similarity based on WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification and NHS BNF section grouping. Source data: NHS dm+d via TRUD (OGL v3.0), WHO ATC/DDD Index.
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Clinical guidelines and formulary information
British National Formulary
Eplerenone
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Codes for healthcare professionals and prescribing systems
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Active and completed clinical studies from ClinicalTrials.gov
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Pharmacology and chemical data from DrugBank
Key facts
Drug status
Approved
Major interactions
9 found
Half-life
4-6 hours
Mechanism
Eplerenone binds to the mineralocorticoid receptor and thereby blocks the bindin…
Food interactions
2 warnings
Human targets
1 target
Data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
Pharmacokinetics at a glance
Absorption
Half-life
4-6 hours
Protein binding
50%
Volume of distribution
43 to 90 L
Metabolism
Clearance
10 L/h
Pharmacokinetic data: DrugBank · CC BY-NC 4.0
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Involved compounds
ATC C03DA04
Chemical identifiers
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Chemical identifiers
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Eplerenone
Additional database identifiers
Drugs Product Database (DPD)
20438
ChemSpider
10203511
BindingDB
50318300
PDB
YNU
Guide to Pharmacology
2876
ZINC
ZINC000003985982
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:7979
GenAtlas
NR3C2
GeneCards
NR3C2
GenBank Gene Database
M16801
GenBank Protein Database
307166
Guide to Pharmacology
626
UniProt Accession
MCR_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2592
GeneCards
CYP11B2
GenBank Gene Database
X54741
GenBank Protein Database
35200
Guide to Pharmacology
1360
UniProt Accession
C11B2_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2637
GenAtlas
CYP3A4
GeneCards
CYP3A4
GenBank Gene Database
M18907
Guide to Pharmacology
1337
UniProt Accession
CP3A4_HUMAN
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
HGNC:2638
GenAtlas
CYP3A5
GeneCards
CYP3A5
GenBank Gene Database
J04813
GenBank Protein Database
181346
Guide to Pharmacology
1338
UniProt Accession
CP3A5_HUMAN
International reference pricing
Reference pricing from DrugBank. Prices are indicative and may not reflect current UK costs.
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Patent information
All patents expired, 8 expired
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