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Volume 12 Number 1
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Pearinda 4.Each tablet contains 4 mg perindopril tert-butylamine. Reg. No.: RSA S3 41/7.1.3/0649. NAM NS2 10/7.1.3/0476.Pearinda 8. Each tablet contains
8 mgperindopriltert .:RSAS341/7.1.3/0650.NAMNS210/7.1.3/0477.For fullprescribing information, refer to thepackage insertapproved
by the Medicines Control Council, April 2009. Pearinda Plus 4.Each tablet contains 4 mg perindopril tert-butylamine and 1,25 mg indapamide. Reg. No.: RSA
S3 41/7.1.3/0633. NAM NS2 10/7.1.3/0611. For full prescribing information, refer to the package insert approved by the Medicines Control Council, April 2010.
1) The EUROPA study Investigators. “Efficacy of perindopril in reduction of cardiovascular events among patients with stable coronary artery disease:
randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial (the EUROPA study)”. The Lancet 2003;362:782-788. 2) The PREAMI study Investigators.
“Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition with perindopril on left ventricular remodelling and clinical outcome. Results of the randomized perindopril
and remodelling in elderly with acute myocardial infarction (PREAMI) study”. Arch Intern Med 2006;166:659-666. 3) PROGRESS Collaborative Group.
“Randomised trial of a perindopril-based blood-pressure-lowering regimen among 6105 individuals with previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack”.
The Lancet 2001;358:1033-41. 4) Guerin AP, et al. “Impact of Aortic Stiffness Attenuation on Survival of Patients in End-Stage Renal Failure”. Circulation
2001;103;987-992. 5) Department of Health website – Accessed on 26/03/2015. PAE178/06/2015.
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