VISKEN
As listed in the register: VISKEN
10 mg · tablet
- Prescription only
- Heart, blood pressure and circulation
- Active substance
- Pindolol
- Made by
- Xediton Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Source
- Official label
Quoted from the official source. Not yet reviewed by Mediclarum — the leaflet in your pack is authoritative.
What it is for
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How it works
From the US prescribing label for the same active substance (Pindolol). It describes the substance, not this exact product.
Pindolol is a nonselective beta-adrenergic antagonist (beta-blocker) which possesses intrinsic sympathomimetic activity (ISA) in therapeutic dosage ranges but does not possess quinidine-like membrane stabilizing activity.
In standard pharmacologic tests in man and animals, pindolol attenuates increases in heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and cardiac output resulting from exercise and isoproterenol administration, thus confirming its beta-blocking properties.
In man, 35% to 40% is excreted unchanged in the urine and 60% to 65% is metabolized primarily to hydroxy-metabolites which are excreted as glucuronides and ethereal sulfates.
The bioavailability of pindolol is not significantly affected by coadministration of food, hydralazine, hydrochlorothiazide or aspirin.
Quoted from the prescribing label, sections “Mechanism of Action” and “Pharmacokinetics”. DailyMed · 2026-07-17
Safety of the active substance
From the US prescribing label for the same active substance (Pindolol). It describes the substance, not this exact product.
- Pindolol tablets are contraindicated in: 1) bronchial asthma; 2) overt cardiac failure; 3) cardiogenic shock; 4) second and third degree heart block; 5) severe bradycardia.
Quoted from the US prescribing label for the same active substance. Your own pack’s leaflet is the authority for your product. DailyMed
Same active substance, strength and form in other countries
Matched on active substance, strength and kind of form only. This is not a statement that the products are equivalent or interchangeable: other ingredients, release and approved uses can differ — ask a pharmacist before swapping.
Medicine passport: one printable page to show a pharmacist abroad
FranceNo exact match for this strength and form
Details
| Made by | Xediton Pharmaceuticals Inc |
|---|---|
| Active substance | Pindolol |
| Used in | Heart, blood pressure and circulation |
| Strength | 10 mg |
| Form | tablet |
| Classification | C07AA03 · Heart, blood pressure and circulation |
| Route | oral |
| Dispensing (as stated by the register) | PRESCRIPTION |
| Status | Dormant |
| Marketed | No — authorised but not currently marketed, according to the register |
| DIN | 00443174 |
| DPD drug code | 3091 |
Source: Drug Product Database · 2026-09-30 · not reviewed by a clinician
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Other strengths and forms
2 products are sold under this name. Grouped by form; a number on a strength means several companies make it.
- tablet2 products
- 5 mg
- 10 mg
Same active substance
These contain the same substance. That does not mean one can replace another — ask a pharmacist.