This medication is used to relieve the following: Oral: Pain caused by muscular-skeletal disorders, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute gout, and chronic juvenile arthritis. Injection: Back pain, post-operative pain, pain in acute trauma and fractures, and renal colic (stones blocking urinary tract).
diclofenac
This medicine is used in the management of muscular and skeletal disorder pain, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthrosis, ankylosing spondylitis (arthritis affecting joints of spine), acute gout (complex form of arthritis with extreme pain and swelling of joints) and chronic juvenile arthritis (arthritis in children)
Contradications
This medicine should not be used by patients allergic to aspirin/antiinflammatory drugs and patients with active peptic ulcer and Proctitis (inflammation of rectum).
Side effects
This medicine can cause stomach upset and gastric pain, headache, edema, ulcer, liver and kidney problems, skin allergy, blood problems, and pain at injection site.
Expert Advice
Indications:
This medicine is used in the management of muscular and skeletal disorder pain, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthrosis, ankylosing spondylitis (arthritis affecting joints of spine), acute gout (complex form of arthritis with extreme pain and swelling of joints) and chronic juvenile arthritis (arthritis in children)
Pregnancy:
It is advised that you consult your doctor before taking this medicine.
Lactation:
Research suggests that this medicine is not safe to be used during breastfeeding. Please consult your doctor before taking this medicine.
Contraindications:
This medicine should not be used by patients allergic to aspirin/antiinflammatory drugs and patients with active peptic ulcer and Proctitis (inflammation of rectum).
Precautions:
Caution is advised while using this drug if you are a patient with a history of gastric lesions, Renal, hepatic (liver) and cardiac insufficiency. Not to be used by patients with hepatic porphyrias and hematologic (blood) abnormalities. In elderly people and patients getting long-term therapy the Liver functions tests and blood tests must be regularly monitored.
Side effects:
This medicine can cause stomach upset and gastric pain, headache, edema, ulcer, liver and kidney problems, skin allergy, blood problems, and pain at injection site.
FAQs
Indications:
Storage:
Please store the tablet form of this medicine at room temperature (18-25 Celsius). Keep medicine away from children, and excessive light and moisture. Please read the leaflet provided with the medicine for further storage guidance.
Effects on pregnancy and lactation:
Use this medicine during pregnancy only when no alternate, safer option is available. Not recommended during lactation.
Administration:
This medicine is available in oral and intravenous forms. The intravenous form must be injected by a medical professional. However, if you are injecting it at home, make sure you follow the correct procedure and take all necessary precautions. The dosage is dependent on the age, condition and its severity. Please consult your doctor before use.
Side Effects:
You may experience headache, edema/swelling, pain or irritation at injection site, abdominal pain, peptic ulcer, and abnormalities in hepatic (liver) and renal (kidney) function.
Precautions:
Monitor patients receiving long term therapy, patients with gastrointestinal diseases, patients with heart, renal (kidney), and hepatic (liver) disease, elderly, patients with blood volume depletion (extracellular), high blood pressure, any blood disorders.
Contraindications:
Patients with peptic ulcers, aspirin/ anti-inflammatory associated allergies or asthma, severe hepatic (liver) or heart dysfunction, blood diseases.
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