VOTREX RETARD 100mg Price

Overview

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This medicine contains an important and useful components, as it consists of Diclofenac sodium.
VOTREX RETARD 100mg is available in the market in concentration 100mg/Tablet and in the form of Tablets/Modified Release.

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Mode Of Action

Diclofenac, a phenylacetic acid derivative is a prototypical NSAID. It has potent anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic actions. It reversibly inhibits the enzyme, cyclooxygenase, thus resulting in reduced synthesis of prostaglandin precursors.

Indication

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Pain
• Migraine
• Dysmenorrhea
• Muscle aches
• Acute gout
• Inflammation
• Renal colic
• Tendinitis
• Backaches
• Dental pain
• Menstrual cramps
• Bursitis

Precaution

History of gastrointestinal ulceration, haematemesis or melaena, ulcerative colitis, Asthma or history of asthma, Crohn's disease, bleeding diathesis or haematological abnormalities. Patients with severe hepatic, cardiac or renal insufficiency or the elderly people, Current or previous high blood pressure ( hypertension) should be kept under close surveillance. All patients who are receiving long-term treatment with NSAID agents should be monitored as a precautionary measure (e.g., renal, hepatic function and blood counts).If abnormal liver function tests persist or worsen, clinical signs and symptoms consistent with liver disease develop or if other manifestations occur, Diclofenac sodium should be discontinued. Use of Diclofenac tablet in patients with hepatic porphyria may trigger an attack. Lactation: Excreted in breast milk; not recommended

Side Effects

• Side-effects of Diclofenac is usually mild and transient. It is generally well tolerated. At the starting of the treatment
• however
• patients may sometimes complain of gastrointestinal discomfort
• epigastria pain
• eructation
• nausea and Diarrhoea
• headache and bleeding sometime may occur. Occasionally skin rash
• peripheral oedema and abnormalities of serum transaminase have been reported.Very rarely reported side effects include activation of peptic ulcer
• haematemesis or melena
• blood dyscrasia (extensive usage). There have been isolated reports of anaphylactoid reactions.

Contra indication

It is contra-indicated for those patients who are hypersensitive to Diclofenac. In patients with active or suspected peptic ulcer or gastrointestinal bleeding, or for those patients in whom attacks of asthma, urticaria or acute rhinitis are precipitated by aspirin or other NSAIDs possessing prostaglandin synthetase inhibitinig activity, it is also contraindicated. Because of the presence of Lidocaine, it is also contraindicated for those patients who are hypersensitive to local anaesthetics of the amide type, although the incidence is very rare.

Pregnancy and lactation

Pregnancy category: C

Animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential risks

Pregnancy category: C; avoid use in late pregnancy (may cause premature closure of ductus arteriosus); category D if >30 weeks after gestation