Points of interest:
• Do not take aspirin for pain relief while using Arcoxia tablets.
• Do not take Arcoxia tablets if you are dehydrated, due to severe vomiting or diarrhea.
• Stop this medication and tell your doctor immediately if you develop swollen ankles, difficulty in breathing, chest pain, black stools or dark vomit.
Side effects of Arcoxia tablets:
• Dizziness.
• High blood pressure.
• Palpitations.
• Fluid retention.
• Raised liver enzymes.
Cautions:
• Patients with most at risk of developing GIT complications.
• Patients with significant risk factors for cardiovascular diseases should only be treated with etoricoxib with special and careful consideration.
• Administration of etoricoxib may impair renal function specially under conditions of compromised renal perfusion.
• Any patients with any signs or symptoms of liver dysfunction or in whom an abnormal liver function test has occurred should be monitored.
• Etoricoxib should be discontinued in patients with abnormal liver function tests (3x upper the limit of normal).
• Contraindicated in patients with active peptic ulceration/ GI bleeding.
• Contraindicated in patients with active sulfonamide sensitivity.
• Contraindicated in patients with severe hepatic dysfunction.
• Contraindicated in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
• Contraindicated in patients with renal impairment.
Interactions:
• Rifamycin: plasma concentration of etoricoxib is reduced by rifamycin.
• Ethinylestradiol: etoricoxib increases plasma concentration of ethinylestradiol.
• Digoxin: etoricoxib increases plasma concentration of digoxin.
Indications:
Arcoxia tablets used for:
• Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
• Ankylosing spondylitis.
• Relief of chronic musculoskeletal pain.
• Relief of acute pain.
• Acute gouty arthritis.
How To Store?
room temperature
Size:
28 Tabs
1 tablet of Arcoxia tablet daily after a meal or as prescribed by your doctor.