Ketofan 25 mg 20 tablets:
Ketoprofen is an anti-inflammatory medication for adults and children from the age of 15.
In long-term treatment of the following:
- Some chronic rheumatic inflammations.
- Some cases of severe arthritis.
In the short-term treatment of the following:
- Some inflammations around the joints (tendinitis, bursitis, acute shoulder pain)
- Some joint inflammations with crystal deposition, such as gout.
- Acute arthritis pain
- Acute lower back pain
- Acute pain associated with nerve irritation
How to take ketoprofen:
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Adults and children over the age of 15: The recommended initial dose is one or two tablets per day.
How to take ketoprofen:
- You should take a ketoprofen tablet after a full meal.
- Separate it from taking it with antacids or gastric secretion inhibitors.
- It can be taken at any time of the day
- Do not break the pill in half.
Do not take ketoprofen:
- After 5 months of pregnancy
- Hypersensitivity to ketoprofen
- History of asthma caused by the use of ketoprofen or substances with similar activity such as other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and aspirin.
- Gastrointestinal bleeding, vascular cerebral bleeding, or other progressive bleeding.
- Development of gastric or intestinal ulcer
- severe liver failure
- severe kidney failure
- Severe uncontrolled heart failure.
Warnings and precautions:
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist:
- "If you suffer from asthma associated with chronic rhinitis or sinusitis when taking aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs."
- If you have a history of liver, heart, or kidney problems
- If you are suffering from high blood pressure
Possible side effects:
These include:
- Skin reactions (rash, itching)
- fatigue
- Nausea
Other medicines and ketoprofen:
Tell your doctor if you are taking any of the following medications:
- Some medications such as ACEI (perindopril, lisinopril), other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (ibuprofen, diclofenac), heparin, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, trimethoprim because they may cause an increase in potassium levels in the blood.
- There are many substances that interact due to the properties of antiplatelet medical products: aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, ticlopidine and clopidogrel, tirofiban. The use of many antiplatelet agents increases the risk of bleeding.
- Lithium: Increased toxicity when taken together
- Methotrexate: Increased toxicity when taken together