Description
Trade name:
Declophen
Compound:
Every 3 ml of solution contains:
Diclofenac sodium 75 mg.
Excipients: sodium metabisulfite, disodium edetate, sodium hydroxide, benzyl alcohol, propylene glycol, ethyl alcohol, nicotinamide, water for injection.
Properties:
Diclofenac sodium belongs to non-steroidal drugs with pronounced antirheumatic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties.
Indications:
For exacerbations of rheumatism: rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, vertebral pain syndromes, ankylosing spondylitis, spondyloarthritis, extra-articular rheumatism; renal and hepatic colic; acute attacks of gout; pain, swelling and inflammation after injuries and operations.
Method of administration and dosage:
For intramuscular administration, other methods of using the solution are not allowed. Injections are administered deep into the muscle, into the outer quadrant of the buttock. The duration of treatment is determined by the doctor. Adults 1 ampoule 1 time per day. For colic and pain syndromes of other origin – 2 times a day (with an interval of 2 or 3 hours). More than 2 injections per day are unacceptable. The maximum duration of therapy is 2 days. If necessary, treatment can be continued with tablets or a rectal form (in the form of suppositories). The total daily dose of diclofenac in this case should not exceed 150 mg.
Contraindications:
Children under 18 years of age; hypersensitivity to sodium diclofenac, sodium bisulfite or any of the excipients; severe cardiac, hepatic or renal failure; bradycardia, severe arterial hypotension; gastric bleeding; pregnancy and lactation. Patients whose attacks of asthma, angioedema, urticaria or acute rhinitis are provoked by ibuprofen, aspirin or other NSAIDs.
Precautions:
If liver disease develops, the administration should be stopped. Patients with heart and vascular diseases should be under the supervision of a physician during therapy. Weak and elderly patients, patients with low body weight should use minimal therapeutically effective doses. Before prescribing the drug, it is necessary to undergo a clinical examination of patients with peptic ulcers; with a history of intestinal bleeding; with liver and kidney damage, including in the history; with high blood pressure. In bronchial asthma, hay fever, acute and chronic respiratory pathologies, in patients with nasal polyps, taking the drug can cause asthmatic attacks. Treatment of these conditions is symptomatic.
Side effects:
In very rare cases, abscesses may occur at the injection site. Other side effects: headaches, dizziness; vertigo; tachycardia/bradycardia, hypertension, arrhythmia, heart failure; abdominal pain, vomiting, cramps, flatulence, nausea, diarrhea, dyspepsia; fluid retention, edema; rash, Quincke’s edema; injection site reactions.
Storage method:
Store at a temperature not exceeding 30 degrees out of reach of children.
Package:
The cardboard box contains 3 ampoules of 3 ml each, paper instructions.
