VITAMINS & MINERALS: Zinc + Vitamin B-Complex Indication Zinc is essential for the correction of Zinc deficiency problems like growth retardation, decreased taste and smell, alopecia, dermatitis, diarrhea, immunological dysfunction, failure to thrive etc. Vitamin B-complex aids in energy utilization from food, helps in proper functions of nervous system and facilitates RBC formation. Contraindication Zinc & […]
VITAMINS & MINERALS: Zinc Sulphate Indication Zinc is essential for the correction of Zinc deficiency problems like growth retardation, decreased taste and smell, alopecia, dermatitis, diarrhoea, immunological dysfunction, failure to thrive, gonadal atrophy, impaired spermatogenesis and congenital malformation. Contraindication Hypersensitivity to Zinc, abdominal pain and gastrointestinal disturbances. Dosage & Administration The recommended dose for Children is […]
ANTIFLATULENT: Simethicone Indication 1. Flatulence, abdominal distention, fullness, gas and windy colic Pedicon (Simethicone) is an excellent and effective antiflatulent. It is used for relief of the painful symptoms of excess gas in the digestive tract. Such gas is frequently caused by excessive swallowing of air or by eating foods that disagree. Pedicon (Simethicone) drop is […]
ANTIBIOTICS: Cefpodoxime Proxetil Indication Upper respiratory tract infections, Lower respiratory tract infections, Urinary tract infections including gonorrhoea, Skin & soft tissue infections, Gynecological infections, Acute otitis media, Childhood infections. Contraindication Cefpodoxime proxetil is contraindicated in patients with known allergy to Cefpodoxime or to the Cephalosporin antibiotics. Dosage & Administration Children: Pedicef Suspension may be given to […]
ANTIHYPERTENSIVES: Olmesartan Medoxomil BP & Hydrochlorothiazide BP Indication Treatment of essential hypertension. Olmesafe-HT is indicated in adult patients whose blood pressure is not adequately controlled on Olmesartan Medoxomil monotherapy. Contraindication Hypersensitivity to the active substances, to any of the excipients or to other sulfonamide-derived substances, severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance < 30 mL/min), refractory hypokalemia, hypercalcemia, […]
ANTIHYPERTENSIVES: Amlodipine Besilate BP & Olmesartan Medoxomil BP Indication Treatment of essential hypertension. Olmesafe-AM is indicated in adult patients whose blood pressure is not adequately controlled on Olmesartan Medoxomil or Amlodipine monotherapy. Contraindication Hypersensitivity to the active substances, to dihydropyridine derivatives or to any of the excipients, second and third trimesters of pregnancy, severe hepatic insufficiency […]
ANTIHYPERTENSIVES: Olmesartan Medoxomil BP Indication Olmesartan Medoxomil is indicated for the treatment of essential hypertension. Contraindication Hypersensitivity to the active substances, to any of the excipients. Severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance <20 mL/min). Severe hepatic impairment, 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy and biliary obstructive disorders. Dosage & Administration Adults: The recommended starting dose of Olmesartan […]
Antiepileptic: Levetiracetam Indication Oritam is indicated in monotherapy and adjunctive treatment of partial seizures with or without secondary generalization, and for adjunctive therapy of myoclonic seizures and primarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Contraindication Levetiracetam is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to the active substance or other pyrrolidone derivatives or to any of the excipients. Dosage & […]
ANTI FIBRINOLYTIC: Tranexamic acid Indication 1. Fibrinolysis may occur in conditions:– Prostatectomy and bladder surgery– Menorrhagia– Epistaxis– Haematuria– Conisation of the cervix– Management of dental extraction in patients with coagulopathies2. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema Contraindication Tranexamic Acid is contraindicated in patients with-Active thromboembolic diseaseSubarachnoid haemorrhageHypersensitivity to any of the ingredients Dosage & Administration Prostatectomy: 2-3 capsules orally […]
ANTIASTHMATICS: Salbutamol Indication Salbutamol is used to rapidly treat asthma, bronchospasm and reversible airways obstruction by widening the airways of the lungs. Contraindication Although intravenous salbutamol and occasionally salbutamol syrup are used in the management of uncomplicated premature labour, salbutamol presentations should not be used for threatened abortion during the first or second trimester of pregnancy. […]