"Amelotex": instructions for use

The drug "Ameloteks" (meloxicam) is prescribed to relieve pain and inflammation in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis and other joint diseases accompanied by pain. It significantly reduces pain symptoms, but it is not always possible to use this medicine, Amelotex. Instruction for use says that this non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug has a fairly large number of contraindications. What does the patient need to know about meloxicam?

The Amelotex tablets are prescribed by a doctor after assessing the indications and contraindications for a particular patient. Usually, the doctor prescribes a minimal dose for a short time to see the reaction from the patient's body. Then, after a while, the prescribed amount of the drug is increased until the optimal dose for the patient is reached.

Adults prescribe a dose of up to 15 mg per day, regardless of the dosage form. For patients on hemodialysis, the dose is halved. The medicine "Amelotex" is taken regardless of the meal, that is, it does not matter before the meal, after or during you take it - the effect does not change.

To reduce the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, the drug Amelotex is prescribed in the amount of one tablet once a day (7.5 mg). Sometimes the dose is doubled if it is seen that it benefits the patient. In this case, you need to drink the medicine once a day, but a tablet with a large amount of the drug (15 mg).

Are there any contraindications to taking Amelotex? Instruction for use mentions allergic reactions and some heart operations as contraindications. Allergic reactions in which a drug is not prescribed include asthma, hives, or hypersensitivity reactions in general. If there has ever been an allergic reaction to aspirin, the drug Amelotex should not be prescribed. Allergic patients can suffer very much, even to a fatal outcome, so the doctor needs to report any allergies, even if it is food.

What else is dangerous Amelotex? Instruction for use warns of increased probability of thrombosis in the vessels of the heart, possible myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke. That is, assign it to patients with a tendency to these diseases, as a rule, not. It is necessary to tell the doctor if you have had relatives who survived these conditions or even died from them. This will help the doctor make the right decision about the drug Amelotex. Instruction for use says that such patients are treated with minimal doses and very little time or they refuse to use this drug in general.

Although the medicine is not as dangerous to the gastrointestinal tract as aspirin, it can also have very undesirable consequences: bleeding, inflammation, ulceration of the stomach and intestines, and even its perforation (this means that an opening is formed between the inside of the organ and the abdominal cavity that life threatening). The insidiousness of this side effect is that only one-fifth of all as a result of the victims noted unpleasant symptoms that could be considered precursors of these terrible consequences. The longer the drug "Amelotex" is used, the more dangerous it is in terms of prognosis. If the patient before the use of this drug was ill in part of the gastrointestinal tract, the probability of ulceration increases by 10 times. Therefore, such patients are appointed very short courses, if this is very necessary.

The risk is also increased for smokers and alcohol users, even in moderate doses. Older patients also suffer more often, so they need special supervision.

The use of this drug in pregnancy, liver and kidney diseases and hypertension is also limited.

If you suddenly have a black stool or vomiting with blood on the background of taking meloxicam, immediately seek medical help. It is very serious!