Arcoxia
Arcoxia helps reduce pain and swelling in your joints and muscles, often used for conditions like arthritis and gout, and for short-term pain after dental surgery.
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor will tell you how much to take, usually 30 mg, 60 mg, 90 mg, or 120 mg once a day, depending on your condition.
Method
Take Arcoxia tablets by mouth once a day, with or without food.
Do not take more than the dose your doctor prescribes. The highest daily dose is 120 mg for short periods (e.g., gout), but usually not more than 90 mg for most other conditions, and 30 mg if you have moderate liver problems.
Possible Side Effects
- •Stomach pain
- •Swelling in legs or feet due to fluid buildup
- •Dizziness, headache
- •Palpitations (fast or irregular heartbeat)
- •High blood pressure
- •Wheezing or shortness of breath
- •Digestive issues like constipation, gas, heartburn, diarrhea, upset stomach, nausea, vomiting, or mouth sores
- •Changes in liver blood test results
- •Easy bruising
- •Feeling tired, weak, or having flu-like symptoms
- •Dry socket (pain and inflammation after a tooth extraction)
- •Allergic skin reactions, including hives and rashes
- •Stomach flu, upper respiratory infection, or urinary tract infection
- •Changes in blood counts (low red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets)
- •Changes in appetite or weight gain
- •Feeling anxious, depressed, having trouble concentrating, or seeing/hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations)
- •Taste changes, trouble sleeping, numbness, tingling, or drowsiness
- •Blurred vision, eye irritation, or redness
- •Ringing in the ears or vertigo (feeling like you are spinning)
- •Serious heart or blood vessel problems, including very fast heartbeat, heart failure, chest pain, heart attack, or stroke
- •Cough or nosebleed
- •Severe digestive problems, like bloating, dry mouth, stomach ulcers, severe stomach inflammation leading to bleeding, irritable bowel syndrome, or pancreas inflammation
- •Swelling of the face, itchy skin, or red skin
- •Muscle cramps, spasms, pain, or stiffness
- •High potassium levels, changes in kidney function tests, or severe kidney problems
- •Very severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) with swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat, making it hard to breathe or swallow, potentially leading to shock
- •Confusion or restlessness
- •Liver problems (hepatitis) or liver failure that can cause yellow skin or eyes
- •Low sodium levels in the blood
- •Severe skin reactions, including blistering
Important Warnings
- Stop taking Arcoxia and call your doctor right away if you have trouble breathing, chest pain, or swelling in your ankles or feet that gets worse.
- Stop taking Arcoxia and call your doctor right away if your skin or the whites of your eyes turn yellow (jaundice), as these can be signs of liver problems.
- Stop taking Arcoxia and call your doctor right away if you have severe stomach pain or black stools, which could mean stomach bleeding.
- Stop taking Arcoxia and call your doctor right away if you have an allergic reaction with skin rash, sores or blisters, or swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat, which can make it hard to breathe.
- Do not take Arcoxia if you are allergic to etoricoxib or similar pain medicines (NSAIDs), or if you have an active stomach ulcer or bleeding.
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- Do not take Arcoxia if you have severe liver or kidney disease, or if you are pregnant, trying to get pregnant, breastfeeding, or are under 16 years old.
- Do not take Arcoxia if you have uncontrolled high blood pressure, heart disease (including heart failure or chest pain), have had a heart attack, bypass surgery, or a stroke.
- Talk to your doctor if you have other health issues like inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, or if you smoke.
Use in Elderly Patients
Suitable for older adults, with specific precautions. For short-term use only. Consider adverse renal effect in chronic kidney disease. Do not use in severe renal impairment. May increase swelling, worsen renal and cardiac failure and cause cardiovascular events. Risk of gastrointestinal bleeding less than with traditional NSAIDs. Consider potential interactions especially with preparations that increase risk of bleeding. (updated 16.9.2024)