Etoricoxib Stada
Etoricoxib Stada is a medicine that helps reduce pain and swelling in joints and muscles from conditions like arthritis, gout, and for short-term pain after dental surgery.
How to Use
Dosage
For osteoarthritis, 30 mg once daily (may increase to max 60 mg once daily). For rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, 60 mg once daily (may increase to max 90 mg once daily). For acute gout pain, 120 mg once daily for a max of 8 days. For pain after dental surgery, 90 mg once daily for a max of 3 days. Doses for liver disease vary.
Method
Take tablets by mouth once daily, with or without food. Taking it on an empty stomach might make it work faster.
Do not exceed the dose your doctor prescribed. For mild liver disease, do not exceed 60 mg per day. For moderate liver disease, do not exceed 30 mg per day.
Possible Side Effects
- •Stomach pain
- •Dry socket (pain after tooth removal)
- •Swelling in legs or feet (fluid retention)
- •Dizziness, headache
- •Fast heartbeat, irregular heartbeat
- •High blood pressure
- •Wheezing or shortness of breath
- •Constipation, gas, stomach inflammation (gastritis), heartburn, diarrhea
- •Indigestion, nausea, vomiting
- •Inflammation of the esophagus, mouth sores
- •Changes in liver blood tests
- •Easy bruising
- •Tiredness, weakness, flu-like symptoms
- •Infections (like stomach flu, colds, or bladder infections)
- •Changes in blood test results (red/white blood cells, platelets)
- •Allergic reactions (including hives), severe allergic reactions (with swelling of face/throat or shock)
- •Changes in appetite or weight
- •Feeling anxious, depressed, or confused; trouble focusing; hallucinations
- •Changes in taste, trouble sleeping, numbness, tingling, drowsiness
- •Blurred vision, irritated or red eyes
- •Ringing in the ears, feeling dizzy or spinning (vertigo)
- •Abnormal or very fast heartbeats, heart failure, chest pain, heart attack
- •Flushing, stroke or mini-stroke, very high blood pressure, inflamed blood vessels
- •Cough, nosebleeds
- •Swelling in the abdomen, changes in bowel habits, dry mouth, stomach ulcers (which can bleed), irritable bowel, inflamed pancreas
- •Swelling of the face, rash, itchy or red skin
- •Muscle cramps or pain
- •High potassium levels in blood, changes in kidney tests, severe kidney problems
- •Liver problems (like hepatitis or liver failure), yellow skin or eyes (jaundice)
- •Severe skin reactions
Important Warnings
- Do not take if you are allergic to etoricoxib or similar pain relievers (NSAIDs, including aspirin).
- Do not take if you have a stomach ulcer or bleeding in your stomach or intestines.
- Do not take if you have severe liver or kidney disease.
- Do not take if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding, or if you are under 16 years old.
- Do not take if you have inflammatory bowel disease (like Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis).
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- Do not take if you have high blood pressure that is not controlled by medication.
- Do not take if you have heart disease, heart failure, chest pain, or have had a heart attack or stroke.
- This medicine can hide fever, which is a sign of infection, so tell your doctor if you are being treated for an infection.
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)