Etoricoxib Strides
Etoricoxib Strides is a medicine that helps relieve pain and swelling in joints and muscles from conditions like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and gout, and also helps with moderate pain after dental surgery.
Form
tabletti, kalvopäällysteinen
Strength
60 mg
Active Ingredient
Etoricoxib
Manufacturer
Strides Nordic ApS
How to Use
Dosage
The dosage varies depending on your condition. Typically, it's 30 mg, 60 mg, or 90 mg once a day. For gout, it's 120 mg, and after dental surgery, 90 mg. Always follow your doctor's specific instructions.
Method
Take the tablet by mouth once a day. You can take it with or without food.
Important
Do not take more than your doctor prescribes. The maximum daily dose is usually 90 mg, but for some short-term conditions, 120 mg may be used for a limited time.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Stomach pain
- •Pain and swelling in the socket after a tooth is pulled
- •Swelling in the legs and/or feet from too much fluid
- •Dizziness, headache
- •Fast or irregular heartbeat
- •High blood pressure
- •Wheezing or shortness of breath
- •Constipation, gas, heartburn, indigestion, stomach upset (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), stomach inflammation, mouth sores
- •Changes in liver blood test results
- •Easy bruising
- •Tiredness, weakness, or flu-like feelings
RARE
- •Stomach flu, breathing tube infection, bladder infection
- •Changes in other blood tests (e.g., fewer red or white blood cells, fewer clotting cells)
- •Allergic skin reactions, like itchy rash
- •Changes in appetite, weight gain
- •Anxiety, depression, confusion, restlessness, less focus, seeing or hearing things that aren't real
- •Changes in taste, trouble sleeping, numbness, tingling, feeling sleepy
- •Blurred vision, irritated or red eyes, ringing in ears, feeling dizzy or like spinning
- •Very fast or irregular heartbeats (atrial fibrillation), heart failure, chest pain, heart attack
- •Flushing, stroke or mini-stroke, very high blood pressure, inflammation of blood vessels
- •Cough, nosebleed
- •Swollen stomach, changes in bowel movements, dry mouth, serious stomach ulcer or bleeding, irritable bowel, pancreas inflammation
- •Face swelling, rash, red skin, muscle cramps, stiffness, muscle pain
- •High potassium in blood, changes in kidney tests, severe kidney problems, low sodium in blood
- •Liver problems (hepatitis), liver failure, yellow skin and/or eyes (jaundice)
- •Very serious allergic reactions (e.g., severe swelling of face/throat, shock), severe skin reactions
Important Warnings
- Do not use if you are allergic to etoricoxib or similar pain medicines (NSAIDs, like aspirin or COX-2 inhibitors).
- Do not use if you have a stomach ulcer or bleeding in your stomach or intestines.
- Do not use if you have severe liver or kidney disease.
- Do not use if you are pregnant, trying to get pregnant, or breastfeeding.
- Do not use if you are under 16 years old.
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- Do not use if you have inflammatory bowel disease (like Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis).
- Do not use if you have high blood pressure that is not controlled by medicine.
- Do not use if you have heart problems (like heart failure or chest pain) or if you have had a heart attack, bypass surgery, stroke, or poor circulation in your legs/feet.