Modexa

Modexa 30 mg 14 capsules

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What Duloxetine is used for:

Duloxetine is used to treat:

  • Depression
  • Generalized anxiety disorder (chronic feeling of anxiety or nervousness)
  • Diabetic neuropathic pain (stabbing pain caused by advanced diabetes)

Do not take Duloxetine:

  • If you’re allergic to the active substances or any other component of this medicine.
  • If you have liver disease.
  • If you have severe kidney disease.
  • If you are taking or have taken within the last 14 days a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI).
  • If y are taking Fluvoxamine, Ciprofloxacin or Enoxacin.

Warnings and precautions:

  • Talk to your doctor about all your medical conditions before taking this medicine including:
  • If you are taking other medicines to treat depression.
  • If you have kidney problems.
  • If you have had seizures (fits).
  • If you have other mental problems.
  • If you have eye problems, such as certain kinds of glaucoma (increased pressure in the eye).
  • If you have a history of bleeding disorders.
  • If are currently being treated with another medicine which may cause liver damage.
  • It may take 2-4 weeks for the medicine’s effects to show.
  • This medicine may cause suicidal thoughts, especially in young patient.
  • If you have thoughts of harming or killing yourself at any time, contact your doctor or go to a hospital straight away.

Possible side effects:

  • Stop using this product and seek immediate medical help if you develop rash; hives; itching; red, swollen, blistered, or peeling skin; wheezing; tightness in the chest or throat; trouble breathing, swallowing, or talking; unusual hoarseness; or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Serious side effects:

  • Suicidal thoughts
  • Serotonin syndrome

Very common side effects:

  • Headache
  • Sleepiness
  • Other medicines and Duloxetine
  • Tell your doctor about all the medicines you are taking.
  • Duloxteine interacts with a lot of medicines including:
  • Other medicines used for mental health problems
  • Fluvoxamine
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Enoxacin
  • Medicines that cause sleepiness
  • Diuretics
  • Blood thinners

How to take Duloxetine :

  • Take as indicated by your doctor.
  • Depression and diabetic neuropathy: the usual dose is 60 mg once a day.
  • Generalized anxiety: the usual starting doe is 30 mg once a day.
  • It will be increased to 60 mg if needed.

How to store Duloxetine :

  • Store at room temperature 68 to 77°F (20 to 25°C).
  • Keep this medicine out of reach of children.
  • Do not use this medicine after the expiry date stated on the package.
  • The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.

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