Drug name
Motrin (Ibuprofen)
Drug Instruction
Motrin Tablets are prescribed for facilitation of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis as well as osteoarthritis. Please make sure to intake this medicine for the relief of moderate to temperate pain. Your health care provider may determine this medicine for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.
Intake Instructions
Please make sure not to exceed 3200 mg total daily dose. In case you face gastrointestinal toxicity, please make sure to take Motrin Tablets with meals or milk
Drug Category and Mechanism
Ibuprofen represents a category of medicine which is named non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Other representatives of this category involve naproxen (Aleve), indomethacin (Indocin), nabumetone (Relafen) and a sufficient number of others. These types of drugs are determined to be used for the control of mild to moderate pain, an abnormally high body temperature, as well as inflammation. Prostaglandins are chemicals which are produced by the body and are answerable for causing the feeling of ache, fever and inflammation. Ibuprofen blocks the enzyme which makes prostaglandins (cyclooxygenase), effecting in lower levels of prostaglandins. As a result, conflagration, pain and fever are decreased. The Food and Drug Administration approved ibuprofen in 1974.
Missed Dose
Should you miss a dose of this medicine please take it asap. If you find you have missed the previous dosage when it is almost time for your next dose, you should better skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Taking double or extra doses at once is not recommended. If more than one dose is missed, please contact your attending medical doctor or health care provider.
Storage
Pleas make sure to store the medicine at controlled room temperature 20 to 25 degrees C (68 to 77 degrees F). It should be also strictly protected from moisture, heat and light.
Safety Precautions
Taking the medicine is not recommended in case:
Please note that you cannot take the medicine if you have previously exposed hypersensitivity to the preparate, or have the symptom of nasal polyps, Milton's disease and bronchospastic reactivity to aspirin and other categories of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Crucial gastrointestinal toxicity such as bleeding, the development or formation of an ulcer, and perforation, may happen occur at any time, with or without safety symptoms.
Probable Side Effects
The most common type of side effects you may face with Motrin Tablets is gastrointestinal. Blurred and/or changed vision, scotomata, and/or changes in color vision have also been announced.
Extra Information
Please necessarily consult your health care provider if you face blood in spew or bloody, black, or tarry stools. These syndroms could measure damage to the stomach or bowels, which could be causing danger and perilous.
In case you face any of the further serious side effects, stop taking ibuprofen and seek medical attention or contact your doctor immediately:
an allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of the throat; swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; or hives);
muscle cramps, anemia, or twinge;
ulcers (open sores) in the mouth;
extreme and fast weight gain (fluid retention);
convulsions;
low levelled hearing or ringing in the ears;
yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice); or
abdominal cramping, difficulty in digesting food, or heartburn.
Other, less crucial by-effects may be more liable to occur. Please continue to take the medicine and consult your health care provider if you face
giddiness or headache;
emesis, gaseousness, diarrhea, or infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels;
state of being depressed;
fatigue or weariness;
dry mouth; or
uncommon menstrual periods.
Please discuss with your health care provider if any of the mentioned most COMMON side effects afterglow or become or causing bother.