Not everyone can use steroid drugs to suppress inflammation. There are many contraindications for such drugs, and the results are not always encouraging. Yes, and to intervene in the steroid metabolism of the body without much need is not worth it. Experienced doctors understand this - and prescribe piroxicam, which is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory , to their patients .
When does piroxicam help? The instruction lists rheumatoid arthritis, primary dysmenorrhea, osteoarthritis, pain after surgery. However, after some heart surgery, piroxicam is forbidden to use, and indeed it can not be called harmless. After all, it increases the likelihood of thrombosis and even a heart attack. Therefore, people belonging to the risk group are not prescribed. Is there so much danger when taking the drug piroxicam? The instruction informs us that people who have relatives, "core" is not recommended to use this drug. Although its analgesic effect is very large.
What else does piroxicam do? The instruction states that it reduces other manifestations of inflammation, such as local fever and swelling. However, he does not cure the main disease. Therefore, it is prescribed only in cases where the cause is very well known to doctors, for example, with the above rheumatoid arthritis.
Give piroxicam and animals. In them, it helps to fight some cancers - cancer of the prostate, bladder and large intestine.
But in general, this medicine is potentially very dangerous for children, so it must be hidden very high. It can cause ulcers and perforation of the intestine (hole formation), both conditions are life-threatening, but especially the second. It is not always possible to quickly notice this, although most often internal bleeding first opens . Black, tarry stools or vomiting of blood appears. Therefore, you must clearly follow what the doctor recommended and stop taking the medicine if adverse effects are noticed. The risk from interruption of therapy in this case is less than from possible effects on the digestive organs.
Especially often, the adverse effects of the drug are observed in the elderly, so they are limitedly prescribed piroxicam. The instruction recommends that people after 65 do not take it at all unless absolutely necessary.
Pyroxicam in tablets is perfectly absorbed. It remains in the body for a long time (2 days), although most of it is in the body 5 hours after administration. In the body, it exists in the form of compounds with plasma proteins. Some people bind so tightly that it only comes out in a few weeks. It passes into milk, where it may be 1-3% of the concentration received by the mother. Therefore, breastfeeding against the background of its intake is not recommended.
It is excreted mainly with urine, with feces - half as much. So serious demands are made on the kidneys of the patient and large doses are not prescribed for their diseases. However, the liver also has a load. Therefore, alcohol cannot be combined with this remedy. It is fraught with liver diseases.
With rheumatoid arthritis, the effect of pain relief begins in a month, with osteoarthritis - in 12 weeks. The main thing is not to miss a single pill, otherwise the action will begin later, which may cause the patient to lose faith in the effectiveness of the medicine.
Is piroxicam presented on the Russian drug market? Yes, you can buy an inexpensive analogue, however, for external use. It is called Piroxicam Verte. Efficiency is lower, but there is less risk from the digestive tract and the heart.
If you compare the described drug with diclofenac, piroxicam is better tolerated. Reviews are just that. They are mostly positive.
In addition to the described adverse effects, nausea, weakness, diarrhea, dizziness are found. But if an experienced doctor has prescribed piroxicam for you, taking into account all your characteristics, you will most likely not encounter problems at all.