The drug "Texamen" (tablets) is part of the pharmacotherapeutic group of anti-inflammatory non-steroidal drugs. The active ingredient is tenoxicam.
The active substance, in addition to a strong anti-inflammatory, has a powerful analgesic effect. The tool prevents platelet aggregation (gluing), has a slightly pronounced antipyretic property. Persistent anti-inflammatory effect begins to be noted after the first week.
The drug "Texamen" instruction recommends using for relief (elimination) of pain from burns, injuries, menstrual, toothache, headaches. The medicine is indicated for tendovaginitis, bursitis, articular syndrome against the background of exacerbation of gout, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis. Means "Texamen" is prescribed for pain of mild or moderate intensity, accompanying migraine, neuralgia, myalgia, arthralgia.
The drug is contraindicated in children under eighteen years old, in patients with individual sensitivity to the components. The drug "Texamen" does not recommend instructions for use in gastrointestinal tract lesions of an erosive and ulcerative nature, bleeding in the digestive tract, "aspirin" triad, and gastritis in the severe phase. Contraindications include pregnancy, blood diseases, lactation, hearing impairment, vestibular apparatus diseases, hemophilia. No medication is prescribed for deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, liver or kidney failure, hypocoulation.
Particular caution is recommended when taking medication for patients in old age, with diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, edema, heart failure.
The drug "Texamen" instructions for use recommends taking once a day by mouth. The medicine is washed down with water in a sufficient amount. Dosage - twenty milligrams (one tablet). With prolonged use, 10 mg is recommended. For attacks of (acute) gout, forty milligrams are prescribed once a day for the first two days, then the dosage is halved and 20 mg is taken for five days. The recommended amount of the drug for elderly patients is twenty milligrams.
Among the side effects when taking the drug "Texamen", the instructions for use note dyspeptic symptoms (flatulence, diarrhea, heartburn, nausea, and others), stomatitis, abdominal pain. Prolonged use of the drug can provoke perforation of the intestinal walls, bleeding (uterine, in the digestive tract, hemorrhoidal).
The drug in some cases causes visual impairment, hearing loss, depression or agitation, headache, eye irritation, drowsiness, allergic reactions, thrombocytopenia, agranulocytosis. In rare cases, anemia is possible. Edema syndrome, bronchospasm, and renal function disorder can sometimes be noted.
With an overdose, an increase in dyspeptic symptoms is likely. Symptomatic therapy is needed to alleviate the condition.
special instructions
The medicine "Texamen" instructions for use recommends canceling a few days before the proposed surgical intervention.
Throughout the treatment, control over the activity of the kidneys and liver and the state of peripheral blood is necessary.
During therapy, one should refrain from potentially hazardous activities, including transport control.
When taking, the probability of a delay in the body of water and sodium against the background of the simultaneous administration of diuretics should be taken into account.
Before using the Texamen medication, it is necessary to study the annotation and consult a doctor.