Q: Who should NOT take Indomethacin?

Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients of this medicine listed in section 6.1, or to other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Elmetacin must not be applied to open wounds, to skin affected by inflammation, infection or eczema, to mucous membranes or to the eyes. The last trimester of pregnancy (see section 4.6).

Q: Can Indomethacin be used during pregnancy?

Pregnancy There are insufficient data on the use of Elmetacin in pregnant women. Animal studies have shown reproductive toxicity following systemic administration (see section 5.3). The potential risk to humans is unknown. In the first and second trimesters, therefore, Elmetacin may be used only after careful assessment of the benefits and risks of treatment. If its use is essential, only small areas should be treated for the shortest necessary period. Elmetacin must not be used in the last trim

Q: What precautions should be taken with Indomethacin?

In patients with gastric or duodenal ulcers, Elmetacin may be used only after careful consideration of the benefits and risks of treatment. When Elmetacin cutaneous spray is used by patients with: asthma, hay fever, nasal polyps, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or chronic respiratory tract infection (mainly in combination with hay fever-like symptoms) there is, compared with other patients, an increased risk of an asthma attack (analgesic intolerance/analgesic-induced asthma), local swelli

Q: What ATC class does Indomethacin belong to?

Indomethacin: ATC M02AA23. ATC is the WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification — it groups drugs by organ system and pharmacological mechanism.

Question 1

What is Indomethacin used for?

Accepted Answer

Topical adjunctive symptomatic treatment of pain:
in acute bruising, sprains or muscle strain of the upper or lower limbs resulting from blunt injuries, e.g. during sport
in rheumatic inflammatory soft-tissue disorders, e.g. tendinitis and tenosynovitis

Question 2

How does Indomethacin work?

Accepted Answer

Pharmacotherapeutic group: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent for topical application
ATC: M02AA23
Indometacin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent/analgesic that acts by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis, as has been demonstrated in standard experimental animal models of inflammation.

Question 3

What pharmaceutical form is Indomethacin available in?

Accepted Answer

Indomethacin: Roztwór, aerozol do stosowania zewnętrznego 10 mg/g

Question 4

What are the side effects of Indomethacin?

Accepted Answer

Within each frequency grouping, undesirable effects are presented in order of decreasing seriousness. The frequency of undesirable effects is defined as follows: Very common (>1/10); Common (>1/100 to <1/10); Uncommon (>1/1,000 to <1/100); Rare (>1/10,000 to <1/1,000); Very rare (<1/10,000) Not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data) Immune system disorders Uncommon: hypersensitivity reactions Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders Rare: irritation of the respirato

Question 5

Who should NOT take Indomethacin?

Accepted Answer

Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients of this medicine listed in section 6.1, or to other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Elmetacin must not be applied to open wounds, to skin affected by inflammation, infection or eczema, to mucous membranes or to the eyes.
The last trimester of pregnancy (see section 4.6).

Question 6

Can Indomethacin be used during pregnancy?

Accepted Answer

Pregnancy
There are insufficient data on the use of Elmetacin in pregnant women. Animal studies have shown reproductive toxicity following systemic administration (see section 5.3). The potential risk to humans is unknown.
In the first and second trimesters, therefore, Elmetacin may be used only after careful assessment of the benefits and risks of treatment. If its use is essential, only small areas should be treated for the shortest necessary period.
Elmetacin must not be used in the last trim

Question 7

What precautions should be taken with Indomethacin?

Accepted Answer

In patients with gastric or duodenal ulcers, Elmetacin may be used only after careful consideration of the benefits and risks of treatment.
When Elmetacin cutaneous spray is used by patients with:
asthma,
hay fever,
nasal polyps,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or chronic respiratory tract infection (mainly in combination with hay fever-like symptoms)
there is, compared with other patients, an increased risk of an asthma attack (analgesic intolerance/analgesic-induced asthma), local swelli

Question 8

Who manufactures Indomethacin?

Accepted Answer

STADA Arzneimittel AG

Question 9

What ATC class does Indomethacin belong to?

Accepted Answer

Indomethacin: ATC M02AA23. ATC is the WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification — it groups drugs by organ system and pharmacological mechanism.

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