Precautions
Before taking this drug, tell your doctor or pharmacist:
- If you are allergic to any of its content or if you have any other allergies.
- If you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- If you are over 60 years old.
- Your medical condition or history, especially of:
- Had a Stomach or Duodenal Ulcer
- Bowel Ulcers, Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn’s Disease
- Liver or Kidney Disease or you are Addicted to Alcohol
- Blood Clotting Disorders
- You Have Oedema (When Fluid Collects in your Body Tissues)
- Heart Disease or High Blood Pressure
- Asthma or any other Breathing Problems
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (A Disease which Affects Joints, Muscles and Skin)
- Mixed Collagenosis (A Collagen Disease which Affects Connective Tissues)
Interactions
Drug interactions may either lessen the effectiveness of this drug or heighten the risk for severe side effects. It’s important to inform your doctor all the medication including prescription and non-prescription and herbal medicines you are taking or going to take.
Possible interactions with this drug are:
- Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (Medicines for Pain, Fever and Inflammation)
- Warfarin or other Medicines Used to Thin the Blood or Stop Blood Clots
- Lithium Used to Treat Certain Mood Disorders
- Methotrexate
- Medicines Used to Treat High Blood Pressure or Heart Problems (For Example, Beta Blockers)
- Certain Heart Medicines Called ACE-Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists
- Diuretics (Water Tablets)
- Corticosteroids
- Certain Antidepressants (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
- Digoxin (A Heart Medicine)
- Immune Suppressants like Ciclosporin
- Aminoglycoside Antibiotics (Medicines to Treat Infections)
- Medicines that Increase Potassium Levels in the Blood (ACE Inhibitors, Angiotensin-II Receptor Antagonists, Ciclosporin, Tacrolimus, Trimethoprim and Heparins)
- Drugs Used to Stop or Prevent Blood Clots
- Phenytoin Used to Treat Epilepsy
- Phenobarbital and Rifampicin.
- Low Dose Aspirin (Up To 75 Mg).
- Sulfonylurea (Certain Oral Anti-Diabetic Medicines)
- Pemetrexed (A Medicine to Treat Certain Forms of Cancer)
- Zidovudine (A Medicine to Treat HIV/AIDS)