CINNARIZINE

Cinnarizine is a calcium channel blocker and an antihistamine of the diphenylmethylpiperazine group. It is also known to promote cerebral blood flow, and so is used to treat cerebral apoplexy and after trauma.

Cinnarizine is predominantly used to deal with nausea and vomiting associated with motion health sickness, vertigo, Ménière’s ailment, or Cogan’s syndrome. Actually, it’s one of the few medicinal drugs that have proven effects for the treatment of vertigo and tinnitus, related to Meniere’s disorder.

Cinnarizine must be used with caution in elderly people, ladies who are pregnant or who are breastfeeding, patients with liver or kidney problems, Parkinson’s disease or a blood disorder called acute porphyria.

It should not be used by people with allergy to cinnarizine or other ingredients in the medicine, and in children below 5 years of age.

• Feeling sleepy

• Upset stomach or digestion

• Headache

• Dry mouth

• Increased sweating

• Weight gain

• Itchy bumps on the skin, sometimes with mouth sores

• Rashes

• Yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice)

• Jerky or slow movements, or muscle stiffness or trembling

• Restlessness

• More saliva than normal

• Twitching or unusual movements of the tongue, face, mouth, jaw or throat, or rolling of the eyes

Before taking cinnarizine, inform your physician or pharmacist in case you are allergic to it; or to other antihistamines; or in case you have some other allergic reactions.

This treatment should not be used if you have specific clinical conditions. Before using this treatment, consult your physician or pharmacist.

Before using this medicine inform your physician or pharmacist of your medical history, as well as any of the following: any liver or kidney problems, Parkinson’s disease, or a blood disease referred to as acute porphyria.

Before having surgical procedure, inform your healthcare professional or dentist that you are taking this medication.

The following medicines may interact with cinnarizine:

  • Medicines for depression (e.g. tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline)
  • Medicines used to treat sleeplessness (insomnia) or anxiety

Cinnarizine overdose may cause the following: vomiting, coma, sleepiness, occurrence or worsening of jerky movements and problems such as muscle stiffness, slowness, trembling and feeling stressed, also producing extra saliva than normal, twitching or unusual actions of the tongue, face, mouth, jaw or throat, or rolling of the eyes, hypotonia (floppiness of the limbs and muscle weakness), and fits (seizures). Deaths have also been mentioned.

People who have taken too much of cinnarizine should seek emergency treatment instantly.

Available Brands:

  • Cinnabloc
  • Dizzinon
  • Gorizine
  • Stugeron
  • Vertisin
  • Cinamin
  • Cinarin
  • Lorizin

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