Rwanda: Experts Warn Against Overuse of Painkillers During Menstrual Cycle
[New Times] Keza, a 32-year-old Kigali-based accountant, is currently hospitalised due to kidney failure caused by long-term use of diclofenac tablets. She began taking this painkiller as a teenager to alleviate menstrual cramps. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 13, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Source Type: news
Now, you will need a prescription for buying aspirin, ibuprofen, diclofinac in Delhi. Read why
Delhi government has asked chemists to restrain from selling aspirin, ibuprofen and diclofenac without a valid doctor's prescription to address the recent surge in dengue cases in the state. The drugs control department has issued an advisory to chemists to maintain a record of drug stocks to avoid strict action against violators. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - July 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Govt set to ban two vet drugs to protect vultures
In the representation, it was mentioned that Ketoprofen and Aceclofenac in cattle as toxic as Diclofenac and can kill vultures. Study showed that the Aceclofenac was rapidly metabolised into Diclofenac and Ketoprofen is toxic to Gyps vultures. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - July 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
' New Standard of Care' for Capecitabine Hand-Foot Syndrome'New Standard of Care' for Capecitabine Hand-Foot Syndrome
Topical gel with 1% diclofenac should be the new standard of care to prevent this side effect, say oncologists highlighting what they describe as the best study from the recent ASCO meeting.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - June 15, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
NPPA fixes retail prices of 23 drug formulations
Similarly, the retail price of one tablet of Telmisartan, Chlorthalidone& Cilnidipine tablets at Rs 13.17. The retail price of one tablet of pain reliever medication Trypsin, Bromelain, Rutoside Trihydrate and Diclofenac Sodium tablets has been fixed at Rs 20.51. The NPPA said it has also revised ceiling price of 15 scheduled formulations under Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (NLEM 2022). (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 9, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Lupin launches generic joint pain drug in US market
The company's product -- Diclofenac Sodium Topical Solution 2 per cent -- is the generic version of Horizon Pharma Therapeutics Pennsaid, Lupin said in a statement. As per IQVIA MAT October 2022 data, Lupin said diclofenac sodium topical solution, 2 per cent, had estimated annual sales of USD 509 million in the US. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 9, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What happens when humans meddle with nature?
Seven ways in which our destruction of the natural world has led to deadly outcomesIn the early 1990s, vultures across India started dying inexplicably. Long-billed, slender-billed and oriental white-backed vultures declined to the brink of extinction, with the number of India ’s most common three vulture species falling by more than97% between 1992 and 2007. Six other species were in sharp decline too. Scientists started testing the dead birds and worked outthey had been exposed to diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug routinely given to cattle in south Asia at the time. The vultures fed on the carcasses of cows and wer...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 22, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Phoebe Weston Tags: Environment Bees Coral Tsunamis Amphibians Birds Malaria Marine life Wildlife World news Endangered habitats Endangered species Source Type: news
Adjunctive Acupuncture May Speed Relief From Pain of Renal Colic
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 -- For acute renal colic, acupuncture as an adjunct to intramuscular injection of diclofenac sodium may accelerate pain relief, according to a study published online Aug. 9 in JAMA Network Open.
Jian-Feng Tu, Ph.D., from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 10, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Efficacy and Safety of Diclofenac Patches for Cancer Pain Efficacy and Safety of Diclofenac Patches for Cancer Pain
Newly developed diclofenac sodium patches may provide a safe and effective option for the treatment of cancer pain.Pain (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Latin Foods Market Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Artri King Reforzado Con Ortiga Y Omega 3 Due to the Presence of Undeclared Diclofenac and Dexamethasone
Latin Foods Market is voluntarily recalling one lot, LOTE 334 21, of Artri King Reforzado con Ortiga y Omega 3 tablets to the consumer level. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - June 15, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Reduction of residual topical diclofenac in waste water by a wiping procedure before hand washing
Diclofenac is non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with widespread usage as a topical treatment for relief of pain and inflammation in soft-tissue injuries. While the permeation mechanisms of topically applied diclofenac are well documented, the fate of residual diclofenac not retained at the site of pain following subsequent hand-washing is still not well characterized. The aim of this study quantifies the amount of diclofenac present in rinse water after the application of a topical pain gel containing 23.2 mg/g diclofenac diethylamine, and subsequent washing of the hands. A comparison of two different hand washi...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The sky isn ’t the limit for NSAIDs analgesia
Using the one-dose/one-size approach is detrimental to patient health.
As an ED clinician, I take enormous pride in taking care of patients presenting to my ED in pain. I take even bigger pride in the progress that Emergency Medicine has made over the past 15 years to perfect pain management.
Armed with a solid knowledge base, great evidential support, and a broad array of analgesics, ED doctors across the country are providing effective and safe relief of pain.
However, from time to time I am still reminded that so-called “traditional” teaching is pushing for the “one-dose,” “one-size” fits all approach (0.1 m...
Source: EPMonthly.com - April 11, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jeffrey Lyles Source Type: news
The sky isn ’t the limit for NSAIDs analgesia
Using the one-dose/one-size approach is detrimental to patient health.
As an ED clinician, I take enormous pride in taking care of patients presenting to my ED in pain. I take even bigger pride in the progress that Emergency Medicine has made over the past 15 years to perfect pain management.
Armed with a solid knowledge base, great evidential support, and a broad array of analgesics, ED doctors across the country are providing effective and safe relief of pain.
However, from time to time I am still reminded that so-called “traditional” teaching is pushing for the “one-dose,” “one-size” fits all approach (0.1 m...
Source: EPMonthly.com - April 11, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jeffrey Lyles Source Type: news
The sky isn ’t the limit for NSAIDs analgesia
Using the one-dose/one-size approach is detrimental to patient health.
As an ED clinician, I take enormous pride in taking care of patients presenting to my ED in pain. I take even bigger pride in the progress that Emergency Medicine has made over the past 15 years to perfect pain management.
Armed with a solid knowledge base, great evidential support, and a broad array of analgesics, ED doctors across the country are providing effective and safe relief of pain.
However, from time to time I am still reminded that so-called “traditional” teaching is pushing for the “one-dose,” “one-size” fits all approach (0.1 m...
Source: EPMonthly.com - April 11, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jeffrey Lyles Source Type: news
Rectal Diclofenac Likely Comparable to Rectal Indomethacin for Post-ERCP Pancreatitis Rectal Diclofenac Likely Comparable to Rectal Indomethacin for Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
An exploratory network analysis of post-retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) prophylaxis suggests that rectal diclofenac can be used interchangeably with rectal indomethacin to reduce costs, researchers say.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - July 19, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
