Gelumaline Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions & Warnings

Generic drug of the therapeutic class: Analgesics
active ingredients: Belladonna , Codeine , Caffeine , Paracetamol

Drug withdrawn from the market on 24/11/2006

 what is Gelumaline medication used for and indication?

Symptomatic treatment of painful and febrile ailments :

• neuralgia,
• rheumatic pain,
• dental pain,
• migraines,
• painful periods.

Gelumaline Dosage

Adult :

• 1 to 2 capsules 1 to 3 times a day depending on the intensity and duration of the pain.
• Do not exceed 6 capsules per day.
• The catches should be spaced at least 4 hours apart.

Gelumaline Contraindications

CONTRA-INDICATED:

• Hypersensitivity to paracetamol.
• Hepatocellular insufficiency.
• Respiratory failure whatever the degree, due to the depressant effect of codeine on the respiratory centers.
• Glaucoma by closing the angle.
• Prostatic adenoma with urinary retention.
• Child under 15 years old.
• Breast-feeding: codeine passes into breast milk; a few cases of hypotonia and respiratory pauses have been described in infants after ingestion by mothers of codeine at supratherapeutic doses. Therefore, taking this drug is contraindicated during breast-feeding.

Contraindicated associations: morphine agonists-antagonists (buprenorphine, nalbuphine).

• ADVISED AGAINST: Combinations
• not recommended : enoxacin, alcohol.

Gelumaline Side Effects

• Rare allergic skin reactions requiring discontinuation of treatment (paracetamol, codeine).
• A few rare cases of thrombocytopenia have been cited in the international literature (paracetamol).
• Possibility of constipation, somnolence, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, bronchospasm, respiratory depression (codeine: these adverse effects are comparable to those of other opiates but rarer and more moderate at therapeutic doses).
• In high doses, adverse effects of atropine type, dry mouth, accommodation disorders, tachycardia, dysuria (belladonna powder).

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