daflon 500 tablet Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions & Warnings

daflon 500 tablet >>  Generic drug of the Therapeutic class: Cardiology and angiology

Active ingredient: Purified, micronized flavonoid fraction

what is daflon?

• This drug is a veinotonic (it increases the tone of the veins), and a vasoprotector (it increases the resistance of small blood vessels).
• It is recommended in the treatment of disorders of the venous circulation (heavy legs, pain, impatience of the primo-decubitus) and in the treatment of the functional signs related to the hemorrhoidal crisis.

What is Daflon used to treat and indication ?

 Treatment of symptoms related to venolymphatic insufficiency (heavy legs, pain, impatience of the primo-decubitus).

Treatment of functional signs related to the hemorrhoidal crisis.

daflon dosage

• Usual dosage: 2 tablets per day, ie 1 tablet at noon and 1 tablet in the evening, at the time of meals.

daflon 500 mg dosage for hemorrhoids

• Hemorrhoidal crisis: 6 tablets daily for the first 4 days, then 4 tablets daily for 3 days.

Contraindications

daflon 500 mg how it works?

In humans, following oral administration of the drug with carbon-14 diosmin:

1. · Excretion is predominantly fecal and urinary excretion averages 14 percent of the administered amount,
2. · The elimination half-life is 11 hours;
3. · The product is highly metabolized, this metabolism is objectified by the presence of different phenolic acids in the urine.

What are the side effects of taking Daflon?

The following side effects have been reported and are classified according to their frequency.

Very common (≥1 / 10) frequent (≥1 / 100, <1/10); uncommon (≥1 / 1000, <1/100); rare (≥1 / 10000, <1/1000); very rare (<1/10000), unknown (can not be estimated from the available data).

Nervous system disorders

• Rare: dizziness, headache, malaise.

Gastrointestinal disorders

• Common: diarrhea, dyspepsia, nausea, vomiting.
• Uncommon: colitis.
• Unknown frequency: abdominal pain

Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders

• Rare: rash, pruritus, urticaria
• Frequency unknown: isolated edema of the face, eyelids, lips. Exceptionally, angioedema.

Reporting of side effects

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This also applies to any side effects that are not mentioned in this leaflet.

daflon tablet drug interactions

• Not applicable.

DAFLON Warnings and Precautions

Hemorrhoidal crisis

The administration of this product does not exempt the specific treatment of other anal diseases. The treatment should be a short term one. If symptoms do not break down quickly, a proctological examination should be performed and treatment should be reviewed.

Drive and use machines

No specific study of the effects of the flavonoid fraction on the ability to drive and use machines has been performed.

However, given the overall safety profile of the flavonoid fraction, DAFLON does not modify, or negligibly, the ability to drive or use machines.

DAFLON and PREGNANCY / BREAST FEEDING / FERTILITY

daflon in pregnancy

Experimental studies in animals have not shown any teratogenic effect. Moreover, in the human species, no adverse effects have been reported to date.

daflon in feeding

In the absence of data on passage into breast milk, breastfeeding is not recommended during the course of treatment.

What happens if I overdose from DAFLON ?

If you take more DAFLON 500 mg film-coated tablets than you should:

• Overdose may aggravate the side effects.
• If you take more DAFLON 500 mg film-coated tablets than you should, contact your doctor or pharmacist.

What is  Forms and Composition DAFLON?

• Excipients: sodium carboxymethyl starch, microcrystalline cellulose, gelatin, magnesium stearate, talc. Film coating: glycerol, hypromellose, macrogol 6000, sodium lauryl sulphate, magnesium stearate, yellow iron oxide (E 172), red iron oxide (E 172), titanium dioxide (E 171).

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Special warnings:

• For pregnant and breastfeeding women, the elderly, boys and drivers, and use before surgery.

Side effects:

• It treats possible side effects and drug interactions that require attention and its effect on continuous use.
• The information contained in this medicine is based on medical literature, but it is not a substitute for consulting a doctor.