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Raceca medicine 100mg is a medicine for acute diarrhea which is prepared in the form of tablets. Dosage varies between children and adults, patients need to pay attention to use the right dose to avoid encountering side effects and unwanted interactions.
1. What is Raceca?
What is Raceca drug? Raceca medicine 100mg belongs to the group of gastrointestinal drugs with the main active ingredient being Racecadotril 100mg content.
The drug is manufactured and researched at Roussel Vietnam - VIETNAM Company. Raceca 100mg is prepared as a film-coated tablet in a box of 2 blisters x 10 tablets.
2. Indications for taking Raceca 100mg
Indications to use Raceca 100mg drug in the following cases:
Raceca 100mg drug is used in the treatment of acute diarrhea. The drug is used in adults and children to improve symptoms caused by acute diarrhea.
3. Dosage - How to take Raceca 100mg
How to use:
Raceca tablets are used for oral administration and can be used with filtered water to drink before meals. The patient should swallow the tablet whole or break it up as needed.
Treatment with Raceca drug continuously until the stool is normal. However, the drug should not be used for more than 7 days unless directed by a doctor or pharmacist.
Patients may experience side effects if the medicine is not used correctly. Therefore, the patient should take the medicine according to the dose specified in the doctor's prescription, do not arbitrarily buy medicine and take it without being examined.
Dosage:
Raceca 100mg in combination with rehydration therapy.
Adults and children over 15 years: The starting dose is 1 100 mg tablet of Racecadotril at any time. Then take 1 100 mg tablet of Racecadotril every 8 hours until diarrhea stops. The total daily dose should not exceed 400 mg of Racecadotril. If diarrhea persists for more than 7 days, the patient should consult a doctor or pharmacist. Racecadotril should not be given to children under 15 years of age.
4. Contraindications to taking Raceca 100mg
Raceca 100mg drug should not be used in the following cases:
Patients with hypersensitivity to Racecadotril or any other ingredient in the drug. Patients with liver or kidney failure Patients with fructose intolerance Patients with poor glucose and galactose absorption Patients with sucrase - isomaltase enzyme deficiency Pregnant women and nursing mothers.
5. What side effects does Raceca 100mg cause when used?
During the course of taking Raceca, patients may experience some unwanted side effects such as:
Feelings of drowsiness, somnolence appear in some cases. Rare: nausea, vomiting, rash, constipation, dizziness and headache. Please inform your doctor or pharmacist of the side effects that patients experience when using Raceca 100mg medicine.
6. Precautions when using Raceca 100mg
Before using Raceca, the patient should carefully consult the information in the drug leaflet or follow the prescription prescribed by the doctor or pharmacist. In addition, patients can refer to some more information below.
Do not use Raceca for pregnant and lactating women. Raceca is best stored at room temperature (<30 degrees Celsius). Refrigerator, humid or high temperature environments can degrade the quality of the drug and even cause toxicity to the body. Patients should also pay attention to the expiration date of the medicine. Raceca has a shelf life of 2 years from the date of manufacture. Patients should not use the drug after the expiry date listed on the product packaging. During treatment with Raceca, it is recommended to combine additional fluid rehydration methods to prevent dehydration due to defecation and help the disease heal faster. Each pack of Raceca pills contains 0.873g of sugar. In case patients with diabetes or people with high glycemic index should cut down on the amount of sweets consumed during the day so as not to exceed the allowable sugar level. Immediately notify your doctor or pharmacist if any of the following symptoms occur during treatment with Raceca:
Symptoms of acute diarrhea persist and increase sharply. The number of bowel movements a day is more than 6 times. Weight loss Blood in stools with mucus
7. Drug interactions Raceca 100mg
There have been no accurate reports on the possibility of interaction between Raceca and other drugs. However, patients should also carefully inform their doctor or pharmacist of all new medicines, herbs or nutritional supplements they are taking. This will help avoid drug interactions that cause adverse health reactions.
Hope the information just provided above has helped patients better understand Raceca 100mg and know how to use the drug properly to achieve the best effect.
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