Treatment of Arthritis, Bursitis and Tendinitis with Generic Indocin Capsules

What is Arthritis?

Arthritis is a degenerative joint disease, that involves inflammation of one or more joints. There are over 100 different types of arthritis. The most common form, osteoarthritis involves the breakdown of cartilage. The breakdown of cartilage can take place as as a result of trauma to the joint, infection of the joint, or age. This causes causes the bones to rub against each other, causing stiffness, swelling (inflammation), pain and loss of movement in the joint. Other forms of arthritis include rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and related autoimmune diseases. Septic arthritis is caused by joint infection. The main complaint among individuals who suffer from arthritis is joint pain. The pain is usually localized to the joint affected and is due to inflammation that occurs around the joint, damage to the joint from disease, daily wear and tear of joint, muscle strains caused by forceful movements against stiff, painful joints and fatigue.

What is Tendinitis and Bursitis?

Tendinitis or bursitis often involves the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee and ankle. The pain caused by Bursitis and Tendinitis could be quite severe and is worse during movement.
What is tendinitis?
Tendons are cord-like structures located where a muscle narrows down to attach to a bone. The tendon is more fibrous and dense than the elastic, fleshy muscle. A tendon transmits the pull of the muscle to the bone to cause movement. Tendinitis (informally also tendonitis), means the inflammation of a tendon. Tendinitis is often very tender to the touch. The term tendinitis is reserved for tendon injuries that involve larger-scale acute injuries accompanied by inflammation. Generally tendinitis is referred to by the body part involved, such as Achilles tendinitis (affecting the Achilles tendon), or patellar tendinitis (jumper's knee, affecting the patellar tendon).
What is bursitis?
Bursitis is the inflammation of one or more bursae (small sacs) of synovial fluid in the body. The bursae rest at the points where internal functionaries, such as muscles and tendons, slide across bone. This small sac acts as a cushion between moving structures (bones, muscles, tendons or skin). Healthy bursae create a smooth, almost frictionless functional gliding surface making normal movement painless. If a muscle or tendon is pulling around a corner of a bone, or over a bone, a healthy bursa protects it from fraying and stress.
When bursitis occurs and a bursa is inflamed, movement relying upon the inflamed bursa becomes difficult and painful. Moreover, movement of tendons and muscles over the inflamed bursa aggravates its inflammation, perpetuating the problem. Muscle can also be stiffened.
Tendinitis can occur from a sudden intense injury. Most often, though, it results from a repeated, minor injury of that tendon. Doctors call this repetitive stress or overuse. Examples of such injuries are painting a ceiling for four hours or more, typing long hours, improper body position while using a keyboard, chopping, cutting or sawing may result in tendinitis or bursitis hours or days later. Tight clenching while using hand tools or while driving a long time, using a backhand, mainly single handed, in an early-season game of tennis ("tennis elbow") and wearing improper running shoes or not getting the proper training before sports are other examples.

Generic Indocin Capsules (Inmecin) – Product Information

Generic Indocin Capsules (Inmecin Capsules) is used to relieve moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis including acute flares of chronic disease, moderate to severe ankylosing spondylitis, moderate to severe osteoarthritis, acute painful shoulder (bursitis and/or tendinitis) and acute gouty arthritis.
The active ingredient present in Generic Indocin Capsules is Indomethacin.
Indomethacin is marketed under trade names such as Inmecin,Indocid, Indocid Pda, Indocid Sr, Indocin, Rheumacin, Indocap, Indochron and several others.

Generic Indocin Capsules (Inmecin Capsules) - Contraindications

Generic Indocin Capsules (Inmecin Capsules) is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to indomethacin or any inactive ingredient present in Generic Indocin Capsules.
Inmecin Capsules (Generic Indocin) should not be given to patients who have experienced asthma, urticaria, or allergic-type reactions after taking aspirin or other NSAIDs. Severe, rarely fatal, anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reactions to NSAIDs have been reported in such patients. Indomethacin (Generic Indocin) is also contraindicated for the treatment of peri-operative pain in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Generic Indocin (Inmecin Capsules) - Dosage

The recommended adult Oral dosage of Generic Indocin(Inmecin Capsules) for adults is given below:
Moderate To Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Including Acute Flares Of Chronic Disease, Moderate To Severe Ankylosing Spondylitis, And Moderate To Severe Osteoarthritis
Recommended Adult Dosage: Indomethacin capsules 25 mg twice a day or three times a day If this is well tolerated, increase the daily dosage by 25 or by 50 mg, if required by continuing symptoms, at weekly intervals until a satisfactory response is obtained or until a total daily dose of 150 to 200 mg is reached.
Acute Painful Shoulder (Bursitis And/Or Tendinitis)
The initial adult doseage is 75 to 150 mg daily in 3 or 4 divided doses. Generic Indocin (Inmecin capsules) should be discontinued after the signs and symptoms of inflammation have been controlled for several days. The usual course of therapy is 7 to 14 days.
Acute Gouty Arthritis
The adult dosage is 50 mg of Generic Indocin capsules thrice a day until pain is tolerable. The dose should then be rapidly reduced to complete cessation of the drug. Definite relief of pain has been reported within 2 to 4 hours. Tenderness and heat usually subside in 24 to 36 hours, and swelling gradually disappears in 3 to 5 days.

Side Effects of Generic Indocin Capsules (Indomethacin)

The most common side effects reported in patients treated with Generic Indocin are headache, dizziness, light-headedness, changes in mood including depression, tiredness, spinning sensation (vertigo), stomach upset including nausea (feeling sick), vomiting, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, constipation, diarrhoea, ringing ears or other hearing disturbances flushing, and sweating.
The rare but serious side effects of Indomethacin include severe stomach pain or tenderness, eye problems including blurred vision, irregular heart beat, bleeding or bruising more frequently, jaundice (symptoms include yellowing of the skin and eyes), hepatitis, rash, itchy skin, loss of hair, unusual weight gain, swelling of ankles or legs, signs of anaemia such as tiredness, being short of breath, looking pale, changes in the frequency that you urinate or difficulty passing urine, dark coloured or cloudy urine.

Generic Indocin Capsules - More Details

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Generic Indocin Capsules for Treatment of Arthritis, Bursitis and Tendinitis

Treatment of Arthritis, Dysmenorrhoea, and Pyrexia Using Brufen Tablets

What is Primary Dysmenorrhea?

Dysmenorrhea can include different kinds of pain, including sharp, throbbing, dull, nauseating, burning, or shooting pain. Dysmenorrhea may precede menstruation by several days or may accompany it, and it usually subsides as menstruation tapers off. Dysmenorrhea may coexist with excessively heavy blood loss, known as menorrhagia.
Primary dysmenorrhea is menstrual pain that's not a symptom of an underlying gynecologic disorder but is related to the normal process of menstruation. It often begins with the onset of ovulatory cycles six months to one year after the first menstrual cycle. The pain begins with the onset of the period and may last for 24-72 hours.
Primary dysmenorrhea is more likely to affect girls during adolescence. Fortunately for many women, the problem eases as they mature, particularly after a pregnancy. Although it may be painful and sometimes debilitating for brief periods of time, it is not harmful.

What is Pyrexia?

Fever, also known as Pyrexia is one of the most common medical signs and is characterized by an elevation of body temperature above the normal range of 36.5-37.5°C (97.7-99.5 °F) due to an increase in the temperature regulatory set-point. As a person's temperature increases, there is, in general, a feeling of cold despite an increase in body temperature.
With the exception of very high temperatures, treatment to reduce fever is often not necessary; however, antipyretic medications can be effective at lowering the temperature, which may improve the affected person's comfort.

Brufen Tablets – Product Information

Brufen Tablets (Ibuprofen) is used for relief of the signs and symptoms of Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Primary dysmenorrhoea, and Pyrexia. Brufen is also used for the relief of acute and/or chronic pain states in which there is an inflammatory component.
The active ingredient present in Brufen Tablets is Ibuprofen.
Ibuprofen is marketed under trade names such as Motrin, Brufen, Ibugesic, Advil, Nuprin, Calprofen, Ribafen, Nurofen.

Brufen Tablets - Contraindications

Brufen Tablets is contraindicated for patients with hypersensitivity to Ibuprofen or any of the inactive ingredients present in Brufen tablets.
Hypersensitivity (e.g. asthma, rhinitis or urticaria) to aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Ibuprofen should not be used in active gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation related to previous NSAID therapy. Ibuprofen should not be used in patients with active, or a history of, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, recurrent peptic ulceration or gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

Brufen Tablets - Dosage

Brufen Tablets comes as an oral tablet in 200 mg, 400 mg and 600 mg dosage forms. The recommended adult Oral dosage of Brufen Tablets for adults is given below:
Recommended Adult Dosage:
The recommended initial dosage of Brufen tablets is 1200 mg to 1800 mg daily in divided doses. Some patients can be maintained on 600 to 1200 mg daily. In severe or acute conditions it can be advantageous to increase the dosage until the acute phase is brought under control, providing that the total daily dosage does not exceed 2400mg in divided doses.
Primary Dysmenorrhoea:
For the treatment of dysmenorrhea, beginning with the earliest onset of such pain or menstrual bleeding, Ibuprofen tablets should be given in a dose of 400 mg every 4 to 6 hours as necessary with amaximum total daily dose of 1,600 mg.
Mild to Moderate Pain:
The recommended adult dosage is 400 mg every 4 to 6 hours as necessary for relief of pain.
Maintenance Dose:
In all indications the doses should be adjusted for each patient and the smallest dose that results in acceptable control of the symptoms employed. In general, patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteo arthritis tend to require higher doses than patients with other conditions.

Side Effects of Brufen Tablets

The common possible side effects reported in patients treated with Brufen Tablets include Nausea, epigastric pain, heartburn, diarrhea, abdominal distress, nausea and vomiting, indigestion, constipation, abdominal cramps or pain, fullness of GI tract (bloating and flatulence),Dizziness, headache, nervousness, Rash (including maculopapular type), pruritus, Tinnitus, decreased appetite, Edema, and fluid retention.
Rare side effects include Gastic or duodenal ulcer with bleeding and/or perforation, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, melena, gastritis, hepatitis, jaundice, abnormal liver function tests; pancreatitis, Depression, insomina, confusion, emotional lability, somnolence, aseptic meningitis with fever and coma, vesiculobullous eruptions, urticaria, erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, alopecia,hearing loss, amblyopia (blurred and/or diminished vision, scotomata and/or changes in color vision), neutropenia, agranulocytosis, aplastic anemia, hemolytic anemia (sometimes Coombs Positive), thrombocytopenia with or without purpura, eosinophilia, decreases in hemoglobin and hematocrit, congestive heart failure in patients with marginal cardiac function, elevated blood pressure, palpitations, Syndrome of abdominal pain, fever, chills, nausea and vomiting; anaphylaxis; bronchospasm, acute renal failure, decreased creatinine clearance, polyuria, azotemia, cystitis, hematuria, dry eyes and mouth, gingival ulcer and rhinitis.

Brufen Tablets - More Details

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Brufen Tablets for Treatment of Arthritis, Dysmenorrhoea, and Pyrexia