ETOCOX Tablet

Acute pain and inflammation, Chronic musculo-skeletal pain, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Acute gouty arthritis, Primary dysmenorrhoea, Ankylosing spondylitis.

Dosage and administration

Adult and adolescent (over 16 years):

Arthritis

Osteoarthritis: 60mg once daily

Rheumatoid arthritis: 90mg once daily

Acute gouty arthritis: 120mg once daily.

Analgesia

Acute pain associated with dental surgery: 120mg once daily

Primary dysmenorrhoea, Chronic musculo-skeletal pain, including chronic low back pain: 60mg once daily.

Patients with known hypersensitivity to Etoricoxib or to any of the excipients of this medicinal product.

Active peptic ulceration or gastro-intestinal bleeding, severe hepatic dysfunction.

Children and adolescents under 16 years of age.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease and severe congestive heart failure.

Common side effects are dizziness, headache, gastro-intestinal disorders (e.g. abdominal pain, flatulence, heartburn), diarrhoea, dyspepsia, nausea, asthenia, fatigue, flu-like symptoms.

Rare side effects are oedema, weight gain, anxiety, blurred vision, hypertension, epistaxis, dyspnoea, constipation, vomiting, muscle cramps, chest pain.

Warfarin, ACE inhibitor, Rifampicin, Lithium, birth control pills, Methotrexate, Digoxin.

Not recommended.

Decreased kidney function and liver function, dehydration, hypertension, history of heart failure, perforation, and people over 65 years of age.