Diseases of the joints, osteochondrosis, arthritis and other degenerative processes in the bones and muscle tissues cause a lot of trouble for the patient. Such pathologies are characterized by a terrible pain, for the relief of which one has to resort to anti-inflammatory drugs. One of these are Texamen tablets, capable of coping with the symptoms of the disease as quickly as possible, characterized by efficiency and ease of use.
What are Texamen tablets used for?
Medication belongs to a number of non-steroidal analgesics with the active ingredient tenoxicam. It is characterized by the ability to alleviate the course of diseases, reducing the severity of symptoms. The medicine is part of the group of medicines of the new generation and has analgesic effect, is able to fight with heat and stop the inflammatory process. It is prescribed for such pathological processes occurring in the musculoskeletal tissues:
- neurology;
- pain syndrome;
- gout , accompanied by joint syndrome;
- rheumatoid arthritis;
- bursitis;
- osteochondrosis;
- radiculitis ;
- bruises of ligaments.
The medicine is well absorbed by the body. The highest concentration in the blood of active substances is achieved after two hours after ingestion.
Instructions for the use of tablets
The drug can be taken regardless of the time of eating. The daily volume for adults is 20 mg. The tablet is swallowed, washed down with the required volume of water.
With unbearable pain, the dose can be increased to 40 mg, but it can take no more than two days. After that, the daily dose should be cut again by half. To increase the effectiveness of the use of medication is recommended to take at the same time. Elderly Texamen appoint 20 mg in tablets.
Usually the symptoms go away after about seven days from the start of therapy. However, the doctor can prolong the course, reducing the dose by half.
Before you start taking Texamen tablets, you need to read the instructions and learn a number of contraindications. These are:
- intolerance to the ingredients of the medicine;
- high blood pressure;
- pathology of the heart muscle;
- problems of the vestibular apparatus.
Extremely cautious should be people with pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract, pregnant women and women during the period of feeding, as well as people who have blood diseases. In addition, it is important to regularly check the liver, kidneys, sugar content in the blood.