Singulair (Montelukast) Description
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Common uses
This medicine is used for the prevention and long-term treatment of asthma. It is also used to treat hay fever (seasonal allergic rhinitis). Montelukast works by blocking substances in the body called leukotrienes. Blocking leukotrienes improves asthma and seasonal allergic rhinitis symptoms.
Directions To follow the directions to use this medicine provided by your doctor. This medicine can come with I prospect patient. Read you carefully. To ask your doctor, nurse, or phamacist any question that you can have on this medicine. To chew thoroughly before swallowing. This medicine can be taken in an empty stomach or with the food. , If this medicine is being taken for the asthma, it is taken generally once daily in the evening. If it takes for the fever of the hay (seasonal allergic rinitis), to take to medicine in the almost equal time every day (tomorrow or equaling). If you are taking for the asthma and the hay to fever, to take the medicine in the evening. To store to this medicine in the room temperature 77 degrees of f (25 degrees of c) in a tight-closed package, far from the heat, of the humidity, and the light. To summarize the storage between 59 and 86 degrees of f (15 and 30 degrees of c) is allowed. To continue tomándote to this medicine although affluent sensation. Not to lack any dose. If lack a dose of this use of the medicine he as soon as your to remember. If it is almost hour for your following dose, to jump the lacked dose and to go again to your schedule of regular metering. Not to take 2 doses immediately. Cautions This medicine will not stop an attack of the asthma once one has begun. If also you are using an inhalant the broncodilatador, safe being to always take the inhalant with you to use during attacks of the asthma. To consult to your doctor or phamacist for the specific advice on all the drug therapy. To make contact with enemy with a your doctor if your symptoms do not improve or if they get to be worse whereas you are using this medicine. If your use of the inhalant cut-that acts increases or if the use exceeds the 24 maximums of the hour prescribed by the doctor. Not to stop using of this medicine or any other medicine of the asthma without the first verification with your doctor. To keep all the appointments from the doctor and the laboratory whereas you are using this medicine. The laboratory and/or the medical tests are due to make periodically to supervise your progress or to verify for knowing if there are indirect effect. To verify with your doctor to know if there is more information. Before you begin to take any new medicine, excessive prescription or - opposite, check with your doctor or phamacist. Phenylketonurics: this medicine can contain aspartame, if you have phenylketonuria (pku) or any other condition where you must restrict your product of aspartame (or phenylalanine), consultations to your doctor or phamacist with respect to the safe use of this medicine. For the women: if you glide in arriving to be embarrassed, to discuss with your doctor the advantages and the risks of using this medicine during pregnancy. It is not known if this medicine is excreted in maternal milk. If you are or you nurse whereas you are using this medicine, to verify with your doctor or phamacist to discuss the risks to your baby. Possible side effects Indirect effect that can happen whereas they take this medicine include the unusual weakness, upheaval of the stomach, diarrea, vertigos, cough, headache, nausea, vomiting, hardship that to duer to me, or pain the mouth. If they continue or they are annoying, to make contact with enemy with a your doctor. To make contact immediately with enemy with your doctor if you experience hallucinations, fever, persistent the sore throat or earache, or the symptoms of the influenza. To make contact with enemy with a your doctor immediately if you experience no of these highly improbable but the serious indirect effect including the stomach they hurt, muscle hurts/prevents, beat of the irregular heart, yellowing the eyes/skin, entumecimiento/el to hum of the hands or the feet, easy contusion or bleeding, swelling themselves, or graspings. An allergic reaction to this medicine is improbable immediate medical attention, but of the search if it happens. The symptoms of an allergic reaction include the eruption, to itch, the severe swelling, severe vertigos, or the breathing of the hardship. If notes other effects nonenumerated above, to make contact with enemy with a your doctor, nurse, or phamacist. If you take too much If the overdose is suspected, to immediately make contact with enemy with your control center of the poison or site of local emergency. The symptoms of the overdose can include expanded thirst, somnolencia, pupils, the increasing movements of the muscle, or severe pain the stomach. |
