Aggrenox medication

Aggrenox generic medication is composed of aspirin and dipyridaamole. It is a part of salicylates medicine. The main propose of this medication is to ease the pain, severe fever and nfection (inflammation). The taste of this medicine is bitter, it has no smell and its color is yellow crystalline element which is inexplicable of mixing with water but capable of mixing with methanol and chloroform.

Medication Aggrenox helps in keeping platelets from getting together to form the clots in the blood. It is used for decreasing the syndrome of mini stroke in the patient also known as transient ischemic attack.

 

How Aggrenox works

When the oxygen is not supplied properly in to the blood then the blood clot is formed along with the help of the platelets that bind the blood together and blocks the blood vessels. This gives rise to ischemic attack. Aggrenox Drug acts by regulating the platelets from combining with the blood together to form a clot. This medicine helps in decreasing the pain, fever and inflammation cause in the body.

 

Aggrenox Side effects

Serious side effects are

• loss of consciousness or lacking physical strength
• Patient will feel weak and get unconscious
• Blood in stool
• Blood in vomit
• Serious nausea or stomach ache
• Febrile response (fever)
• Bugle or severe pain
• Hearing impairment or buzzing sound in the ear

Common side effects

• Slight tummy ache.
• Frequent discharging of bowels
• Joint pain
• Somnolence (sleepiness)
• cephalalgia (headache)

 

What Precautions should one take?

Patients suffering from fever and chicken pox should not be take this medication as it can lead to severe problems known as Reye disease.

The patient who is allergic to aspirin (aggrenox) or any of its ingredients should not use Aggrenox Drug.

Patients suffering from asthma and nasal polyps should not use Aggrenox Medication without getting medical checkup done.

The patient needs the adjustment of Aggrenoxdosage if you are having

• A pre-historical record of stomach sore (ulcere) or bleeding
• Loss of blood or blood -clotting disorder.
• Patient having heart disorder
• unconditional heart failure
• Patient who had experienced heart attack recently.

 

Planning before taking this medication

Patient who is suffering from liver, kidney disorder and low-Blood Pressure should not use Aggrenox Stroke medication without consulting the medical specialist as there might be a requirement of dosage adjustment.

Pregnant women should not use this medicine as it affects the fetus in the womb and causes harm to the unborn baby.

Breast feeding mother should take care and consult the doctor before taking Aggrenox medication as the medicine may pass into the breast milk.

 

Drug interactions with other medicines

This medicine reacts negatively with the drugs such as:

Diamox (acetazolamide)

Amethopterin or Trexall (methotrexate)

Oral Diabetics medication

Benadryl (probenecid)

Medicine used for Gout disorder such as Anturane or probenecid

Benazepril hydrochloride, captopril drug, Renitec or Vasotec(enalapril), Zestril, Accupril, Altace

Eisai (donepezil), Razadyne, Razadyne ER,  Nivalin (galantamine)

 

 

 

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