Inarzin

Tablet - 15mg

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Generic: Cinnarizine

1 Tablet

Original price was: Tk. 1.Current price is: Tk. 1.

Description

Medicine Overview of Inarzin 15mg Tablet

Introduction

Inarzin belongs to a class of medicines known as antihistamines. It is a prescription medicine used to treat motion sickness (nausea due to motion, especially while traveling in a moving vehicle), vertigo (spinning sensation or dizziness), or Meniere’s disease (problems with balance).

Inarzin should be taken with food to avoid stomach upset. Take this medicine as advised by your doctor, preferably at the same time each day. If you have missed a dose, take it as soon as you remember. Do not skip any doses and finish the full course of treatment and never stop this medicine suddenly without talking to your doctor.

Some common side effects of this medication are sleepiness, nausea and dyspepsia or indigestion. It even causes dizziness and sleepiness, so do not drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how this medicine affects you. It may also cause weight gain and to prevent it you can eat a healthy balanced diet, avoid snacking with high-calorie food and exercise regularly.

Before taking this medicine, it is better to inform your doctor if you are suffering from peptic ulcer, asthma, or low blood pressure. You must inform your doctor if you are taking any other medicines regularly, as it may affect the way this medicine works for you. Pregnant or breastfeeding mothers should consult their doctor before taking this medicine.

Uses of Inarzin

Motion sickness
Vertigo
Meniere's disease

Side effects of Inarzin

Common

Sleepiness
Nausea
Weight gain
Indigestion

How to use Inarzin

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Inarzin is to be taken with food.

How Inarzin works

Inarzin works by preventing constriction of the blood vessels of the inner ear. This improves the microcirculation of the ear.

Quick Tips

Inarzin helps relieve nausea, vomiting, and dizziness associated with Meniere’s disease and other middle ear disorders.

Take it with food to avoid stomach upset.

It may cause dizziness and sleepiness. Don’t drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how Inarzin affects you.

Do not drink alcohol while taking this medicine as it may cause increased sleepiness.

Stop taking medicine if you experience yellowing of the skin, tiredness, fever, nausea, weakness, red, lumpy, and itchy rash.

Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive or breastfeeding.

Take caution while taking this medicine if you are suffering from Parkinson’s disease as it may worsen the condition.

Inform your doctor if you are taking antidepressant or painkiller medicine as it may increase the drowsiness effect of Inarzin.

Inform your doctor if you notice vomiting, upset stomach, muscle weakness or lose consciousness.

Do not stop taking Inarzin without talking to your doctor first.

Brief Description

Indication

Nausea and vomiting, motion sickness, vertigo, meniere’s disease, peripheral vascular diseases, cerebrovascular disorders, vestibular disorders

Administration

Should be taken with food.

Adult Dose

Oral
Peripheral vascular disease
Adult: 75 mg bid or tid.

Motion sickness
Adult: 30 mg 2 hr before travel then 15 mg 8 hrly during the journey if necessary.

Cerebrovascular disorders
Adult: 75 mg once daily.

Vertigo and vestibular disorders
Adult: 30 mg tid or 75 mg 1-2 times daily.

Child Dose

Oral
Motion sickness
Child: 5-12 yr 15 mg 2 hr before travel then 7.5 mg 8 hrly during the journey as necessary.

Vertigo and vestibular disorders
Child: 5-12 yr 15 mg tid.

Contraindication

Proven hypersensitivity to the drug. Parkinson’s disease. Childn and neonates.

Mode of Action

Cinnarizine has calcium-channel blocking activity selective for arterial smooth muscle. It also has some antihistamine activity. Cinnarizine acts as a labyrinthine sedative. It also improves microcirculation by reducing ischaemia-induced blood viscosity.

Precaution

Hypotension; pregnancy; lactation; elderly. May impair ability to drive or operate machineries.

Side Effect

Extrapyramidal symptoms sometimes associated with severe depression. Drowsiness, headache, GI upsets, unsteadiness, headache; rarely skin and hypersensitivity reactions, dry mouth, blurred vision, urinary difficulty or retention, constipation and increased gastric reflux, fatigue. Hypolipidaemic effect.

Interaction

CNS depressant effect enhanced with alcohol. Action potentiated by domperidone. Increased sedative effect w/ CNS depressants or TCAs.