Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)

• It fights inflammation and pain, lowers fever and thins the blood.


• It is used in adults for the short-term treatment of acute pain in osteoarthritis, certain inflammations (tendonitis, bursitis, acute painful shoulder), arthritis (including gout) and severe sciatica;


• It is the specific treatment of certain headaches:
  
  
  
  • Some exertional headaches and coughs.
  
  
  • Paroxysmal hemicrania for which this is the specific treatment.
  
  
  
  

Contraindications of the drug INDOCID

This medicine should not be used in the following cases:

• History of gastrointestinal bleeding during previous treatment with NSAIDs, including aspirin;
  stomach or duodenal ulcer, history of recurrent digestive ulcer or bleeding;


• Severe liver failure;


• Severe kidney failure;


• Severe heart failure;


• Child under 15;


• Inflammation or recent bleeding from the rectum (suppository);


• Pregnancy (from the 6 th month).

Possible side effects of the drug INDOCID

The most common side effects are digestive:

• Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloating, constipation, gastritis, aggravation of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
  Headache (which may require discontinuation of treatment), dizziness, fatigue.

Rarely :

• Ulcer of the stomach or duodenum, haemorrhage of the digestive tract, most often during high dose treatment;


• Allergic reaction: rash, itching, edema, asthma;


• Mental confusion, sleep disturbances, nervous disorders, tingling of the extremities, worsening of epilepsy or Parkinson's disease;vision or hearing disturbances;


• Arterial hypertension, palpitations, chest pain ...;


• Abnormal blood count, increased transaminases, hyperkalaemia.

Suppositories can also cause local irritation: itching, burning sensation, bleeding.