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Details About Generic Salt :: Glucosamine
Main Medicine Class:: #N/A Sub Medicine Class :: #N/A
| 12C. DRUGS FOR ARTHRITIS/OSTEOPOROSIS in 12. MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS & PAIN |
| GLUCOSAMINE |
| NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT |
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Indications & Dose: OSTEOARTHRITIS OF KNEE Mild-to-moderate Symptomatic therapy PO Adult 1.25g OD, review treatment if no benefit after 2-3 months | RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PO Adult 500mg TID/QID |
| Contra: Shell fish allergy
Precautions: Impaired glucose tolerance, predisposition to CVD, asthma ADR: Serious: Flushing, hypercholesterolemia, Others: rash, pruritus, Nausea, abdominal pain, indigestion, diarrhea, constipation, headache, fatigue DDI: Serious Coumarins causes increase/decrease in the INR Monitor: Blood glucose level, TC level |
