diclofenac /di·clo·fen·ac/ (di-klo´fen-ak) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used as the potassium or sodium salt in the treatment of rheumatic and nonrheumatic inflammatory conditions, and as the potassium salt to relieve pain and dysmenorrhea; also applied topically to the conjunctiva as the sodium salt to reduce ocular inflammation or photophobia after certain kinds of surgery and to the skin to treat actinic keratoses.
diclofenac
diclofenac
Patient discussion about Voltarol.
diclofenac
[diklo′fenak]
a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug used systemically as the potassium or sodium salt in the treatment of rheumatic and nonrheumatic inflammatory conditions and as the potassium salt to relieve pain and dysmenorrhea. It is also applied topically to the conjunctiva as a sodium salt to reduce ocular inflammation or photophobia after certain kinds of surgery and to the skin to treat actinic keratoses.
diclofenac
(dīklō´f
nak´),
n brand names: Cataflam, Voltaren;
drug class: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory;
action: inhibits prostaglandin synthesis;
uses: acute and chronic rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis.
nak´), n brand names: Cataflam, Voltaren;
drug class: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory;
action: inhibits prostaglandin synthesis;
uses: acute and chronic rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis.
diclofenac
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, used topically in ophthalmic diseases.
antiinflammatory drug
A drug which inhibits or suppresses most inflammatory responses of an allergic, bacterial, traumatic or anaphylactic origin, as well as being immunosuppressant. They include the corticosteroids (e.g. betamethasone, dexamethasone, fluorometholone, hydrocortisone acetate, loteprednol etabonate, prednisolone, rimexolone, triamcinolone). They are sometimes combined with an antibiotic drug (e.g. betamethasone combined with neomycin or sulfacetamide, dexamethasone combined with neomycin or polymyxin B). Corticosteroids have side effects, such as enhancing the activity of herpes simplex virus, fungal overgrowth, raising intraocular pressure or cataract formation.There are other antiinflammatory drugs that are non-steroidal (NSAID) and have little toxicity. They act mainly by blocking prostaglandin synthesis. These include diclofenac sodium, flurbiprofen sodium, indomethacin, ketorolac, nepafenac and oxyphenbutazone. See immunosuppressants; steroid.
Patient discussion about Voltarol.
Q. HELP...has anyone taken Diclofenac? And did you have any side affects? My boyfriend has started this medication and it is messing with his stomach which we know is a side affect BUT we are wondering if it will get better as his body adjust to it or will it always be this way. THANKS FOR ANY HELP! He is taking for inflamation and back pain.
A. @ brwnis65, my suggestion you should try Cataflam-D (the white tablet), since it is dispersed tablet, so it is easily absorbed. And one important thing is, consume that diclofenac after meals, so that the side effect is lowered/reduced.
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