Description
| Medicine | |
| Alchohol Interaction | Interaction with alcohol is unknown. Please consult your doctor. |
| Pregnancy Interaction | Unknown. Human and animal studies are not available. Please consult your doctor. |
| Lactation Interaction | No information is available on the use of Digecaine Tablet during lactation. Please consult your doctor. |
| Common Side Effect | Constipation, Diarrhoea, Allergic reaction. |
| How to Use | 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. Digecaine Tablet is to be taken empty stomach.Take it preferably 15 minutes before food. |
| Driving | It is not known whether Digecaine Tablet alters the ability to drive. Do not drive if you experience any symptoms that affect your ability to concentrate and react. |
| Kidney | Digecaine Tablet is probably safe to use in patients with kidney disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Digecaine Tablet may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor. |
| Liver | There is limited information available on the use of Digecaine Tablet in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor. |
| Mechanism of action | Digecaine Tablet is a combination of four medicines: Oxetacaine / Oxethazaine, Aluminium Hydroxide, Magnesium and Simethicone. Oxetacaine / Oxethazaine is a local anesthetic that provides faster relief from pain due to ulcers or acidic injury in the stomach. Aluminium Hydroxide and Simethicone neutralize the excess acid in stomach. Magnesium is an antifoaming medicine which disintegrates gas bubbles and allows easy passage of gas. |
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