Lospan 10 mg (Tablet)
Unit Price: ৳ 8.00 (3 x 10: ৳ 240.00)
Strip Price: ৳ 80.00
Medicine Details
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Generic | Baclofen |
| Company | Beximco pharmaceuticals ltd |
| Also available as |
Title
- Lospan
Categories
- Medicine
- Pharmaceuticals
- Muscle Relaxant
Description
- Indicated for spasticity resulting from multiple sclerosis
- Indicated for flexor spasms, concomitant pain, clonus, and muscular rigidity
- Indicated for skeletal muscle spasm resulting from rheumatic disorders
- Indicated for spinal cord injuries and other spinal cord diseases
- Indicated for cerebrovascular accidents or neoplastic or degenerative brain disease
- Inhibits monosynaptic and polysynaptic reflexes at the spinal level
- Stimulates GABA receptors
- Inhibits the release of glutamate and aspartate
- Exerts antinociceptive effect
- Dosage for adults and children over 10 years: 5 mg 3 times daily, max. 100 mg daily
- Dosage for children under 10 years gradually increased according to requirement
- Increased sedation may occur when taken with CNS acting agents
- Combined treatment with antihypertensives likely to increase blood pressure fall
- Concomitant administration with tricyclic antidepressants may potentiate pharmacological effects
- Reports of mental confusion, hallucinations, headaches, nausea, and agitation in patients with Parkinson's disease
- Contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity to any component
- Common adverse reactions include transient drowsiness, daytime sedation, dizziness, weakness, and fatigue
- Pregnancy category B3, safe use during pregnancy not established, excreted in breast milk
- Lower doses should be used for patients with impaired renal function or undergoing haemodialysis
- Careful use in patients with psychotic disorders, schizophrenia, depressive or manic disorders
- May lower convulsion threshold in patients with epilepsy
- Should be used with caution in patients with or with a history of peptic ulcers, cerebrovascular diseases, or hepatic, renal or respiratory failure
- Careful monitoring of respiratory and cardiovascular function is essential
- Neurogenic disturbances affecting bladder emptying may improve during treatment
- Lospan has not significantly benefited stroke patients
- Appropriate laboratory tests should be performed periodically in patients with hepatic diseases or diabetes mellitus
- Gastric lavage is important in case of severe overdose
- Therapeutic Class: Centrally acting Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
- Storage Conditions: Keep below 30°C, away from light and moisture, out of the reach of children