Migon 10 mg (Tablet)

Unit Price: ৳ 5.00 (4 x 14: ৳ 280.00)

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Medicine Details

Migon is indicated for migraine prophylaxis, vestibular vertigo, peripheral vascular disease, motion sickness, and refractory epilepsy resistant to conventional antiepileptic therapy. It is a selective calcium channel antagonist with some antihistaminic and sedative properties.

Starting Dose: 10 mg at night in patients less than 65 years of age and 5 mg daily in patients older than 65 years
Maintenance Treatment: Decrease to 5 days treatment at the same daily dose with two successive medicine free days every week
Peripheral Vascular Disease: 10 mg twice daily, up to 30 mg per day if required
Vertigo & motion sickness: 10-20 mg daily for adults and 5 mg daily for children (> 40 kg)
Epileptic seizure: 15-20 mg daily in adults and 5 to 10 mg daily for children as an add-on therapy

Galactorrhoea reported in some women on oral contraceptives within the first two months of Migon treatment
Hepatic enzyme inducers such as Carbamazepine and Phenytoin may interact with Migon by increasing its metabolism

Hypersensitivity to Flunarizine
Contra-indicated in patients with a history of depressive illness, pre-existing symptoms of Parkinson's disease or other extrapyramidal disorders

Drowsiness and/or fatigue
Weight gain and/or increased appetite
Adverse experiences during chronic treatment with Migon: depression, extrapyramidal symptoms, heartburn, nausea, gastralgia, insomnia, anxiety, galactorrhoea, dry mouth, muscle ache, skin rash

May lead to drowsiness, aggravated by simultaneous intake of alcohol or other central nervous system depressants
Not suited for aborting a migraine attack
May give rise to extrapyramidal and depressive symptoms and reveal Parkinsonism, especially in predisposed patients such as the elderly