Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?
Pellagra. Hartnups disease. Peripheral vascular disease. Hypolipoproteinemic.
Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?
Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Pregnancy, lactation and children. Liver disease, active peptic ulcer, severe hypotension, arterial bleeding.Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Postural hypotension may occur in patients on antihypertensives. Peptic ulcer. Hepatic impairment, Diabetic mellitus.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?
Flushing, heat, itching, dyspepsia, vomiting and diarrhoea. Peptic ulceration, jaundice, hyperuricaemia, gout, toxic amblyopia, flushing, pruritus, hyperpigmentation, dry skin and headache, atrial fibrillation, orthostasis, cystoid macular oedema.
Drug Category/Class
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