Tolperisone + Lidocaine – Generic Drug Info

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Tolperisone + Lidocaine

Centrally acting Skeletal Muscle Relaxants, Locally acting Skeletal Muscle Relaxants

Generic drug information & available brands

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This injectable medicine combines a muscle relaxant with a local pain reliever for fast relief from painful muscle spasms. It is not recommended during the first trimester of pregnancy and should be used with caution while breastfeeding.

Indications

Increased tone of skeletal muscles due to organic neurological disorders (e.g. injury of the pyramidal tract, multiple sclerosis, myelopathy, encephalomyelitis etc.), muscular hypertension, muscular spasm, muscular contracture, rigidity, spinal automatism and discopathy, obliterative vascular diseases (obliterative arteriosclerosis, diabetic angiopathy, obliterative thromboangitis, Raynaud's disease, diffuse scleroderma) and disorders due to injured innervation of the vessels (acrocyanosis, intermittent angioneurotic dysbasia). In individual cases, post-thrombotic venous and lymphatic circulation disorders, crural ulcer.

Pharmacology

Tolperisone Hydrochloride is a centrally acting muscle relaxant. It effectively reduces muscular hypertonicity, improves peripheral blood flow by vasodilatation and reduces pain. Lidocaine stabilizes the neuronal membrane by inhibiting the ionic fluxes required for the initiation and conduction of impulses, thereby effecting local anesthetic action.

Dosage & Administration

Important:
Do not take any medication without a doctor's prescription. Self-medication can be dangerous.
The usual dose is one ampoule twice daily by intramuscularly. Injection should be given slowly. Accordingly to age and symptom, the dosage may be changed.

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity to any component of the product, Myasthenia gravis, Nursing mother

Side Effects

Sometimes, muscular weakness, headache, nausea, vomiting and rarely hypersensitivity reactions may occur as side effects.

Pregnancy & Lactation

Tolperisone hydrochloride should be used in pregnancy according to physician's advice. Tolperisone hydrochloride should not be used during breast feeding.

Precautions & Warnings

In case of children, the prescribed dose and duration of treatment should closely be observed.

Overdose Effects

In the event of over dosage, supportive therapy may be substituted.

Storage Conditions

Keep below 30°C temperature, away from light & moisture. Keep out of the reach of children.

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