Montiget Dosage & Drug Information

Concise Prescribing Info Full Prescribing Info Contents Description Action Indications/Uses Dosage/Direction for Use Overdosage Contraindications Special Precautions Use In Pregnancy & Lactation Adverse Reactions Drug Interactions Storage MIMS Class ATC Classification Thai FDA Category Presentation/Packing

Concise Prescribing Info

Contents

Montelukast Na

Indications/Uses

Prophylaxis & chronic treatment of asthma in adults & ped ≥6 yr, including prevention of day & nighttime symptoms; aspirin-sensitive asthmatic patients, & prevention of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Relief of seasonal & perennial allergic rhinitis in adults & ped ≥6 yr.

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Dosage/Direction for Use

Asthma &/or allergic rhinitis Adult ≥15 yr One 10-mg tab daily. Childn 6-14 yr One 5-mg chewable tab daily.

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Overdosage

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Administration

May be taken with or without food.

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity.

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Special Precautions

Not for acute asthma attacks including status asthmaticus. Not to be abruptly substituted for inhaled or oral corticosteroids. Neuropsychiatric events. Eosinophilia, vasculitic rash, worsening pulmonary symptoms, cardiac complications, &/or neuropathy. Avoid concomitant aspirin or NSAIDs in patients w/ known aspirin sensitivity. Pregnancy & lactation.

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Use In Pregnancy & Lactation

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Adverse Reactions

Agitation including aggressive behavior or hostility, anxiousness, depression, disorientation, attention disturbance, dream abnormalities, drowsiness, hallucinations, hypoesthesia, insomnia, irritability, memory impairment, paresthesia, restlessness, seizures, somnambulism, suicidal thinking & behavior including suicide, tremor; erythema multiforme & nodosum, pruritus, SJS/TEN, urticaria; diarrhea, dyspepsia, nausea, pancreatitis, vomiting; increased bleeding tendency, systemic eosinophilia, vasculitis w/ Churg-Strauss syndrome, thrombocytopenia; cholestatic hepatitis, hepatocellular & mixed-pattern liver injury; angioedema, hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis; arthralgia, myalgia including muscle cramps; bruising, edema, enuresis in childn, epistaxis, hepatic eosinophilic infiltration, palpitations, pulmonary eosinophilia.

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Drug Interactions

Concomitant use w/ loxapine. Increased loxapine levels/effects. Increased levels/effects w/ gemfibrozil. Decreased levels/effects w/ lumacaftor.

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Storage

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Description

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Action

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MIMS Class

Antiasthmatic & COPD Preparations

ATC Classification

R03DC03 - montelukast ; Belongs to the class of leukotriene receptor antagonists. Used in the systemic treatment of obstructive airway diseases.

Thai FDA Category

Presentation/Packing

Form

Montiget chewable tab 5 mg

Packing/Price

2 × 7's

Form

Montiget FC tab 10 mg

Packing/Price

2 × 7's

Montiget

montelukast

Manufacturer:

Getz Pharma

Distributor:

Ouiheng International Healthcare

Marketer:

Ouiheng International Healthcare