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Use and Dosing

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Mild to moderate pain, dysmenorrhea

Note: Use lowest effective dose for shortest effective treatment duration, discontinue on occurrence of abnormal liver or renal test, administer with food

Osteoarthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Note:

Ankylosing spondylitis

Note: Use lowest effective dose for shortest effective treatment duration, discontinue on occurrence of abnormal liver or renal test, administer with food

Acute Treatment of Migraine

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Indications

Contraindications

Black Box Warnings

Dosing Adjustment

Renal Dose Adjustment

Hepatic Dose Adjustment

Warnings/Precautions

Cautions: Use cautiously in

Interactions

Cambia, Cataflam, Voltaren, Voltaren-XR, Zipsor, Zorvolex interacts with :

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Pregnancy/Breast Feeding

Pregnancy Category:C (1st and 2nd trimester), D (3rd trimester)

Breastfeeding: Diclofenac has a short half-life and little glucuronide metabolite formation. Most reviewers consider diclofenac to be acceptable during breastfeeding. This information is based upon Lactmed database (available at http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT last accessed 20 November 2010). According to manufacturer's data, it is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk. Manufacturer recommends discontinuation of nursing or discontinuation of therapy, by analyzing risk and benefit ratio in nursing mothers.

Adverse Reactions

Clinical Pharmacology

Brands and Availability

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US Trade Name(s)

US Availability

diclofenac sodium (generic)

diclofenac potassium (generic)

Cambia (diclofenac potassium )

Cataflam (diclofenac potassium )

Voltaren-XR (diclofenac sodium )

Zipsor (diclofenac potassium )

Zorvolex

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Canadian Trade Name(s)

Canadian Availability

diclofenac sodium (generic)

diclofenac potassium (generic)

Apo-Diclo rapid (diclofenac potassium )

Apo-Diclo SR (diclofenac sodium )

Apo-Diclo (diclofenac sodium )

NU Diclo (diclofenac sodium )

NU Diclo SR (diclofenac sodium )

Voltaren Rapid (diclofenac potassium )

Voltaren SR (diclofenac sodium )

Voltaren (diclofenac sodium )

PRO Diclo Rapide (diclofenac potassium )

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UK Trade Name(s)

UK Availability

diclofenac sodium (generic)

diclofenac potassium (generic)

Dicloflex (diclofenac sodium )

Dicloflex 75 mg SR (diclofenac sodium )

Dicloflex retard (diclofenac sodium )

Diclomax SR (diclofenac sodium )

Diclomax Retard

Double Action Pain Relief (diclofenac potassium )

Fenactol (diclofenac sodium )

Fenactol SR (diclofenac sodium )

Fenactol retard (diclofenac sodium )

Motifene (diclofenac sodium )

Rheumatac Retard (diclofenac sodium )

Rhumalgan CR (diclofenac sodium )

Rhumalgan SR (diclofenac sodium )

Rhumalgan XL(diclofenac sodium )

Volsaid retard (diclofenac sodium )

Voltarol Rapid (diclofenac potassium )

Voltarol dispersible tablet (diclofenac sodium)

Voltarol SR and Retard (diclofenac sodium)

Voltarol (diclofenac sodium)

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Australian Trade Name(s)

Australian Availability

diclofenac (generic)

Voltaren (diclofenac sodium )

Voltaren Rapid (diclofenac potassium)

Volfast (diclofenac potassium)

Fenac (diclofenac sodium )

Dinac (diclofenac sodium )

Imflac (diclofenac sodium )

Viclofen(diclofenac sodium )


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Classification

Analgesics

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents
Non-Cox-2 Inhibitor NSAIDs

Rheumatologic

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents
Non-Cox-2 Inhibitor NSAIDs

Pricing

Pricing data from www.DrugStore.com in U.S.A.

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Pill

Use and Dosing

Indications

Contraindications

Black Box Warnings

Dosing Adjustment

Warnings/Precautions

Interactions

Pregnancy/Breast Feeding

Adverse Reactions

Clinical Pharmacology

Brands and Availability

Classification

Pricing

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