Contraindicated in:
Use Cautiously in:
CNS: SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, headache, agitation, aggression, anxiety, depression, dizziness, dream abnormalities, hallucinations, insomnia, irritability, restlessness, tremor, weakness.
GI: HEPATOTOXICITY, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dyspepsia, nausea, vomiting.
MS: arthralgia, back pain, myalgia.
Misc: CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME, fever, infection (geriatric patients), pain.
Drug-Drug:
Drug-Food:
Therapeutic Classification: antiasthmatics, bronchodilators
Pharmacologic Classification: leukotriene antagonists
Absorption: Rapidly absorbed after oral administration.
Distribution: Enters breast milk.
Protein Binding: 99%.
Metabolism/Excretion: Mostly metabolized by the liver; 10% excreted unchanged by the kidneys.
Half-life: 10 hr.
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