Lunamide 20mg Tablet

Lunamide 20mg Tablet is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. It helps in slowing down the progression of the disease and provide relief from pain, swelling, and redness.

Lunamide 20mg Tablet can be taken with or without food. You should take it regularly and at the same time each day to get the maximum benefit from it. Keep taking it as recommended by your doctor and complete the dose even if you feel better.

Using this medicine may cause some common side effects such as nausea, headache, dyspepsia, rash, diarrhea, increased liver enzymes, and respiratory tract infection. Consult with your doctor if any of these side effects do not go away with time or get worse. Your doctor may help with ways to reduce or prevent these symptoms.

To make sure the medicine is safe for you, before taking this medicine, let your doctor know if you have any problems with your heart, kidneys, or liver. Also, tell your doctor of all the other medicines you are taking. Your doctor may recommend regular blood tests to check and make sure the medicine is not harming your liver or effecting your blood counts. Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers should consult with their doctors before taking the medicine.

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Psoriatic arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis
Lunamide 20mg Tablet reduces pain, stiffness, and swelling in your joints and slows down the progression of bone and joint damage. This will help you do normal daily activities more easily and thus improve your quality of life. This medicine should be taken at the same time each day to get maximum benefits. Keep taking it even if you feel well because it is preventing future harm as well as improving your symptoms.

Psoriatic arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritis that affects some people who have psoriasis, a condition where the skin cells in the body grow too quickly and form scales and dry patches. Psoriatic arthritis is a type of inflammatory arthritis. Symptoms include joint pain, stiffness and swelling, which may flare and subside. Lunamide 20mg Tablet helps reduce pain, stiffness and swelling in your spine and joints. It helps improve flexibility and prevents disease progression. This will help you lead a better and active life.

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Common side effects of Lefomycs

• Nausea
• Headache
• Rash
• Diarrhea
• Increased liver enzymes
• Respiratory tract infection
• Dyspepsia

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Lunamide 20mg Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

Lunamide 20mg Tablet blocks the action of certain chemical messengers that are responsible for inflammation, swelling and redness associated with certain autoimmune diseases. It suppresses the underlying disease process, rather than simply treating the disease.

• You have been prescribed Lunamide 20mg Tablet to control the symptoms and slow down the progression of rheumatoid arthritis.

• It will take 6-8 weeks for Lunamide 20mg Tablet to work. Hence, keep taking the medicine.

• Get blood tests done every 4 weeks. This is to make sure that Lunamide 20mg Tablet is not harming your liver or blood counts.

• Avoid alcohol when taking Lunamide 20mg Tablet as it could harm your liver.

• Do not take it during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Tell your doctor if you become pregnant while taking Lunamide 20mg Tablet.

• Lunamide 20mg Tablet may increase the risk of infection. Avoid being close to people with cold, flu or other contagious illnesses.

• Tell your doctor if you experience nausea or diarrhea.

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