Pharmaceutical preparation "Ketonal" (ointment)

Pharmaceutical "Ketonal" (ointment) is a non-steroid drug. It has analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects. The form of the medicament in question is a homogeneous mass of white (or almost white) color. The drug is also available in the form of tablets, gel, solution for injection, suppositories and capsules.

One gram of the drug "Ketonal" (ointment) contains fifty milligrams of ketoprofen, an active active ingredient. Excipients are: magnesium sulfate, white petrolatum, arlacel, elfakos, propylene glycol, isopropyl myristate and purified water.

Available in aluminum tubes of thirty or fifty grams. Each of them is placed in a cardboard box.

Ketonal (ointment) is indicated for use in arthritis of various genesis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, arthrosis, psoriatic arthritis. In addition, this medication helps to cope with pain syndrome, extra-articular rheumatism, sciatica, acute radiculitis, postoperative pain (localized both inside the muscles and inside the veins). When the corresponding symptoms appear, the ointment can be used for neuralgia, radiculitis, injuries of the musculoskeletal system, bruises of ligaments and muscles, ruptures of the tendons.

It is especially noted that this drug does not have a negative effect on the condition of the articular cartilage. It is able to penetrate well enough into muscles, ligaments, subcutaneous fat, synovial fluid and reach the necessary therapeutic concentrations there.

The drug is highly bioavailable - more than ninety percent.

The medicine "Ketonal" (ointment). Instructions for use

This drug should be applied to problem areas three to four times a day, carefully rubbing it with massaging movements. The average duration of the therapeutic course is fourteen days. If necessary, the treatment period can be extended, but only after consulting a specialist.

Among the side effects manifested by the use of the drug, nausea, vomiting, headaches, dizziness, excessive drowsiness, weakness, local allergic reactions (erythema, itching, mild form of transient dermatitis). In medical practice, one case of contact dermatitis due to poor hygiene and exposure to sunlight, as well as one case of generalized dermatitis in severe form, is documented. In addition, it is possible to develop an attack of asthma (which is a variant of an allergic reaction).

Ointment Ketonal, the instruction focuses on this particular attention, is contraindicated for use in the following cases: in case of integrity disorders or skin diseases in the intended areas of application (wetting dermatitis, eczema, infected open wound); In the third trimester of pregnancy; In case the patient's age is less than twelve years; With an established hypersensitivity to the active active substance of the drug, acetylsalicylic acid or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; In the presence of an anamnesis of bronchospasm, urticaria and rhinitis, which occurred when taking NSAIDs or salicylates. With special care, the drug is prescribed to patients suffering from impaired renal and / or liver function, ulcerative gastrointestinal lesions, blood diseases, bronchial asthma, chronic heart failure.

The drug "Ketonal" (ointment) can be purchased in pharmacies without a prescription. The period during which the drug is usable is five years from the date it was manufactured.