Capxib

Generic name: celecoxib, menthol, capsaicin
Dosage form: kit

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CELECOXIB CAPSULES

Indications and Usage for Capxib

Carefully consider the potential benefits and risks of celecoxib and other treatment options before deciding to use celecoxib capsules. Use the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration consistent with individual patient treatment goals

Capxib Dosage and Administration

Use lowest effective dose for the shortest duration consistent with treatment goals for the individual patient.

These doses can be given without regard to timing of meals.

DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS

Capsules: 50 mg, 100 mg and 200 mg

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Celecoxib capsules are contraindicated:

• In patients with known hypersensitivity to celecoxib, aspirin, or other NSAIDs.
• In patients who have demonstrated allergic-type reactions to sulfonamides.
• In patients who have experienced asthma, urticaria, or allergic-type reactions after taking aspirin or other NSAIDs. Severe anaphylactoid reactions to NSAIDs, some of them fatal, have been reported in such patients.
• For the treatment of peri-operative pain in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery

WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS

Adverse Reactions

Of the celecoxib-treated patients in the pre-marketing controlled clinical trials, approximately 4,250 were patients w...