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Griluto 600mg Tablet CR

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Product introduction

Griluto 600mg Tablet CR is a prescription medicine used in the long-term treatment of asthma. It helps to control and prevent symptoms like breathlessness and wheezing seen in asthma. This helps you to carry out your daily activities.

Griluto 600mg Tablet CR should be taken with food within one hour after your morning and evening meals. The dose and how often you take it depends on what you are taking it for. Your doctor will decide how much you need to improve your symptoms. Swallow the tablets whole with a drink of water. You should take this medicine for as long as it is prescribed for you. It does not prevent sudden asthma attack or attack that is already initiated, hence always carry fast-acting emergency inhaler prescribed by your doctor.

The most common side effects of this medicine include nausea, throat pain, stomach upset, and abdominal pain. There are other, rarer side effects which can be serious. Talk to your doctor if you are worried about them. Inform your doctor if you notice tiredness, lack of energy, itching, yellow skin or yellowing of eyes, and dark urine. Your doctor might monitor your liver functioning while on treatment.

Before taking this medicine, tell your doctor if you have liver or kidney disease, or you are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding. Your doctor should also know about all other medicines you are taking as many of these may make this medicine less effective or change the way it works. In general, alcohol is not recommended while on treatment with this medicine.

Uses of Griluto Tablet CR

Benefits of Griluto Tablet CR

In Prevention of Asthma

Griluto 600mg Tablet CR works by reducing and preventing swelling and inflammation in your lungs. It prevents the symptoms of asthma such as tightness in your chest, wheezing, breathlessness and coughing. This means you can carry out your daily activities more easily and more confidently.

It may take a few weeks for this medicine to show full effects. Keep taking it regularly as prescribed even if you do not have any symptoms (this means it is working). Do not stop taking it unless your doctor advises you to, otherwise you are more likely to suffer from symptoms. This medicine will not stop an asthma attack that has already started.

Side effects of Griluto Tablet CR

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 Griluto

  • Nausea
  • Pharyngolaryngeal pain
  • Sinus inflammation

How to use Griluto Tablet CR

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. Griluto 600mg Tablet CR is to be taken with food.

How Griluto Tablet CR works

Griluto 600mg Tablet CR works by blocking the formation of leukotriene. It lowers inflammation in the airways and nasal passages to prevent asthma and relieve symptoms of allergies.

Safety advice

Alcohol
CAUTION
Caution is advised when consuming alcohol with Griluto 600mg Tablet CR. Please consult your doctor.
Pregnancy
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Griluto 600mg Tablet CR may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
Breast feeding
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Griluto 600mg Tablet CR is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby.
Driving
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
It is not known whether Griluto 600mg Tablet CR alters the ability to drive. Do not drive if you experience any symptoms that affect your ability to concentrate and react.
Kidney
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Griluto 600mg Tablet CR is safe to use in patients with kidney disease. No dose adjustment of Griluto 600mg Tablet CR is recommended.
Liver
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
There is limited information available on the use of Griluto 600mg Tablet CR in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor.

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Quick tips

  • Griluto 600mg Tablet CR is prescribed for the treatment and prevention of asthma.
  • Do not use Griluto 600mg Tablet CR to treat a sudden asthma attack. Always carry a short-acting inhaler prescribed by your doctor to treat a sudden asthma attack.
  • Griluto 600mg Tablet CR may cause drowsiness/dizziness. Do not drive or operate machinery until you feel fine.
  • Griluto 600mg Tablet CR may change your mental health in unexpected ways. Tell your doctor if you experience any mental or mood changes, including sleep problems and behavior changes. Your doctor will decide if you should continue taking this medicine.
  • Tell your doctor if you are or planning to become pregnant or are breastfeeding.

Fact Box

Chemical Class
1-Benzothiophenes Derivative
Habit Forming
No
Therapeutic Class
RESPIRATORY
Action Class
5LOX inhibitor

Patient concerns

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Dry scaling Psoriasis (10 years); asthma 3 years.; obesity I have been on folitrax 7.5 mg x 2 once a week for the last 8 years. I also take folvite 50 daily. The breathing difficulty is recent. I am on seroflo inhaler twice a day and tiate once a day. There is no change in the psoriasis but the asthma is getting worse.
Dr. Atul Jain
Dermatology
You should visit md medicine for asthmaNo idea about asthma
Having dry cough not in regular basis sometime in the morning and sometime in the evening for last six months.Please advise some good medicine Thanks
Dr. Vijay Verma
ENT
first get your PFT to rule out asthmait can be seasonal asthma
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Name: Zydus Cadila
Address: Zydus Tower, Satellite Cross Roads,Ahmedabad – 380015 Gujarat, India.
Country of origin: India

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