Torilex 50 mg
Tolperisone Hydrochloride
Category: Tablet
Manufacturer: Novo Healthcare and Pharma Ltd.
Novo Healthcare and Pharma Ltd.
Allopathic
MFG. Licence No. Biological
251
MFG. Licence No. Non-Biological
474
Address
Road # 11, Block # C, Section # 6, Thana # Pallabi Plot # 2,
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Uses of Torilex:
- Muscle relaxation
Painful muscle spasm associated with disorders of the locomotor system:
Low back pain, sciatica, overstrain of joints, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, herniated disc, spondylosis, nerve root compression caused by osteoporosis, soft tissue inflammation (bursitis, periarthritis, humeroscapsularis).
Muscle spasticity associated with neurological conditions:
Stroke induced hemiparesis or hemiplegia, pyramidal tract lesion, multiple sclerosis, myelopathies, encephalomyelitis, spinal automatisms, paralysis spinalis spastica, cerebral palsy.
Decreased peripheral circulation as seen in:
Atherosclerosis obliterans, endarteritis obliterans, thromboangitis obliterans, Raynaud's disease, acrocyanosis, intermittent angioneurotic dysbasia.
Special paediatric indications:
Little's disease (spastic paralysis) and other encephalopathies accompanied by dystonia.
Rehabilitation:
Treatment after limb fractures followed by long term fixation, postoperative therapy of traumatological and orthopedic limb surgery, rehabilitation of hemiplegic patients.
Hypersensitivity to any component of the product
Myasthenia gravis, Nursing mother
Central Depolarizing muscle relaxants, Centrally acting Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
Tolperisone is a centrally acting muscle relaxant that acts at the reticular formation in the brain stem by blocking voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels
How to use
Tolperisone Hydrochloride:
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.
Tolperisone Hydrochloride is to be taken with food.
Administration:
Should be taken with food.
Adult Dose:
Oral
Spasticity ; Muscle spasms
Adult: 50-150 mg tid.
Intramuscular
Adult: One ampoule twice daily.
Injection should be given slowly.
Child Dose:
Oral
Spasticity ; Muscle spasms
Child: <6 yr: 5 mg/kg daily in 3 divided doses;
6-14 yr: 2-4 mg/kg daily in 3 divided doses.
Methocarbamol. Tolperisone HCl.
Hypersensitivity to any component of the product
Myasthenia gravis, Nursing mother
Common
- Sleepiness
- Weakness
Sometimes, muscular weakness, headache, nausea, vomiting and rarely hypersensitivity reactions may occur as side effects.
Tolperisone Hydrochloride should be used in pregnancy according to physician's advice. Tolperisone hydrochloride should not be used during breast-feeding.
Precaution:
In case of children, the prescribed dose and duration of treatment should closely be observed.
Excitability has been noted after ingestion of high doses by children. In suicide studies of three isolated cases, it is believed that ingestion of tolperisone was the cause of death.
Keep below 30°C temperature, away from light & moisture. Keep out of the reach of children.
Central Depolarizing muscle relaxants, Centrally acting Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
Tolperisone is a centrally acting muscle relaxant.
Tolperisone Hydrochloride should be used in pregnancy according to the physician's advice. It should not be used during breast feeding.
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