Montas 10 Mg 28 Tab

Description

Montas is a leukotriene receptor antagonist that blocks substances called leukotrienes. Leukotrienes cause narrowing and swelling of airways in the lungs and also cause allergy symptoms. By blocking leukotrienes, Montas improves asthma symptoms, helps control asthma and improves seasonal allergy symptoms (also known as hay fever or seasonal allergic rhinitis). Your doctor has prescribed Montas to treat asthma, preventing your asthma symptoms during the day and night. Montas is used for the treatment of adults and adolescents 15 years of age and older who are not adequately controlled on their medication and need additional therapy. Montas also helps prevent the narrowing of airways triggered by exercise. In those asthmatic patients in whom MONTAS is indicated in asthma, MONTAS can also provide symptomatic relief of seasonal allergic rhinitis in patients 2 years of age and older and perennial allergic rhinitis in patients 6 months of age and older. Because the benefits of MONTAS may not outweigh the risk of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with allergic rhinitis Montas should only be reserved to treat allergic rhinitis in patients who are not treated effectively with or cannot tolerate other allergy medicine. Your doctor will determine how MONTAS should be used depending on the symptoms and severity of your asthma. How to use Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure You should take only one tablet of MONTAS once a day as prescribed by your doctor. It should be taken even when you have no symptoms or have an acute asthma attack. To be taken by mouth For adults 15 years of age and older: One 10 mg tablet to be taken daily in the evening. MONTAS 10 mg may be taken with or without food. If you are taking MONTAS, be sure that you do not take any other products that contain the same active ingredient, montelukast. Warnings and precautions Do not take MONTAS If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to montelukast or any of the other ingredients of MONTAS (listed in section 6). Warnings and precautions Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Montas If your asthma or breathing gets worse, tell your doctor immediately. Oral Montas is not meant to treat acute asthma attacks. If an attack occurs, follow the instructions your doctor has given you. Always have your inhaled rescue medicine for asthma attacks with you. It is important that you or your child take all asthma medications prescribed by your doctor. Montas should not be substituted for other asthma medications your doctor has prescribed for you. Any patient on anti-asthma medicines should be aware that if you develop a combination of symptoms such as a flu-like illness, pins and needles or numbness of arms or legs, worsening of pulmonary symptoms, and/or rash, you should consult your doctor. You should not take acetyl-salicylic acid (aspirin) or anti-inflammatory medicines (also known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs) if they make your asthma worse. Side Effects Serious side effects Talk with your doctor immediately if you notice any of the following side effects, which may be serious, and for which you may need urgent medical treatment Uncommon (affects 1 to 10 users in 1,000) Allergic reactions including swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and/or throat which may cause difficulty in breathing or swallowing Behaviour and mood related changes: agitation including aggressive behaviour or hostility, anxiousness,depression Seizure Other side effects while the medicine has been on the market Very common: the following may affect more than 1 in 10 people Upper respiratory infection Common: the following may affect up to 1 in 10 people Diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting Rash Fever Elevated liver enzymes Storage Information Store below 30°C Drug Interactions Some medicines may affect how MONTAS works, or MONTAS may affect how other medicines work. Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken other medicines, including those obtained without a prescription. Tell your doctor if you are taking the following medicines before starting MONTAS: Phenobarbital (used for treatment of epilepsy) Phenytoin (used for treatment of epilepsy) Rifampicin (used to treat tuberculosis and some other infections) Gemfibrozil (used for treatment of high lipid levels in plasma) Ingredients The active substance is: montelukast.