Duract Side Effects

Serious Side Effects of Duract

Heart issues such as abnormal heart rhythm, a heart attack, and heart throbbing or pounding.
Human waste problems involving ineffective painful straining of the stool or urine and bladder control.
High bloood pressure, low amount of sodiumm in the blood, and low amount of potassium in the blood.
Bewilderment such as loss of memory, confusion, hallucination, and metnal disorder with loss of normal personality and reality.

Common Side Effects of Duract

Anxiety symptoms such as feeling anxious and nervous.
Stomach issues involving cramps, indigestion, and feeling like throwing up.
Problems with stool such as gas, diarrhea, and incomplete or infrequent bowel movements.
Frequent urination, excess urination, urination during the night, and kidney problems causing a decreased amount of urine to be passed.

Warnings & Recalls for Duract

Recall Status

Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories withdrew Duract from the market after reports came in about the drug causing severe liver failure in patients who used the medication for longer than 10 days.

Family Planning Warnings

The FDA assigned Duract as category C. Duract is only recmommneded for use when the risk is outweighed by the benefit. Duract should be avoided during late pregnancy (last trimester) because the drug can delay parturition or cause premature colosure of the doctus arteriosus. It is unknown if this medication passes through breast milk and therefore nursing mothers should consult a physician before using this drug.

General Warnings

Patients should inform their doctor of any history of liver or kidney disease, any blood disorders, heart disease, frequent alcohol use, ulders, high blood pressure, asthma or eye diseases.
This drug may cause extreme tiredness and therefore patients should exert caution when taking this medication while performing activities that require alertness.
Alcohol use should be limited as it may cause an increase in intestinal and stomach bleeding.
Duract can increase the patient's sensitivity to sunlight and therefore patients should avoid sun exposure and wear protective clothing and sunscreen.
This drug should be used with extreme caution in the elderly.

Interactions

Patients should inform their doctors about all of the drugs they may be taking. Aspirin should not be taken useless a doctor is consulted. Patients should check the ingredients of nonprescription medications since many formulas contain aspirin. Patients should not start or stop the use any medicine without proper approval from a doctor. Other interactions include:

warfarin, cimetidine, corticosteroids
high blood pressure medications
lithium, phenytoin, arthritis medications
methotrexate

Duract Treatment and Use

Duract | Bromfenac is an anti-inflammatory drug used to relieve pain and reduce inflammation. The drug was withdrawn from the U.S. market due to safety and effective problems. Duract is most effective in relieving menstrual pain and is used for short-term pain relief.

Dosage Information

Duract is taken orally. The drug should be taken 6 to 8 hours between the last use. The medication should also be taken with 6 to 8 ounces of water. After taking the drug, patients should not lie down for 30 minutes.

Duract should not be taken with high-fat meals, which may cause the drug to not work properly.

Patients should contact their local poison control center if an overdose is suspected.

If a dose is missed, then patients need to take Duract as soon as they remember. However, it should not be taken if it is almost time for the next dose.

Other Names for Duract

Generic Name

Bromfenac

Brand Names

Duract

Direct

Durract

Durack