GARDENAL ( TABLET ) ( 30 mg )

Manufacturer
Abbott Healthcare
Drug Type
 Branded Drug
Medicine System
 Allopathy
Drug Availability
 Pharmacy (P)

Ingredients

SKU

Brand NameDosage Form PackQty per PackInquiry
GARDENALTABLET1 Please Inquire

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Related Monographs

Phenobarbitone

Pregnancy Category D

Essential Medicine :

Schedule Drug Category: H

Usage / Indications

  • Generalized tonic-clonic seizures
  • Partial seizures
  • Neonatal seizures
  • Febrile convulsions
  • Status epilepticus
  • Sedative, hypnotic, pre- anaesthetic.

Dosage

Source : NFI National Formulary of India

  • Oral:- Adult- 25 mg, 2 to 3 times a day or 50 mg twice daily.
  • Intramuscular injection:- Adult- 1 to 2 ml twice a day.
  • Child- 6 months to 3 years: 0.4 to 1 ml once or twice daily. Over 4 years: 0.8 to 2 ml once or twice daily.

Contraindications

  • Absence seizures
  • Latent porphyria.

Precautions

  • Elderly, debilitated, children (may cause behavioural changes)
  • Impaired renal function or hepatic function, respiratory depression (avoid if severe)
  • Pregnancy
  • Lactation
  • Avoid sudden withdrawal
  • Interactions
  • Habbit forming.

Side Effects / Adverse Effects

  • Sedation, mental depression, agitation, hallucination, syncope; ataxia, nystagmus
  • Allergic skin reactions including rarely, exfoliative dermatitis, toxic epidermal necrolysis, Steven’s- Johnson syndrome (erythema multiforme)
  • Paradoxical excitement, restlessness and confusion in the elderly
  • Irritability and hyperactivity in children
  • Megaloblastic anaemia (may be treated with folic acid)
  • Osteomalacia
  • Status epilepticus (on treatment withdrawal)
  • Hypotension, bradycardia, shock
  • Laryngospasm and apnoea (with intravenous injection)
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Aplastic anaemia
  • Hepatic failure
  • Connective tissue disorder
  • Hyperkinesias.

Storage

Store protected from moisture.

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