Indomethacin Dosage For Gout
Your doctor will tell you the best indomethacin dosage for gout.
I can tell you what the prescribing information recommends, but before I do, let me explain some key points.
Indomethacin is a general purpose Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID). As such it carries a health warning to avoid prolonged use, and to minimize dose where possible. It is vital, therefore to only take indomethacin when you really need it. It is also vital to seek your doctor’s advice about starting uric acid lowering treatment, which will remove the need for gout pain relief, if your treatment is managed properly.
Indometacin dosage guidelines vary according to the condition being treated. However, you should also be very careful not to exceed the maximum dose. This is set according to your weight at 3mg per kg per day.
It is sensible with any medicine, if you have never taken it before, to start with a minimum dose. This will help you avoid or minimize indomethacin side effects. Your doctor or pharmacist will advise what that minimum dose is.
Indomethacin Dosage For Gout
The correct indomethacin dosage for gout is 50mg three times per day. You should stop taking it as soon as the pain is bearable.
The dosage is confirmed in the Indocin For Gout Guidelines.
Indomethacin Spellings
Like many medicines, indomethacin is often misspelled. Though spelling is often overrated, it pays to take extra care with medicines, as a misunderstanding might cause treatment problems in the unlikely event of a similar sounding drug being taken mistakenly.
In the list below, I have included brand names, where the active ingredient is indomethacin alone. When buying medicine, it is usually best to use the generic name rather than a brand name, unless additional active ingredients make the gout medicine more useful to you.
- Indomethocin
a replaced by o.
- indomethasin
thacin replaced by thasin - s instead of c.
- Idomethacin
Indo replaced by Ido - missing n.
- Endomethacin
Indo replaced by Endo.
- Indomecine
thacin replaced by cine. This appears most frequently in Chinese articles.
- Indomethacin Brands
- Common brand names include: Indocin; Indocid; Indomethacinum; Indomethazine; Imbrilon; Metindol; Tannex;
- Indomethicin
a replaced by i. Also gets written as endomethicin.
- Indomethecin
- a replaced by e.
- Indomethcin
- missing a near end.
- Indomethacyn
- cin replaced by cyn - possibly Indonesian or other language.
- Indomethacine
e added at end - French spelling. Also occurs as indometacine.
- Indomenthacin
- meth replaced by menth.
- Indometacin
- A very common alternative (dropping the h), which is the main spelling in some countries. See the indometacin page for more details.
- Indo
- A common abbreviation, but not recommended, as abbreviations can often cause confusion.
- Indomethacin
- This is the correct spelling of the NSAID that is used to relieve gout pain by reducing inflammation. Full details can be found in the indomethacin pages in the Anti-Inflammatory Gout Cure part of the Gout Treatment Section.
Everything that I have said about indomethacin dosage for gout also applies to all the alternatives listed here.
If you are aware of other common spellings or brand names, please share them on the gout forum.
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