Do not use Difenadex:
- In children under 18 years of age.
- In patients who have had asthma attacks, bronchospasm or acute rhinitis.
- With concomitant intake of medicines such as NSAIDs or salicylic acid derivatives.
- In patients who have suffered gastrointestinal bleeding due to NSAID use, or who have an active ulcer, patients with chronic dyspepsia.
- In patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
- In patients with severe cardiac, renal or hepatic insufficiency.
Side effects
Difenadex may cause side effects, as with all medicines on the market. In this case, vomiting, dyspepsia, abdominal pain occur quite frequently. In addition, although not as frequent, unwanted side effects of the medication may occur, such as oedema, anorexia, paraesthesia, syncope, hot flushes, bronchospasm, pancreatitis, tachycardia, hypotension, gastritis and dry mouth, among others.
Your pharmacist's opinion
If you have any kind of joint or muscle pain, headache or the typical menstrual pain that many patients suffer from on a monthly basis, take 1 or several capsules of this medicine a day.
Use it on an ad hoc basis and as long as there are truly acute symptoms that justify it.
To facilitate absorption, it can be taken on an empty stomach 15 minutes before meals, directly into the mouth or diluted in a glass of water.
Read the package leaflet included with this medicine carefully. If you have any questions, you can consult our team of expert pharmacists.
