Zyloric is used to prevent or treat high uric acid levels in the blood. Gout or gouty arthritis (inflammation and pain in a joint) is caused by high uric acid levels. Zyloric is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor that works by causing less uric acid to be produced by the body.
Zyloric is also used to prevent or treat high uric acid levels that may be caused by cancer medicines or for patients with kidney stones that contain calcium.
Zyloric is available only with your doctor’s prescription.
Prescription: Yes
Warnings: Do not take Zyloric 100 Tablet 10's if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. Zyloric 100 Tablet 10's contains monohydrated lactose; if your doctor mentioned that you are intolerant to some sugars, call your doctor before taking this drug. If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor for advice before taking this medicine, you have heart problems or high blood pressure and you take diuretics and/or a medicine called ACE-inhibitors, you have thyroid problems. In rare cases, Zyloric 100 Tablet 10's can cause bone marrow depression, especially in patients who are already taking that can cause bone marrow depression. For people who have kidney disease or renal dysfunction, dose adjustment is required. If you lose unexplained weight, please visit your doctor immediately. Zyloric 100 Tablet 10's can cause drowsiness so do not operate machinery or car as it can impair judgment.
Medicine Interaction: Zyloric 100 Tablet 10's is known to interact with a blood thinner (aspirin), antihypertensive medicines (captopril), anti-bacterial medicines (ampicillin and amoxicillin), medicines used to thin the blood (dicoumarol, phenprocoumon, warfarin), anti-diabetic medicines (chlorpropamide, tolbutamide), anti-epilepsy medicines (phenytoin, carbamazepine), medicines used for chemotherapy (azathioprine, mercaptopurine, cyclophosphamide), immune suppressant medicine (cyclosporine), asthma medicines (theophylline).
Drug Schedule: Schedule H Prescription Drug
Side Effects: Signs of an allergic reaction to Zyloric: hives, difficult breathing, swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Stop using Zyloric and call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
fever, sore throat, and headache with a severe blistering, peeling, and red skin rash,
the first sign of any skin rash, no matter how mild,
pain or bleeding when you urinate,
Nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, loss of appetite, weight loss, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes),
urinating less than usual or not at all,
joint pain, flu symptoms,
severe tingling, numbness, pain, muscle weakness or
easy bruising, unusual bleeding (nose, mouth, vagina, or rectum), purple or red pinpoint spots under your skin.
Less serious Zyloric side effects may include:
vomiting, diarrhea,
drowsiness, headache,
changes in your sense of taste or
muscle pain.
How to Store it: Store in a dry place at a temperature not exceeding 30 C
Over Dose: When a dose is taken in higher dose than the recommended doses, it is called Overdose. Overdose always needs a clinical supervision. Any medicine or drug when consumed in Overdose produces untoward side effects on one or various organs in the body. A medicine is excreted in the kidney or metabolized in the liver most of the times. This process goes without any hurdles when taken in normal dose, but when taken in an overdose, the body is not able to metabolize it or send it out properly which causes the effects of anoverdose.
Precautions: Before you use Zyloric, tell your doctor of your medical and health history including the following:
Lapp lactase deficiency
abnormal absorption of glucose-galactose
galactose intolerance
gout
heart problems
high blood pressure
if you are of Han Chinese, Thai, Korean, African or Indian origin
kidney problems
liver problems
thyroid problems
Missed Dose: In case you miss a dose, use it as soon as you notice. If it is close to the time of your next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your dosing schedule. Do not use extra dose to make up for a missed dose. If you are regularly missing doses, consider setting an alarm or asking a family member to remind you. Please consult your doctor to discuss changes in your dosing schedule or a new schedule to make up for missed doses, if you have missed too many doses recently.
