URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE
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About URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE is used to treat gallstones, primary biliary cholangitis (an autoimmune disease of the liver), excess cholesterol in the bile, and children above 6 years old with biliary and liver diseases caused by cystic fibrosis.
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE contains ursodeoxycholic acid, which helps decrease the production of cholesterol in the blood, thereby dissolving gallbladder stones composed mainly of cholesterol.
Not everyone who is taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE will get these side effects. In some cases, you may experience certain common side effects such as abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea, rash, dizziness, indigestion and weakness. Most of these side effects do not require medical attention and will resolve gradually over time. However, you are advised to talk to your doctor if you experience these side effects persistently.
Take URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE as advised. Your physician will decide the dosage based on your medical condition. You can take URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE with food to avoid any stomach upset. It is advised not to take more than the recommended dose of URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE. Do not chew, crush, or break the medicine.
Inform your doctor before taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE if you are allergic to it, or have variceal bleeding (high blood pressure in portal veins), ascites (excess abdominal fluid), or liver disease. Do not take URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE if you are pregnant or breastfeeding unless prescribed. URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE can be given to children above 6 years if prescribed by the doctor. Avoid consuming alcohol along with URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE as it could lead to increased drowsiness and liver damage.
Uses of URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE is used in the treatment of gallstones, primary biliary cholangitis and biliary and liver diseases caused by cystic fibrosis. The detailed uses of URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE are as follows:
- Treatment for Cholestasis: URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE is frequently recommended to treat pregnancy-related cholestasis, a disorder marked by decreased bile flow that usually results in elevated blood bile acids.
- Promote Liver Function: URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE may be used to enhance bile production and promote liver function, which will help with fat digestion.
- Gallstone Management: By dissolving a certain type of gallstones, especially those composed of cholesterol, URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE can help remove them and prevent gallbladder problems.
- Liver Diseases: To improve liver function, URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE is occasionally included in treatment plans for a number of liver disorders, including fatty liver disease.
- Bile Acid Malabsorption: By assisting in the regulation of bile levels in the digestive tract, it may be helpful for individuals who are suffering from bile acid malabsorption, which causes gastrointestinal symptoms.
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Directions for Use
- URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE can be taken with food or as advised by your doctor.
- Follow your doctor's instructions on the dosage and timing of this medication.
- Swallow URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE as a whole with a glass of water.
- Do not crush, break, or chew it.
Key Benefits
- URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE contains ursodeoxycholic acid, which is a naturally occurring bile acid. URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE breaks down the cholesterol that has formed into gall bladder stones, thereby dissolving the stones.
- URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE has a protective effect on the liver cells and the immune system, thereby improving liver function.
- URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE decreases the amount of cholesterol produced by the liver and absorbed by the intestine.
- In patients with primary biliary cirrhosis, URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE increases the bile flow.
How URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE Works
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- Hydrate your body: Drink enough water to prevent dehydration and headaches.
- Calm Your Mind: Deep breathing and meditation can help you relax and relieve stress.
- Rest and Recharge: Sleep for 7-8 hours to reduce headache triggers.
- Take rest: lie down in a quiet, dark environment.
- Cold or warm compresses can help reduce tension.
- Stay Upright: Maintain good posture to keep symptoms from getting worse.
- To treat headaches naturally, try acupuncture or massage therapy.
- Over-the-counter pain relievers include acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
- Prescription Assistance: Speak with your doctor about more substantial drug alternatives.
- Severe Headaches: Seek emergency medical assistance for sudden, severe headaches.
- Frequent Headaches: If you get reoccurring headaches, consult your doctor.
- Headaches with Symptoms: Seek medical attention if your headaches include fever, disorientation, or weakness.
- Inform your doctor about dizziness symptoms. They may adjust your medication regimen or prescribe additional medications to manage symptoms.
- Follow your doctor's instructions for taking medication, and take it at the same time every day to minimize dizziness.
- When standing up, do so slowly and carefully to avoid sudden dizziness.
- Avoid making sudden movements, such as turning or bending quickly, which can exacerbate dizziness.
- Drink plenty of water throughout the day to stay hydrated and help alleviate dizziness symptoms.
- If you're feeling dizzy, sit or lie down and rest until the dizziness passes.
- Track when dizziness occurs and any factors that may trigger it, and share this information with your doctor to help manage symptoms.
- Inform Your Doctor: Notify your doctor immediately about your diarrhoea symptoms. This allows them to adjust your medication or provide guidance on managing side effects.
- Stay Hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids to replace lost water and electrolytes. Choose water, clear broth, and electrolyte-rich drinks. Avoid carbonated or caffeinated beverages to effectively rehydrate your body.
- Follow a Bland Diet: Eat easy-to-digest foods to help firm up your stool and settle your stomach. Try incorporating bananas, rice, applesauce, toast, plain crackers, and boiled vegetables into your diet.
- Avoid Trigger Foods: Steer clear of foods that can worsen diarrhoea, such as spicy, fatty, or greasy foods, high-fibre foods, and dairy products (especially if you're lactose intolerant).
- Practice Good Hygiene: Maintain good hygiene to prevent the spread of infection. To stay healthy, wash your hands frequently, clean and disinfect surfaces regularly, and avoid exchanging personal belongings with others.
- Take Anti-Diarrheal Medications: If your doctor advises, anti-diarrheal medications such as loperamide might help manage diarrhoea symptoms. Always follow your doctor's directions.
- Keep track of your diarrhoea symptoms. If they don't get better or worse or are accompanied by severe stomach pain, blood, or dehydration signs (like extreme thirst or dark urine), seek medical help.
- Take medications with food (if recommended): It can help prevent stomach distress and indigestion.
- Eat smaller, more frequent meals: Divide daily food intake into smaller, more frequent meals to ease digestion.
- Avoid trigger foods: Identify and avoid foods that trigger indigestion, such as spicy, fatty, or acidic foods.
- Stay upright after eating: Sit or stand upright for at least 1-2 hours after eating to prevent stomach acid from flowing into the oesophagus.
- Avoid carbonated drinks: Avoid drinking carbonated beverages, such as soda or beer, which can worsen indigestion.
- Manage stress: To alleviate indigestion, engage in stress-reducing activities like deep breathing exercises or meditation.
- Consult a doctor if needed: If indigestion worsens or persists, consult a healthcare professional to adjust the medication regimen or explore alternative treatments.
- Inform your doctor about the nausea and discuss possible alternatives to the medication or adjustments to the dosage.
- Divide your daily food intake into smaller, more frequent meals to reduce nausea.
- Opt for bland, easily digestible foods like crackers, toast, plain rice, bananas, and applesauce.
- Avoid certain foods that can trigger nausea, such as fatty, greasy, spicy, and smelly foods.
- Drink plenty of fluids, such as water, clear broth, or electrolyte-rich beverages like coconut water or sports drinks.
- Use ginger (tea, ale, or candies) to help relieve nausea.
- Get adequate rest and also avoid strenuous activities that can worsen nausea.
- Talk to your doctor about taking anti-nausea medication if your nausea is severe.
- Record when your nausea occurs, what triggers it, and what provides relief to help you identify patterns and manage your symptoms more effectively.
- Talk to your doctor about your back pain and potential medication substitutes or dose changes.
- Try yoga or Pilates and other mild stretching exercises to increase flexibility and strengthen your back muscles.
- To lessen the tension on your back, sit and stand upright and maintain proper posture.
- To alleviate discomfort and minimize inflammation, apply heat or cold packs to the afflicted area.
- Under your doctor's supervision, think about taking over-the-counter painkillers like acetaminophen or ibuprofen.
- Make ergonomic adjustments to your workspace and daily activities to reduce strain on your back.
- To handle tension that could make back pain worse, try stress-reduction methods like deep breathing or meditation.
- Use pillows and a supportive mattress to keep your spine in the right posture as you sleep.
- Back discomfort can worsen by bending, twisting, and heavy lifting.
- Speak with a physical therapist to create a customized training regimen to increase back strength and flexibility.
- Inform your doctor about the symptoms you're experiencing due to medication.
- Your doctor may adjust your treatment plan, which could include changing your medication, adding new medications, or offering advice on managing your symptoms.
- Practice good hygiene, including frequent handwashing, avoiding close contact with others, and avoiding sharing utensils or personal items.
- Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids to help loosen and clear mucus from your nose, throat, and airways.
- Get plenty of rest and engage in stress-reducing activities to help your body recover. If your symptoms don't subside or worsen, consult your doctor for further guidance.
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Drug Warnings
- Do not take URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE if you are allergic to any of its contents or if you have inflammation of the gallbladder and bile ducts, narrowing or blockage of bile ducts, biliary colic, calcified gallstones, improper constriction of the gallbladder, or gastric or duodenal ulcer.
- Inform your doctor before taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE if you have variceal bleeding (high blood pressure in portal veins), ascites (excess abdominal fluid), liver encephalopathy or liver disease.
- Consult your doctor before taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE with other medicines like antibiotics (ciprofloxacin) and antihypertensive agents (nitrendipine), immunosuppressants (cyclosporine), and oral contraceptives (oestrogen).
- Do not take URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE if you are pregnant or breastfeeding unless prescribed.
- URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE can be given to children above 6 years only if prescribed by the doctor.
- Avoid consuming alcohol along with URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE as it could lead to increased drowsiness and liver damage.
- It is always important to check for the expiry of the medicine. Discard the medicine if it reaches the expiry date.
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Diet & Lifestyle Advise
- Include foods such as bell peppers, citrus fruits, leafy vegetables, tomatoes, milk, fish, low-fat dairy, beans, nuts, lentils, tofu and tempeh in your diet.
- Eat a healthy, well-balanced diet, which includes fruits and vegetables.
- Foods rich in vitamins B and C and calcium are good for the gallbladder.
- Plant-based protein foods such as beans, nuts, lentils, tofu and tempeh help prevent gallbladder disease.
- Avoid high-fat, trans-fat and processed foods.
- White bread, white pasta and sugars should be avoided.
- Avoid tobacco and alcohol consumption.
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Alcohol
Safe if prescribed
Avoid consumption of alcohol while taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE as it may cause increased dizziness and liver damage.
Pregnancy
Consult your doctor
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE belongs to pregnancy category B. Please consult your doctor if you have any concerns regarding this. Your doctor will prescribe only if the benefits outweigh the risks.
Breast Feeding
Consult your doctor
Consult your doctor before taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE; your doctor will decide whether breastfeeding mothers can take URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE or not.
Driving
Safe if prescribed
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE does not affect your ability to drive. However, you are advised to be cautious while driving if you experience dizziness.
Liver
Consult your doctor
Dose adjustment may be needed in patients with liver impairment. Please consult your doctor if you have a liver impairment or any concerns regarding this.
Kidney
Consult your doctor
Dose adjustment may be needed in patients with kidney impairment. Please consult your doctor if you have kidney impairment or any concerns regarding this.
Children
Safe if prescribed
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE can be given to children with caution above 6 years and only if prescribed by the doctor.
Heart
Please consult your physician if you have any heart-related problems before taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE.
Geriatrics
Consult your doctor
Limited information available for use of URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE in elderly patients. Please consult your doctor.
FAQs
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE is used to treat gallstones, primary biliary cholangitis (an autoimmune disease of the liver), excess cholesterol in bile and children above 6 years with biliary and liver diseases caused by cystic fibrosis.
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE works in decreasing the production of cholesterol and by dissolving the cholesterol in bile, thereby preventing the formation of gallstones. URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE decreases the toxic levels of bile acids that accumulate in primary biliary cirrhosis.
Do not discontinue URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE without consulting your doctor. To treat your condition effectually, continue taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE for as long as prescribed. Do not be reluctant to speak with your doctor if you have any difficulty taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE.
Diarrhoea might be a side-effect of URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE. Drink lots of fluids and eat food rich in fibre if you experience diarrhoea. If you find blood in stools (tarry stools) or if you experience excess diarrhoea, consult your doctor. Do not take anti-diarrheal medicine on your own.
Avoid taking aluminium-containing antacids along with URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE, as they might interfere with its absorption. Maintain a gap of 2 hours between both.
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE might reduce the absorption of antibiotics (ciprofloxacin and dapsone) and antihypertensive agents (nitrendipine). URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE might increase the effect of immunosuppressants (cyclosporine). Cholesterol-lowering agents (clofibrate) might promote the formation of gallstones. Inform your doctor before taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE with other medicines to avoid unpleasant side effects.
Oral contraceptives (oestrogen) might promote the formation of gallstones. Consult your doctor if you have any concerns regarding this, your doctor may advise other contraception methods.
There is no evidence that URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE affects fertility. Please consult the doctor if you have any concerns regarding this.
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE should be given to paediatric patients only if prescribed by the doctor. It may be used in children above 6 years with liver and biliary diseases caused by cystic fibrosis.
The doctor will determine when to take URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE based on your condition. URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE should be taken after a meal with a glass of milk or a small snack. Take the prescribed number of tablets distributed throughout the day as advised by the physician.
Yes, URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE is safe to use if prescribed by the doctor. Like all medicines, URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE may also cause side effects in some people. However, if any of the side effects are bothersome, please consult the doctor.
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE has a protective effect on the liver cells from injury caused by toxic bile acids and improves liver function.
URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE may cause weight gain in some people. Consult the doctor if you notice rapid weight gain, especially in your face and midsection.
Avoid taking other medicines concomitantly with URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE as it might reduce or intensify the effect of other medicines. Colestyramine and colestipol should be taken 2 hours before or after URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE. Consult your doctor before taking URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE with other medicines as URSODIL 250MG CAPSULE might reduce the absorption of antibiotics (ciprofloxacin and dapsone) and antihypertensive agents (nitrendipine), increase the effect of immunosuppressants (cyclosporine), oral contraceptives (oestrogen) and cholesterol-lowering agents (clofibrate) might promote the formation of gallstones.
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