Delopedil Uses

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What is Delopedil?

Delopedil is an antihistamine that reduces the effects of the natural chemical histamine in the body. Histamine can produce symptoms of sneezing, itching, watery eyes, and runny nose.

Delopedil is used to treat the symptoms of allergies, such as sneezing, watery eyes, and runny nose. It is also used to treat skin hives and itching in people with chronic skin reactions.

Delopedil may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Delopedil indications

An indication is a term used for the list of condition or symptom or illness for which the medicine is prescribed or used by the patient. For example, acetaminophen or paracetamol is used for fever by the patient, or the doctor prescribes it for a headache or body pains. Now fever, headache and body pains are the indications of paracetamol. A patient should be aware of the indications of medications used for common conditions because they can be taken over the counter in the pharmacy meaning without prescription by the Physician.
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1.1 Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis

Delopedil Tablets are indicated for the relief of the nasal and non-nasal symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis in patients 12 years of age and older.

1.2 Perennial Allergic Rhinitis

Delopedil Tablets are indicated for the relief of the nasal and non-nasal symptoms of perennial allergic rhinitis in patients 12 years of age and older.

1.3 Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria

Delopedil Tablets are indicated for the symptomatic relief of pruritus, reduction in the number of hives, and size of hives, in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria 12 years of age and older.

How should I use Delopedil?

Use Delopedil orally disintegrating tablets as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.

Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Delopedil orally disintegrating tablets.

Uses of Delopedil in details

There are specific as well as general uses of a drug or medicine. A medicine can be used to prevent a disease, treat a disease over a period or cure a disease. It can also be used to treat the particular symptom of the disease. The drug use depends on the form the patient takes it. It may be more useful in injection form or sometimes in tablet form. The drug can be used for a single troubling symptom or a life-threatening condition. While some medications can be stopped after few days, some drugs need to be continued for prolonged period to get the benefit from it.
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Use: Labeled Indications

Allergic rhinitis: Relief of nasal and non-nasal symptoms of seasonal (SAR) and perennial (PAR) allergic rhinitis

Urticaria: Symptomatic relief of pruritus, reduction in number of hives, and reduction in size of hives associated with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU)

Off Label Uses

NSAID-associated urticaria (prophylaxis)

Data from a retrospective study with a limited number of patients suggest that Delopedil may be beneficial for prophylactic therapy in patients with NSAID-associated urticaria prior to receiving a strong COX-1 inhibitor. Additional trials may be needed to further define the role of Delopedil in this setting.

Delopedil description

Delopedil Tab: Each tablet contains 5.0 mg of Delopedil.

Delopedil Syr: Each mL of Delopedil syrup contains 500 mcg of Delopedil.

Excipients/Inactive Ingredients: Delopedil Tab: Dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, maize starch, talc, blue color film-coat material, clear film coat material, white wax and carnauba wax.

Delopedil dosage

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Delopedil Dosage

Generic name: Delopedil 5mg

Dosage form: tablet, film coated; oral solution

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Although an orally disintegrating tablet formulation of Delopedil may be available in the marketplace, Delopedil® RediTabs® Tablets are no longer marketed.

Delopedil Tablets,

Oral Solution, or RediTabs Tablets may be taken without regard to meals. Place Delopedil (Delopedil) RediTabs Tablets on the tongue and allow to disintegrate before swallowing. Tablet disintegration occurs rapidly. Administer with or without water. Take tablet immediately after opening the blister.

The age-appropriate dose of Delopedil

Oral Solution should be administered with a commercially available measuring dropper or syringe that is calibrated to deliver 2 mL and 2.5 mL (½ teaspoon).

Adults and Adolescents 12 Years of Age and Over

The recommended dose of Delopedil Tablets or Delopedil Tablets is one 5-mg tablet once daily. The recommended dose of Delopedil

Oral Solution is 2 teaspoonfuls (5 mg in 10 mL) once daily.

Children 6 to 11 Years of Age

The recommended dose of Delopedil

Oral Solution is 1 teaspoonful (2.5 mg in 5 mL) once daily. The recommended dose of Delopedil Tablets is one 2.5-mg tablet once daily.

Children 12 Months to 5 Years of Age

The recommended dose of Delopedil

Oral Solution is ½ teaspoonful (1.25 mg in 2.5 mL) once daily.

Children 6 to 11 Months of Age

The recommended dose of Delopedil

Oral Solution is 2 mL (1 mg) once daily.

Adults with Hepatic or Renal Impairment

In adult patients with liver or renal impairment, a starting dose of one 5-mg tablet every other day is recommended based on pharmacokinetic data. Dosing recommendation for children with liver or renal impairment cannot be made due to lack of data.

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Inhibitors Of Cytochrome P450 3A4

In controlled clinical studies co-administration of Delopedil with ketoconazole, erythromycin, or azithromycin resulted in increased plasma concentrations of Delopedil and 3 hydroxydesloratadine, but there were no clinically relevant changes in the safety profile of Delopedil.

Fluoxetine

In controlled clinical studies co-administration of Delopedil with fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), resulted in increased plasma concentrations of Delopedil and 3 hydroxydesloratadine, but there were no clinically relevant changes in the safety profile of Delopedil.

Cimetidine

In controlled clinical studies co-administration of Delopedil with cimetidine, a histamine H2-receptor antagonist, resulted in increased plasma concentrations of Delopedil and 3 hydroxydesloratadine, but there were no clinically relevant changes in the safety profile of Delopedil.

Drug Abuse And Dependence

There is no information to indicate that abuse or dependency occurs with Delopedil Tablets.

Delopedil side effects

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The following adverse reactions are discussed in greater detail in other sections of the label:

Clinical Trials Experience

Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in clinical practice.

Adults and Adolescents

Allergic Rhinitis: In multiple-dose placebo-controlled trials, 2834 patients ages 12 years or older received Delopedil tablets at doses of 2.5 mg to 20 mg daily, of whom 1655 patients received the recommended daily dose of 5 mg. In patients receiving 5 mg daily, the rate of adverse events was similar between Delopedil and placebo-treated patients. The percent of patients who withdrew prematurely due to adverse events was 2.4% in the Delopedil group and 2.6% in the placebo group. There were no serious adverse events in these trials in patients receiving Delopedil. All adverse events that were reported by greater than or equal to 2% of patients who received the recommended daily dose of Delopedil tablets (5 mg once daily), and that were more common with Delopedil tablets than placebo, are listed in Table 1.

The frequency and magnitude of laboratory and electrocardiographic abnormalities were similar in Delopedil and placebo-treated patients.

There were no differences in adverse events for subgroups of patients as defined by gender, age, or race.

Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria: In multiple-dose, placebo-controlled trials of chronic idiopathic urticaria, 211 patients ages 12 years or older received Delopedil tablets and 205 received placebo. Adverse events that were reported by greater than or equal to 2% of patients who received Delopedil tablets and that were more common with Delopedil than placebo were (rates for Delopedil and placebo, respectively): headache (14%, 13%), nausea (5%, 2%), fatigue (5%, 1%), dizziness (4%, 3%), pharyngitis (3%, 2%), dyspepsia (3%, 1%), and myalgia (3%, 1%).

Pediatrics

Two hundred and forty-six pediatric subjects 6 months to 11 years of age received Delopedil

Oral Solution for 15 days in three placebo-controlled clinical trials. Pediatric subjects aged 6 to 11 years received 2.5 mg once a day, subjects aged 1 to 5 years received 1.25 mg once a day, and subjects 6 to 11 months of age received 1.0 mg once a day.

In subjects 6 to 11 years of age, no individual adverse event was reported by 2 percent or more of the subjects.

In subjects 2 to 5 years of age, adverse events reported for Delopedil and placebo in at least 2 percent of subjects receiving Delopedil

Oral Solution and at a frequency greater than placebo were fever (5.5%, 5.4%), urinary tract infection (3.6%, 0%) and varicella (3.6%, 0%).

In subjects 12 months to 23 months of age, adverse events reported for the Delopedil product and placebo in at least 2 percent of subjects receiving Delopedil

Oral Solution and at a frequency greater than placebo were fever (16.9%, 12.9%), diarrhea (15.4%, 11.3%), upper respiratory tract infections (10.8%, 9.7%), coughing (10.8%, 6.5%), appetite increased (3.1%, 1.6%), emotional lability (3.1%, 0%), epistaxis (3.1%, 0%), parasitic infection (3.1%, 0%), pharyngitis (3.1%, 0%), rash maculopapular (3.1%, 0%).

In subjects 6 months to 11 months of age, adverse events reported for Delopedil and placebo in at least 2 percent of subjects receiving Delopedil

Oral Solution and at a frequency greater than placebo were upper respiratory tract infections (21.2%, 12.9%), diarrhea (19.7%, 8.1%), fever (12.1%, 1.6%), irritability (12.1%, 11.3%), coughing (10.6%, 9.7%), somnolence (9.1%, 8.1%), bronchitis (6.1%, 0%), otitis media (6.1%, 1.6%), vomiting (6.1%, 3.2%), anorexia (4.5%, 1.6%), pharyngitis (4.5%, 1.6%), insomnia (4.5%, 0%), rhinorrhea (4.5%, 3.2%), erythema (3.0%, 1.6%), and nausea (3.0%, 0%).

There were no clinically meaningful changes in any electrocardiographic parameter, including the QTc interval. Only one of the 246 pediatric subjects receiving Delopedil

Oral Solution in the clinical trials discontinued treatment because of an adverse event.

Post-Marketing Experience

Because adverse events are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure. The following spontaneous adverse events have been reported during the marketing of Delopedil: tachycardia, palpitations, rare cases of hypersensitivity reactions (such as rash, pruritus, urticaria, edema, dyspnea, and anaphylaxis), psychomotor hyperactivity, movement disorders (including dystonia, tics, and extrapyramidal symptoms), seizures, and elevated liver enzymes including bilirubin, and very rarely, hepatitis.

Delopedil contraindications

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You should not take this medication if you are allergic to Delopedil or to loratadine (Claritin).

Before taking Delopedil, tell your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have liver or kidney disease.

Do not give this medication to a child younger than 2 years old without the advice of a doctor.

Delopedil disintegrating tablets (Delopedil) may contain phenylalanine. Talk to your doctor before using this form of Delopedil if you have phenylketonuria (PKU).

Active ingredient matches for Delopedil:

Desloratadine in Vietnam.


Unit description / dosage (Manufacturer)Price, USD
Delopedil 5 mg x 1 Blister 10 Tablet

List of Delopedil substitutes (brand and generic names):

Delopa 5 mg x 10 Blister x 10 Tablet
DELORID TABLET 1 strip / 10 tablets each (Zyris Derma Care (P) Ltd)$ 0.53
DELORTA Capsule/ Tablet / 5mg / 10 units (Abbott Healthcare Pvt Ltd (AHPL))$ 0.68
5 mg x 10's (Abbott Healthcare Pvt Ltd (AHPL))$ 0.63
Delorta 5mg TAB / 10 (Abbott Healthcare Pvt Ltd (AHPL))$ 0.63
Delorta 5 mg Tablet (Abbott Healthcare Pvt Ltd (AHPL))$ 0.06
DELORTA tab 5 mg x 10's (Abbott Healthcare Pvt Ltd (AHPL))$ 0.63
Delorta 5mg TAB / 10 (Abbott Healthcare Pvt Ltd (AHPL))$ 0.63
Delotid 5mg TAB / 10 (DWD)
5 mg x 10's (DWD)
DELOTID tab 5 mg x 10's (DWD)$ 0.66
Denosin 5 mg x 50 x 10's
Denosin 20 mg x 10 Blister x 10 Tablet
DES - OD Capsule/ Tablet / 5mg / 10 units (Cadila Pharmaceuticals (Le Sante Division))$ 0.65
Des OD 5 mg x 10 Blister x 10 Tablet (Le Sante (Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.))
Des OD 5 mg Tablet (Le Sante (Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.))$ 0.07
DES OD 10 MG TABLET 1 strip / 10 tablets each (Le Sante (Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.))$ 0.79
Des OD 10mg Tablet (Le Sante (Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.))$ 0.09
Des-OD 5mg FC-TAB / 10 (Cadila (Le Sante))$ 0.57
5 mg x 10's (Cadila (Le Sante))$ 0.57
DES-OD film-coated tab 5 mg x 10's (Cadila (Le Sante))$ 0.57

References

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  3. DrugBank. "Desloratadine". http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB00967 (accessed September 17, 2018).

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