Trental Medication - Uses & Side Effects

Trental is a medication that reduces the viscosity or "stickiness" of your blood, allowing it to flow more freely. It helps to treat the painful leg cramps that may be caused by "intermittent claudication," a condition that results when hardening of the arteries reduces the leg muscles' blood supply.

Trental Dosage

• For adults, the usual starting dosage of Trental in controlled-release tablets is one 400-milligram tablet 3 times a day with meals.
• The safety and effectiveness of Trental in children have not been established.

Uses of Trental

• It is used to reduce the viscosity or "stickiness" of your blood.
• It may also be used to treats other medical conditions those are listed in this medication guide.

Side Effects of Trental

Before taken Trental medicine, you should discuss the side effects with your doctor. If any develop or change in intensity, then you should inform your doctor as soon as possible. Because only your doctor can determine if it is safe for you to continue taking Trental. Side effects may include:

• Allergic reaction
• Bad taste in the mouth
• Chest pain
• Depression
• Earache
• Flu-like symptoms
• General body discomfort
• Headache
• Indigestion
• Laryngitis

Warnings and precautions before taking Trental:

• If you are taking a blood thinner, or have recently had surgery, peptic ulcers, or other disorders that involve bleeding, the doctor should test your blood periodically.
• If you are taking this medication, then it may cause chest pain, low blood pressure, and irregular heartbeat in people with heart disease and brain disorders. So you should be used this medication with extra caution.
• After taken this medicine, then you may feel dizzy, or drowsiness. So you should not participate in any activities that require alertness such as driving and operate machinery.

Drug Interaction :-

If you are taking Trental with certain other drugs, then the effects of either could be increased, decreased, or altered. So it is especially important to check with your doctor before combining Trental with the following:

• Blood pressure medications such as Vasotec and Cardizem SR
• Clot inhibitors such as Persantine
• Theophylline (Theo-Dur)
• Ulcer medicines such as Tagamet

Overdose

After taken Trental if you feel that overdose is suspected, then you should contact with your doctor immediately. Because it may lead to another serious effect. Symptoms of a Trental overdose include:

• Agitation
• Convulsions
• Fever
• Loss of consciousness
• Sleepiness

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