Recopress 500 Tablet

• Recopress 500 mg tablet is used for the treatment of alcoholism along with other appropriate supportive treatments.

• If you are allergic to disulfiram or any other ingredient of Recopress 500 mg tablets.
• If you have chronic heart failure or coronary artery disease (a condition where major blood vessels supplying blood to the heart are narrowed).
• If you have ever had a cerebrovascular accident (stroke, where blood flow to a part of your brain is stopped either due to blockage or damage of a blood vessel).
• If you have increased blood pressure.
• If you have a severe personality disorder.
• If you have any kind of mental illness.
• If you have consumed alcohol in the past 24 hours.

• Rashes
• Metallic taste
• Weakness
• Nervousness
• Stomach upset

Other General Warnings

• You have any kind of kidney, liver, or lung disease.
• You have thyroid problems or you are diabetic
• You have or have a history of epilepsy or brain damage.
• You have galactose intolerance, total lactase deficiency or glucose-galactase malabsorption.
• You develop signs and symptoms of liver injury (yellowing of the skin and eyes, weakness, stomach pain and swelling, swelling in legs and ankles, itchy skin, dark coloured urine, pale stool colour, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and easy bruising).

• Take Recopress 500 mg tablet as a whole with sufficient water.
• Always take this medicine exactly as prescribed by your doctor.
• Do not consume more than the prescribed dose.
• Do not discontinue the medicine on your own without consulting your doctor.

• Store Recopress 500 mg tablets in a cool and dry place below 25°C. away from direct sunlight.
• Keep it out of reach of children and pets.

• Take Recopress 500 mg Tablet only as prescribed by your doctor.
• Avoid all forms of alcohol, including sauces, syrups, and mouthwashes, for at least 24 hours before and after taking the medicine.
• Inform your doctor about your complete medical history, particularly any conditions affecting your liver, kidneys, or heart.
• Do not use if you are pregnant, planning a pregnancy, or breastfeeding without medical advice.
• Be aware that alcohol consumption while on this medicine can cause flushing, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, headache, sweating, and rapid heartbeat.
• Follow a structured support plan, such as counselling or rehabilitation, to improve treatment success.
• Maintain hydration, a healthy diet, and attend regular check-ups during treatment.
• Discontinue the medication and contact your doctor immediately if you experience severe or unusual side effects.

Overdose

Missed a Dose

How Does It Work?

• Recopress 500 mg tablet stops the function of a certain chemical in the body that is required for the complete breakdown of alcohol. When the function of this chemical is stopped, an incomplete breakdown of alcohol into a substance called acetaldehyde takes place.
• The increased levels of this acetaldehyde in the body cause unpleasant physical symptoms. Thus, if an individual taking Recopress 500 mg tablets drinks alcohol, he/she will experience highly unpleasant physical symptoms.

Interactions with other medicines

• Some medicines can affect the way Recopress 500 mg tablet works or this tablet itself can reduce the effectiveness of other medicines taken at the same time.
• Tell your doctor about all medicines, supplements or herbals you are currently taking or might take to avoid any possible interaction.
• Recopress 500 mg tablet may increase the intensity of the unpleasant physical symptoms when taken along with amitriptyline or chlorpromazine.
• Recopress 500 mg tablet may increase the sedative effect of benzodiazepines (chlordiazepoxide, diazepam).
• The dose adjustment may be required for phenytoin, theophyllineandwarfarin when these medicines are taken along with Recopress 500 mg tablets.
• Care should be taken when pimozide, isoniazid, metronidazole, paraldehydeandrifampicin are taken along with Recopress 500 mg tablets.