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Attentin 10 mg Tablet 10's, Pack of 10 IndiaS
Attentin 10 mg Tablet 10's, Pack of 10 IndiaS
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Composition :

ATOMOXETINE-10MG

Manufacturer/Marketer :

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd

Consume Type :

ORAL

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Not Returnable

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About Attentin 10 mg Tablet

Attentin 10 mg Tablet belongs to a group of drugs known as selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. Attentin 10 mg Tablet is antidepressant which is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders that affect children. ADHD also affects many adults. Symptoms of ADHD include hyperactivity (excess movement that is not fitting to the setting), inattention (not being able to keep focus), and impulsivity (hasty acts that occur at the moment without thought). It is seen thrice as commonly in boys as in girls. The main cause of the disease is unknown but some factors include genetics, food activities, environmental factors, cigarette smoking, and alcohol abuse during pregnancy.

Attentin 10 mg Tablet contains ‘Atomoxetine’ which moderates the activity of a few chemical messengers in the brain, which decreases restlessness and increases attention. It is a medicine used for depression.

Take Attentin 10 mg Tablet as prescribed. You are advised to take Attentin 10 mg Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it for you depending on your medical condition. You may experience certain common side effects such as headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, decreased appetite, sleepiness, increased heart rate, and high blood pressure. 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.

Before taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet inform your doctor if you have any allergy, heart disease, high blood pressure, glaucoma, or pheochromocytoma. If you are taking another antidepressant for the last 14 days, then inform your doctor. Do not stop, start, or change the dose of any drug without informing your doctor. This Attentin 10 mg Tablet may disturb growth in children and teens in several cases. They may need regular check-ups for growth. Use with care in children and inform your doctor. Inform your doctor before taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet if you are pregnant or planning for pregnancy as it may cause risk to the baby. If you are breastfeeding mother immediately contact your doctor.

Uses of Attentin 10 mg Tablet

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Directions for Use

Take Attentin 10 mg Tablet with food or without food as advised by the doctor. Swallow it as a whole with water; do not crush, break or chew it.

Medicinal Benefits

Attentin 10 mg Tablet belongs to a group of drugs known as selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. Attentin 10 mg Tablet is antidepressant which is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Attentin 10 mg Tablet contains ‘Atomoxetine’ which moderates the activity of few chemical messengers in the brain, which decreases restlessness and increases attention. It is a medicine used in depression.

Storage

Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight
Side effects of Attentin 10 mg Tablet
Dealing with Medication-Induced Headache:
  • 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.
Overcome Medication-Induced Nausea: A 9-Step Plan
  • 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.
To prevent, manage, and treat Constipation caused by medication usage, follow these steps:
  • Preventing Vomiting (Before it Happens)
  • Take medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. This can help minimize side effects, including vomiting.
  • Having a small meal before taking your medication can help reduce nausea and vomiting.
  • Talk to your doctor about taking anti-nausea medication along with your prescribed medication.
  • Managing Vomiting (If it Happens)
  • Try taking ginger in the form of tea, ale, or candy to help alleviate nausea and vomiting.
  • What to Do if Vomiting Persists
  • Consult your doctor if vomiting continues or worsens, consult the doctor for guidance on adjusting your medication or additional treatment.
  • Prefer liquid food like juices and soups when you are not likely to eat.
  • Avoid spicy, fatty and fried foods as they cause stomach upset.
  • Eat small and frequent meals, avoiding large meals at a time.
  • Add healthy foods in your diet like fruits and vegetables.
  • Take starchy food like cereals, bread and potatoes etc.
  • Drink water or other clear fluids.
  • To prevent worsening of pain, limit intake of tea, coffee, or alcohol.
  • Include bland foods like rice, toast, crackers, and rice in your diet.
  • Avoid lying down immediately after eating as it may cause indigestion or heartburn.
  • Avoid acidic and spicy food as it may cause indigestion.

Drug Warnings

Before taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet inform your doctor if you have any allergy, heart disease, high blood pressure, glaucoma, or pheochromocytoma. If you are taking another antidepressant in the last 14 days, then inform your doctor. Do not stop, start, or change the dose of any drug without informing your doctor. This Attentin 10 mg Tablet may disturb growth in children and teens in several cases. They may need regular check-ups for growth. Use with care in children and inform your doctor. Attentin 10 mg Tablet increased the risk of suicidal thoughts or actions in children and teens. All people who take Attentin 10 mg Tablet need to be watched closely. Inform the doctor right away if signs like panic attacks, nervousness, depression, irritability, restlessness, or mood changes are new or worse. Inform the doctor immediately if any thoughts or actions of suicide occur. Inform your doctor before taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet if you are pregnant or planning for pregnancy as it may cause risk to the baby. If you are a breastfeeding mother immediately contact your doctor.

Drug-Drug Interactions

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AtomoxetineMesoridazine
Critical
AtomoxetinePimozide
Critical

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AtomoxetineMesoridazine
Critical
How does the drug interact with Attentin 10 mg Tablet:
Using mesoridazine together with Attentin 10 mg Tablet can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet with Mesoridazine is not recommended, consult a doctor before taking it. You should seek immediate medical attention if you develop sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitations. Do not stop using any medications without talking to a doctor.
AtomoxetinePimozide
Critical
How does the drug interact with Attentin 10 mg Tablet:
Taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet and Pimozide the metabolism of Attentin 10 mg Tablet can be decreased.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet with Pimozide is not recommended, consult a doctor before taking it. Do not discontinue any medication without consulting a doctor.
AtomoxetineSelegiline
Critical
How does the drug interact with Attentin 10 mg Tablet:
Co-administration of Selegiline with Attentin 10 mg Tablet can increase the risk of high blood pressure.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Selegiline with Attentin 10 mg Tablet together can possibly result in an interaction, but it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, consult a doctor if you experience sudden and severe headache, blurred vision, confusion, fits, chest pain, nausea or vomiting, sudden numbness or weakness (especially on one side of the body), speech difficulties, fever, sweating, lightheadedness, or fainting. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
AtomoxetineLinezolid
Critical
How does the drug interact with Attentin 10 mg Tablet:
Using linezolid together with Attentin 10 mg Tablet can cause high blood pressure.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Linezolid with Attentin 10 mg Tablet is not recommended, consult a doctor before taking it. You should seek immediate medical attention if you experience sudden and severe headache, blurred vision, confusion, seizures, chest pain, nausea or vomiting, sudden numbness or weakness (especially on one side of the body), speech difficulties, fever, sweating, lightheadedness, and/or fainting. Do not stop using any medications without talking to a doctor.
AtomoxetineThioridazine
Critical
How does the drug interact with Attentin 10 mg Tablet:
Using thioridazine together with Attentin 10 mg Tablet can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet with Thioridazine is not recommended, consult a doctor before taking it. You should seek immediate medical attention if you develop sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitations. Do not stop using any medications without talking to a doctor.
AtomoxetineTranylcypromine
Critical
How does the drug interact with Attentin 10 mg Tablet:
Taking tranylcypromine with Attentin 10 mg Tablet can cause severe high blood pressure.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet with Tranylcypromine is not recommended, but it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience severe headache, blurred vision, confusion, seizures, chest pain, nausea or vomiting, sudden numbness or weakness (especially on one side of the body), speech difficulties, fever, sweating, lightheadedness, and fainting contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
AtomoxetineDronedarone
Critical
How does the drug interact with Attentin 10 mg Tablet:
Using dronedarone together with Attentin 10 mg Tablet can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet with Dronedarone is not recommended, please consult a doctor before taking it. You should seek immediate medical attention if you develop sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitations. Do not stop using any medications without talking to a doctor.
AtomoxetineProcarbazine
Critical
How does the drug interact with Attentin 10 mg Tablet:
Using procarbazine together with Attentin 10 mg Tablet can cause dangerously high blood pressure.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Procarbazine with Attentin 10 mg Tablet is not recommended, consult a doctor before taking it. You should seek immediate medical attention if you experience sudden and severe headache, blurred vision, confusion, seizures, chest pain, nausea or vomiting, sudden numbness or weakness (especially on one side of the body), speech difficulties, fever, sweating, lightheadedness, and/or fainting. Do not stop using any medications without talking to a doctor.
AtomoxetineCisapride
Critical
How does the drug interact with Attentin 10 mg Tablet:
Using cisapride together with Attentin 10 mg Tablet can increase the risk of a serious irregular heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet with Cisapride is not recommended, please consult a doctor before taking it. You should seek immediate medical attention if you develop sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitations. Do not stop using any medications without consulting a doctor.
AtomoxetineFurazolidone
Critical
How does the drug interact with Attentin 10 mg Tablet:
Using furazolidone together with Attentin 10 mg Tablet can cause serious high blood pressure.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet with Furazolidone is not recommended, consult a doctor before taking it. You should seek immediate medical attention if you experience sudden and severe headache, blurred vision, confusion, seizures, chest pain, nausea or vomiting, sudden numbness or weakness (especially on one side of the body), speech difficulties, fever, sweating, lightheadedness, and fainting. Do not stop using any medications without talking to a doctor.

Drug-Food Interactions

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No Drug - Food interactions found in our database. Some may be unknown. Consult your doctor for what to avoid during medication.

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Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Eat a well-balanced diet.
  • Avoid processed or packed foods and foods that are high in refined sugars.
  • Exercise regularly.
  • Lose excess weight and keep a check on your weight.
  • Avoid stress.
  • Improve your mood by being active, socializing with others, and talking about your feelings.
  • Quit alcohol intake and smoking.

Habit Forming

No

Therapeutic Class

ANTIDEPRESSANT

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Drug-Diseases Interactions

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FAQs

Immediately contact to your doctor if you did not take at correct time. If it is close to the time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your normal time. Do not take 2 doses at the same time or extra doses.

If you are taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet and have high blood pressure, inform your doctor before using OTC (without prescription drugs) products that may increase blood pressure.

You can feel dizzy while taking this Attentin 10 mg Tablet . To lower the chance of feeling dizzy, rise slowly if you have been lying down or sitting. Be careful about going up and downstairs.

Immediately go to the emergency department of your nearest hospital. Be ready to tell or show what was taken, how much, and when it happened.

Drug-Drug Interactions Checker List

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  • LINEZOLID
  • ASPIRIN

Special Advise

  • Inform your doctor if you feel unusual changes in mood or suicidal thoughts.
  • Do not stop taking Attentin 10 mg Tablet without talking to your doctor first.
  • Your doctor will monitor your heart rate and blood pressure regularly while taking the medicine.

Disease/Condition Glossary

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): It is one of the most common mental disorders that affect children. ADHD also affects many adults. Symptoms of ADHD include hyperactivity (excess movement that is not fitting to the setting), inattention (not being able to keep focus), and impulsivity (hasty acts that occur at the moment without thought). An estimated 2.5 percent of adults and 8.4 percent of children have ADHD. It is seen thrice as commonly in boys as in girls. The main cause of the disease is unknown but some factors include genetics, food activities, environmental factors, cigarette smoking, and alcohol abuse during pregnancy.

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