Carapres?
Related terms
Brand Names: U.S.:
Catapres-TTS?-1;Catapres-TTS?-2;Catapres-TTS?-3;Catapres?;Duraclon?;Kapvay?
Brand Names: Canada:
Apo-Clonidine?;Catapres?;Dixarit?;Dom-Clonidine;Novo-Clonidine;Nu-Clonidine
Uses
- It is used to stop migraine headaches.
- It is used to control pain when infused into the spine.
- It is used to ease painful period (menstrual) cycles.
- It is used to treat drug addiction and withdrawal.
- It is used to treat flushing.
- It is used to treat high blood pressure.
- It is used to treat hot flashes caused by other drugs.
- Rarely, it is used to treat loose stools having to do with high blood sugar (diabetes).
- Clonidine lowers the body's release of adrenaline and other hormones that raise blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety.
- It works in the brain to ease pain.
- It has a calming effect in children with attention deficit problems.
Dosing
How to take
- All products:
- Take as you have been told, even if you are feeling better.
- Follow the diet and workout plan that your doctor told you about.
- Tablet:
- Take with or without food. Take with food if it causes an upset stomach.
- Take last dose of the day at bedtime.
- Extended release tablets:
- Swallow whole. Do not chew or crush.
- NexiclonT XR:
- You may break the tablet in half. Do not chew or crush.
- Oral suspension:
- Shake well before use.
- Skin patch:
- Take off old patch first.
- Put patch on clean, dry, healthy skin on the chest, back, or belly. Move the site with each new patch.
- If the patch loosens, put tape over it to hold it in place.
- Shot:
- It is given into the spine.
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