What is Crotonol 500 MG
Crotonol
500 mg tablet is a medicine used to treat alcoholism. The active ingredient of
Crotonol 500 mg tablet is disulfiram. When alcohol is ingested after taking
Crotonol 500 mg tablets, the levels of a substance called acetaldehyde is
increased in the body which causes highly distressing physical symptoms like
burning sensation, reddening of the skin, increase in body temperature, nausea,
vomiting, rashes and itching, throbbing headache, vision disturbances,
dizziness, sweating, uneasinessandconfusion, which may stop the individual from
further drinking alcohol. You should take this medicine only if it is
recommended by your doctor. Do not take this medicine on your own. You should
not take Crotonol 500 mg tablet if you have consumed alcohol in the past 24
hours. This medicine is to be used only in adults.
Uses of Crotonol 500 MG
Crotonol
500 mg tablet is used for the treatment of alcoholism along with other
appropriate supportive treatments.
Contraindications of Crotonol 500 MG
If you are allergic to disulfiram or any other ingredient of
Crotonol
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.
Side effects of Crotonol 500 MG
Rashes
Metallic taste
Weakness
Nervousness
Stomach upset
Mode of Action of Crotonol 500 MG
Crotonol
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 Crotonol 500 mg
tablets drinks alcohol, he/she will experience highly unpleasant physical
symptoms.

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