Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?
Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient Pregnancy,lactation and children. CNS disorders. Severe renal and cardiac disease, severe dehydration, Sodium depletion, debilitation.
Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Monitor renal and thyroid functions. Maintain salt and fluid intake. Drug interaction occurs with phenytoin, carbamazepine, haloperidol, diazepam, methyldopa, tetracycline, diuretics.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?
Nausea, vomiting, mild diarrhoea initially. Thirst and polyuria. Fine tremors and rarely seizures. CNS toxicity-coarse tremors, giddiness, ataxia, motor in coordination, nystagmus, mental confusion, slurred speech, hyper reflexia. Exacerbation of psoriasis, acne, hypothyroidism.