Does Delexin have serious side effects? How to avoid them?

In current clinical practice, Delexin is not suitable for patients who are breastfeeding or pregnant, because the patients in this period have special physical constitutions. A small number of patients, if they experience urinary retention or hyperthyroidism after taking the drug, should stop taking the drug. Because Delexin contains the effect of promoting human sexual excitement, it should not be taken by patients who are overly active or mentally excited.

Contraindications

Early recovery from myocardial infarction; bundle branch block; untreated narrow-angle glaucoma; acute alcohol, barbiturate and opium poisoning; patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors should not use this product within two weeks. This drug is not recommended for patients who are excited or overactive because the stimulant effect of the drug may aggravate these symptoms. It is best not to use Delexin tablets for pregnant and lactating patients.

Precautions

The following patients should use this product with caution: organic brain damage, convulsions, urinary retention, hyperthyroidism, Parkinson's syndrome, myasthenia gravis, advanced liver disease, cardiovascular and other circulatory system diseases.

Due to its stimulant properties, this medication is not recommended for patients who are agitated and overactive.

If the patient has used sedative tranquilizers in advance, they should be gradually discontinued.

Unless the depressive symptoms have been significantly alleviated, depressed patients are still at risk of suicide.

During treatment, suicidal patients should not be given large amounts of medication.

This product may change insulin and glucose tolerance, which requires diabetic patients to adjust the dose of hypoglycemic drugs when using this product.

For patients with angle-closure glaucoma and shallow anterior chamber, the use of this product will stimulate pupil dilation and lead to an acute attack of glaucoma.

The concurrent use of tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants during local anesthesia increases the risk of arrhythmias and hypotension.

If possible, discontinue use of this drug several days before surgery. If emergency surgery is unavoidable, be sure to inform the anesthesiologist of the patient's history of previous treatment with antidepressants.

As with all neuroleptics, neuroleptic syndrome (which may be fatal) may rarely occur with this drug.

Very rarely, especially at the beginning of treatment with flupenthixol, extrapyramidal symptoms may occur.

When neuroleptics such as flupenthixol are used for long-term treatment, irreversible tardive dyskinesia may occur.

Patients taking fluphenazine for a long time need to have their mental and neurological status, blood cell counts, and liver function checked regularly.

There is evidence that reduced physical activity is associated with an increased risk of thrombosis. Since neuroleptics have a sedative effect and can reduce patients' physical activity, special attention should be paid to asking patients whether they have symptoms of venous thrombosis and encouraging them to exercise.

Because both the condition and the use of this drug can impair the patient's concentration and reaction time, patients taking this drug should not drive or operate hazardous machinery.