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Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet


Introduction of Crab Plus Tablet

Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet is a combination medicine used in the treatment of common cold symptoms. It relieves allergy symptoms such as runny nose, stuffy nose, sneezing, watery eyes and congestion or stuffiness. It also relieves pain and fever.

Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet is a combination of two medicines: Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet1 and Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet2.

Uses of Crab Plus Tablet

Benefits of Crab Plus Tablet

In Common cold

Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet is a combination medicine that effectively relieves symptoms of the common cold, such as a blocked nose, runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, and congestion or stuffiness. It helps loosen thick mucus, making it easier to cough out. It also shrinks the blood vessels and provides rapid relief that lasts for several hours. These actions make breathing easier.

Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet is safe and effective. It usually starts to work within a few minutes, and the effects can last up to several hours. Take it as prescribed by your doctor, and do not stop using it unless you are advised otherwise.

Side effects of Crab Plus Tablet

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Common side effects of Crab Plus

  • Fatigue
  • Dizziness
  • Dryness in mouth
  • Sleepiness
  • Allergic reaction

How to use Crab Plus Tablet

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

Safety advice

Alcohol
UNSAFE
It is unsafe to consume alcohol with Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet.
Pregnancy
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet is generally considered safe to use during pregnancy. Animal studies have shown low or no adverse effects to the developing baby; however, there are limited human studies.
Breast feeding
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby.
Larger doses or prolonged use of Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet may cause sleepiness and other effects in the baby
Driving
SAFE
Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet does not usually affect your ability to drive.
Kidney
CAUTION
Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Not recommended in patients with severe kidney disease. May cause excessive sleepiness in patients with end stage kidney disease.
Liver
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet is probably safe to use in patients with liver disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor.

All substitutes

For informational purposes only. Consult a doctor before taking any medicines.
Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet
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Quick tips

Crab Plus Tablet

  • Take it as per dose and duration suggested by the doctor.
  • It make you feel dizzy. Don't drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how Crab Plus 5mg/500mg Tablet affects you.
  • Avoid taking alcohol while taking this medicine as it may enhance the dizziness.
  • Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Fact Box

Habit Forming
No
Therapeutic Class
RESPIRATORY

Patient concerns

Patient concerns

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Hello doctor, patient slip from stair and have minor crack on right leg finger 3 and 4 , crab bandage have been applied and medicine given is pain killer and calcium 500 , suggest good medicine I have applied report below
Dr. Vipul Aggarwal
Orthopaedics
Can you please send me the x-rays and the treatment that has been given to youIn the property immobilisation of the fracture has been done then the prognosis is good and there is nothing to worryPainkiller is not always requiredYou can take tablet Ultracet thrice a day for 3 to 4 days for pain
common cold,snizning and headache which tab can take to common cold?
Dr. Shubhra Chandhan Pradhan
ENT
Take tab LCZ PLUS and consult an ENT specialist for proper clinical examination
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References

  1. Cetirizine. New York, New York: Pfizer Labs; 2003. [Accessed 01 Apr. 2019] (online) Available from:External Link
  2. ScienceDirect. Paracetamol/Acetaminophen. [Accessed 18 Apr. 2019] (online) Available from:External Link
  3. Drugs.com. Cetrizine. [Accessed 18 Apr. 2019] (online) Available from:External Link

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