This information describes Flector Patch, including how to apply it, guidelines to follow while wearing it, and side effects to look out for. Flector Patch diclofenac epolamine topical patch is a pain medication. It helps relieve pain and inflammation swelling in a small area of your body, such as from a sprain, strain, bruise, or arthritis.
Flector Patch is put on your skin. This means the NSAID is absorbed through your skin and the medication goes right to the area where the pain is.
Each package contains more than 1 Flector Patch. Be sure to reseal the package after you open it. This will keep the remaining patches from drying out.
Store the patches at room temperature. If you develop any of the symptoms listed below, remove the patch right away and rinse the area with water.
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Do not use extra patches to make up the missed dose. Do not wear a diclofenac patch for longer than 12 hours. Avoid getting a patch near your eyes, nose, or mouth. If this does happen, rinse with water. Call your doctor if you have eye irritation that lasts longer than 1 hour. They may contain ingredients similar to diclofenac such as aspirin, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, or naproxen. Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction runny or stuffy nose, hives, wheezing, difficult breathing, swelling in your face or throat or a severe skin reaction fever, sore throat, burning eyes, skin pain, red or purple skin rash with blistering and peeling.
Get emergency medical help if you have signs of a heart attack or stroke: chest pain spreading to your jaw or shoulder, sudden numbness or weakness on one side of the body, slurred speech, leg swelling, feeling short of breath. This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. Ask your doctor before using diclofenac if you take an antidepressant.
Sometimes it is not safe to use certain medications at the same time. Some drugs can affect your blood levels of other drugs you take, which may increase side effects or make the medications less effective.
Many drugs can affect diclofenac. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products.
Not all possible interactions are listed here. Tell your doctor about all your current medicines and any medicine you start or stop using. Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided by Cerner Multum, Inc. Drug information contained herein may be time sensitive. Multum information has been compiled for use by healthcare practitioners and consumers in the United States and therefore Multum does not warrant that uses outside of the United States are appropriate, unless specifically indicated otherwise.
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Read the information carefully and ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions. Transdermal diclofenac is used to treat short-term pain due to minor strains, sprains, and bruises in adults and children 6 years of age and older. It works by stopping the body's production of a substance that causes pain. Transdermal diclofenac comes as a patch to apply to the skin.
Diclofenac patches are usually applied two times a day, once every 12 hours. Apply diclofenac patches at around the same times every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand.
Do not apply more or fewer patches or apply patches more often than prescribed by your doctor. Do not apply diclofenac patches to skin that is broken, damaged, cut, infected, or covered by a rash.
Do not let the patches come in contact with your eyes, nose, or mouth. If the patch does touch your eye, wash the eye out immediately with water or saline. Call a doctor if there is eye irritation that lasts for more than one hour. Do not wear a patch while bathing or showering. Plan to bathe or shower after you remove a patch and before you apply the next patch. This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. Apply a new patch as soon as you remember it.
However, if it is almost time for the next scheduled application, skip the missed dose and continue your regular schedule. Do not apply an extra diclofenac patch to make up for a missed dose. Diclofenac patches may cause other side effects.
Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while using this medication. Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children and pets. Store it at room temperature. It is important to keep all medication out of sight and reach of children as many containers such as weekly pill minders and those for eye drops, creams, patches, and inhalers are not child-resistant and young children can open them easily.
To protect young children from poisoning, always lock safety caps and immediately place the medication in a safe location — one that is up and away and out of their sight and reach. Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them.
However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet. Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program. If someone swallows, chews, or sucks on diclofenac patches, call your local poison control center at If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at Do not let anyone else use your medication.
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