UCDA.[URSODEOXYCHOLIC] CAPS 250MG 60’s

Therapeutic indications

1. The dissolution of cholesterol stones in patients:

• with one or more X-ray radiolucent (X-ray negative) gallstones, preferably with a diameter of not more than 2 cm, in a well-functioning gall bladder;

• refusing a surgical procedure or in which surgical intervention is not indicated;

• with whom an oversaturation of cholesterol has been shown by chemical analysis of the bile produced by duodenum drainage.

2. Primary Biliary Cholangitis.

Posology and methods of administration.

Usual dosage: 8 to 10 mg/kg/day, corresponding to, for example, four to six 150 mg tablets, or two to three tablets of 300 mg, or two tablets of 450 mg. The daily dose can be administered two or three times after the meals: two tablets should always be taken after the evening meal.

Contraindications

Ursodeoxycholic acid tablets should not be used in patients with:

– Acute inflammation of the gall bladder or bile ducts.

– Occlusion of the biliary tract (occlusion of the common bile duct or a cystic duct).

– Frequent episodes of biliary colic.

– X-ray radiolucent calcified gallstones.

– Impaired contractility of the gallbladder.

– Hypersensitivity to bile acids or to any of the excipient listed in section 6.1.

– Active gastric and duodenal ulcers;