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Montair Tablets

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Montair (Montelukast Sodium tablets) is used for the prevention and chronic treatment of asthma, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), seasonal allergic rhinitis and perennial allergic rhinitis.

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Montair Tablets are manufactured by Cipla Ltd., India. (Website: cipla.com)

Montelukast Sodium Tablets Brand Names

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Montelukast Sodium tablets are available as Singulair, Montair, Astham, Montelo-10, Monteflo, and Tukast L, Cetrite Plus, Cetrite Plus Kid and Cetvo-MK.Generic versions of Montelukast Sodium (Singulair) are available in the US and all over the world from August 2012.

Active Ingredient

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The active ingredient contained in Montair tablets is Montelukast Sodium. Each film coated Montair tablet contains Montelukast sodium IP equivalent to 4 mg, 5 mg or 10 mg of Montelukast.

Chemical Structure

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The structure of Montelukast Sodium (Montair Tablets) is given below:

Uses of Montair Tablets

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Montair (Generic Montelukast tablets) is used for the prevention and chronic treatment of asthma in adults and pediatric patients 12 months of age and older. Montair tablets (Generic Montelukast) are indicated for prevention of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in patients 15 years of age and older. Generic Montelukast tablets are used for the relief of symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis in patients 2 years of age and older and perennial allergic rhinitis in patients 6 months of age and older.

Montair Storage Instructions

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Montair tablets (Generic Montelukast) have to be stored at controlled room temperature i.e. from 15 to 30C (59 to 86F). Keep Montair as well as all other medicines away from children and pets.

Warnings

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Montair tablets should not be used to treat an acute asthma attack. Patients should be advised to have appropriate rescue medication available.

Inhaled corticosteroid should be reduced gradually when starting treatment with Montair tablets (Generic Montelukast).

Warnings

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Patients with known aspirin sensitivity should continue to avoid aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents while taking Montair tablets.

Systemic eosinophilia, sometimes presenting with clinical features of vasculitis consistent with Churg-Strauss syndrome, has been reported.

Montair Dosage

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Asthma: The recommended dose of Montair tablets (Generic Montelukast) for adults and adolescents 15 years of age and older is one 10 mg tablet taken once daily in the evening.

Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction (EIB) in Patients 15 Years of Age and Older: For prevention of EIB, a single 10 mg dose of Generic Montelukast (Montair) should be taken at least 2 hours before exercise. An additional dose of Montair should not be taken within 24 hours of a previous dose.

Patients already taking Generic Montelukast daily for another indication (including chronic asthma) should not take an additional dose to prevent EIB.

The dosage of Montair tablets (Montelukast Sodium) for various indications is given below:

Montair Dosage

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Allergic Rhinitis: For allergic rhinitis, Montair should be taken once daily. Efficacy was demonstrated for seasonal allergic rhinitis when Montelukast Sodium was administered in the morning or the evening without regard to time of food ingestion. The time of administration may be individualized to suit patient needs.

The recommended dosage for the treatment of symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis:

For adults and adolescents 15 years of age and older: one 10 mg tablet.

The recommended dosage for the treatment of symptoms of perennial allergic rhinitis:

For adults and adolescents 15 years of age and older: one 10 mg tablet.

The dosage of Montair tablets (Generic Montelukast) is given below:

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Contraindications

Montair is contraindicated in patients with a hypersensitivity to Montelukast Sodium or any other component of this medication.

Montair Side Effects

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The common Montair side effects with an incidence rate of 5% or more are upper respiratory infection, fever, headache, pharyngitis, cough, abdominal pain, diarrhea, otitis media, influenza, rhinorrhea, sinusitis, otitis.

Montair Overdose

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In chronic asthma studies, Montelukast tablets have been administered at doses up to 200 mg/day to adult patients for 22 weeks and, in short-term studies, up to 900 mg/day to patients for approximately a week without clinically important adverse experiences.

The most commonly occurring adverse experiences in cases of acute overdosage in post-marketing experience included abdominal pain, somnolence, thirst, headache, vomiting and psychomotor hyperactivity.

Montair Overdose

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In the event of overdose, it is reasonable to employ the usual supportive measures; e.g., remove unabsorbed material from the gastrointestinal tract, employ clinical monitoring, and institute supportive therapy, if required.

Montair During Pregnancy

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Montelukast Sodium (Montair Tablets) has been classified by the US FDA as Pregnancy Category B. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies conducted in pregnant women. Since animal reproduction studies are not always predictive of human response, Montair tablets should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed.

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