BRUFEN COLD 20 F.C. TABS

IBUPROFEN ( ANALGESIC ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-PYRETIC ACTIVITY) IBUPROFEN IS A PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE WITH ANALGESIC ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-PYRETIC ACTIVITY. THE DRUG THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS ARE THOUGHT TO RESULT FROM ITS INHIBITORY EFFECT ON THE ENZYME CYCLO-OXYGENASE WHICH RESULTS IN A MARKED REDUCTION IN PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS. THESE PROPERTIES PROVIDE SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF OF INFLAMMATION AND PAIN. PSEUDOEPHEDRINE HYDROCHLORIDE ( DECONGESTANT ACTION) IS AN ORALLY EFFECTIVE SYMPATHOMIMETIC AMINE THAT DECONGESTS SWOLLEN MUCOUS MEMBRANES OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT BY VASOCONSTRICTION. WHILE ITS VASOCONSTRICTOR ACTION IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF EPHEDRINE. PSEUDOEPHEDRINE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE LESS PRESSOR EFFECT THAN EPHEDRINE IN NORMOTENSIVE ADULTS. IT IS INDICATED FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SYMPTOMS OF COLD AND FLU.