Citagol Sustained Release Capsule 200 mg (Cilostazol)

Adult dosage

For Cilostazol, the usual adult dose is 200 mg by mouth once daily. This drug should be taken on an empty stomach, avoiding meals.

This medication may increase heart rate and provoke angina symptoms, so careful monitoring for chest pain indicative of angina is necessary. Patients with a risk of bleeding or bleeding disorders, congestive heart failure, those who have shown allergic reactions to this medication or its components, pregnant women or those who may become pregnant, and nursing mothers should not be administered this drug. Patients taking anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents, thrombolytics, women during menstruation, patients with coronary artery stenosis, severe renal or hepatic failure patients, diabetic patients, patients with persistent hypertension, certain heart arrhythmia patients, patients with ventricular septal defects, etc., should be administered with caution. While taking this medication, side effects such as headache, diarrhea, palpitations, joint swelling, chest discomfort, etc., may occur, and in severe cases, bleeding, blood abnormalities, interstitial pneumonia, or heart failure may arise, so any abnormal symptoms should be reported to a doctor immediately. This drug is used after the symptoms of cerebral infarction are stabilized, blood pressure must be well controlled, and when used with other antiplatelet agents, care should be taken for interactions. Dizziness may occur, so caution is needed when driving or operating machinery. Taking this medication with meals may increase blood concentrations and the risk of side effects, so it should be taken on an empty stomach, especially after high-fat meals. Since this drug is metabolized in the liver, when taken with drugs that inhibit certain liver metabolic enzymes, blood concentrations may increase requiring dosage adjustments, and it should not be taken with grapefruit juice. Pregnant or nursing mothers should not take this medication, and safety for children has not been established. Elderly patients may have reduced physical function, so dosage adjustments and precautions are necessary. In case of overdose, symptoms such as headache, diarrhea, hypotension, tachycardia, and arrhythmia may occur, so immediate emergency treatment is required.

Serious side effects

Hives, severe swelling (edema), chest pain, difficulty breathing, cold sweats, pallor, severe allergic reactions, severe rash with fever, blisters, skin peeling, pain in oral/eye mucosa, severe skin adverse reactions, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, asthma attacks, respiratory distress accompanied by cough and fever, jaundice (yellowing of skin or eyes), extreme lethargy, hepatic abnormalities (jaundice), sudden and severe headache.

Mild side effects

• Headache
• diarrhea
• palpitations
• joint swelling
• limb pain
• chest discomfort
• rash
• itching
• back pain
• infections

This medication should be stored in a tightly sealed container to protect it from air and moisture. It is best to maintain storage temperatures between 1 degree and 30 degrees Celsius.

Appearance

An opaque capsule with white or light yellow granules.

Package unit

30 capsules/bottle, 200 capsules/bottle