Crotonol 500 mg tablet is a medicine used to treat alcoholism. The active ingredient of Crotonol 500 mg tablet is disulfiram. When alcohol is ingested after taking Crotonol 500 mg tablets, the levels of a substance called acetaldehyde is increased in the body which causes highly distressing physical symptoms like burning sensation, reddening of the skin, increase in body temperature, nausea, vomiting, rashes and itching, throbbing headache, vision disturbances, dizziness, sweating, uneasinessandconfusion, which may stop the individual from further drinking alcohol. You should take this medicine only if it is recommended by your doctor. Do not take this medicine on your own. You should not take Crotonol 500 mg tablet if you have consumed alcohol in the past 24 hours. This medicine is to be used only in adults.
Uses of Crotonol 500 MG
Crotonol 500 mg tablet is used for the treatment of alcoholism along with other appropriate supportive treatments.
Contraindications of Crotonol 500 MG
If you are allergic to disulfiram or any other ingredient of Crotonol 500 mg tablets.If you have chronic heart failure or coronary artery disease (a condition where major blood vessels supplying blood to the heart are narrowed).If you have ever had a cerebrovascular accident (stroke, where blood flow to a part of your brain is stopped either due to blockage or damage of a blood vessel).
If you have increased blood pressure.If you have a severe personality disorder.If you have any kind of mental illness.If you have consumed alcohol in the past 24 hours.
Side effects of Crotonol 500 MG
Rashes
Metallic taste
Weakness
Nervousness
Stomach upset
Mode of Action of Crotonol 500 MG
Crotonol 500 mg tablet stops the function of a certain chemical in the body that is required for the complete breakdown of alcohol. When the function of this chemical is stopped, an incomplete breakdown of alcohol into a substance called acetaldehyde takes place.
The increased levels of this acetaldehyde in the body cause unpleasant physical symptoms. Thus, if an individual taking Crotonol 500 mg tablets drinks alcohol, he/she will experience highly unpleasant physical symptoms.
