Allerkast Tablet 10mg

About Allerkast Tablet 10mg

Uses

• Allerkast Tablet 10mg is used for long term control of asthma, including exercise induced breathing difficulty.
• It treats seasonal and year round allergic rhinitis, helping with sneezing, a blocked or runny nose and nasal itching.
• Doctors sometimes add it alongside an inhaler for patients whose asthma is not fully controlled on inhaled treatment alone.

Benefits

• Once daily dosing makes it easier for patients to stay consistent with treatment.
• Reduces the frequency of asthma flare ups when taken regularly as a controller medicine.
• Eases nasal allergy symptoms such as sneezing, itching and congestion.

What Experts Say

Montelukast works by blocking leukotrienes, natural chemicals in the body that cause airway swelling and tightening during an asthma attack or allergic reaction. Because it targets inflammation rather than opening the airways immediately, doctors prescribe it as a long term controller medicine rather than a rescue treatment for sudden breathlessness.

Specialists usually advise taking this tablet once daily in the evening, since food does not significantly affect how well it works. It can take several days of regular use before the full benefit on asthma control or nasal allergy symptoms becomes noticeable, so patients are encouraged to continue the course even without an immediate difference.

Regulatory agencies have flagged rare but serious mood and behaviour changes linked to montelukast, including anxiety, sleep disturbance or low mood, particularly in children and teenagers. Doctors advise reporting any unusual mood change promptly and never stopping the medicine suddenly without medical advice, since asthma control can worsen.

Drug Class

• Leukotriene receptor antagonist.
• Used as an asthma controller and allergy medicine.
• Not a rescue medicine for a sudden asthma attack.

Allerkast Tablet 10mg formula

• Montelukast

Available forms

• Tablet

How to use Allerkast Tablet 10mg?

• Take one tablet by mouth once daily, usually in the evening.
• Take it with or without food, as advised by the prescribing doctor.
• Continue taking it regularly even during symptom free periods, since it works as a preventive treatment.
• Do not use it to treat a sudden asthma attack.

Drug Interactions

• Phenobarbital: May lower montelukast levels in the blood.
• Rifampin: Can reduce how well montelukast works.
• Gemfibrozil: May raise montelukast levels and increase the chance of side effects.

Risks and warnings

• Mood changes: Report any new anxiety, sleep problems or low mood to a doctor promptly.
• Not a rescue inhaler: Keep a fast acting inhaler on hand for sudden breathing difficulty.
• Liver disease: Use with caution in patients with existing liver problems.

Allerkast Tablet 10mg Side Effects

• Headache
• Stomach pain
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Cough
• Mood or behaviour changes in rare cases

Storage Conditions

• Store below 30 degrees Celsius, away from direct light and moisture.
• Keep the strip in its original packaging until use.
• Keep out of reach of children.