ThermaCare®

Definition and active ingredient

ThermaCare® pain gel contains the active ingredient Felbinac. The drug Felbinac belongs to the group of pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs, the so-called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The ThermaCare® warming patches can also be used for external application in the event of pain. They contain a mixture of different ingredients that produce heat through oxidation with the ambient air and thus reduce pain through direct contact with the skin.

General information, dosage form and dosage

ThermaCare® heat patches as well as ThermaCare® pain gel are used for external use in pain. Both dosage forms do not require a prescription. The pain gel, however, is only available from a pharmacy. Some of the ThermaCare® warming patches can also be obtained from drugstores.

The heat patches should be stuck on the affected parts of the body and develop their effect after about 30 minutes by warming up to 40 degrees Celsius and thus leading to an increase in temperature in the deeper tissue layers and thus to relaxation of the muscles. These mechanisms should then lead to pain relief. The heat development lasts up to 8 hours. For effective pain relief through ThermaCare®, the plaster should be worn continuously for at least 3 hours. The plasters can be worn comfortably under clothing. There are different types and sizes of plaster, depending on the parts of the body where you feel the pain. Patches are available for back pain, shoulder and neck pain and abdominal pain during menstruation.

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The ThermaCare® pain gel is a transparent, clear gel that can be purchased in the pharmacy in tubes of 50 and 100 grams. It is used in the context of injuries like Strains, Sprains or Bruises used. Furthermore, it can be with diseases such as the arthrosis or also at Soft tissue rheumatic diseases are used.
Three different phases of action are assigned to the pain gel. It should cooling, pain reliever and anti-inflammatory Act. ThermaCare® pain gel should be applied to the affected area and lightly massaged in. It should just be on uninjured skin be applied.
The pain gel should not come into contact with the eyes or the mucous membranes. However, if you should ever come into contact with your eyes, you should rinse your eyes generously with water.

A maximum dose of ThermaCare® pain gel per day should 20 grams do not exceed. The ThermaCare® heat pads for menstrual pain should not be glued directly to the skin, but instead to the Inside of the underpants be glued.

Contraindication

ThermaCare® pain gel must not be used if you are hypersensitive to the ingestion of the active ingredient Felbinac react. Even if you are hypersensitive to the other ingredients of the gel, you should not use the ThermaCare® pain gel. Furthermore, the ingestion or treatment with the pain gel should be carried out with particular caution in patients with a previously damaged kidney (especially with certain kidney diseases, such as the so-called nephrotic syndrome or interstitial nephritis) or even for patients who are already using Skin reactions or Asthma attacks on taking so-called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have reacted.

ThermaCare® pain gel therapy should only be started from the age of 14 years respectively. It should generally be used during the pregnancy the use of the pain gel can be dispensed with, as there are no studies on therapy during pregnancy. This also applies to the Lactation.

interaction

So far, no interactions when combined with other drugs, so that no interactions with other drugs need to be considered for the time being.

Mode of action

The ThermaCare® pain gel with its ingredient Felbinac belongs to the group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The active ingredients, for example, also belong to the active ingredient group of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Ibuprofen, Diclofenac such as Acetylsalicylic acidthat can also be used for pain relief.
These non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs work by blocking the enzyme cyclooxygenase. This enzyme plays an important role in the production of inflammatory and pain-promoting substances such as prostaglandin. An inhibition of the enzyme leads to a significant Reduction of inflammatory and pain-promoting substances. The result is that the pain subsides and the inflammation is stopped.

The ThermaCare® warming plasters have a different mechanism of action. They generate heat through oxidation with the air. The poultices or plasters contain a mixture of different ingredients. These include salt, Iron powder, Activated carbon and water. If the plaster is now unpacked from its airtight packaging, the ingredients contained in the plaster can react with the oxygen in the air, which is known as the oxidation process. Specifically, this means that the ingredients begin to "roast“.
Through this oxidation process, heat is released, which now penetrates into the deeper tissue layers and there to Relaxation of the muscles leads.

Side effects

In principle, all drugs can cause side effects in the body. Depending on where the drug is attacked and where it works, completely different side effects can occur. The use of ThermaCare® pain gel can therefore also lead to side effects.
Are common slight reddening of the skin at the point where the skin came into contact with the gel. But it can also become a Inflammation of the skinknown as dermatitis, or to a itching come. After stopping the gel, these symptoms usually subside again.
In some cases, treatment with ThermaCare® Pain Gel can trigger a Asthma attack be. However, this serious side effect only occurs in patients with one corresponding susceptibility for this condition.
This, albeit rare, side effect is also known from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that are taken orally. So if any side effects occur in whatever form, this is one immediate withdrawal of the ThermaCare® pain gel is displayed. If you experience unexpected or very pronounced side effects, please inform your doctor immediately.