What are the details about the medicine Voltarène? It is a small pink triangular pill with the letters “ID” imprinted. I suspect it’s European. What does it treat?
- Rick
Here the French page describing it’s use and indicators.
It appears to be for rheumatism and arthritis.
AKA Diclofenac
Here is the English page
Here’s a little bit of it.
Ok we get it under the name Voltaren (and another version called Brufen or another called Cataflam). Basically it is an anti-inflammatpry drug, of particular effectiveness for soft tissues injuries and bruises.
The agent is Sodium Diclofenac, you probably see it under various other brand names. Fairly effective stuff.
I have used it for period pain. I call them my magic pills. Wonderful stuff!
It’s from a drug family called NSAID (Non Steroid Anti Inflammatory Drug), which is used for treating a lot of arthritis (which I have). Brufen is in the same family, but the active ingredient is Ibuprofen.
Voltaren is made by Novartis, which formed by a merger of (in)famous Ciba-Geigy and Zandos.
NSAID are a sort of heavier Aspirin. By that I mean that when a doctor wants to give you a more potent medicin that sort of catches all, NSAIDs are commonly used. Side effects are about the same as for any pain killer.