Favocox Contraindications

Favocox Capsule is contraindicated: In patients with severe heart failure and For the treatment of peri-operative pain in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
History of hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients.
Known hypersensitivity to sulphonamides.
Patients who have experienced asthma, acute rhinitis, nasal polyps, angioneurotic oedema, urticaria or other allergic-type reactions after taking acetylsalicylic acid or NSAIDs including COX-2 (cyclooxygenase-2) inhibitors.
In pregnancy and in women of childbearing potential unless using an effective method of contraception. Celecoxib has been shown to cause malformations in the two animal species studied. The potential for human risk in pregnancy is unknown, but cannot be excluded.
Breast feeding.
Severe hepatic dysfunction (serum albumin < 25 g/L or Child-Pugh score ≥ 10).
Patients with estimated renal creatinine clearance < 30 ml/minute.
Severe congestive heart failure (NYHA III-IV).
Children under 18 years old.