Land: Storbritannien
Sprog: engelsk
Kilde: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
Cimetidine
Waymade Healthcare Plc
A02BA01
Cimetidine
400mg
Oral tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 01030100
CIMETIDINE 200MG, 400MG AND 800MG TABLETS READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU • Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again • If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or nurse • This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET: 1. What Cimetidine is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you take Cimetidine 3. How to take Cimetidine 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Cimetidine 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT CIMETIDINE IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR The name of your medicine is Cimetidine 200mg Tablets Cimetidine 400mg Tablets or Cimetidine 800mg Tablets (all called Cimetidine in this leaflet). Cimetidine belongs to a group of medicines called “H2 antagonists”. Cimetidine works by lowering the amount of acid in your stomach. It can be used for the following: • To treat or prevent ulcers in your stomach and duodenum (the part of the gut the stomach empties into) • An inflamed food pipe (oesophagitis) where stomach acid has travelled up into your food pipe (acid reflux disease) • To prevent ulcers from bleeding in seriously ill people • The management of Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome. This is a problem with your pancreas where too much acid in the stomach can cause ulcers in your stomach, duodenum, gut and food pipe • The management of short bowel syndrome. This is where some parts of your bowel either do not work or have been removed • If your pancreas does not work and you are taking enzyme supplements to help you digest your food • For people at risk of breathing in acid from their stomach (aspiration). This might happen during an operation with a general anaesthetic Læs hele dokumentet
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Cimetidine 400mg Tablets 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each tablet contains Cimetidine 400mg For excipients see 6.1 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Film coated tablets. _Appearance_: Pale green, oval biconvex, film coated tablet- with “CIM 400” on one side and breakline on the reverse. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Cimetidine tablets are indicated for the following: 1. In the treatment of duodenal and benign gastric ulceration, recurrent and stomach ulceration and oesophageal reflux disease. 2. In the treatment of persistent dyspeptic symptoms with or without ulceration, particularly meal-related upper abdominal pain. 3. In the prophylaxis of gastrointestinal haemorrhage from stress ulceration in seriously ill patients. 4. Before general anaesthesia in patients thought to be at risk of acid aspiration (Mendelson's) syndrome, particularly obstetric patients during labour. 5. To reduce malabsorption and fluid loss in short bowel syndrome. 6. To reduce degradation of enzyme supplements in pancreatic insufficiency. 7. In the management of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION The total daily dose should not normally exceed 2.4g. Dosage should be reduced in patients with impaired renal function. _Adults:_ The usual dosage is 400mg twice daily with breakfast and at bedtime. For patients with duodenal or benign gastric ulceration, a single daily dose of 800mg at bedtime is recommended. Other effective regimens are 200mg three times a day with meals and 400mg at bedtime (1.0g/day) and, if inadequate, 400mg four times a day (1.6g/day) also with meals and at bedtime. _ _ Treatment should be given initially for at least four weeks (six weeks in benign gastric ulcer). Most ulcers will have healed by that stage, but those which have not will usually do so after a further course of treatment. Treatment may be continued for longer periods in those patients who may benefit from reduction of gastric secre Læs hele dokumentet