Aspirin 75mg gastro-resistant tablets

Land: Vereinigtes Königreich

Sprache: Englisch

Quelle: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Wirkstoff:

Aspirin

Verfügbar ab:

Greenfield Pharmaceuticals Ltd

ATC-Code:

B01AC06

INN (Internationale Bezeichnung):

Aspirin

Dosierung:

75mg

Darreichungsform:

Gastro-resistant tablet

Verabreichungsweg:

Oral

Klasse:

No Controlled Drug Status

Verschreibungstyp:

Valid as a prescribable product

Produktbesonderheiten:

BNF: 02090000

Gebrauchsinformation

PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT
ASPIRIN 75MG GASTRO-RESISTANT TABLETS
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. This
medicine is available without prescription. However, you still need to
use Aspirin 75mg Gastro-Resistant Tablets carefully to get the best
results from it. Always take this medicine exactly as described in
this
leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist has told you.
• Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
• Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
• If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
This
includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See
section 4.
• You must talk to a doctor if you do not feel better or if you feel
worse
after three days.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
1. What ASPIRIN 75MG GASTRO-RESISTANT TABLETS is and what it is
used for
2. What you need to know before you take ASPIRIN 75MG GASTRO-
RESISTANT TABLETS
3. How to take ASPIRIN 75MG GASTRO-RESISTANT TABLETS
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store ASPIRIN 75MG GASTRO-RESISTANT TABLETS
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. WHAT ASPIRIN 75MG GASTRO-RESISTANT TABLETS IS AND WHAT
IT IS USED FOR
Aspirin belongs to a group of medicines called antiplatelet
agents that help prevent your blood cells sticking together and
forming a blood clot.
Aspirin 75mg Tablets are principally used to prevent blood clots
forming following a heart attack or stroke or to help prevent heart
attacks and strokes in patients who have previously suffered
from these conditions. They may have been prescribed for you if
you have recently had by-pass surgery.
2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE ASPIRIN 75MG
GASTRO-RESISTANT TABLETS
Do not take Aspirin 75mg Gastro-Resistant Tablets:
• if you are allergic to aspirin or any of the other ingredients of
this medicine (listed in section 6)
• if you have ever had a bad reaction to aspirin or any other non-
steroidal anti-inflammatory med

Fachinformation

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Aspirin 75mg Gastro-Resistant Tablets
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains aspirin 75 mg.
Also includes 17mg/tablet lactose.
For the full list of excipients, see 6.1.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Gastro-resistant tablet.
White, film coated, round tablet.
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
For the secondary prevention of thrombotic cerebrovascular or
cardiovascular
disease and following by-pass surgery.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Posology
_For the management of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease_:
Patients should seek the advice of a doctor before commencing therapy
for the
first time.
The
usual
dosage,
for
long-term
use,
is
75-150mg
once
daily.
In
some
circumstances a higher dose may be appropriate, especially in the
short term,
and up to 300mg a day may be used on the advice of a doctor. In
general,
acetylsalicylic acids should be used with caution in elderly patients
who are
more prone to adverse events. The usual adult dose is recommended in
the
absence of severe renal or hepatic insufficiency (see sections 4.3 and
4.4).
Treatment should be reviewed at regular intervals._ _
_Antithrombotic action: _
150mg at diagnosis and 75mg daily thereafter. Tablets taken at
diagnosis
should be chewed in order to gain rapid absorption.
_Children:_
Do not give to children aged under 16 years, unless specifically
indicated (e.g. for
Kawasaki's disease). See section 4.4.
Method of administration
Aspirin 75 mg is for oral administration to adults only.
Take the tablet with water, do not cut, chew or crush the tablet.
Swallow whole.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
•
Hypersensitivity to salicylic acid compounds or prostaglandin
synthetase
inhibitors (e.g. certain asthma patients who may suffer an attack or
faint and
certain patients who may suffer from bronchospasm, rhinitis and
urticaria), or
to any of the excipients (see section 6.1).
•
Active, or history of peptic ulceration and/or gastric/intestinal
haemorrha