Land: Vereinigtes Königreich
Sprache: Englisch
Quelle: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
Diamorphine hydrochloride
Wockhardt UK Ltd
N07BC06
Diamorphine hydrochloride
10mg
Powder for solution for injection
Subcutaneous; Intramuscular; Intravenous
Schedule 2 (CD)
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 04070200; GTIN: 5012727900681
MEASURE BAR SHOULD BE 150MM AT 100% SCALE Customer Description Item Code Profile Size Min. Point Size Market Language Proof By Proof No. Date Artwork No. Pharma Code Colours Used Wockhardt UK Limited Diamorphine Amp Common Flat WUK leaflet 103917/4 W-LFT001 460 X 150mm tom.robertson 1 17/08/2015 589280 242 Process Black Text free area (non-printing) Keyline (non-printing) artwork.leicester@MULTIPKG.com CLEARLY MARK ANY AMENDMENTS ON ONE PROOF AND RETURN TO MPS WARNING! We cannot accept responsibility for any errors in this proof after approval. Whilst we take extreme care at all times to ensure accuracy to our clientʼs brief, the final responsibility must be taken by our client. IF YOU SIGN THIS PROOF YOU ARE SIGNIFYING FULL APPROVAL OF DESIGN AND TEXT. UK English 7.5pt PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER DIAMORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE 5MG, 10MG, 30MG, 100MG, 250MG AND 500MG FOR INJECTION READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START USING THIS MEDICINE. - Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. - If you have further questions, please ask your doctor, nurse or pharmacist. - This medicine has been prescribed for you personally and you should not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours. - If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor, nurse or pharmacist. In this leaflet: 1. What Diamorphine Injection is and what it is used for 2. Before you are given Diamorphine Injection 3. How Diamorphine Injection should be given 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Diamorphine Injection 6. Further information 1. WHAT DIAMORPHINE INJECTION IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Diamorphine is one of a group of medicines called opioid analgesics which are used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Diamorphine is used for the relief of severe pain associated with surgical procedures, heart attack and pain in terminally ill patients. It is also used to treat breathlessness caused by fluid in the lun Lesen Sie das vollständige Dokument
OBJECT 1 DIAMORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE 10MG FOR INJECTION Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 14-Dec-2015 | Wockhardt UK Ltd 1. Name of the medicinal product Diamorphine Hydrochloride 10mg for Injection 2. Qualitative and quantitative composition Each ampoule contains 10mg of diamorphine hydrochloride For full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. Pharmaceutical form A white to off-white, sterile, freeze-dried powder of Diamorphine Hydrochloride BP for reconstitution for injection. 4. Clinical particulars 4.1 Therapeutic indications Diamorphine may be used in the treatment of severe pain associated with surgical procedures, myocardial infarction or pain in the terminally ill and for the relief of dyspnoea in acute pulmonary oedema. 4.2 Posology and method of administration Diamorphine may be given by the intramuscular, intravenous or subcutaneous routes. Glucose intravenous infusion is the preferred diluent, particularly when the drug is administered by a continuous infusion pump over 24 to 48 hours, although it is also compatible with sodium chloride intravenous infusion. The dose should be suited to the individual patient. Adults: _Acute pain, _5mg repeated every four hours if necessary (up to 10mg for heavier, well muscled patients) by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection. By slow intravenous injection, one quarter to one half the corresponding intramuscular dose. _Chronic pain, _5-10mg regularly every four hours by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection. The dose may be increased according to individual needs. _Myocardial infarction, _5mg by slow intravenous injection (1mg/minute) followed by a further 2.5mg to 5mg if necessary. _Acute pulmonary oedema, _2.5mg to 5mg by slow intravenous injection (1mg/minute). Children and Elderly: As diamorphine has a respiratory depressant effect, care should be taken when giving the drug to the very young and the elderly and a lower starting dose than normal is recommended. _Hepatic impairment:_ A reduction in dosage should be considered in hepatic impairment. _Re Lesen Sie das vollständige Dokument