Actidose-Aqua Advance 1.04g/5ml oral suspension

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Activated charcoal

Available from:

Alliance Pharmaceuticals Ltd

ATC code:

A07BA01

INN (International Name):

Activated charcoal

Dosage:

208mg/1ml

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral suspension

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 19020700; GTIN: 5024403000752

Patient Information leaflet

PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET
ACTIDOSE-AQUA
®
ADVANCE
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 any
further questions, ask
your doctor or pharmacist. If any of the side effects become serious,
or if you notice any
side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or
pharmacist.
In this leaflet:
1.
What Actidose-Aqua Advance is and what it is used for
2.
Before you are given Actidose-Aqua Advance
3.
How Actidose-Aqua Advance is given to you
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Actidose-Aqua Advance
6.
Further information
1. WHAT ACTIDOSE-AQUA ADVANCE IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Actidose-Aqua Advance contains activated charcoal together with some
other
ingredients, to give it a more pleasant taste. Please see section 6.
for a list of these
ingredients. Activated charcoal is not a drug but is a simple chemical
substance that
takes up and binds many other chemicals. It prevents the absorption of
many poisons
from the stomach into the blood stream and helps to eliminate some
poisons from the
body even after they have been absorbed.
Actidose-Aqua Advance is used for the emergency treatment of poisoning
or drug
overdose involving many substances.
2. BEFORE YOU ARE GIVEN ACTIDOSE-AQUA ADVANCE
•
Actidose-Aqua Advance should not be given unless the patient is fully
conscious
•
Tell the doctor or hospital staff if you have diabetes or any form of
sugar
intolerance, eg hereditary fructose intolerance, glucose-galactose
malabsorption
syndrome or sucrase-isomaltase deficiency.
If Actidose-Aqua Advance is being given to your child then of course
this information will
apply to him/her.
If you know what poison has been taken, please tell the hospital staff
at once. Actidose-
Aqua Advance is effective in most cases, but is not usually used if
the poison is one of
the following:
Actidose-Aqua Advance
PIL UK 004
•
Alcohol
•
Turpentine
•
Corrosives such as alkalis, bleach and strong acids
•
Petrol
•
Paint thinne

Summary of Product characteristics

OBJECT 1
ACTIDOSE-AQUA ADVANCE
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 13-Mar-2015 | Alliance
Pharmaceuticals
1. Name of the medicinal product
Actidose-Aqua Advance
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Actidose-Aqua Advance contains 1.04 g of Activated Charcoal/5 ml.
3. Pharmaceutical form
Suspension for oral administration.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
For the emergency treatment of acute poisoning and drug overdosage
where substances such as those
listed in section 5.1 have been ingested. The list is not exhaustive
and Actidose-Aqua Advance may be of
benefit following ingestion of many other toxins.
Also indicated for a limited number of systemic poisonings resulting
from parenteral overdosage or when
the ingested toxin has been totally absorbed. This usually involves
repeated doses of Actidose-Aqua
Advance to remove compounds which undergo enterohepatic recycling or
which can diffuse into the
gastrointestinal tract along a concentration gradient. Under these
circumstances multiple doses of
Actidose-Aqua Advance adsorb the toxin thereby preventing its
reabsorption and increasing the
concentration gradient in favour of further diffusion of the toxin
into the gastrointestinal tract.
Compounds most effectively transferred by this mechanism are
lipophilic, uncharged and not excessively
protein-bound. Examples of compounds which can be eliminated more
rapidly by "gastrointestinal
dialysis" in this way are phenobarbitone and theophylline.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
The container should be shaken thoroughly prior to administration. If
the dose of poison that has been
ingested is known, a ratio of 10:1 (activated charcoal:toxin) may be
used to determine the optimal dose of
activated charcoal, subject to the limits of practicality. In the
absence of any information regarding the
amount of poison ingested, the following doses are recommended:
_Adults (including the elderly) and children over 12 years of age:_
For single dose therapy, 50-100 grams of activated charcoal (240-