Beechams Breathe Clear Hot Honey & Lemon Menthol Flavour oral powder 6g sachets

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Paracetamol; Ascorbic acid; Phenylephrine hydrochloride

Available from:

Haleon UK Ltd

ATC code:

n/a

INN (International Name):

Paracetamol; Ascorbic acid; Phenylephrine hydrochloride

Dosage:

100mg/1gram ; 6.67mg/1gram ; 1.67mg/1gram

Pharmaceutical form:

Powder for oral solution

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Never Valid To Prescribe As A VMP

Product summary:

BNF: 04070100; GTIN: 5000347049064

Patient Information leaflet

_HOT HONEY & LEMON MENTHOL FLAVOUR_
_Powder For Oral Solution_
_Paracetamol, Phenylephrine_
PLEASE READ RIGHT THROUGH THIS LEAFLET BEFORE YOU START USING THIS
MEDICINE. This medicine is available without prescription, but you
still
need to use this medicine carefully to get the best results from it.
• Keep this leaflet you may need to read it again.
• If you have any questions, or if there is anything you do not
understand, ask your pharmacist.
IN THIS LEAFLET:
1. What this medicine does
2. Check before you take this medicine
3. How to take this medicine
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store this medicine
6. Further information
1. What this medicine does
THIS MEDICINE IS USED FOR THE SHORT TERM RELIEF OF THE SYMPTOMS OF
FLU,
COLDS AND CHILLS. These symptoms include headache, shivers, aches and
pains, blocked nose and painful sinuses, catarrh and sore throat.
This medicine contains two active ingredients. Paracetamol is a
painkiller and reduces your temperature when you have a fever.
Phenylephrine hydrochloride is a decongestant which unblocks your nose
and sinuses helping you breathe more easily. This product contains 40
mg
of Vitamin C.
2. Check before you take this medicine
DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE:
• IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION to paracetamol,
phenylephrine hydrochloride, ascorbic acid or to any of the other
ingredients (listed in Section 6)
• if you have KIDNEY or LIVER PROBLEMS, OVERACTIVE THYROID,
DIABETES,
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE or HEART OR CIRCULATION DISEASE
• if you have PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA or GLAUCOMA
• if you are taking TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS (e.g. imipramine or
amitriptyline) or if you are taking or have taken within the last two
weeks MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS (MAOIs) (e.g. moclobemide)
prescribed for DEPRESSION
• if you are taking BETA BLOCKERS.
DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING ELSE CONTAINING PARACETAMOL WHILE TAKING THIS
MEDICINE.
DO NOT TAKE WITH ANY OTHER FLU, COLD OR DECONGESTANT PRODUCT.
TAKE SPECIAL CARE WITH THIS MEDICINE
• This product may cause dizziness. If affecte

Summary of Product characteristics

OBJECT 1
BEECHAMS BREATHE CLEAR HOT HONEY & LEMON
MENTHOL FLAVOUR POWDER FOR ORAL SOLUTION
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 11-Jul-2017 |
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
1. Name of the medicinal product
Beechams Breathe Clear Hot Honey & Lemon Menthol Flavour powder for
oral solution
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Active Constituents mg / 6 g powder
Paracetamol 600.00
Phenylephrine Hydrochloride 10.00
Excipients
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) 40.00
Sucrose 3802
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3. Pharmaceutical form
Powder for Oral Solution.
Off-white to beige, free-flowing, heterogeneous powder with an odour
of honey, lemon and menthol.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
The relief of symptoms of influenza, feverishness, chills and feverish
colds including headache, sore
throat pain, aches and pains, nasal congestion, sinusitis and its
associated pain, and acute nasal catarrh.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
Directions for use
Empty contents of sachet into beaker. Half fill with very hot water.
Stir well. Add cold water as necessary
and sugar if desired.
Recommended Dose and Dosage Schedule
Adults (including elderly) and children aged 16 years and over:
One sachet to be taken every four hours, if necessary, up to a maximum
of six sachets in any 24 hours.
Do not take continuously for more than 7 days without medical advice.
Not to be given to children under 16 years of age except on medical
advice.
4.3 Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to the active substances or to any of the excipients.
Concomitant use of other sympathomimetic decongestants.
Phaeochromocytoma.
Closed angle glaucoma.
Hypertensive patients or those taking of have taken in the last two
weeks monoamine oxidase inhibitors,
tricyclic antidepressants or beta-blockers (see section 4.5).
Hepatic or renal impairment, diabetes, hyperthyroidism and
cardiovascular disease.
4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
Care is advised in the administration of paracetamol to patients with
severe