Beechams Max Strength All In One capsules

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Paracetamol; Phenylephrine hydrochloride; Guaifenesin

Available from:

Haleon UK Ltd

ATC code:

N02BE51

INN (International Name):

Paracetamol; Phenylephrine hydrochloride; Guaifenesin

Dosage:

500mg ; 6.1mg ; 100mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral capsule

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Never Valid To Prescribe As A VMP

Product summary:

BNF: ; GTIN: 5000347033049 5000347033032

Patient Information leaflet

DFT-00965-3230659
MAX STRENGTH
ALL IN ONE
CAPSULES
Paracetamol, Guaifenesin, 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
Beechams Max Strength All in One Capsules
carefully to get the best results from them.
• 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 Beechams Max Strength All in One
Capsules do
2.
Check before you take Beechams Max
Strength All in One Capsules
3. How to take Beechams Max Strength All in
One Capsules
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Beechams Max Strength All in
One Capsules
6. Further information
1.
WHAT BEECHAMS MAX STRENGTH ALL IN ONE
CAPSULES DO
Beechams Max Strength All in One Capsules
are used for the relief of the symptoms of
colds and flu and the pain and congestion
of sinusitis, including aches and pains,
headache, blocked nose and sore throat,
chills and feverishness. They can also loosen
stubborn mucus (phlegm) and provide relief
from chesty coughs.
This medicine contains three active
ingredients. Paracetamol is a painkiller
and reduces your temperature when you
have a fever. Guaifenesin is an expectorant
which loosens phlegm and relieves a chesty
cough. Phenylephrine hydrochloride is a
decongestant which unblocks your nose and
sinuses helping you breathe more easily.
2.
CHECK BEFORE YOU TAKE BEECHAMS MAX
STRENGTH ALL IN ONE CAPSULES
DO NOT TAKE BEECHAMS MAX STRENGTH
ALL IN ONE CAPSULES
•
IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION to
paracetamol, guaifenesin, phenylephrine
hydrochloride or to any of the other
ingredients (listed in section 6).
•
if you have KIDNEY or LIVER PROBLEMS
(including ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE),
OVERACTIVE THYROID, DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE or HEART DISEASE
• if you have PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA or
GLAUCOMA
•
if you are taking TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS
or if you are taking or if you have taken
in the last

Summary of Product characteristics

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Beechams Max Strength All in One Capsules, hard
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
ACTIVE INGREDIENT
MG/CAPSULE
Paracetamol
500
Guaifenesin
100
Phenylephrine hydrochloride
6.1
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Capsule, hard.
Dark blue/dark green hard gelatin capsules containing the drug
product, an off-white
powder.
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
For the relief of symptoms associated with colds and flu and the pain
and
congestion of sinusitis, including aches and pains, headache, blocked
nose and
sore throat, chills, lowering of temperature, and to loosen stubborn
mucous
and provide relief from chesty coughs.
4.2.
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
For oral use.
Swallow whole with water,
do not chew.
_Adults, the elderly and children aged 16 _
_years and over: _
Two capsules every four hours as required. Do not take more than
8 capsules (4 doses) in any 24 hour period.
Not to be given to children under 16 years except on medical advice.
Do not take continuously for more than 5 days without medical advice.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Known hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients.
Concomitant use of other sympathomimetic decongestants.
Phaeochromocytoma.
Closed angle glaucoma.
Hepatic or severe renal impairment, hypertension, hyperthyroidism,
diabetes,
heart disease or those taking tricyclic antidepressants or
beta-blocking drugs
and those patients who are taking or have taken within the last two
weeks,
monoamine oxidase inhibitors (see section 4.5).
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
Patients suffering from chronic cough or asthma should consult a
physician before
taking this product.
Patients should stop using the product and consult a health care
professional if cough
lasts for more than 5 days or comes back, or is accompanied by a
fever, rash or
persistent headache.
Do not take with a cough suppressant.
Medical advice should be sought before taking this product in patients