Beechams Max Strength Sore Throat Relief Blackberry Lozenges/Beechams Sore Throat Blackberry Flavour Lozenges

Country: Malta

Language: English

Source: Medicines Authority

Active ingredient:

benzalkonium chloride 1.2 mg, hexylresorcinol 2.5 mg

Available from:

Beecham Group PLC

ATC code:

R02AA12

INN (International Name):

benzalkonium chloride, hexylresorcinol

Pharmaceutical form:

lozenge

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2006-04-13

Patient Information leaflet

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_HEXYLRESORCINOL, BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE_
_BLACKBERRY FLAVOUR_
_LOZENGES_
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 Sore Throat Blackberry Flavour Lozenges 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 Sore Throat Lozenges do
2. Check before you take Beechams Sore Throat Lozenges
3. How to take Beechams Sore Throat Lozenges
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Beechams Sore Throat Lozenges
6. Further  information 
1. WHAT BEECHAMS SORE THROAT LOZENGES DO
BEECHAMS SORE THROAT LOZENGES ARE USED FOR THE RELIEF OF THE 
SYMPTOMS OF SORE THROAT, ITS ASSOCIATED PAIN AND PHARYNGITIS 
(INFLAMMATION OF THE THROAT).
This medicine contains two active ingredients. Hexylresorcinol is an 
anaesthetic to numb pain in the throat and it is also a mild 
antibacterial agent which kills bacteria and germs. Benzalkonium 
chloride is also an antibacterial agent which kills bacteria and
germs.
2. CHECK BEFORE YOU TAKE BEECHAMS SORE THROAT 
LOZENGES
DO NOT TAKE BEECHAMS SORE THROAT LOZENGES:
•  IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION to
hexylresorcinol, 
benzalkonium chloride or any of the other ingredients 
(listed in Section 6).
• if you have SUGAR ABSORPTION PROBLEMS.
•  IF YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD BY YOUR DOCTOR THAT YOU HAVE AN
INTOLERANCE 
TO SOME SUGARS CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TAKING THIS MEDICINE.
• if  you are UNDER 7 YEARS.
PREGNANCY AND BREAST FEEDING
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR before taking Beechams Sore Throat Lozenges if 
you are PREGNANT or BREAST FEEDING.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS
Each lozenge contains a total amount of GLUCOSE AND SUCROSE OF UP 
TO 2.5 G. This should be taken into account if y

Summary of Product characteristics

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 

1. 
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT 

Beechams Sore Throat Blackberry Flavour Lozenges. 

2. 
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION 

Hexylresorcinol  2.5 mg and Benzalkonium Chloride Solution 1.2
mg 

3. 
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM 

Lozenge 

4. 
CLINICAL PARTICULARS 

4.1 
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS 

Symptomatic relief of sore throat, the associated pain and pharyngitis. 

4.2. 
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION 

_Adults (including the elderly) and children
over the age of 12:_ One lozenge dissolved slowly 
in the mouth every three hours or as required.
 Do not take more than 8 lozenges in 24 
hours. 
_Children aged 7 to 12 years:_ One lozenge dissolved slowly in
the mouth every three hours 
or as required.  Do not take more than 4 lozenges in 24 hours.
 Not to be given to children 
under 7 years. 

4.3 
CONTRAINDICATIONS 

Hypersensitivity to any of the active ingredients or excipients. 

Patients with metabolic disorders relating to glucose/sucrose ingestion or fructose 
intolerance 

4.4 
SPECIAL WARNINGS AND SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR USE 

SPECIAL LABEL WARNINGS 
Keep out of the reach and sight of children 
If symptoms persist, consult your doctor. 
Do not exceed the stated dose. 

Contains 2.5 g of total glucose and sucrose per lozenge.
This should be taken into account in 
patients with diabetes mellitus.  

4.5 
INTERACTION WITH OTHER MEDICAMENTS AND OTHER
FORMS OF INTERACTION 

None 

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4.6 
PREGNANCY AND LACTATION 

There is a lack of evidence of safety of the product in
human pregnancy and in animals, but 
both hexylresorcinol and benzalkonium chloride have been used
widely in lozenges for 
many years without apparent ill consequence.  However, as with
all medicines, caution 
should be exercised dur