Boots Ibuprofen Long Lasting 200mg capsules

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Ibuprofen

Available from:

The Boots Company Plc

ATC code:

M01AE01

INN (International Name):

Ibuprofen

Dosage:

200mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Modified-release capsule

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 10010100; GTIN: 5000167080582

Patient Information leaflet

INFORMATION FOR THE USER
Ibuprofen Long Lasting 200 mg Capsules
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT
INFORMATION FOR YOU.
This medicine is available without prescription to treat minor
conditions. However, you still
need to take it carefully to get the best results from it.
•
Keep this leaflet, you may need to read it again
•
Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice
WHAT THIS MEDICINE IS FOR
This medicine contains Ibuprofen which belongs to a group of medicines
called non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory medicines, which act to relieve pain and reduce
swelling.
The Ibuprofen in the capsule is released slowly over 12 hours. It can
be used to relieve
headaches, rheumatic and muscular pain, backache, migraine, period
pain, dental pain and
neuralgia. It can also be used to reduce fever and relieve the
symptoms of colds and flu.
BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS MEDICINE
This medicine can be taken by adults and children aged 12 years and
over. However, some
people should not take this medicine or should seek the advice of
their pharmacist or doctor
first.
X DO NOT TAKE:
•
IF YOU HAVE A STOMACH ULCER, PERFORATION OR BLEEDING OF THE STOMACH,
or have had one in
the past (you may have been sick and it contained blood or dark
particles that look like
coffee grounds, passed blood in your stools or passed black tarry
stools)
•
IF YOU HAVE HAD PERFORATION OR A BLEEDING STOMACH after taking a
non-steroidal anti-
inflammatory medicine
•
IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC to ibuprofen or any other ingredients in the
product, aspirin or other non-
steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (you have ever had asthma, runny
nose, itchy skin or
swelling of the lips, face or throat after taking these medicines)
•
IF YOU ARE TAKING ASPIRIN WITH A DAILY DOSE ABOVE 75 MG, or other
non-steroidal anti-
inflammatory medicines
•
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE HEART, KIDNEY OR LIVER FAILURE
•
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
RISK OF HEART ATTACK OR STROKE:
Anti-inflammatory/pain-killer medicines like ibuprofen may

Summary of Product characteristics

1.
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2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Ibuprofen 200mg
For excipients, see 6.1.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Modified-Release Capsule, Hard. [Modified-Release Capsule]
Blue/Clear capsules containing white coated beads.
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Rheumatic
or
muscular
pain,
backache,
neuralgia,
migraine,
headache,
dental
pain,
dysmenorrhoea (period pain), feverishness, symptoms of colds and
influenza.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
For oral administration and short term use only:
Adults, the elderly and children over 12 years:
The minimum effective dose should be used for the shortest time
necessary to relieve symptoms.
Swallow 400mg (2 capsules), preferably with water, each morning and
evening, as required. Do not
take more than 800mg (4 capsules) in any 24 hour period.
If in adults this medicinal product is required for more than 10 days,
or if symptoms worsen the
patient should consult a doctor.
If in children and adolescents between 12 and 18 years this medicinal
product is required for more
than 3 days, of if symptoms worsen a doctor should be consulted.
Not to be given to children under 12 years.
Undesirable effects may be minimised by using the lowest effective
dose for the shortest duration
necessary to control symptoms (see section 4.4).
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Hypersensitivity to ibuprofen or any of the excipients in the product.
Patients who have prev