GAVISCON LEMON FLAVOUR
Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
Summary of Product characteristics
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02-04-2023
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Active ingredient:
ALGINIC ACID SODIUM BICARBONATE ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE GEL MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE
Available from:
Reckitt Benckiser Ireland Ltd
Dosage:
500/170/10 Milligram
Pharmaceutical form:
Tablets Chewable
Authorization date:
1998-10-02
Summary of Product characteristics
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Part II
Summary of Product Characteristics
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Gaviscon Tablets - Lemon Flavour
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains 500mg Alginic Acid, 170mg Sodium Bicarbonate, 100mg Aluminium Hydroxide Gel and
25mg Magnesium Trisilicate.
For excipients, see 6.1
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Chewable tablet.
Circular, flat, off-white to cream, bevel-edged tablets with a sword logo on each face and an odour of lemon.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 Therapeutic Indications
Gastric reflux, reflux oesophagitis, heartburn, hiatus hernia, flatulence associated with gastric reflux and heartburn of
pregnancy. All cases of epigastric and retrosternal distress where the underlying cause is gastric reflux. Treatment of
regurgitation.
4.2 Posology and method of adminstration
For oral administration, after being thoroughly chewed.
Adults and children over 12 years: One or two tablets after meals and at bedtime.
Elderly: No dose modification is required in this age group.
Children 6 to 12 years: One tablet after meals and at bedtime.
Children 2 to 6 years: Should be given only on medical advice. Dose - one tablet after meals and at bedtime.
Infants: Not recommended.
4.3 Contraindications
None known.
4.4 Special warnings and special precautions for use
Sodium content of a tablet is 47 mg (2.04 mmol). This should be taken into account when a highly restricted salt diet i
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