Ibuprofen 100mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Ibuprofen

Available from:

Pinewood Healthcare

ATC code:

M01AE01

INN (International Name):

Ibuprofen

Dosage:

20mg/1ml

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral suspension

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 10010100; GTIN: 5099186002996 5099186003719 5099186002941 5099186002934

Patient Information leaflet

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PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET
IBUPROFEN 100 MG/5 ML ORAL SUSPENSION IBUPROFEN 100 MG/5 ML
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT
INFORMATION FOR YOU.
This medicine is available without prescription. However, you still
need to give Ibuprofen Oral Suspension to your
child carefully to get the best results from it.
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Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
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You must contact a doctor if your child’s symptoms worsen or do not
improve after a few days.
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If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side
effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell
your doctor or pharmacist.
IN THIS LEAFLET:
1.
What Ibuprofen is and what it is used for
2.
What you need to know before you give Ibuprofen
3.
How to give Ibuprofen
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Ibuprofen
6.
Contents of the pack and other information
1.
WHAT IBUPROFEN IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Ibuprofen 100 mg/5 ml Oral Suspension (“Ibuprofen”) contains
ibuprofen as the active ingredient. This belongs to
a group of medicines called NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS
(NSAIDS). Ibuprofen is given to children as
a pain reliever for relief of mild to moderate muscular pain,
headache, earache, sore throat, dental pain and
backache. This medicine can also be used in minor injuries such as
sprains and strains. It also reduces
temperature in fever (e.g. post-immunisation fever), as well as other
symptoms of cold and influenza.
2.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GIVE IBUPROFEN
DO NOT GIVE THIS MEDICINE IF YOUR CHILD:
•
has an allergy or hypersensitivity to ibuprofen or any of the other
ingredients in this medicine
_(see Section _
_ _
_6 and end of Section 2: Important information about ingredients)._
•
has had an allergic reaction or wheezing after taking aspirin or other
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
painkillers.
_(Symptoms of a rare allergic reaction are given under Section 4:
Possible side effects)._
•
has ever had a stomach

Summary of Product characteristics

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IBUPROFEN 100 MG/5 ML ORAL SUSPENSION
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 06-Mar-2017 | Pinewood
Healthcare
1. Name of the medicinal product
Ibuprofen 100mg/5ml Oral Suspension
Tesco Children's Ibuprofen 100mg/5ml Oral Suspension
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Ibuprofen 100 mg / 5ml
For excipients - see section 6.1
3. Pharmaceutical form
Oral Suspension
Sugar Free, Colour Free and Strawberry Flavour
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Prescription and OTC: Ibuprofen 100 mg / 5 ml Oral Suspension is used
as an analgesic for relief of mild
to moderate muscular pain, post-immunisation pyrexia, symptomatic
relief of headache, earache, dental
pain and backache. It can also be used in minor injuries such as
sprains and strains. Ibuprofen 100 mg / 5
ml Oral Suspension is effective in the relief of feverishness and
symptoms of colds and influenza.
Prescription Only: Ibuprofen 100 mg / 5 ml Oral Suspension is
indicated for its analgesic and anti-
inflammatory effects in the treatment of dysmenorrhoea, neuralgia,
post–operative pain, rheumatoid
arthritis (including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or Still's
disease), ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis
and other non-rheumatoid (seronegative) arthropathies.
In the treatment of non-articular rheumatic conditions, Ibuprofen 100
mg / 5 ml Oral Suspension is
indicated for periarticular conditions such as frozen shoulder
(capsulitis), bursitis, tendonitis,
tenosynovitis and low back pain. Ibuprofen 100 mg / 5 ml Oral
Suspension can also be used in soft tissue
injuries such as sprains and strains.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
For oral administration and short-term use only.
_Adults, the elderly and children over 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). The patient should
consult a doctor if symptoms persist
or worsen, or if the product is required for more than 10 days.
ADULTS, THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN OVE