Country: New Zealand
Language: English
Source: Medsafe (Medicines Safety Authority)
Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg
AFT Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Promethazine hydrochloride 25 mg
25 mg
Film coated tablet
Active: Promethazine hydrochloride 25mg Excipient: Hypromellose Methocel A 15 LV Lake Brilliant Blue Lactose monohydrate Macrogol 6000 Magnesium stearate Purified talc Purified water Titanium dioxide
Blister pack, Al-Amber PVC/PVDC blister in a cardboard carton, 20 tablets
Restricted
Restricted
Harika Drugs Pvt Ltd
1. Treatment of allergic conditions including some allergic reactions to drugs, urticaria and allergic contact dermatitis, and allergic reactions to insect bites and stings 2. Relief of excessive secretion in the upper respiratory tract as a result of hayfever and allergic rhinitis 3. Anti-emetic for vomiting from various causes including post-operative vomiting, irradiation sickness, drug induced nausea and motion sickness 4. Sedation - for short term use in adults under the advice of a doctor or pharmacist, Do not use for more than 7-10 consecutive days 5. Promethazine has sedative effects and can be used in the symptomatic management of measles and chickenpox. 6. Promethazine can be used as a pre-anaesthetic medication for the prevention and control of post-operative vomiting.
Package - Contents - Shelf Life: Blister pack, Al-Amber PVC/PVDC blister in a cardboard carton - 20 tablets - 36 months from date of manufacture stored at or below 30°C - Blister pack, Al-Amber PVC/PVDC blister in a cardboard carton - 50 tablets - 36 months from date of manufacture stored at or below 30°C
2005-06-15
Page 1 of 7 NEW ZEALAND DATA SHEET 1. ALLERSOOTHE TABLETS Allersoothe 10 and 25 mg tablets 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Allersoothe 10 mg tablets: each tablet contains 10 mg of promethazine hydrochloride. Allersoothe 25 mg tablets: each tablet contains 25 mg of promethazine hydrochloride. Excipients with known effect: For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Tablets Allersoothe 10 mg tablets are light blue, round, biconvex, film-coated tablets. They contain 10 mg promethazine hydrochloride. Allersoothe 25 mg tablets are light blue, round, biconvex, film-coated tablets. They contain 25 mg promethazine hydrochloride. 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS 1. Treatment of allergic conditions including some allergic reactions to drugs, urticaria and allergic contact dermatitis, and allergic reactions to insect bites and stings 2. Relief of excessive secretion in the upper respiratory tract as a result of hayfever and allergic rhinitis 3. Anti-emetic for vomiting from various causes including post-operative vomiting, irradiation sickness, drug induced nausea and motion sickness 4. Sedation - for short term use in adults under the advice of a doctor or pharmacist. Do not use for more than 7-10 consecutive days 5. Promethazine can be used as a pre-anaesthetic medication for the prevention and control of post- operative vomiting. 4.2 DOSE AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Do not break the tablets. Dose Allersoothe should not be used in children less than two years of age. The dosage varies according to the condition being treated and the patient’s response: _Allergic disorders_ Children 2-5 years of age: Please use Allersoothe Elixir. Page 2 of 7 Children 6-12 years of age: 10-25 mg as a single dose at night or 10 mg 2-3 times daily. Children over 12 years and adults: 25-75 mg as a single dose at night or 10-20 mg 2-3 times daily. _ _ _Sedation_ Give as a single dose at night. Adults: 25-75 mg _Travel sickness_ To be taken the night before travel and repeated after Read the complete document