Senna 7.5mg tablets 12 Years Plus

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Senna fruit

Available from:

Almus Pharmaceuticals Ltd

ATC code:

A06AB06

INN (International Name):

Senna fruit

Dosage:

7.5mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral tablet

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 01060200

Patient Information leaflet

PL & PRODUCT NAME: PL00014/5375R BOOTS NATURAL SENNA LAXATIVE
TABLETS\SENNA
LAXATIVE TABLETS\ ALMUS SENNA 7.5 MG TABLETS
REASON FOR CHANGE: Update to Famar name and postcode
INTERNALLY APPROVED
Version: 3
Date: 27/09/2018
INFORMATION FOR THE USER
Senna 7.5 mg Tablets
(SENNA FRUIT)
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT
INFORMATION FOR YOU.
Always take this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as
your doctor, pharmacist or
nurse has told you.
•
Keep this leaflet, you may need to read it again
•
Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice
•
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
This includes any
possible side effects not listed in this leaflet
•
You must talk to a doctor if you do not feel better or if you feel
worse
WHAT THIS MEDICINE IS FOR
This medicine contains Sennosides which are natural laxatives for
short term relief of
occasional constipation. This medicine does not help with weight loss.
BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS MEDICINE
This medicine can be taken by adults and children of 6 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 ARE ALLERGIC to any of the ingredients (see “What is in this
medicine”)
•
IF YOU HAVE BLOCKAGE or narrowing of the gastro-intestinal tract or
bowel (ileus, intestinal
obstruction or stenosis)
•
IF YOU HAVE PARALYSIS or lack of muscle tone in the bowel (atony)
•
IF YOU HAVE APPENDICITIS, inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn’s
disease or
ulcerative colitis
•
IF YOU HAVE PERSISTANT OR UNDIAGNOSED STOMACH COMPLAINTS such as
stomach pain,
nausea and vomiting as well as constipation
•
IF YOU HAVE KIDNEY OR HEART PROBLEMS
•
IF YOU ARE SEVERELY DEHYDRATED
•
IF YOU HAVE FAECAL IMPACTATION or rectal bleeding for which you
don’t know the cause or
blood in your stools
•
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN A LAXATIVE and are still constipated
•
IF YOU HAVE HAD A SUDDEN CHANGE IN BOWEL H

Summary of Product characteristics

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Boots Senna Adult Laxative 7.5 mg Tablets
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains Alexandrian Senna fruit (_Cassia senna _ L. (_C.
acutifolia _
Delile)
fruit)
corresponding
to
7.5
mg
hydroxyanthracene
glycosides,
calculated as sennoside B
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Tablet
A plain greenish-brown round tablet
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
For short term relief of occasional constipation.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
For oral use only.
Adults and the elderly: 1 to 2 tablets to be taken at bedtime.
Should not be used in children or adolescents under the age of 18
years.
The maximum daily dose of hydroxyanthracene glycosides is 15 mg. This
is
equivalent to 2 tablets. The correct individual dose is the smallest
required to
produce a comfortable soft-formed motion.
The dose should be decreased as the bowel habit becomes regular.
Duration of use
Not to be used for more than 1 week. Usually it is sufficient to take
this
medicinal product up to two to three times during that week.
If there is no bowel movement after three days a doctor should be
consulted.
If the symptoms persist during the use of the medicinal product, a
doctor or a
pharmacist should be consulted.
See also section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients.
Cases of intestinal obstructions and stenosis, atony, appendicitis,
inflammatory
colon diseases (e.g. Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis) abdominal
pain of
unknown origin, severe dehydration state with water and electrolyte
depletion.
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
Do not exceed the stated dose.
Should not be used in children or adolescents under the age of 18
years.
Long-term use of stimulant laxatives should be avoided, as use for
more than a
brief period of treatment may lead to impaired function of the
intestine and
dependence on laxatives. If laxatives are needed every day the cause
of the
consti