Senokot Dual Relief tablets

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Taraxacum; Fennel; Cape aloes; Cascara; Senna leaf powdered

Available from:

Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Ltd

ATC code:

n/a

INN (International Name):

Taraxacum; Fennel; Cape aloes; Cascara; Senna leaf powdered

Dosage:

30mg ; 15mg ; 45mg ; 30mg ; 100mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral tablet

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Never Valid To Prescribe As A VMP

Product summary:

BNF: ; GTIN: 5000158066403 5000158066397

Summary of Product characteristics

OBJECT 1
SENOKOT DUAL RELIEF TABLETS
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 17-Oct-2016 | Reckitt
Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Ltd
1. Name of the medicinal product
Potter's Cleansing Herb Tablets
Senokot Dual Relief Tablets
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Each tablet contains: -
100 mg Senna Leaf Tinnevelly (_Cassia angustifolia Vahl_)
45 mg Cape Aloes (_Aloe ferox _Mill)
30 mg Cascara Bark (_Rhamnus purshianus_ D.C.)
30 mg Dandelion Root (_Taraxacum officinale _F.H. Wigg)
15 mg Fennel Fruit (_Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce_ Miller)
Excipient(s):
Each tablet contains 100 mg of sucrose.(See section 4.4 Special
warnings and precautions for use.)
For full list of excipients see Section 6.1.
3. Pharmaceutical form
Tablet.
A brownish olive-green round biconvex tablet.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
A traditional herbal medicinal product used for the short-term relief
of occasional constipation and
bloating, based on traditional use only.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
For oral use.
Adults, the elderly: Take one or two tablets at bedtime when
necessary.
Normally it is sufficient to take this medicinal product up to 2 to 3
times per week. Not recommended for
use in children and adolescents underr 18 years of age (see section
4.3 Contraindications).
Duration of use:
Use for more than 1 - 2 weeks requires medical supervision.
If there is no bowel movement after three days a doctor should be
consulted.
If laxatives are needed every day, or abdominal pain persists 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
Known hypersensitivity to any of the active substances or to Apiaceae
(Umbelliferae) (ANISEED, CARAWAY,
CELERY, CORIANDER AND DILL), anethole or to plants of the Asteraceae
(Compositae) family.
Cases of intestinal obstructions and stenosis, atony, appendicitis,
inflammatory colon diseases (e.g.
Croh