Beechams Flu-Plus Hot Berry Fruits oral powder sachets

מדינה: הממלכה המאוחדת

שפה: אנגלית

מקור: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

מרכיב פעיל:

Phenylephrine hydrochloride; Paracetamol; Ascorbic acid

זמין מ:

Haleon UK Ltd

קוד ATC:

N02BE51

INN (שם בינלאומי):

Phenylephrine hydrochloride; Paracetamol; Ascorbic acid

כמות:

10mg ; 1gram ; 70mg

טופס פרצבטיות:

Powder for oral solution

מסלול נתינה (של תרופות):

Oral

סיווג:

No Controlled Drug Status

סוג מרשם:

Never Valid To Prescribe As A VMP

leaflet_short:

BNF: 04070100; GTIN: 5000347020971

עלון מידע

FLU PLUS
FLU PLUS
FLU PLUS
FLU PLUS
_Paracetamol, Phenylephrine, Vitamin C_
_HOT BERRY FRUITS_
PLEASE READ RIGHT THROUGH THIS LEAFLET BEFORE YOU START USING THIS
MEDICINE.
This medicine is available without prescription, but you still need to
use
Beechams Flu Plus Hot Berry Fruits carefully to get the best results
from it.
•
Keep this leaflet you may need to read it again.
•
If you have any questions, or if there is anything you do
not understand, ask your pharmacist.
IN THIS LEAFLET:
1. What Beechams Flu Plus does
2. Check before you take Beechams Flu Plus
3. How to take Beechams Flu Plus
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Beechams Flu Plus
6. Further information
1. What Beechams Flu Plus does
BEECHAMS FLU PLUS IS USED FOR THE SHORT TERM RELIEF OF THE SYMPTOMS OF
FLU,
COLDS AND CHILLS. These symptoms include headache, shivers, aches and
pains,
blocked nose and painful sinuses, catarrh and sore throat.
This medicine contains three active ingredients. Paracetamol is a
painkiller
and reduces your temperature when you have a fever. Phenylephrine
hydrochloride is a decongestant which unblocks your nose and sinuses
helping you breathe more easily. Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is a common
ingredient of cold and flu products. It is included to help replace
vitamin C
which may be lost in the initial stages of cold and flu.
2. Check before you take Beechams Flu Plus
DO NOT TAKE BEECHAMS FLU PLUS:
• IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION to paracetamol,
phenylephrine
hydrochloride, ascorbic acid or any of the other ingredients (listed
in Section 6)
•
if you have KIDNEY OR LIVER PROBLEMS, OVERACTIVE THYROID, DIABETES,
HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE or HEART DISEASE
• if you have PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA or GLAUCOMA
• if you are taking TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS (e.g. imipramine or
amitriptyline)
or if you are taking or have taken within the last two weeks MONOAMINE
OXIDASE INHIBITORS (MAOIs) (e.g. moclobemide) prescribed for
DEPRESSION
•
if you are taking BETA BLOCKERS.
DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING ELSE CONTAINING PARACETAMOL WHIL

מאפייני מוצר

OBJECT 1
BEECHAMS FLU-PLUS HOT BERRY FRUITS
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 22-Feb-2017 |
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
1. Name of the medicinal product
Beechams Flu-Plus Hot Berry Fruits
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS
MG / 6.427 G POWDER
Paracetamol
1000
Ascorbic Acid
70
Phenylephrine Hydrochloride
10
3. Pharmaceutical form
Powder
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Short term symptomatic relief of symptoms of influenza, feverishness,
chills and colds including
headache, sore throat pain, aches and pains, nasal congestion,
sinusitis and its associated pain, and acute
nasal catarrh.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
DIRECTIONS FOR USE
Empty contents of sachet into a beaker. Half fill with very hot water.
Stir well. Add cold water as
necessary and sugar if desired.
RECOMMENDED DOSE AND DOSAGE SCHEDULE
ADULTS (INCLUDING ELDERLY) AND CHILDREN AGED 16 YEARS AND OVER:
The contents of one sachet to be taken every four to six hours as
necessary, up to a maximum of four
sachets in any 24 hours.
The product should not be used continuously for more than seven days
without medical advice.
Not to be given to children under 16 years of age, except on medical
advice.
4.3 Contraindications
Known hypersensitivity to paracetamol or any of the other
constituents.
Concomitant use of other sympathomimetic decongestants
Phaeochromocytoma
Closed angle glaucoma
Hepatic or severe renal impairment, hypertension, hyperthyroidism,
diabetes, heart disease. Patients
taking tricyclic antidepressants or beta-blocking drugs and those
patients who are taking or have taken
within the last two weeks, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (see section
4.5).
4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
Care is advised in the administration of paracetamol to patients with
severe renal or severe hepatic
impairment. The hazard of overdose is greater in those with
non-cirrhotic alcoholic liver disease.
Medical advice should be sought before taking this product in patients
with these condit