Beechams Cold & Flu capsules

देश: यूनाइटेड किंगडम

भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी

स्रोत: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

सक्रिय संघटक:

Paracetamol; Caffeine; Phenylephrine hydrochloride

थमां उपलब्ध:

Haleon UK Ltd

ए.टी.सी कोड:

N02BE51

INN (इंटरनेशनल नाम):

Paracetamol; Caffeine; Phenylephrine hydrochloride

डोज़:

300mg ; 25mg ; 5mg

फार्मास्यूटिकल फॉर्म:

Oral capsule

प्रशासन का मार्ग:

Oral

वर्ग:

No Controlled Drug Status

प्रिस्क्रिप्शन प्रकार:

Never Valid To Prescribe As A VMP

उत्पाद समीक्षा:

BNF: 04070100; GTIN: 0000050135516 0000050135288

सूचना पत्रक

PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET
BEECHAMS DECONGESTANT PLUS WITH PARACETAMOL
Paracetamol, Phenylephrine, Caffeine
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 Decongestant Plus
with Paracetamol 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 Decongestant Plus with Paracetamol do
2.
Check before you take Beechams Decongestant Plus with Paracetamol
3.
How to take Beechams Decongestant Plus with Paracetamol
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Beechams Decongestant Plus with Paracetamol
6.
Further information
1.
WHAT BEECHAMS DECONGESTANT PLUS WITH PARACETAMOL DO
BEECHAMS DECONGESTANT PLUS WITH PARACETAMOL ARE 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. The 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.
Caffeine acts as a mild
stimulant.
2.
CHECK BEFORE YOU TAKE BEECHAMS DECONGESTANT PLUS WITH PARACETAMOL
DO NOT TAKE BEECHAMS DECONGESTANT PLUS WITH PARACETAMOL:
•
IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION to paracetamol,
phenylephrine hydrochloride, caffeine or
any of the other ingredients (listed in Section 6)
•
if you have LIVER or KIDNEY 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
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उत्पाद विशेषताएं

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Beechams Powders Capsules/Beechams Decongestant Plus With
Paracetamol/Beechams Cold & Flu Capsules
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS
MG / CAPSULE
Paracetamol
300.00
Caffeine
25.00
Phenylephrine Hydrochloride
5.00
Excipients with known effect:
Lactose
For full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Capsule
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Symptomatic relief of symptoms of influenza, feverishness, chills and
colds
including feverish colds.
The symptomatic relief of nasal congestion and difficult breathing
arising
from this, sinusitis and its associated pain, acute nasal catarrh.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Adults (including elderly) and children aged 16 years and over:
2 capsules every 4 to 6 hours as required, but no more than 12
capsules in any
24 hours.
Do not take continuously for more than 7 days without medical advice
Do not exceed the stated dose.
Use the lowest amount needed to achieve benefit for the shortest
duration of
treatment.
Not recommended for children under the age of 16 years.
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Concomitant use of other sympathomimetic decongestants
Phaeochromocytoma
Closed angle glaucoma
Known hypersensitivity to paracetamol or any of the other ingredients.
Hepatic or severe renal impairment, hypertension, hyperthyroidism,
diabetes,
and heart disease.
Patients taking tricyclic antidepressants, or beta blocking drugs and
those who
are taking or who have taken within the last two weeks monoamine
oxidase
inhibitors (see section 4.5).
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
Contains paracetamol. Patients should be advised not to take other
paracetamol-containing products concurrently. The concomitant use with
other
products containing paracetamol may lead to an overdose. Paracetamol
overdose may cause liver failure which may require liver transplant or
lead to
death. Concomitant use of other decongestants or cold and flu
medicines
should be avoid