Bisacodyl 5mg gastro-resistant tablets

Valsts: Lielbritānija

Valoda: angļu

Klimata pārmaiņas: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

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Lietošanas instrukcija Lietošanas instrukcija (PIL)
01-04-2018
Produkta apraksts Produkta apraksts (SPC)
01-05-2020

Aktīvā sastāvdaļa:

Bisacodyl

Pieejams no:

Teva UK Ltd

ATĶ kods:

A06AB02

SNN (starptautisko nepatentēto nosaukumu):

Bisacodyl

Deva:

5mg

Zāļu forma:

Gastro-resistant tablet

Ievadīšanas:

Oral

Klase:

No Controlled Drug Status

Receptes veids:

Valid as a prescribable product

Produktu pārskats:

BNF: 01060200

Lietošanas instrukcija

                                PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION LEAFLET FOR THE USER
Bisacodyl 5mg Gastro-resistant Tablets
(Bisacodyl)
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this
medicine because it contains important
information for you. Always use this medicine exactly as described in
this leaflet or as your doctor or
pharmacist 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 or pharmacist. This
includes any possible side effects not listed
in this leaflet. See section 4.
•
You must talk to a doctor if you do not feel better or if you feel
worse after 5 days of treatment.
What is in this leaflet
1.
What Bisacodyl is and what it is used for
2.
What you need to know before you take Bisacodyl
3.
How to take Bisacodyl
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Bisacodyl
6.
Contents of the pack and other information
1. WHAT BISACODYL IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
•
Bisacodyl 5mg Gastro-resistant tablets contain a medicine called
bisacodyl. This belongs to a group of
medicines called laxatives.
•
Bisacodyl is used for the short-term relief from occasional
constipation.
•
Bisacodyl can also be used in a hospital to empty a person’s bowel
before child birth, surgery or radiological
investigations.
•
Bisacodyl gently stimulate the muscles of the bowel (large intestine).
This brings predictable, overnight relief
from constipation.
•
Bisacodyl 5mg Gastro-resistant Tablets have a special coating that
helps to ensure the medicine works only
where it is needed.
•
Bisacodyl 5mg Gastro-resistant Tablets do not help with weight loss.
What is constipation?
Normal and regular bowel movement is important for most people.
However, what is ‘normal and regular’ varies
from person to person. Some may have a bowel movement every day,
others less often. Whatever it is like for you,
it is best that your bowel movement has a regular pattern.
•
Constipation is an occasional problem for some people. For oth
                                
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                                SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Bisacodyl 5 mg, gastro-resistant tablets
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains Bisacodyl 5 mg.
Excipients: This product contains 64.42 mg lactose monohydrate, 53.00
mg sucrose
and
0.04 mg tartrazine lake (E102) per tablet.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Gastro-resistant tablets for oral administration.
Yellow shiny biconvex sugar coated and enteric coated tablet.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
For short-term relief of occasional constipation.
Constipation, either chronic or of recent onset,
whenever a stimulant laxative
is required.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Posology
ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION:
Oral.
Short-term treatment for constipation:
_Adults and children over 12 years_: 1 – 2 tablets (5 – 10 mg)
daily._ _
It is recommended to start with the lowest dose. The dose might be
adjusted
up to the maximum recommended dose to produce regular stools. The
maximum daily dose should not be exceeded.
In the management of constipation, once regularity has been restarted
dosage
should be reduced and can usually be stopped.
Bisacodyl 5 mg gastro-resistant tablets should not be used in children
and
adolescents under the age of 12 years .
Method of administration
They should be swallowed whole with an adequate amount of fluid.
The coated tablets should not be taken together with products which
reduce
the acidity of the upper gastrointestinal tract, such as milk,
antacids or proton
pump inhibitors, in order not to prematurely dissolve the enteric
coating.
No specific information on the use of this product in the elderly is
available.
Clinical trials have included patients over 65 years and no adverse
reactions
specific to this age group have been reported
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Bisacodyl 5 mg, gastro-resistant tablets are contrainidicated in
patients with
ileus, intestinal obstruction, acute abdominal conditions including
appendicitis, acute inflammatory bow
                                
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