Hydrocortone 20mg tablets

País: Reino Unido

Língua: inglês

Origem: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Ingredientes ativos:

Hydrocortisone

Disponível em:

Auden McKenzie (Pharma Division) Ltd

Código ATC:

H02AB09

DCI (Denominação Comum Internacional):

Hydrocortisone

Dosagem:

20mg

Forma farmacêutica:

Oral tablet

Via de administração:

Oral

Classe:

No Controlled Drug Status

Tipo de prescrição:

Valid as a prescribable product

Resumo do produto:

BNF: 06030200

Folheto informativo - Bula

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1.
What Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets are
and what are they used for
Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets contain a medicine
called hydrocortisone. This belongs to a group of
medicines called ‘steroids’. Their full name is
corticosteroids. These corticosteroids occur naturally
in the body, and help to maintain health and
well-being. Boosting your body with extra corticosteroid
(such as Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets) is an effective
way to treat various illnesses involving inflammation in
the body.
Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets reduce this
inflammation, which could otherwise go on making
your condition worse. You must take this medicine
regularly to get maximum benefit from it.
Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets are used for:
•
adding hydrocortisone usually made naturally in the
body because part of the adrenal gland is not
working properly
•
adding hydrocortisone after injuries, surgery or other
stressful events
• some other types of illness.
Ask your doctor to explain why you have been given
Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets if you are unsure.
2. Before taking Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets
Before you take Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets
Check with your doctor first if
• You have ever had severe depression or manic
depression (bipolar disorder). This includes having
had depression before or while taking steroid
medicines like Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets.
• any of your close family has had these illnesses.
If either of these applies to you, talk to a doctor
before taking Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets.
Do not take Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets if you:
• are allergic (hypersensitive) to hydrocortisone or any
of the other ingredients of Hydrocortisone Accord
Tablets
• have thrush, candida or any other fungal infection.
If you are not sure talk to your doctor or pharmacist
before taking Hydrocortisone Accord Tablets.
Take special care with Hydrocortisone Accord
Tablets
Check with your doctor before taking your medicine if:
• you have recently had a heart attack
•
you have a heart co

Características técnicas

OBJECT 1
HYDROCORTISONE 20MG TABLETS
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 21-May-2018 | Auden
Mckenzie (Pharma Division) Ltd (a
subsidiary of Actavis PLC)
1. Name of the medicinal product
Hydrocortisone 20mg Tablets
Hydrocortone 20mg Tablets
Hydrocortisone Accord 20mg Tablets
Hitoden 20mg Tablets
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
20mg tablet: 20mg hydrocortisone
3. Pharmaceutical form
Tablets
20mg tablets: white, half-scored tablets, marked 'HYD 20'. The tablet
can be divided into equal doses.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Corticosteroid
For use as replacement therapy in primary, secondary, or acute
adrenocortical insufficiency.
Pre-operatively, and during serious trauma or illness in patients with
known adrenal insufficiency or
doubtful adrenocortical reserve.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
Dosage must be individualised according to the response of the
individual patient. The lowest possible
dosage should be used. Doses should be multiples of 10 (i.e. 10mg,
20mg, 30mg, etc).
Patients should be observed closely for signs that might require
dosage adjustment, including changes in
clinical status resulting from remissions or exacerbations of the
disease, individual drug responsiveness,
and the effect of stress (e.g. surgery, infection, trauma). During
stress it may be necessary to increase the
dosage temporarily.
To avoid hypoadrenalism and/or a relapse of the underlying disease, it
may be necessary to withdraw the
drug gradually (see 4.4 'Special warnings and precautions for use').
In chronic adrenocortical insufficiency, a dosage of 20 to 30mg a day
is usually recommended, sometimes
together with 4-6 g of sodium chloride or 50-300 micrograms of
fludrocortisone daily.
When immediate support is mandatory, one of the soluble adrenocortical
hormone preparations (eg
dexamethasone sodium phosphate), which may be effective within minutes
after parenteral
administration, can be life-saving.
_Use in children_: In chronic adrenocortical insufficiency, the dosage
should be ap