Ephedrine hydrochloride 15mg tablets

Țară: Regatul Unit

Limbă: engleză

Sursă: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Ingredient activ:

Ephedrine hydrochloride

Disponibil de la:

DE Pharmaceuticals

Codul ATC:

R03CA02

INN (nume internaţional):

Ephedrine hydrochloride

Dozare:

15mg

Forma farmaceutică:

Oral tablet

Calea de administrare:

Oral

Clasă:

No Controlled Drug Status

Tip de prescriptie medicala:

Valid as a prescribable product

Rezumat produs:

BNF: 03010102

Prospect

PACKAGE LEAFLET
INFORMATION FOR THE USER
EPHEDRINE HYDROCHLORIDE
15MG, 30MG AND 60MG
TABLETS
EPHEDRINE HYDROCHLORIDE
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY
BEFORE YOU START USING THIS
MEDICINE.
- Keep this leaflet. You may need
to read it again.
- If you have further questions,
please ask your doctor
or pharmacist.
- This medicine has been
prescribed for you personally and
you should not pass it on to
others. It may harm them, even if
their symptoms are the
same as yours.
- If any of the side effects get
serious, or if you notice any side
effects not listed in this leaflet,
please tell your doctor or
pharmacist.
The name of your medicine is
Ephedrine Hydrochloride 15mg,
30mg or 60mg Tablets. In the rest
of this leaflet it is called Ephedrine
Tablets.
IN THIS LEAFLET:
1. What Ephedrine Tablets are and
what they are used for
2. Before you take Ephedrine
Tablets
3. How to take Ephedrine Tablets
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Ephedrine Tablets
6. Further information
1. WHAT EPHEDRINE
TABLETS ARE AND
WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR
The active ingredient in Ephedrine
Tablets is ephedrine hydrochloride,
which belongs to a group of
medicines called bronchodilators,
which open up the airways in your
lungs and prevent or relieve
wheezing.
Ephedrine Tablets are used to
prevent or relieve wheezing
associated with asthma.
2. BEFORE YOU TAKE
EPHEDRINE TABLETS
DO NOT TAKE EPHEDRINE TABLETS
IF YOU:
• are allergic to ephedrine
hydrochloride or any of the
other ingredients contained in
Ephedrine Tablets (see list under
heading ‘What Ephedrine Tablets
contain’ in section 6)
• have coronary heart disease with
narrowing of the blood vessels
that supply blood and oxygen to
the heart
• suffer from high blood pressure
• have an overactive thyroid gland
• have an enlarged prostate gland
• are being treated for depression
with monoamine oxidase
inhibitors (MAOIs) or have only
recently stopped taking them
(within the last two weeks)
If any of the above statements
apply to you, you should not take
Ephedrine Tablets.
THE TABLETS