Țară: Irlanda
Limbă: engleză
Sursă: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
FLUMAZENIL
Teva Pharma B.V.
V03AB25
FLUMAZENIL
0.1 Mg/Ml
Solution for Injection and Concentrate for Infusion
Product subject to prescription which may not be renewed (A)
Antidotes
Authorised
2009-03-13
1 PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER FLUMAZENIL TEVA 0.1 MG/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION/INFUSION flumazenil READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START USING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. - Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. - If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. - If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What Flumazenil Teva is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you are given Flumazenil Teva 3. How to use Flumazenil Teva 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Flumazenil Teva 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT FLUMAZENIL TEVA IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Flumazenil Teva contains a medicine called flumazenil. It is used to wake you up after you have been made sleepy by a medicine called a ‘benzodiazepine’. Flumazenil Teva reverses the effects of the ‘benzodiazepine’ medicine. It is used to: - wake you up after an operation or medical test - help you to breathe for yourself and wake up if you have been on a ventilator in intensive care - reverse any unexpected effects of benzodiazepine treatment - treat benzodiazepine overdose - help find the reason for loss of consciousness in unconscious patients. Flumazenil Teva is also used in children (more than 1 year old) to wake them up after they have been given a ‘benzodiazepine’ medicine to make them sleepy during a medical procedure. 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU ARE GIVEN FLUMAZENIL TEVA YOU MUST NOT BE GIVEN FLUMAZENIL TEVA: - if you are allergic to flumazenil or any of the other ingredients of this me Citiți documentul complet
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Flumazenil Teva 0.1 mg/ml Solution for Injection/Infusion 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each ml contains 0.1 mg flumazenil. 1 ampoule with 5 ml contains 0.5 mg flumazenil. 1 ampoule with 10 ml contains 1 mg flumazenil. Excipient(s) with known effect: This medicinal product contains 9.3 mg sodium chloride per ml (3.7 mg sodium per ml). For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Solution for injection. Concentrate for solution for infusion. A clear, almost colourless solution, free from foreign matter. The pH of the solution is 3.5–4.5 and the osmolality of the solution is approximately 300 mOsmol/kg. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Flumazenil Teva is indicated for the complete or partial reversal of the central sedative effects of benzodiazepines. It may therefore be used in anaesthesia and in the intensive care in the following situations: In anaesthesia - Termination of hypnosedative effects in general anaesthesia induced and/or maintained with benzodiazepines in hospitalized patients. - Reversal of benzodiazepine sedation in short-term diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in ambulatory and hospitalized patients. - Reversal of paradoxical reactions due to benzodiazepines. - For the reversal of conscious sedation induced with benzodiazepines in children > 1 year of age. In intensive care - For the specific reversal of the central effects of benzodiazepines, in order to restore spontaneous respiration. - For diagnosis and/or management of deliberate or accidental benzodiazepine overdosage with only or mainly benzodiazepines. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Flumazenil Teva must be administered intravenously by an anaesthetist or a doctor with experience Citiți documentul complet