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Hydrocortisone
DE Pharmaceuticals
H02AB09
Hydrocortisone
10mg
Oral tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 06030200
continued....please turn over 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 Citiți documentul complet
OBJECT 1 HYDROCORTISONE 10MG TABLETS Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 05-Aug-2019 | Auden Mckenzie (Pharma Division) Ltd (a subsidiary of Actavis PLC) • 1. Name of the medicinal product • 2. Qualitative and quantitative composition • 3. Pharmaceutical form • 4. Clinical particulars • 4.1 Therapeutic indications • 4.2 Posology and method of administration • 4.3 Contraindications • 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use • 4.5 Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction • 4.6 Fertility, pregnancy and lactation • 4.7 Effects on ability to drive and use machines • 4.8 Undesirable effects • 4.9 Overdose • 5. Pharmacological properties • 5.1 Pharmacodynamic properties • 5.2 Pharmacokinetic properties • 5.3 Preclinical safety data • 6. Pharmaceutical particulars • 6.1 List of excipients • 6.2 Incompatibilities • 6.3 Shelf life • 6.4 Special precautions for storage • 6.5 Nature and contents of container • 6.6 Special precautions for disposal and other handling • 7. Marketing authorisation holder • 8. Marketing authorisation number(s) • 9. Date of first authorisation/renewal of the authorisation • 10. Date of revision of the text 1. Name of the medicinal product Hydrocortisone 10mg Tablets Hydrocortone 10mg Tablets Hydrocortisone Accord 10mg Tablets Hitoden 10mg Tablets 2. Qualitative and quantitative composition 10mg tablet: 10mg hydrocortisone 3. Pharmaceutical form Tablets 10mg tablets: white, quarter-scored tablets, marked 'HYD 10'. The tablet can be divided into equal halves or quarters 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 Posology Dosage must be individualised according to the response of the individual patient. The lowest Citiți documentul complet