Krajina: Spojené kráľovstvo
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
Baclofen
Mawdsley-Brooks & Company Ltd
M03BX01
Baclofen
10mg
Oral tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 10020200
BACLOFEN 10 MG TABLETS BACLOFEN READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING 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 or pharmacist. • This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours. • 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. 1. What Baclofen is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you take Baclofen 3. How to take Baclofen 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Baclofen 6. Contents of the pack and other information WHAT BACLOFEN IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Your doctor has decided that you or your child needs this medicine to help treat your condition. Baclofen is a muscle relaxant that acts on the central nervous system. Baclofen Tablets are used: • to treat muscle rigidity caused by brain injury • to reduce and relieve cramping, muscle rigidity, the excessive tension in your muscles (spasms) occurring in various illnesses such as cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, cerebrovascular accidents, spinal cord diseases, injuries to the spinal cord and other nervous system disorders. Your doctor may sometimes prescribe these tablets for other reasons. If you have any questions ask your doctor or pharmacist for information. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE BACLOFEN DO NOT TAKE BACLOFEN IF YOU: • are allergic to baclofen or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6). • suffer from stomach ulcers. CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: Baclofen tablets are not suitable for use in children under 33 kg body weight. WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST BEFORE TAKING BACLOFEN IF YOU: • suffer from schizophrenia, psychotic, depressive or manic disorders (any mental illness) • suffer from Parkinson’s disea Prečítajte si celý dokument
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT BACLOFEN TABLETS BP 10mg 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each tablet contains 10mg Baclofen PhEur. Excipient with known effect:_ _Lactose PhEur 89.50mg _ _ For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM White to off-white uncoated tablets. White to off-white, circular, biconvex uncoated tablets impressed “C” on one face, and the identifying letters “B” “L” on either side of a central division line on the reverse. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Baclofen is indicated for: 1) The relief of spasticity of voluntary muscle resulting from disorders such as multiple sclerosis and other spinal lesions, including tumours of the spinal cord, motor neurone disease, syringomyelia, transverse myelitis and traumatic partial section of the spinal cord. 2) Adults and children in the relief of spasticity of voluntary muscle arising from conditions such as cerebral palsy, cerebrovascular accidents, traumatic head injury and meningitis. Treatment with Baclofen should not be initiated until the spastic state has become stabilised and it should be administered selectively; it is most likely to be of benefit to patients whose spasticity constitutes a handicap to activities or physiotherapy. Treatment should not be commenced until the spastic state has become stabilised. Paediatric population Baclofen is indicated in patients 0 to <18 years for the symptomatic treatment of spasticity of cerebral origin, especially where due to infantile cerebral palsy, as well as following cerebrovascular accidents or in the presence of neoplastic or degenerative brain disease. Baclofen is also indicated for the symptomatic treatment of muscle spasms occurring in spinal cord diseases of infectious, degenerative, traumatic, neoplastic, or unknown origin such as multiple sclerosis, spastic spinal paralysis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, syringomyelia, transverse myelitis, traumatic paraplegia or paraparesis, and compression of the spinal cord. 4.2 POSOLOGY Prečítajte si celý dokument