Boots Ibuprofen 3 Months Plus 100mg/5ml oral suspension strawberry

Krajina: Spojené kráľovstvo

Jazyk: angličtina

Zdroj: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Aktívna zložka:

Ibuprofen

Dostupné z:

The Boots Company Plc

ATC kód:

M01AE01

INN (Medzinárodný Name):

Ibuprofen

Dávkovanie:

20mg/1ml

Forma lieku:

Oral suspension

Spôsob podávania:

Oral

Trieda:

No Controlled Drug Status

Typ predpisu:

Valid as a prescribable product

Prehľad produktov:

BNF: 10010100; GTIN: 5045096693038 5045096693045

Príbalový leták

INFORMATION FOR THE USER
Ibuprofen 3 Months Plus 100 mg/5 ml Oral Suspension
Strawberry Flavour
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT
INFORMATION FOR YOU.
This medicine is available without prescription to treat minor
conditions. However, you still
need to give it carefully to get the best results from it.

Keep this leaflet, you may need to read it again

Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice

The leaflet is written in terms of giving this medicine to your child,
but if you are an adult who
is intending to take this medicine yourself the information in this
leaflet will apply to you as
well
WHAT THIS MEDICINE IS FOR
This medicine contains Ibuprofen which belongs to a group of medicines
called non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) which act to relieve pain, swelling
(inflammation) and
reduce fever. It can be used for the fast, effective relief of mild to
moderate pain such as
teething pain, toothache, earache, sore throat, headaches and minor
aches and sprains. It
can also be used to relieve the symptoms of colds and flu and to
reduce fever, including
fever after vaccination at 3 months of age.
BEFORE YOU GIVE THIS MEDICINE
This medicine can be given to children from the age of 3 months.
However, some children
should not be given this medicine or you should seek the advice of
their pharmacist or doctor
first.
X DO NOT GIVE:

IF YOUR CHILD IS UNDER 3 MONTHS OLD, or weighs less than 5 kg

IF YOUR CHILD HAS A STOMACH ULCER, PERFORATION OR BLEEDING, or has had
one twice or more
in the past

IF YOUR CHILD HAS HAD PERFORATION OR A BLEEDING STOMACH after taking a
non-steroidal anti-
inflammatory medicine (your child may have been sick and it contained
blood or dark
particles that look like coffee grounds, passed blood in their stools
or passed black tarry
stools)

IF YOUR CHILD IS ALLERGIC to ibuprofen or any other ingredients in the
product, aspirin or other
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (your child has ever had
asthma, runny nose

Súhrn charakteristických

OBJECT 1
BOOTS IBUPROFEN 3 MONTHS PLUS 100 MG/5 ML ORAL
SUSPENSION STRAWBERRY FLAVOUR (GSL)
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 07-Mar-2018 | THE BOOTS
COMPANY PLC
1. Name of the medicinal product
Boots Ibuprofen 3 Months Plus 100mg/5ml Oral Suspension Strawberry
Flavour or Almus Ibuprofen
100mg/5ml Oral Suspension Strawberry Flavour
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Active Ingredient:
Ibuprofen 100 mg/5ml (equivalent to 2.0% w/v).
Excipients:
Maltitol Liquid (E965) 2.1g/5ml
Sodium content 11 mg/5 ml
See section 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use for further
information.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
For excipients, see 6.1.
3. Pharmaceutical form
Oral suspension.
An off-white, strawberry-flavoured, syrupy suspension.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
For the fast and effective reduction of fever, including post
immunisation pyrexia and the fast and
effective relief of the symptoms of colds and influenza and mild to
moderate pain, such as a sore throat,
teething pain, toothache, dental pain, headache, minor aches and
sprains, rheumatic and muscular pain.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
For oral administration.
Undesirable effects may be minimised by using the lowest effective
dose for the shortest duration
necessary to control symptoms (see section 4.4).
For post immunisation pyrexia: One 2.5ml dose followed by one further
2.5ml dose 6 hours later if
necessary. No more than two 2.5ml doses in 24 hours. If the fever is
not reduced, consult your doctor. Not
suitable for children under 3 months of age.
For pain and fever: For children weighing 5kg or more: 20mg/kg
bodyweight daily in divided doses.
Using the spoon or dosing syringe device provided this can be achieved
as follows:
Infants 3 – 6 months weighing more than 5kg: One 2.5ml dose may be
taken 3 times in 24 hours.
Infants 6 - 12 months: One 2.5ml dose may be taken 3 to 4 times in 24
hours.
Children 1 - 3 years: One 5ml dose may be taken 3 times in 24 hours.
Children 4 - 6 years: 7.5