Citalopram 20mg tablets

Krajina: Spojené kráľovstvo

Jazyk: angličtina

Zdroj: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Aktívna zložka:

Citalopram hydrobromide

Dostupné z:

Alliance Healthcare (Distribution) Ltd

ATC kód:

N06AB04

INN (Medzinárodný Name):

Citalopram hydrobromide

Dávkovanie:

20mg

Forma lieku:

Oral tablet

Spôsob podávania:

Oral

Trieda:

No Controlled Drug Status

Typ predpisu:

Valid as a prescribable product

Prehľad produktov:

BNF: 04030300

Príbalový leták

PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET
CITALOPRAM 20MG TABLETS
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 FURTHER QUESTIONS, ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR YOUR 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.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
1. What citalopram is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take citalopram
3. How to take citalopram
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store citalopram
6. Contents of the pack and other information WHAT CITALOPRAM IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
HOW DOES CITALOPRAM WORK?
Citalopram is a SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor)
and belongs to a group of medicines called antidepressants.
These medicines help to correct certain chemical imbalances in
the brain that are causing the symptoms of your illness.
Depression is linked to a shortage of substances which carry
messages in the brain (including serotonin and noradrenaline).
Citalopram helps to relieve the shortage of these ‘brain
messages’. Common signs of depression include feelings of
worthlessness or deep sadness; difficulty with everyday tasks;
sleeping too much or not being able to sleep; feeling anxious;
and changes in appetite.
WHAT IS CITALOPRAM USED FOR?
Citalopram tablets are used to treat the symptoms of depression
and, when you are feeling better, to help prevent these
symptoms recurring. Citalopram tablets are also beneficial in
relieving symptoms in patients prone to panic attacks. Treatment
for depression is usually continued for at least six months and for
panic disorder for at least three months.
It may take a while before you start to feel better. In general,
improvement in patients starts after one

Súhrn charakteristických

1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Citalopram 20mg Tablets
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
20mg citalopram (as hydrobromide)
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Film-coated tablet
White, 8mm round, biconvex tablets, with score-line
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Treatment of depressive illness in the initial phase and as
maintenance against potential
relapse/recurrence. Citalopram is also indicated in the treatment of
panic disorder with or
without agoraphobia.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Posology
_Treating depression _
_Adults:_
Citalopram should be administered as a single oral dose of 20 mg
daily. Dependent on individual
patient response, the dose may be increased to a maximum of 40 mg
daily. In general, improvement
in patients starts after one week, but may only become evident from
the second week of therapy. As
with all antidepressant medicinal products, dosage should be reviewed
and adjusted, if necessary,
within 3 to 4 weeks of initiation of therapy and thereafter as judged
clinically appropriate. Although
there may be an increased potential for undesirable effects at higher
doses, if after some weeks on
the recommended dose insufficient response is seen, some patients may
benefit from having their
dose increased up to a maximum of 40 mg a day (see section 5.1).
Dosage adjustments should be
made carefully on an individual patient basis, to maintain the patient
at the lowest effective dose.
Patients with depression should be treated for a sufficient period of
at least six months to ensure that
they are free from symptoms.
_Treating panic disorder_
_Adults: _
A single oral dose of 10 mg is recommended for the first week before
increasing the dose to 20 mg
daily. Dependent on individual patient response the dose may be
increased to a maximum of 40 mg
daily. Patients should be started on 10 mg/day and the dose gradually
increased in 10 mg steps
according to the patient's response up to the recommended dose. A low
initial starting dos