Panadol 500mg tablets

Land: Storbritannien

Språk: engelska

Källa: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Aktiva substanser:

Paracetamol

Tillgänglig från:

Haleon UK Ltd

ATC-kod:

N02BE01

INN (International namn):

Paracetamol

Dos:

500mg

Läkemedelsform:

Oral tablet

Administreringssätt:

Oral

Klass:

No Controlled Drug Status

Receptbelagda typ:

Valid as a prescribable product

Produktsammanfattning:

BNF: 04070100

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PLEASE READ RIGHT THROUGH THIS LEAFLET BEFORE YOU START USING THIS
MEDICINE.
This medicine is available without prescription, but you still need to
use Panadol Original Tablets
carefully to get the best results from them.
•
Keep this leaflet, you may need to read it again.
•
If you have any questions, or if there is anything you do not
understand, ask your pharmacist.
IN THIS LEAFLET:
1.
What Panadol Original Tablets do
2.
Check before you take Panadol Original Tablets
3.
How to take Panadol Original Tablets
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Panadol Original Tablets
6.
Further information
1. What Panadol Original Tablets do
PANADOL ORIGINAL TABLETS ARE USED FOR THE RELIEF OF HEADACHE, TENSION
HEADACHE, MIGRAINE,
BACKACHE, RHEUMATIC AND MUSCLE PAIN, TOOTHACHE AND PERIOD PAIN.
They also relieve sore throat and the fever, aches and pains of colds
and flu and are recommended
for the relief of pain due to mild arthritis.
The active ingredient is paracetamol which is a painkiller and also
reduces your temperature when
you have a fever.
2. Check before you take Panadol Original Tablets
DO NOT TAKE PANADOL ORIGINAL TABLETS:
•
IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION to paracetamol or to any of
the other ingredients
(listed in Section 6)
•
if you are TAKING OTHER MEDICINES CONTAINING PARACETAMOL.
ASK YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS MEDICINE:
•
if you have LIVER or KIDNEY DISEASE, including ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE
• if you suffer from MILD ARTHRITIS and need to take painkillers
every day.
IF YOU ARE TAKING OTHER MEDICINES
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking these tablets if you
are taking any prescribed
medicines; particularly METOCLOPRAMIDE or DOMPERIDONE (for NAUSEA
[feeling sick] or VOMITING
[being sick]) or COLESTYRAMINE (to lower BLOOD CHOLESTEROL). If you
take BLOOD THINNING DRUGS
(ANTICOAGULANTS e.g. WARFARIN) and you need to take a pain reliever on
a daily basis, TALK TO YOUR
DOCT

Produktens egenskaper

OBJECT 1
PANADOL ORIGINAL TABLETS
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 09-Apr-2018 |
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
1. Name of the medicinal product
Panadol Original Tablets
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Each tablet contains Paracetamol Ph Eur 500.0 mg
3. Pharmaceutical form
Tablet
White, film-coated capsule shaped tablet with a triangular logo
debossed on one side and a break line on
the other.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Panadol Original Tablets is a mild analgesic and antipyretic, and is
recommended for the treatment of
most painful and febrile conditions, for example, headache including
migraine and tension headaches,
toothache, backache, rheumatic and muscle pains, dysmenorrhoea, sore
throat, and for relieving the fever,
aches and pains of colds and flu. Also recommended for the symptomatic
relief of pain due to non-serious
arthritis.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
Adults, the elderly, and children aged 16 years and over:
One or two tablets up to four times daily as required.
Children:
Aged 10 - 15 years: One tablet up to four times daily as required.
Not suitable for children under 10 years of age. Children should not
be given Panadol Original Tablets for
more than 3 days without consulting a doctor.
These doses should not be repeated more frequently than every four
hours nor should more than four
doses be given in any 24 hour period.
Oral administration only.
4.3 Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to paracetamol or any of the other constituents.
4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
Care is advised in th e administration of paracetamol to patients with
renal or hepatic impairment. The
hazard of overdose is greater in those with non-cirrhotic alcoholic
liver disease.
Do not exceed the stated dose.
Patients should be advised to consult their doctor if their headaches
become persistent.
Patients should be advised not to take other paracetamol-containing
products concurrently.
Patients should be advised to consult a doctor if they suffer from
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