Nchi: Uingereza
Lugha: Kiingereza
Chanzo: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
Mirtazapine
Relonchem Ltd
N06AX11
Mirtazapine
15mg
Oral tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 04030400; GTIN: 05055144202037
COUNTRY MANUFACTURER SOFTWARE ARTIST ARTWORK LEGEND PRODUCT NAME PRODUCT LICENCE NO. COMPONENT DIMENSION STRENGTH PACK SIZE FONT & SIZE REMARKS REASON FOR CHANGE MIRTAZAPINE 15/30/45 MG FILM-COATED TABLETS PL 20395-0095-0096-0097 PIL 148 x 535 mm 15/30/45 mg - Humanist 531 BT (Min 9.8 pt), Arial Narrow (9 pt) NA Comments Received from Shivaraj on 27.08.2020.as observed “18” retyped to 18 years under children and adolscents section. UK (English) Indoco Adobe illustrator CC Gurukiran NO. OF COLORS 01 ██ Black ██ Dieline 1.6 VERSION XXXXXX DATE 27.08.2020 _1. _ _WHAT MIRTAZAPINE TABLETS ARE AND WHAT IT IS _ _USED FOR_ Mirtazapine Film-coated Tablets contains active substance Mirtazapine. Which is one of a group of medicines called anti-depressants. Mirtazapine Tablets are used to treat depressive illness in adults. Mirtazapine Tablets will take 1 to 2 weeks before it starts working. After 2 to 4 weeks you may start feeling better. You must talk to your doctor if you do not feel better or if you feel worse after 2 to 4 weeks. More information is in section 3 heading 'When can you expect to start feeling better". _2. _ _WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE _ _MIRTAZAPINE TABLETS_ DO NOT TAKE MIRTAZAPINE TABLETS: • if you are ALLERGIC (hypersensitive) to Mirtazapine (listed in section 6) or any of the other ingredients of Mirtazapine Tablets. If so, you must talk to your doctor as soon as you can before taking Mirtazapine Tablets. • if you are taking or have recently taken (within the last two weeks) medicines called monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI’s). • if you have ever developed a severe skin rash or skin peeling, blistering and/or mouth sores after taking Mirtazapine Tablets or other medicinal products. WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Mirtazapine Tablets. CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Mirtazapine Tablets should not normally be used for children and adolescents under 18 years because efficacy was not demonstrated. Also, you should know that patients under 18 Soma hati kamili
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Mirtazapine 15 mg Tablets. 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION 15mg: Each tablet contains 15 mg mirtazapine. Excipient with known effects: Lactose monohydrate: 99.0 mg Sunset Yellow FCF (E110): 0.021 mg For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Film-coated tablet. Mirtazapine 15 mg Tablets are yellow, oblong and biconvex tablets with a score line on one side. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Treatment of episodes of major depression. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Posology Adults The effective daily dose is usually between 15 and 45 mg; the starting dose is 15 or 30 mg. Mirtazapine begins to exert its effect in general after 1-2 weeks of treatment. Treatment with an adequate dose should result in a positive response within 2-4 weeks. With an insufficient response, the dose can be increased up to the maximum dose. If there is no response within a further 2-4 weeks, then treatment should be stopped. Elderly The recommended dose is the same as that for adults. In elderly patients an increase in dosing should be done under close supervision to elicit a satisfactory and safe response. Children and adolescents under the age of 18 years Mirtazapine Tablets should not be used in children and adolescents under the age of 18 years as efficacy was not demonstrated in two short-term clinical trials (see section 5.1) and because of safety concerns (see sections 4.4, 4.8 and 5.1). Renal impairment The clearance of mirtazapine may be decreased in patients with moderate to severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance <40 ml/min). This should be taken into account when prescribing Mirtazapine Tablets to this category of patients (see section 4.4). Hepatic impairment The clearance of mirtazapine may be decreased in patients with hepatic impairment. This should be taken into account when prescribing Mirtazapine Tablets to this category of patients, particularly with severe hepatic impairment, as patie Soma hati kamili