Beechams Cold and Flu Hot Blackcurrant Powder for Oral Solution N/A

Quốc gia: Malta

Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh

Nguồn: Medicines Authority

Thành phần hoạt chất:

PHENYLEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE, PARACETAMOL

Sẵn có từ:

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Health-care UK Trading Limited 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9GS, United Kingdom

Mã ATC:

N02BE51

INN (Tên quốc tế):

PHENYLEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg PARACETAMOL 600 mg

Dạng dược phẩm:

POWDER FOR ORAL SOLUTION

Thành phần:

PHENYLEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg PARACETAMOL 600 mg

Loại thuốc theo toa:

OTC

Khu trị liệu:

ANALGESICS

Tình trạng ủy quyền:

Withdrawn

Ngày ủy quyền:

2006-02-23

Tờ rơi thông tin

_Paracetamol, Phenylephrine_
_HOT BLACKCURRANT_
PLEASE READ RIGHT THROUGH THIS LEAFLET BEFORE YOU START USING THIS
MEDICINE. This
medicine is available without prescription, but you still need to use
Beechams
Cold & Flu Hot Blackcurrant carefully to get the best results from it.
•
Keep this Ieaflet 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 Beechams Cold & Flu does
2.
Check before you take Beechams Cold & Flu
3.
How to take Beechams Cold & Flu
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Beechams Cold & Flu
6.
Further information
1. What Beechams Cold & Flu does
BEECHAMS COLD & FLU IS USED FOR THE SHORT TERM RELIEF OF THE SYMPTOMS
OF FLU,
COLDS AND CHILLS. These symptoms include headache, shivers, aches and
pains,
blocked nose and painful sinuses, catarrh and sore throat.
The medicine contains two active ingredients. Paracetamol is a
painkiller and
reduces your temperature when you have a fever.
Phenylephrine hydrochloride is a decongestant which unblocks your nose
and
sinuses helping you breathe more easily.
This product also contains 40 mg ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
2. Check before you take Beechams Cold & Flu
DO NOT TAKE BEECHAMS COLD & FLU:
• IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION to paracetamol,
phenylephrine
hydrochloride or to any of the other ingredients (listed in Section 6)
• if you have KIDNEY or LIVER PROBLEMS, OVERACTIVE THYROID,
DIABETES, HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE or HEART OR CIRCULATION DISEASE
• If you have PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA or GLAUCOMA
• if you are taking TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS (e.g. imipramine or
amitriptyline)
or if you are taking or have taken within the last two weeks MONOAMINE
OXIDASE INHIBITORS (MAOIs) (e.g. moclobemide) prescribed for
DEPRESSION
• if you are taking BETA BLOCKERS.
DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING ELSE CONTAINING PARACETAMOL WHILE TAKING THIS
MEDICINE.
DO NOT TAKE WITH ANY OTHER FLU, COLD OR DECONGESTANT PRODUCT.
TAKE SPECIAL CARE WITH BEECHAMS COLD & FLU
• This prod

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1)
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Beechams Cold & Flu Hot Blackcurrant
2)
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Active Constituents
mg / 6 g powder
Paracetamol
600.00
Phenylephrine Hydrochloride
10.00
3)
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Powder
4)
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
The relief of symptoms of influenza, feverishness, chills and feverish
colds
including headache, sore throat pain, aches and pains, nasal
congestion,
sinusitis and its associated pain, and acute nasal catarrh.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Directions for use
Empty contents of sachet into beaker. Half fill with very hot water.
Stir well.
Add cold water as necessary and sugar if desired.
Recommended Dose and Dosage Schedule
Adults (including elderly) and children aged 12 years and over:
One sachet to be taken every four hours, if necessary, up to a maximum
of six
sachets in any 24 hours.
Do not take continuously for more than 7 days without medical advice.
Not to be given to children under 12 years of age except on medical
advice
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Hypersensitivity to paracetamol or any of the other constituents.
Concomitant use of other sympathomimetic decongestants
Phaeochromocytoma
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Closed angle glaucoma
Hypertensive patients or those taking or have taken in the last two
weeks
monoamine oxidase inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants or
beta-blockers (see
section 4.5).
Hepatic or renal impairment, diabetes, hyperthyroidism and
cardiovascular
disease.
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
Care is advised in the administration of paracetamol to patients with
renal or
hepatic impairment. The hazard of overdose is greater in those with
non-
cirrhotic alcoholic liver disease.
Medical advice should be sought before taking this product in patients
with
these conditions:

An enlargement of the prostate gland

Occulusive Vascular disease (e.g. Raynaud’s Phenomenon)
This product should not be used by patients taking other
sympathomimetics
(such as decongesta