Movicol Lemon & Lime Flavour Sachets 30s

This medicine can be taken at any time with or without food.

Dissolve the content of each sachet in 125ml (¼ pint) of water and drink.

Constipation

• A dose of Movicol is 1 sachet dissolved in 125ml (¼ pint) of water.
• Take this 1-3 times a day according to the severity of your constipation.
• Treatment with Movicol usually lasts for about 2 weeks. If you need to take Movicol for longer, please see your doctor. If your constipation is caused by an illness such as Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis (MS), or if you take medicines that cause constipation your doctor may recommend that you take Movicol for longer than 2 weeks. Usually for long term treatment the dose can be lowered to either 1 or 2 sachets a day.

Faecal impaction

• Before you take Movicol for faecal impaction, it should be confirmed that you have this condition.
  A dose of 8 sachets a day of Movicol is needed for the treatment of faecal impaction. Each sachet dissolved in 125ml (¼ pint) of water.
• The 8 sachets should be taken within 6 hours for up to 3 days if required. If you have a heart condition, do not take more than 2 sachets in any one hour.
• How to mix: Open the sachet and pour the contents into a glass. Add about 125ml or ¼ pint of water to
  the glass. Stir well until all the powder has dissolved and the Movicol solution is clear or slightly hazy, then drink it. If you are taking Movicol for faecal impaction it may be easier to dissolve 8 sachets in 1 litre of water.
• Treatment with Movicol can be for up to 3 days

• Active Ingredients: Macrogol 3350 13.125g, Sodium Chloride 0.3507g, Sodium Bicarbonate 0.1785g, Potassium Chloride 0.0466g.
  Other Ingredients: Lime and lemon flavour, and acesulfame potassium as a sweetener. Lemon and lime flavour contains the following ingredients: acacia solids, maltodextrin, lime oil, lemon oil, citral, citric acid and water.

• Movicol can be taken during pregnancy and whilst breastfeeding. If you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant or breastfeeding, ask your pharmacist or doctor for advice before taking Movicol. 
• Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you need 3 or more sachets daily for a prolonged period, especially if you have been advised to follow a low salt (sodium) diet. Movicol contains 186.87 mg sodium (main component of cooking/table salt) per sachet. This is equivalent to 9.3% of the recommended maximum daily dietary intake of sodium for an adult.
• When taking Movicol you should continue to take plenty of fluids. The fluid content of Movicol should not replace your regular liquid intake.
• Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines. Some medicines, e.g. anti-epileptics, may not work as effectively during use with Movicol. You should not take any other medicines by mouth together with Movicol and for one hour before and for one hour after taking Movicol.
• If you need to thicken fluids in order to swallow them safely, Movicol may counteract the effect of the thickener

Do not take Movicol if your doctor has told you that you have:

• A blockage in your intestine (gut obstruction, ileus).
• A perforated gut wall.
• Severe inflammatory bowel disease like ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease or toxic megacolon.
• An allergy to the active substances or any of the other ingredients of Movicol.