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Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets 8s
SKU :
GPRO0030008
Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets are effective in treating nausea (feeling sick) and vomiting (being sick) from whatever cause and can also be used to treat migraine and dizziness due to ear problems and other causes.
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SKU
GPRO0030008
£2.75
£0.35 per tablet
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Description
Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets
Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets are effective in treating nausea (feeling sick) and vomiting (being sick) from whatever cause and can also be used to treat migraine and dizziness due to ear problems and other causes. The active ingredient, prochlorperazine maleate, belongs to a group of medicines called phenothiazines that have a variety of effects. These tablets are suitable for adults and children over 12 years of age.
Directions
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
- The recommended dose is one or two tablets twice a day for adults and children over 12 years of age.
- Place the tablet high up along your top gum, under the upper lip either side of your mouth as shown above. The tablet must not be swallowed whole or chewed.
- The tablet will soften and stick to the gum.
- Allow it to dissolve slowly and completely - this may take between 1 and 2 hours.
- Most people will find that after a few minutes they no longer notice the tablet.
- The tablet should not be moved about the mouth with the tongue as this will cause it to dissolve too quickly.
- If you wear dentures, the tablet may be placed in any comfortable position between your lip and gum.
- Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets are best taken after meals.
Ingredients
- Active Ingredient: Prochlorperazine maleate 3mg.
- Other Ingredients : Dependent on brand.
Cautions
- Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets may cause you to be more sensitive to sunlight. When taking Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets it is particularly important that you should avoid exposure to direct sunlight and use sunscreen.
- This medicine should not be taken by children under 12 years of age.
- Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets are best taken after food.
- Do not drink alcohol when taking Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets as it may interact with medicines like prochlorperazine.
- If you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant, you should only take Prochlorperazine Tablets on the instruction of your doctor. The following symptoms may occur in their newborn babies of mothers that have used Prochlorperazine Tablets in the last trimester (last three months of their pregnancy): shaking, muscle stiffness and/or weakness, sleepiness, agitation, breathing problems, and difficulty in feeding. If your baby develops any of these symptoms, you should contact your doctor.
- Experience with Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets is limited. You should therefore not take Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets if you are breastfeeding.
- Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets may make you feel drowsy. Therefore you should avoid driving or using dangerous machines until you know how these tablets affect you.
- Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets contain sucrose.If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking this medicinal product.
Do not take Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets if you:
- Are allergic to prochlorperazine maleate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
Have problems with your liver.
Have blood problems.
Suffer from epilepsy, Parkinson's disease or glaucoma (high pressure in the eyeball). - Have problems with your prostate gland.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets if you:
- Are elderly,
- Are pregnant, thinking of becoming pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Have risk factors for a blood clot or stroke such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, diabetes or smoking,or someone else in your family has a history of blood clots, as medicines like these have been associated with formation of blood clots.
- Have a condition called myasthenia gravis, which causes muscle weakness.
- Have AIDS.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken, or might take any other medicines, including those obtained without a prescription. In particular, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking:
- Sedatives or tranquilisers, used to help you sleep (such as diazepam and temazepam).
- Antihypertensive medicines, used to treat high blood pressure (such as atenolol, propranolol or clonidine).
- Anticholinergic medicines, used for conditions such as depression (such as amitriptyline and imipramine).
- Anticonvulsant medicines used to prevent or treat fits (such as carbamazepine and lamotrigine).
- Lithium (used to treat mania and depression).
- Desferrioxamine (used to treat high levels of iron in your body).
Prochlorperazine 3mg Buccal Tablets may interact with these types of medicines.