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Sudafed Blocked Nose & Sinus Capsules 16s
Sudafed Blocked Nose & Sinus Capsules help to relieve the symptoms of pain and congestion caused by sinusitis, including stuffy nose, blocked sinuses, headache, fever and aches and pains in adults, the elderly and children aged 16 years and over.
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Description
Sudafed Blocked Nose & Sinus Capsules
Sudafed Blocked Nose & Sinus Capsules help to relieve the symptoms of pain and congestion caused by sinusitis, including stuffy nose, blocked sinuses, headache, fever and aches and pains in adults, the elderly and children aged 16 years and over. They contain:
- Paracetamol: an analgesic and antipyretic which helps to relieve pain and fever.
- Caffeine: a stimulant to help combat tiredness and to help increase the pain relief.
- Phenylephrine hydrochloride: a decongestant.
Directions
Adults, the elderly and children aged 16 years and over:
- Two capsules every 4 to 6 hours as required.
- Take with a glass of water. Do not chew.
- Do not take more than eight capsules (4 doses) in any 24 hours period.
- Leave at least 4 to 6 hours between doses.
If you do not get better, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. Do not take for more than 3 days unless advised by your doctor.
Ingredients
- Active Ingredients: 500mg Paracetamol, 25mg Caffeine and 6.1mg Phenylephrine hydrochloride.
- Other Ingredients: Maize starch, croscarmellose sodium, sodium laurilsulfate, magnesium stearate, talc, gelatin, titanium dioxide (E171), quinoline yellow (E104), Patent Blue V (E131), erythrosine (E127) and indigo carmine (E132).
Cautions
- You should avoid too much caffeine in drinks like coffee and tea. If you are also consuming other medicines or food that contains caffeine (coffee, tea, cola drinks, chocolate) you may have a high caffeine intake and might have difficulty sleeping, start shaking and/or an uncomfortable feeling in the chest.
- Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Sudafed Blocked Nose & Sinus Capsules contain paracetamol. Do not take anything else containing paracetamol while taking this medicine. - Do not drink alcohol (beer, wine, spirits etc) while taking this product.
- This medicine contains less than 1 mmol sodium (23 mg) per 2 capsules, that is to say essentially 'sodium free'.
Do not use Sudafed Blocked Nose & Sinus Capsules:
- If you are allergic to paracetamol, caffeine, phenylephrine or any of the other ingredients.
- If you have high blood pressure.
- If you have severe heart disease or circulatory problems.
- If you have an overactive thyroid.
- If you have a history of stomach ulcers.
- If you have an enlarged prostate.
- If you are taking, or have taken in the last two weeks, drugs for depression known as Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs).
- In children under 16 years old.
- If you are taking tricyclic antidepressants, such as imipramine, amitriptyline.
If any of these apply to you, get advice from a doctor or pharmacist without using Sudafed Blocked Nose & Sinus Capsules.
Please see your doctor or pharmacist before taking Sudafed Blocked Nose & Sinus Capsules if you:
- Are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Suffer from kidney or liver problems, including alcoholic liver disease or have alcohol dependence.
- Have diabetes.
- Have circulatory disorders such as a condition called Raynaud's Phenomenon, which results from poor circulation in the fingers and toes.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines:
- Medicines to treat high cholesterol levels which reduce the amount of fat in the blood such as colestyramine.
- Medicines to control feeling sick or being sick such as metoclopramide or domperidone.
- Medicines called anti-coagulants, which are used to thin the blood such as warfarin or other coumarins - you may take occasional doses of paracetamol but should consult your doctor if you need to take it on a regular basis.
- Barbiturates (for epilepsy or to help you sleep), such as phenobarbitone.
- Medicines to treat migraines such as ergotamine or methysergide.
- Medicines to lower blood pressure, treat heart or circulatory problems such as beta blockers (e.g. atenolol) or vasodilators (e.g. hydralazine).
- Other decongestant drugs such as ephedrine or xylometazoline.
- Flucloxacillin (antibiotic), due to a serious risk of blood and fluid abnormality (high anion gap metabolic acidosis) that must have urgent treatment and which may occur particularly in case of severe renal impairment, sepsis (when bacteria and their toxins circulate in the blood leading to organ damage), malnutrition, chronic alcoholism, and if the maximum daily doses of paracetamol are used.
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