Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
NYSTATIN
B & S Healthcare
NYSTATIN
100,000 IU/ML
Oral Suspension
Product subject to prescription which may be renewed (B)
Authorised
0000-00-00
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER MYCOSTATIN ® 100,000 UNITS/ML ORAL SUSPENSION (READY MIXED) (nystatin) READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU KEEP THIS LEAFLET. YOU MAY NEED TO READ IT AGAIN. IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST. THIS MEDICINE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR YOU ONLY. DO NOT PASS IT ON TO OTHERS. IT MAY HARM THEM, EVEN IF THEIR SIGNS OF ILLNESS ARE THE SAME AS YOURS. IF YOU GET ANY SIDE EFFECTS, TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST. THIS INCLUDES ANY POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS NOT LISTED IN THIS LEAFLET. The name of your medicine is Mycostatin 100,000 units/ml oral suspension (Ready mixed) but it will be referred to as Mycostatin Oral Suspension throughout this leaflet. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET: 1. What Mycostatin Oral Suspension is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you take Mycostatin Oral Suspension 3. How to take Mycostatin Oral Suspension 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Mycostatin Oral Suspension 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT IS MYCOSTATIN ORAL SUSPENSION AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR The name of this medicine is Mycostatin Oral Suspension. This medicine contains nystatin as the active ingredient. Nystatin belongs to a group of medicines called anti- fungal antibiotics. Mycostatin Oral Suspension is used to prevent and treat fungal infections (thrush) of the mouth, throat or gut. This medicine works by killing the yeast or fungus that has caused your symptoms. 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE MYCOSTATIN ORAL SUSPENSION DO NOT TAKE MYCOSTATIN ORAL SU Read the complete document
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Mycostatin 100,000 Units/ml Oral Suspension (Ready-Mixed) 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each ml of suspension contains 100,000 units nystatin. Excipients with known effect: Sucrose, Methyl parahydroxybenzoate (E218), Propyl parahyrdroxybenzoate (E216) For the full list of excipients, see Section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Oral suspension. _Product imported from Spain:_ Opaque, light creamy, yellow suspension. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS The prevention and treatment of mycotic infections due to _Candida albicans_, affecting the oral cavity, oesophagus and intestinal tract. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Adults: For the treatment of denture sores, and oral infections in adults caused by _C.albicans_, 1 ml of the suspension should be dropped into the mouth four times daily; it should be kept in contact with the affected areas as long as possible. Children: In intestinal and oral candidosis (thrush) in infants and children, 1 ml should be dropped into the mouth four times a day. The longer the suspension is kept in contact with the affected area in the mouth, before swallowing, the greater will be its effect. For prophylaxis in the newborn the suggested dose is 1 ml once daily. Elderly: No specific dosage recommendations or precautions. 4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients listed in section 6.1. 4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE Mycostatin Oral Suspension should not be used for treatment of systemic mycoses. This medicine contains sucrose. Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance, glucose –galactose malabsorption or sucrose -isomaltase insufficiency should not take this medicine. IRISH MEDICI Read the complete document