Acenocoumarol 1mg tablets

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Acenocoumarol

Available from:

Waymade Healthcare Plc

ATC code:

B01AA07

INN (International Name):

Acenocoumarol

Dosage:

1mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral tablet

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 02080200

Patient Information leaflet

_S1604 LEAFLET Sinthrome 20191016 _
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
SINTHROME
® 1 MG TABLETS
(acenocoumarol)
Your medicine is known as Sinthrome 1mg Tablets but will be
referred to as Sinthrome throughout the following patient
information leaflet.
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU

Always take this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or
as your doctor or pharmacist have told 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
(See section 4).
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET:
1.
WHAT SINTHROME IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
2.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE SINTHROME
3.
HOW TO TAKE SINTHROME
4.
POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
5.
HOW TO STORE SINTHROME
6.
CONTENTS OF THE PACK AND OTHER INFORMATION
1.
WHAT SINTHROME IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Sinthrome 1 mg Tablets (acenocoumarol) belongs to a group of
medicines called anticoagulants (blood thinning medicines).
Sinthrome is used to treat and prevent blood clots blocking the
blood vessels e.g. deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
Sinthrome does not dissolve blood clots that have already formed
but it may stop the clots from becoming larger and causing more
serious problems.
2.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE
SINTHROME
Follow all the doctor’s instructions carefully. They may differ from
the general information contained in this leaflet.
DO NOT TAKE SINTHROME:

if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to acenocoumarol, any other
medicines that you have taken to thin your blood or to any of
the ingredients in Sinthrome (see Section 6, Contents of the
pack and other information)

if you are pregnant, planning to beco