ECHINAFORCE FORTE COLD AND FLU Tablets

Country: Ireland

Language: English

Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Active ingredient:

EXTRACT (AS DRY EXTRACT) FROM FRESH ECHINACEA PURPUREA (L.) MOENCH HERB, EXTRACT (AS DRY EXTRACT) FROM FRESH ECHINACEA PURPUREA (L.) MOENCH ROOT

Available from:

Bioforce (UK) Ltd

ATC code:

L03A

INN (International Name):

EXTRACT (AS DRY EXTRACT) FROM FRESH ECHINACEA PURPUREA (L.) MOENCH HERB, EXTRACT (AS DRY EXTRACT) FROM FRESH ECHINACEA PURPUREA

Pharmaceutical form:

Tablets

Prescription type:

Product not subject to medical prescription

Therapeutic area:

Immunostimulating agents

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2012-11-05

Patient Information leaflet

Read all of this leaflet carefully
before you start taking this
product because it contains
important information for you.
Always take this product exactly as
described in this leaflet or as your
doctor, pharmacist or nurse has
told you.
Keep this leaflet. You may need
to read it again.
Ask your pharmacist if you need
more information or advice.
If you get any side effects, talk
to your doctor, pharmacist or
nurse. This includes any possible
side effects not listed in this
leaflet. See section 4.
You must talk to a doctor if you
do not feel better or if you feel
worse after 10 days.
What is in this leaflet
1.
What Echinaforce Forte is and
what it is used for
2.
What you need to know before
you take Echinaforce Forte
3.
How to take Echinaforce Forte
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Echinaforce Forte
6.
Contents of the pack and other
information
Information
Package Leaflet:
Information for the user
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Echinaforce
®
Forte
Cold & Flu tablets
Echinacea purpurea
herb & root dry extracts
31458IN3 XXXXXXXX/20170322
1. What Echinaforce
Forte is and what it is
used for
Echinaforce Forte is a traditional herbal
medicinal product containing the
extracts of fresh _Echinacea purpurea _
herb and root.
It is used to relieve:
Common cold symptoms
Flu-like symptoms
This is exclusively based on long-
standing use.
Echinaforce Forte is for use in adults
and adolescents over 12 years of age.
2. What you need to
know before you take
Echinaforce Forte
Do not take Echinaforce Forte
If you are under 12 years of age.
If you are allergic to
Echinacea or plants of the
daisy (Asteraceae/Compositae)
family. Echinacea is a member
of the daisy family.
Peanut or soya. This product
contains soya polysaccharide.
Any of the other ingredients of
this product (listed in section 6).
If you suffer from
TB (the infection tuberculosis)
Sarcoidosis (a connective
tissue disease disorder which
causes the formation of clumps
of cells mainly in the lymph
nodes, lungs and liver)
An autoimmune disease such
as collagenoses (inflammati

Summary of Product characteristics

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Echinaforce Forte Cold and Flu tablets
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains:
17.7 mg of dry extract from_ Echinacea purpurea_ (L.) Moench herb
(equivalent to 300 – 600 mg of fresh_ Echinacea_
_purpurea_ (L.) Moench herb) (Purple coneflower herb)
Extraction solvent: Ethanol 65% v/v
and
0.9 mg of dry extract
from_ Echinacea purpurea_ (L.) Moench root
(equivalent
to 17 – 29 mg of fresh_ Echinacea_
_purpurea_ (L.) Moench root) (Purple coneflower root)
Extraction solvent: Ethanol 65% v/v
Excipients with known effect:
One tablet contains 690.15 mg of lactose monohydrate and 7.5 mg of
soya polysaccharide.
For the full list of excipients see section 6.1
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Tablets
Greenish, round-shaped, bi-convex, bevelled tablet
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
A traditional herbal medicinal product used to relieve common cold and
flu-like symptoms, exclusively based on long-
standing use.
This product is indicated for use in adults and adolescents over 12
years of age.
4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
POSOLOGY
Adults, older people and adolescents over 12 years:
1 tablet two to three times daily
The use in children below 12 years of age is not recommended (see 4.4
Special warnings and precautions for use).
Start at first signs of common cold.
If symptoms persist, worsen or do not improve after 10 days use of
Echinaforce Forte, a qualified healthcare
professional e.g. a doctor or pharmacist should be consulted.
METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
For oral short-term use only.
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