Boots Herbal Slim Aid Tablets
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Source: myHealthbox
Patient Information leaflet
(PIL)
26-04-2024
Summary of Product characteristics
(SPC)
26-04-2024
Active ingredient:
Dry extract from Bladderwrack thallus, Dandelion root, dry extract from Boldo leaf, Butternut bark
Available from:
Potters
INN (International Name):
Dry extract from Bladderwrack thallus, Dandelion root, dry extract from Boldo leaf, Butternut bark
Dosage:
Refer to SPC for composition
Pharmaceutical form:
Tablets
Administration route:
Oral use
Units in package:
84, 90, 100, 120 and 180 tablets
Prescription type:
GSL - General Sales List
Manufactured by:
Potters
Therapeutic indications:
It is used as an aid to slimming as part of a calorie controlled diet, based on traditional use only
Authorization status:
Authorised
Authorization date:
2013-04-11
Patient Information leaflet
INFORMATION FOR THE USER
Herbal Slim Aid Tablets
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BECAUSE
IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
This is a traditional herbal medicine available without prescription to treat minor conditions.
However, you still need to
take it carefully to get the best results from it.
Keep this leaflet, you may need to read it again
Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice
WHAT THIS MEDICINE IS FOR
This medicine is a traditional herbal medicinal product used as an aid to slimming as
part of
a calorie controlled diet, based on traditional use only.
BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS MEDICINE
This medicine can be taken by adults (over 18 years). However, some
people should not
take this medicine or should seek the advice
of their pharmacist or doctor first.
X DO NOT TAKE:
IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OR ELDERLY
IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC to any of the ingredients (
see “What is in this medicine”), to iodine or to
plants from the Asteraceae (Compositae) family e.g. daisies, marigolds or atichokes
IF YOU HAVE kidney failure or heart failure
IF YOU HAVE DIABETES
IF YOU HAVE THYROID DISEASE or are taking
medicines for this
IF YOU TAKE MEDICINES OR PRODUCTS CONTAINING IODINE
IF YOU HAVE LIVER DISEASE
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOUR BILE
DUCT (e.g. gallstones, infection of, blockage or
swelling in your bile duct)
IF YOU HAVE a blockage in your intestine
IF YOU HAVE A STOMACH ULCER
IF YOU HAVE AN INTOLERANCE TO SOME SUGARS, unless
your doctor tells you to (this medicine
contains dextrose and sucrose)
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR BREASTFEEDING
IF YOU TAKE OTHER MEDICINES
If you are not
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Summary of Product characteristics
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Potter’s Slim Aid Tablets
Boots Herbal Slim Aid Tablets
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each coated tablet contains: -
45 mg of extract (as dry extract) from Bladderwrack thallus
(_Fucus vesiculosus_ L.)
(5:1) (equivalent to 225 mg of Fucus)
Extraction solvent Water
30 mg Dandelion root (_Taraxacum officinale_ Weber ex Wigg)
27 mg of extract (as dry extract) from Boldo leaf (_Peumus
boldus_ Molina) (4-6:1)
(equivalent to 108 – 162 mg of Boldo leaf)
Extraction solvent: Methanol 70% v/v
10 mg Butternut bark (_Juglans cineraria_ L.)
Excipient(s):
Each tablet contains 90 mg glucose monohydrate and also
small amounts of sucrose.
(See Section 4.4 for further information.)
For full list of excipients see Section 6.1.
3 PHARMACEUTICAL
FORM
Tablets
A peach round coated tablet.
4 CLINICAL
PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC
INDICATIONS
A traditional herbal medicinal product used
as an aid to slimming as part of a calorie
controlled diet, based on traditional use only.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
For oral use only.
Adults, 18 years and above: Take one or two tablets three times
a day.
This product must be used in conjunction with a
calorie controlled diet and extra
exercise
The use in children and adolescents under 18 years of age and
the elderly is not
recommended.
(See section 4.4 ‘Special warnings and
precautions for use’.)
If the symptoms persist or do not improve during the use of the
medicinal product, a
doctor or qualified healthcare practitioner should be consulted.
4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS
Hypersensitivity to the active substances, plants
of the Asteraceae
(Compositae) family, or to iodine or any of the excipients.
Thyroid disorder
Obstruction of the bile duct, c
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