Country: South Africa
Language: English
Source: South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)
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ANADIN® TABLETS SCHEDULING STATUS: Not scheduled PROPRIETARY NAME (and dosage form): ANADIN ® TABLETS COMPOSITION: Each tablet contains: Aspirin 400,0 mg Caffeine Anhydrous 22,7 mg PHARMACOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION: A.2.8 Analgesic combinations. PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION: ANADIN TABLETS have analgesic, anti-inflammatory and anti-pyretic action. INDICATIONS: ANADIN TABLETS are indicated for the relief of mild to moderate pain and fever. CONTRA-INDICATIONS: Patients with peptic ulcers, haemophilia or intolerance (hypersensitivity) to aspirin, severe renal impairment and patients receiving oral anticoagulant therapy. WARNINGS: Do not use continuously for more than 10 days without consulting your doctor. The use of tablets during the first and third trimester of pregnancy is not advised except under supervision of a medical doctor. Aspirin has been implicated in Reye's Syndrome, a rare but serious illness in children and teenagers, with chicken pox and influenza. A doctor should be consulted before Aspirin is used in such patients. DOSAGE AND DIRECTIONS FOR USE: Adults: Two tablets to be taken with water and repeated every four hours if necessary (with a maximum dose of 10 tablets daily). Children: Under six years, consult your doctor. Over six years, one quarter to half of the adult dosage (according to age). SIDE-EFFECTS AND SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS: Dizziness or irritation of the gastric mucosa and resultant dyspepsia, haematemesis, and melaena may occur in some cases. Some persons especially asthmatics, exhibit notable sensitivity to aspirin which may provoke various hypersensitivity reactions which may include skin eruptions, paroxysmal bronchospasm and dyspnoea. It should be administered with caution to patients with impaired renal function, dyspepsia, anaemia and when the patient is dehydrat Read the complete document