Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE HEMIHYDRATE
Imbat Limited
N06AB05
PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE HEMIHYDRATE
10 Milligram
Film Coated Tablet
Product subject to prescription which may not be renewed (A)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Authorised
2013-04-18
Page 1 of 2 PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER SEROXAT _®_ _ _10MG FILM-COATED TABLETS (paroxetine) Your medicine is available using the name Seroxat 10mg film- coated tablets but will be referred to as Seroxat throughout this leaflet. READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS MEDICINE. IT INCLUDES A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MEDICINE. 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. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours. If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist. IN THIS LEAFLET: 1. What Seroxat is and what it is used for 2. Before you take Seroxat 3. How to take Seroxat 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Seroxat 6. Further information 1. WHAT SEROXAT IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR SEROXAT IS A TREATMENT FOR ADULTS WITH DEPRESSION AND/OR ANXIETY DISORDERS. The anxiety disorders that Seroxat is used to treat are: obsessive compulsive disorder (repetitive, obsessive thoughts with uncontrollable behaviour), panic disorder (panic attacks, including those caused by agoraphobia, which is a fear of open spaces), social anxiety disorder (fear or avoidance of social situations), post traumatic stress disorder (anxiety caused by a traumatic event) and generalised anxiety disorder (generally feeling very anxious or nervous). Seroxat is one of a group of medicines called SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors). Everyone has a substan Read the complete document
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Seroxat 10 mg film-coated tablets 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each film-coated tablet contains 10mg paroxetine (as paroxetine hydrochloride hemihydrate). For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Film-coated tablet. _Product imported from the UK:_ White to pinkish-white, film-coated, oval tablets, debossed 'FC1' and a breakline on one side and 'GS' and a breakline on the other side. The Tablet has a breakline, and can be divided into equal halves if required. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Treatment of - Major Depressive Episode - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Panic Disorder with and without agoraphobia - Social Anxiety Disorders/Social phobia - Generalised Anxiety Disorder - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION It is recommended that paroxetine is administered once daily in the morning with food. The tablet should be swallowed rather than chewed. For oral administration. MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE The recommended dose is 20 mg daily. In general, improvement in patients starts after one week but may only become evident from the second week of therapy. As with all antidepressant medicinal products, dosage should be reviewed and adjusted if necessary within 3 to 4 weeks of initiation of therapy and thereafter as judged clinically appropriate. In some patients, with insufficient response to 20 mg, the dose may be increased gradually up to a maximum of 50 mg a day in 10 mg steps according to the patient’s response. Patients with depression should be treated for a sufficient period of at least 6 months to ensure that they are free from symptoms. HEALTH PRODUCTS REGULATORY AUTHORITY _______________________________________________ Read the complete document