Allopurinol 100mg tablets

Land: Storbritannia

Språk: engelsk

Kilde: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Aktiv ingrediens:

Allopurinol

Tilgjengelig fra:

Sigma Pharmaceuticals Plc

ATC-kode:

M04AA01

INN (International Name):

Allopurinol

Dosering :

100mg

Legemiddelform:

Oral tablet

Administreringsrute:

Oral

Klasse:

No Controlled Drug Status

Resept typen:

Valid as a prescribable product

Produkt oppsummering:

BNF: 10010400

Informasjon til brukeren

PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
ALLOPURINOL 100MG TABLETS
(ALLOPURINOL)
• Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE.
• 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.
1. What Allopurinol Tablets are and what they are used for
IN THIS LEAFLET:
2. Before you take Allopurinol Tablets
3. How to take Allopurinol Tablets
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Allopurinol Tablets
6. Further information
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1. WHAT ALLOPURINOL TABLETS ARE AND WHAT
THEY ARE USED FOR
The name of your medicine is Allopurinol 100mg Tablets. They
contain the active ingredient called Allopurinol, that belongs to a
group of medicines called enzyme inhibitors, which act to control the
speed at which chemical changes occur in the body.
Allopurinol reduces the formation and accumulation of uric acid in the
body. They are used to prevent gout and gouty arthritis. These tablets
should not be used to treat sudden attack of gout.
Allopurinol
is
also
used
to
relieve
the
symptoms
of
pain
and
inflammation due to the following conditions:
•
Gouty arthritis or gout
•
certain types of kidney stones
•
increased uric acid level following some anti-cancer treatments
•
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome in children [inheritable disorder that affects
how the body builds and breaks down purines, characterized by
increased blood and uric acid levels and by the absence of the
enzyme hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGP)]
•
Psoriasis (skin disease that causes itchy or sore patches of thick,
red skin with silvery scales)
To prevent an attack of gouty arthritis your doctor may prescribe a
suitable anti-inflammatory medicine or colchicine for at leas

Preparatomtale

OBJECT 1
ALLOPURINOL 100MG TABLETS
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 13-Sep-2018 | Sigma
Pharmaceuticals PLC (Special
Concept Development / RxFarma)
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1. Name of the medicinal product
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2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
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3. Pharmaceutical form
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4. Clinical particulars
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4.1 Therapeutic indications
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4.2 Posology and method of administration
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4.3 Contraindications
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4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
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4.5 Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of
interaction
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4.6 Fertility, pregnancy and lactation
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4.7 Effects on ability to drive and use machines
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4.8 Undesirable effects
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4.9 Overdose
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5. Pharmacological properties
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5.1 Pharmacodynamic properties
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5.2 Pharmacokinetic properties
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5.3 Preclinical safety data
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6. Pharmaceutical particulars
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6.1 List of excipients
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6.2 Incompatibilities
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6.3 Shelf life
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6.4 Special precautions for storage
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6.5 Nature and contents of container
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6.6 Special precautions for disposal and other handling
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7. Marketing authorisation holder
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8. Marketing authorisation number(s)
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9. Date of first authorisation/renewal of the authorisation
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10. Date of revision of the text
1. Name of the medicinal product
Allopurinol 100mg Tablets
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Each Tablet contains 100mg of Allopurinol
For excipients, see 6.1
3. Pharmaceutical form
Tablet.
White circular biconvex tablet with “100” on one face and plain on
the reverse.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
As a xanthine oxidase inhibitor in the management of conditions of
excess body urate, including gout,
neoplastic disease and associated treatment, enzyme disorders such as
the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, renal
calculi, renal failure, diuretic therapy and psoriasis.
In the prophylaxis and treatment of calcium renal lithiasis in
patients with raised serum or urinary uric
acid.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
DOSAGE IN ADULTS: Allopurinol should be introduced at low dosa