País: Malásia
Língua: inglês
Origem: NPRA (National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency, Bahagian Regulatori Farmasi Negara)
MEFENAMIC ACID
DYNAPHARM (M) SDN BHD
MEFENAMIC ACID
60 ml
DYNAPHARM (M) SDN BHD
_CONSUMER MEDICATION INFORMATION LEAFLET (RIMUP)_ DYFENAMIC PAEDIATRIC SUSPENSION 50MG/5ML Mefenamic Acid (50 mg / 5 ml) 2 WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What Dyfenamic Paediatric Suspension 50mg/5ml is used for 2. How Dyfenamic Paediatric Suspension 50mg/5ml works 3. Before you use Dyfenamic Paediatric Suspension 50mg/5ml 4. How to use Dyfenamic Paediatric Suspension 50mg/5ml 5. While you are using it 6. Side effects 7. Storage and Disposal of Dyfenamic Paediatric Suspension 50mg/5ml 8. Product Description 9. Manufacturer and Product Registration Holder 10. Date of revision WHAT DYFENAMIC PAEDIATRIC SUSPENSION 50MG/5ML IS USED FOR Dyfenamic Paediatric Suspension 50mg/5ml is used to treat mild to moderate pain from various conditions. HOW DYFENAMIC PAEDIATRIC SUSPENSION 50MG/5ML WORKS Mefenamic Acid works by reducing the pain and inflammation. BEFORE YOU USE DYFENAMIC PAEDIATRIC SUSPENSION 50MG/5ML - _When you must not use it _ Do not use Dyfenamic Paediatric Suspension 50mg/5ml if you have: - Ulceration or inflammation of gastro- intestinal tract. - Allergic to Mefenamic Acid _Pregnancy and lactation _ _ _ Do not take Dyfenamic Paediatric Suspension 50mg/5ml if you are pregnant, trying to get pregnant or think you may be pregnant. Do not take Dyfenamic Paediatric Suspension 50mg/5ml if you are breast- feeding. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine. - _Before you start use it _ It should be given with care to patients with bleeding disorders, cardiovascular disease, peptic ulceration or a history of such ulceration, and in those who are receiving coumarin anticoagulants. - _Taking other medicines _ Mefenamic Acid may enhance the effects of the coumarin anticoagulants. Tell your doctor if you are taking any other medicines, including any that you buy without a prescription from a pharmacy, supermarket or health food shop. HOW TO USE DYFENAMIC PAEDIATRIC SUSPENSION 50MG/5ML - _How much to use _ Follow all directions given to you by your doctor and pharmacist carefully. They may differ from Leia o documento completo
DYFENAMIC PAEDIATRIC SUSPENSION 50MG/5ML MAL19950249AZ DESCRIPTION: SUSPENSION Colour : Light Green Flavour : Apple CONTENT: Each 5 ml contains: Mefenamic Acid .......................... 50 mg Preservatives: Methyl Paraben 0.15% w/v & Propyl Paraben 0.015% w/v Colouring agent: Green S Flavouring agent: Apple PHARMACODYNAMICS: Analgesic action: It may block pain impulse generation via a peripheral action which may involve inhibition of the synthesis of prostaglandins, and possibly inhibition of the synthesis or action of other substances which sensitise pain receptors to mechanical or chemical stimulation. Anti-inflammatory action: It may act peripherally in inflamed tissue, probably by inhibiting the synthesis of prostaglandins and possibly by inhibiting the synthesis and/or actions of other local mediators of the inflammatory response. PHARMACOKINETICS: Mefenamic Acid is absorbed from the GIT. Peak concentrations on the circulation occur about 2 hours after ingestion. Mefenamic Acid is extensively bound to plasma proteins. Approximately 50% of a dose may be recovered in the urine within 48 hours, mainly as conjugated metabolites. INDICATIONS: Mild to moderate pain such as muscular aches, backaches, dental pain, bursitis, dysmenorrhoea, rheumatic pain, traumatic pain, headaches of most aetiology, postoperative and postpartum pain, rheumatoid arthritis (including Still’s disease) and osteoarthritis. RECOMMENDED DOSAGE: CHILDREN 2 – 4 YEARS : two teaspoonfuls (10 ml). CHILDREN 5 – 8 YEARS : three teaspoonfuls (15 ml). CHILDREN 9 – 12 YEARS : four teaspoonfuls (20 ml). Dose may be repeated as necessary, up to 3 times daily. After assessing the risk/benefit ratio in each individual patient, the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible duration should be used. CONTRAINDICATIONS: Patients hypersensitive to Mefenamic Acid. Patients with ulceration or inflammation of gastrointestinal tract. PRECAUTIONS: It should be given with care to patients with bleeding disorders, cardiovascular disease, peptic ulcerat Leia o documento completo