Nchi: Uingereza
Lugha: Kiingereza
Chanzo: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
Ferrous gluconate
Alliance Healthcare (Distribution) Ltd
B03AA03
Ferrous gluconate
300mg
Oral tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 09010101
PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET FERROUS GLUCONATE 300MG TABLETS READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. ALWAYS TAKE THIS MEDICINE EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN THIS LEAFLET OR AS YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST HAS TOLD YOU. • 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 ONLY. DO NOT PASS IT ON TO OTHERS. IT MAY HARM THEM, EVEN IF THEIR SIGNS OF ILLNESS ARE THE SAME AS YOURS. • IF YOU GET ANY SIDE EFFECTS TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST. THIS INCLUDES ANY POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS NOT LISTED IN THIS LEAFLET. SEE SECTION 4. • YOU MUST TALK TO A DOCTOR IF YOU DO NOT FEEL BETTER OR IF YOU FEEL WORSE. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What Ferrous Gluconate 300mg Tablets are and what they are used for 2. What you need to know before you take Ferrous Gluconate 300mg Tablets 3. How to take Ferrous Gluconate 300mg Tablets 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Ferrous Gluconate 300mg Tablets 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. WHAT FERROUS GLUCONATE 300MG TABLETS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR Ferrous Gluconate 300mg Tablets are used for the treatment and prevention of iron deficiency. Ferrous Gluconate is a form of iron. Iron is necessary for the production of haemoglobin (protein in red blood cells), which carries oxygen around the body. Iron is involved in the formation of myoglobin, a pigment that stores oxygen in muscles for use during exercise. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU TAKE FERROUS GLUCONATE 300MG TABLETS DO NOT TAKE FERROUS GLUCONATE 300MG TABLETS: • if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to ferrous gluconate, medicines containing iron or any of the other ingredients in this medicine (See section 6) • if you have a build up of too much iron in the body (haemochromatosis) • if you suffer from iron storage (haemosiderosis) or absorption (haemoglobinuria) • if you have anaemia not caused by Soma hati kamili
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Ferrous Gluconate 300mg Tablets 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each tablet contains 300mg ferrous gluconate. Excipients with known effect: contains sucrose and ponceau 4R red (E124). For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Coated tablet. Appearance: Red, circular, biconvex, sugar-coated tablet. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Ferrous Gluconate 300mg Tablets are indicated for the prevention and treatment of iron deficiency states. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION ADULTS AND THE ELDERLY _Prophylactic_: 2 tablets daily. _Therapeutic_: 4-6 tablets daily in divided doses. CHILDREN (AGED 6-12 YEARS) _Prophylactic: _1 or 2 tablets daily. _Therapeutic: _3 tablets daily in divided doses. Ferrous Gluconate 300mg Tablets are best taken about one hour before meals. _ _ _ _ _Method of administration _ The route of administration for Ferrous Gluconate 300mg tablets is oral. 4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS Hypersensitivity to the active ingredient ferrous gluconate or to any of the excipients listed in section 6.1. Iron preparations are contra-indicated in patients with haemochromatosis, iron storage or absorption diseases such as and haemosiderosis or haemoglobinuria. Iron is contraindicated in patients receiving repeated blood transfusions, or in patients receiving parenteral iron therapy or to patients with anaemias not produced by iron deficiency (some conditions, such as thalassemia may cause excess storage of iron). Alcoholism and hepatitis. Iron preparations are contraindicated in active peptic ulcer, regional enteritis and ulcerative colitis. Ferrous Gluconate Tablets should not be used in patients with anaemia not produced by iron deficiency unless iron deficiency is also present. 4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE Large doses may have irritant/corrosive effect on gastro-intestinal mucosa which can lead to necrosis and perforation. Ferrous Gluconate should be used with caution in pa Soma hati kamili