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Sovereign Medical

Sovereign House , Miles Gray Road , Basildon , Essex , SS14 3FR
Telephone: +44 (0)1268 535 200
Fax: +44 (0)1268 535 299
Medical Information Direct Line: +44 (0)1268 823 049
Medical Information e-mail: medinfo@amdipharm.com
Medical Information Fax: +44 (0)1268 535 287

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Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on the eMC: 29/11/2006
SPC Aprinox 2.5 and 5mg Tablets

When a pharmaceutical company changes an SPC or PIL, a new version is published on the eMC. For each version, we show the dates it was published on the eMC and the reasons for change.

Updated on 29/11/2006 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for Use
  • Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
  • Change to section 10 date of revision of the text
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   10/2006
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

 Added text is shown in red

 Section 4.4 Special Warnings and Precautions for Use

The following text has been added: Regular ongoing monitoring and blood tests are to be performed in elderly patients and patients who are on long term treatment with bendroflumethiazide.

 
Section 4.5 Interactions with other Medicaments and other forms of Interaction

The following text has been added: Xanthines, beta-agonists, ACTH, corticosteroids, acetazolamide and carbenoxolone may exacerbate the hypokalaemia associated with thiazide use.  Thiazide diuretics may enhance the neuromuscular blocking effects of the non-depolarising muscle relaxants, e.g. tubocurarine.

 
Section 10 Date of (Partial) Revision of the Text

06 october 2006
Updated on 27/09/2005 and displayed until 29/11/2006
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change from BAN to rINN
Updated on 25/09/2003 and displayed until 27/09/2005
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • New SPC for eMC ie an SPC for an existing product, but one that is new for the eMC

Active Ingredients/Generics

 
   bendroflumethiazide