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Pfizer Limited
Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NJ
Telephone: +44 (0)1304 616 161
Fax: +44 (0)1304 656 221

Before you contact this company: often several companies will market medicines with the same active ingredient. Please check that this is the correct company before contacting them. Why?
Patient Information Leaflet last updated on the eMC: 06/06/2011
PIL Lopid 300mg hard capsules & 600mg Film-coated 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 06/06/2011 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Introduction of new pack/pack size
Updated on 04/04/2011 and displayed until 06/06/2011
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change of trade or generic name
  • Change to Further Information section
  • Change of manufacturer
  • Change to, or new, use for medicine
  • Change to warnings or special precautions for use
  • Change to storage instructions
  • Change to side-effects
  • Change to dosage and administration
  • Change to name of manufacturer
  • Introduction of new pack/pack size
Updated on 08/06/2010 and displayed until 04/04/2011
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Correction of spelling/typing errors
Updated on 13/04/2010 and displayed until 08/06/2010
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change of inactive ingredient
  • Change to appearance of the medicine
  • Change to date of revision
  • Change to storage instructions
Updated on 11/09/2009 and displayed until 13/04/2010
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Improved Electronic Presentation
Updated on 02/06/2008 and displayed until 11/09/2009
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change due to user-testing of patient information
Updated on 06/05/2008 and displayed until 02/06/2008
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Transfer to upgraded management system
Updated on 08/08/2007 and displayed until 06/05/2008
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change of inactive ingredient
Updated on 02/06/2006 and displayed until 08/08/2007
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to side-effects
  • Change to instructions about overdose
Updated on 06/01/2005 and displayed until 02/06/2006
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change of trade or generic name
  • Change to warnings or special precautions for use
  • Change of contra-indications
  • Change to information about pregnancy or lactation
  • Change to instructions about overdose
  • Correction of spelling/typing errors
Updated on 24/11/2003 and displayed until 06/01/2005
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • New PIL for eMC ie a PIL for an existing product but new to the eMC

Active Ingredients/Generics

 
  gemfibrozil