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UCB Pharma Limited

208 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3WE
Telephone: +44 (0)1753 534 655
Medical Information Direct Line: +44 (0)1753 447 690
Medical Information e-mail: Medicalinformationuk@ucb.com
Customer Care direct line: +44 (0) 1773 510123

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Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on the eMC: 20/04/2009
SPC Coracten XL Joint SPC 30mg, 60mg

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 20/04/2009 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable Effects
  • Change to section 4.9 - Overdose
  • Change to section 10 date of revision of the text
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   14-Apr-2009
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

Section 4.5 - Addition of drugs which may interact with nifedipine: macrolide antibiotics, gingko biloba, ginseng and St John's Wort.
Section 4.8 - Addition of mood changes, ischaemic pain, myasthenia gravis
Section 4.9 - Management of overdose added
Updated on 15/09/2005 and displayed until 20/04/2009
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 7 - Marketing Authorisation Holder
  • Change to section 10 (date of (partial) revision of the text
Updated on 28/09/2004 and displayed until 15/09/2005
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Addition of joint SPC covering all presentations

Active Ingredients/Generics

 
   nifedipine