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GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9GS
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8047 5000
Medical Information Direct Line: +44 (0)20 8047 2500
Medical Information e-mail: customer.relations@gsk.com
Customer Care direct line: +44 (0)20 8047 2700
Medical Information Fax: +44 (0)20 8047 6860

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Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on the eMC: 03/11/2011
SPC Beechams Cold & Flu Hot Lemon and Honey

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 03/11/2011 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 10 date of revision of the text
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   01-Jul-2011
Legal Category:   GSL
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company
There is no change to the SPC as such – this was a temporary change to the excipients to support a copy licence application, so there is only a material change to the SPC date of revision (Section 10).
Updated on 02/09/2010 and displayed until 03/11/2011
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.3 - Contraindications
  • 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 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:   01-Jun-2010
Legal Category:   GSL
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company


Section 4.3 – Contra-indications to concomitant use of other sympathomimetic decongestants, phaeochromocytoma and closed angle glaucoma added.

Section 4.4 – Special warnings and precautions added for enlarged prostate gland, occlusive vascular disease and cardiovascular disease. 

Section 4.5 – Addition of table detailing nature of drug interactions.

Section 4.8 – Addition of table listing undesirable effects by ingredient and body system.

Section 4.9 – Revision of section relating to phenylephrine and addition of section relating to ascorbic acid.

Section 10  - New revision date
Updated on 21/08/2007 and displayed until 02/09/2010
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

 
  paracetamol
  phenylephrine hydrochloride
  ascorbic acid