Summary of Product Characteristics
last updated on the eMC:
13/05/2011
| Glycerin and Blackcurrant Soothing Cough Syrup or Glycerin and Blackcurrant Linctus or Benylin Dry Coughs Blackcurrant or CalCough Children's Soothing Syrup or Benylin Children's Blackcurrant Flavour Cough Syrup | |
| Active Ingredient | Quantity per 5ml | Glycerin Ph. Eur. | 0.75ml | Liquid sugar | 1.93ml | (Equivalent to sucrose B.P. | 1.7g) |
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| For the relief of irritating, tickling dry coughs and sore throats. | |
| Adults, elderly and children over 5 years: 10mlChildren 1 - 5 years: 5mlThe dose may be repeated three or four times a day.Children under one year: Not to be given to children under 1 year.For oral administration. | |
| Hypersensitivity or intolerance to any of the ingredients. | |
| Diabetics should take note of the carbohydrate content of this product. Do not give to children under one year.Keep all medicines out of the reach of children. | |
| No clinically significant interactions known. | |
| The safety of this medicine during pregnancy and lactation has not been established, but is not considered to constitute a hazard during these periods. | |
| Immune system disorder: hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis. | |
| Overdosage would not be expected to cause any problems and treatment would be merely symptomatic and supportive. | |
| Glycerin and sucrose have demulcent properties and will soothe irritated sore throats and possibly block sensory cough receptors within the respiratory tract. | |
| Glycerin is readily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and undergoes extensive metabolism principally in the liver. It may be used in the synthesis of lipids, and is metabolised to glucose or glycogen or oxidised to carbon dioxide and water. It may also be excreted in the urine unchanged.Sucrose is hydrolysed in the small intestine by the enzyme sucrase to glucose and fructose which are then absorbed. | |
| There are no preclinical data of relevance to the prescriber which are additional to that already included. | |
| Citric acid monohydrate gran Sodium benzoateAnthocyaninBlackcurrant Flavour 1740.7107 IFF Blackcurrant Juice 1740.1436 IFFLiquid Glucose BPC 1963 Purified Water | |
| 125ml, 150ml or 200ml white flint glass, or amber glass bottle with an aluminium roll-on pilfer-proof cap with a flowed in liner, or a triseal (LDPE/EPE/LDPE) liner. Alternative caps: A wadless polypropylene tamper evident cap, or a child resistant polypropylene cap with a LDPE liner. A double ended measuring spoon of 2.5ml and 5.0ml capacity may optionally be provided with the product. | |
| The Boots Company PLC 1 Thane Road West Nottingham NG2 3AA Trading as: BCM | |
| Date of First Authorisation: | 14 March 1984 | Date of Last Renewal: | 25 July 2000 |
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