Pabrinex Intramuscular High Potency, Solution for injection

Each presentation (carton) contains either 5ml or 2ml ampoules. Each pair of ampoules to be used in treatment is labelled Pabrinex No 1 and Pabrinex No 2.

For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Solution for injection.

Rapid therapy of severe depletion or malabsorption of the water soluble vitamins B and C, particularly in alcoholism, after acute infections, post-operatively and in psychiatric states.

Pabrinex is also available as an Intravenous High Potency Injection. Therefore before administration ensure that both the Summary of Product Characteristics and ampoule labels refer to the INTRAMUSCULAR injection.

The contents of one ampoule number 1 and one ampoule number 2 of Pabrinex Intramuscular High Potency (total 7ml) are drawn up into a syringe to mix them just before use, then injected slowly high into the gluteal muscle, 5cm below the iliac crest.

Adults: The contents of one pair of ampoules (7ml) twice daily for up to 7 days.

Elderly: As for adults.

Children: Pabrinex Intramuscular High Potency is rarely indicated for administration to children, however suitable doses are as follows:

Known hypersensitivity to any of the active constituents or to the excipients.

Although potentially serious allergic adverse reactions such as anaphylactic shock may occur rarely during, or shortly after, parenteral administration of Pabrinex Intramuscular, such rare occurrence of serious allergic reactions should not preclude the use of Pabrinex Intramuscular in patients who need treatment by this route of administration. Initial warning signs of a reaction to Pabrinex Intramuscular are sneezing or mild asthma, and those treating patients need to note that the administration of further injections to such patients may give rise to anaphylactic shock. Facilities for treating anaphylactic reactions should be available whenever Pabrinex Intramuscular High Potency is administered.

This medicine is for injection into a muscle only and should not be given by any other route

Care should be taken to ensure that the route of administration used (intramuscular or intravenous) is that intended – reports of unintentional administration by the wrong route have been received; these incidents have not been associated with serious adverse reactions.

The content of pyridoxine may interfere with the effects of concurrent levodopa therapy.

No adverse effects have been noted at recommended doses when used as clinically indicated.

However animal studies are insufficient with respect to effects on pregnancy/ and-or/ embryonal/foetal development/ and-or/ parturition/ and-or/ postnatal development (see section 5.3). The potential risk for humans is unknown.

Caution should be exercised when prescribing to pregnant women.

None stated.

Occasionally, hypotension and mild paraesthesia from continued high doses of thiamine; occasionally mild ache at local site of injection.

In the unlikely event of over dosage, treatment is symptomatic and supportive.

Pabrinex Intramuscular High Potency contains vitamins B₁, B₂, B₆, nicotinamide and vitamin C.

ATC code: A11EB

None supplied.

There are no pre-clinical data of relevance to the prescriber which are additional to that already included in other sections of the Summary of Product Characteristics.

Edetic acid

Sodium hydroxide

Benzyl alcohol

Water for Injections

None stated.

24 months.

Store in a refrigerator at 2°C to 8°C. Keep the container in the outer carton. Do not freeze.

Pabrinex Intramuscular High Potency is supplied in pairs of (5ml and 2ml) amber glass ampoules in packs of 10 pairs.

In common with all parenteral products each ampoule should be visually inspected prior to administration and should not be used if particulates are present.

Archimedes Pharma UK Limited

250 South Oak Way

Green Park

Reading

Berkshire

RG2 6UG

UK

PL 12406/0004

Date of first authorisation: October 1993

Date of the latest renewal: October 2003

22 July 2010