Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited

Hertford Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9BU
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Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on the eMC: 22/08/2011
SPC Singulair Paediatric 4 mg 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 22/08/2011 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable Effects
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   11-Aug-2011
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

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The change was to re-structure section 4.8 of the SmPC by placing the post-marketing adverse reactions in a table and providing a frequency category for each. There were no additional Adverse reactions added.

Updated on 06/12/2010 and displayed until 22/08/2011
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable Effects
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic Properties
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   11-Nov-2010
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

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To section 4.8. "Undesirable Effects", the following has been added:

"Montelukast has been evaluated in a clinical study in patients with intermittent asthma as follows:
4 mg granules and chewable tablets in 1038 paediatric patients 6 months to 5 years of age "

 

 

In section 5.1 "pharmacodynamics" the following has been added:

"In a placebo-controlled study in paediatric patients 6 months to 5 years of age who had intermittent asthma but did not have persistent asthma, treatment with montelukast was administered over a 12-month period, either as a once-daily 4 mg regimen or as a series of 12-day courses that each were started when an episode of intermittent symptoms began. No significant difference was observed between patients treated with montelukast 4 mg or placebo in the number of asthma episodes culminating in an asthma attack, defined as an asthma episode requiring utilization of health-care resources such as an unscheduled visit to a doctor's office, emergency room, or hospital; or treatment with oral, intravenous, or intramuscular corticosteroid."

 

Updated on 02/07/2010 and displayed until 06/12/2010
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable Effects
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   03-Jun-2010
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

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Section 4.8:  Addition of adverse reactions (hostility, somnambulism, upper respiratory infection).

 

Updated on 07/09/2009 and displayed until 02/07/2010
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable Effects
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   14-Aug-2009
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

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Addition of adverse reactions (epistaxis and pyrexia) in section 4.8 of the SmPC

Updated on 23/03/2009 and displayed until 07/09/2009
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • New individual SPC (was previously included in combined SPC)
Date of revision of text on the SPC:  
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

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None provided

Active Ingredients/Generics

 
   montelukast sodium