Active ingredient
- procyclidine hydrochloride
Legal Category
POM: Prescription only medicine
POM: Prescription only medicine
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Procyclidine Rosemont 2.5mg/5ml Oral Solution
Package leaflet: Information for the patient
Procyclidine Rosemont 2.5mg/5ml Oral Solution
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.
What is in this leaflet
1. What Procyclidine Rosemont is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Procyclidine Rosemont
3. How to take Procyclidine Rosemont
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Procyclidine Rosemont
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. What Procyclidine Rosemont is and what it is used for
The name of your medicine is Procyclidine Rosemont 2.5mg/5ml Oral Solution (called Procyclidine in this leaflet). It contains procyclidine hydrochloride. This belongs to a group of medicines called anticholinergics.
Procyclidine can be used for the symptoms of Parkinsonism (usually slow movement, muscle stiffness and shaking fingers). These symptoms can be caused by Parkinson’s Disease, but there are other causes as well.
2. What you need to know before you take Procyclidine Rosemont
Do not take Procyclidine and tell your doctor if:
Do not take this medicine if any of the above apply to you. If you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Procyclidine.
Warnings and Precautions
Before you take procyclidine, tell your doctor if:
If you are not sure if any of the above apply to you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Procyclidine.
Other medicines and Procyclidine:
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines. This includes medicines you buy without a prescription, including herbal medicines. This is because procyclidine can affect the way some other medicines work. Also some medicines can affect the way procyclidine works.
Tell your doctor if you are taking any of these medicines
If you are taking a mixture of procyclidine and medicines for psychoses (e.g. chlorpromazine, trifluoperazine), you should be aware that going to a hot, humid climate may cause fever.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Talk to your doctor before taking this medicine if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or are breast-feeding.
Driving and using machines
While taking this medicine you may feel light-headed, your eye-sight can become blurry or you could get an unusual feeling of excitement (elation). If this happens, you should not drive a car or use any tools or machines.
Important information about what is in this medicine
3. How to take Procyclidine Rosemont
Take this medicine as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Look on the label and ask the doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Taking this medicine
Adults
The usual doses for adults are given below:
Parkinsonism
Parkinsonism that is caused by other medicines
Children
This medicine is not usually given to children.
Elderly
If you are an older person you may be more sensitive to the medicine. The chances of you getting side effects are increased.
If you take more Procyclidine than you should
Talk to a doctor or go to a hospital straight away. Take the medicine pack with you so the doctor knows what you have taken. The following effects may happen: feeling restless or agitated, feeling confused, unable to sleep, pupils becoming larger and unusually fast heart beats. These can last up to 4 days. Hearing or seeing things that are not there may also happen. If you have taken much larger amounts than you should, the following effects may happen: feeling drowsy, change in consciousness and coma.
If you forget to take Procyclidine
Do not take a double dose (two doses at the same time) to make up for forgotten doses. Skip the missed dose then go on as before.
If you stop taking Procyclidine
Keep taking procyclidine until your doctor tells you to stop. Do not stop taking your medicine suddenly.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, procyclidine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
If you get any of the following side effects, see your doctor as soon as possible:
Tell your doctor if you get any of these side effects:
If you are taking tranquillisers
If you are taking tranquillisers, you may notice you have unusual body movements, particularly your hands, arms and legs. If you are taking procyclidine to control these side effects, you may notice that these side effects become worse. If this happens, see your doctor, who may then change the dose of your tranquilliser.
If any of the side effects get serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.
You can also report side effects directly (see details below). By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
United Kingdom
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5. How to store Procyclidine Rosemont
6. Contents of the pack and other information
What Procyclidine Rosemont contains
What Procyclidine Rosemont looks like and contents of the pack
A colourless solution with an odour of blackcurrant and grape.
It comes in a brown glass bottle holding 150ml of solution.
Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer
This leaflet was last revised in 08/2020.
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