Allevia Hives 180 mg tablets

Always take this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist have told you.

• Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
• Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
• If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
• You must talk to a doctor if you do not feel better or if you feel worse after taking this medicine.

1. What Allevia Hives 180mg is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Allevia Hives 180mg
3. How to take Allevia Hives 180mg
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Allevia Hives 180mg
6. Contents of the pack and other information

• if you are allergic to fexofenadine or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Allevia Hives 180mg if you:

• have problems with your liver or kidneys
• are elderly
• have or ever had heart problems, as fexofenadine, like other antihistamines may cause your heart to beat faster (tachycardia) or you feel your heart beating (palpitations).

If any of these apply to you, or if you are not sure, tell your doctor or pharmacist before taking Allevia Hives 180mg.

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines.

This is especially important for the following medicines:

• Erythromycin (an antibiotic)
• Ketoconazole (a treatment for fungal infections)

If you are taking apalutamide (a medicine to treat prostate cancer), as the effect of fexofenadine may be decreased.

Indigestion remedies containing aluminium and magnesium may affect the action of Allevia Hives 180mg by lowering the amount of medicinal product absorbed. It is recommended that you leave about 2 hours between the time that you take Allevia Hives 180mg and your indigestion remedy.

Allevia Hives 180mg should be taken before meals with water.

If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.

Allevia Hives 180mg should not be taken during pregnancy and whilst breast-feeding unless advised by a doctor.

Allevia Hives 180mg is unlikely to affect your ability to drive or operate machinery. However, you should check that these tablets do not make you feel sleepy or dizzy before driving or operating machinery.

This medicine contains less than 1 mmol sodium (23 mg) per tablet, that is to say essentially ‘sodium-free’.

The recommended dose is one tablet (180 mg) daily.

Take the tablet with water before a meal.

This medicine starts to relieve your symptoms within 1 hour and lasts for 24 hours.

If the symptoms of allergic skin reactions persist, or gets worse or other symptoms appear, you should stop the treatment and consult a doctor.

Do not exceed the stated dose. Do not give to children below 12 years of age.

If you have accidentally taken more than this leaflet recommended, contact the nearest hospital emergency department or tell your doctor or pharmacist immediately. Remember to take the pack and any remaining tablets with you. The most common signs of overdose are dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue and dry mouth.

Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten tablet.

• swelling of the face, lips, tongue or throat and difficulty breathing

Common side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):

• headache
• drowsiness
• feeling sick (nausea)
• dizziness.

Uncommon side effects (may affect up to 1 in 100 people):

• tiredness
• sleepiness.

Additional side effects (frequency not known: cannot be estimated from the available data) which may occur are:

• difficulty sleeping (insomnia)
• sleeping disorders
• bad dreams
• nervousness
• fast or irregular heart beat
• feel your heart beating (palpitations)
• diarrhoea
• skin rash and itching
• hives
• serious allergic reactions which can cause swelling of the face, lips, tongue or throat, flushing, chest tightness, and difficulty breathing
• blurred vision.

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 via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store.

By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

• The active substance is fexofenadine hydrochloride. Each tablet contains 180 mg of fexofenadine hydrochloride.
• The other ingredients are:
  • Tablet core: microcrystalline cellulose, pregelatinised maize starch, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate.
  • Film coating: hypromellose, povidone, titanium dioxide (E171), colloidal anhydrous silica, macrogol 400 and iron oxide (E172).

Allevia Hives 180mg film-coated tablets are peach coloured, capsule shaped tablets marked with “018” on one side and a scripted “e” on the other.

Allevia Hives 180mg is presented in blister packs of 2 (sample pack), 10,15, 20 and 30 tablets. Not all pack sizes are marketed.

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