Chlorphenamine 4mg Tablets

Always take this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist has 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.

1. What Chlorphenamine Tablets are and what they are used for
2. What you need to know before you take Chlorphenamine Tablets
3. How to take Chlorphenamine Tablets
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Chlorphenamine Tablets
6. Contents of the pack and other information

• are allergic to Chlorphenamine or any other antihistamines or any other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6)
• have taken medicines for depression known as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOls, for example phenelzine) within the last 14 days.

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Chlorphenamine Tablets if you:

• suffer from epilepsy and are taking anticonvulsant drugs such as phenytoin
• have increased pressure in the eye (glaucoma)
• have an enlarged prostate gland
• have high blood pressure or are being treated for high blood pressure
• have heart, liver or kidney disease
• have bronchitis, asthma or bronchiectasis or chronic lung disorders (difficulty in breathing and cough that won’t go away).

Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription, particularly the following:

• Other antihistamines, including antihistamine containing cough and cold medicines, that may make you sleepy
• Sleeping tablets, medicines for anxiety, antidepressants
• Pheny1oin (for epilepsy)

You are advised NOT to drink alcohol with this medicine.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding and fertility

Do not take Chlorphenamine Tablets if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding, unless directed by your doctor.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.

Chlorphenamine may make you feel drowsy, dizzy or have blurred vision. Make sure you are not affected before you drive or operate machinery.

If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking this medicinal product.

Adults and children aged 12 years and over:

Take one tablet every 4 to 6 hours as needed. Do not take more than 6 tablets in 24 hours.

Children aged 6 to 12 years:

Give 1/2 tablet every 4 to 6 hours as needed. Do not give more than 6 half tablets in 24 hours.

Elderly:

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you take this medicine as you may be more likely to get side effects including confusion and you may need to take a lower daily dose.

Maximum daily dose: 3 tablets (12 mg) in any 24 hours.

• Do not take more than the recommended dose.
• Do not give to children under 6 years.
• The minimum time interval between doses should be 4 hours.
• Do not use continuously for more than 14 days without consulting a doctor.

The tablets should be taken as instructed, swallowed with a glass of water.

The tablet can be divided into equal doses.

Contact your nearest hospital casualty department, or tell your doctor immediately. Take any remaining tablets and the pack with you. Do not drive if you have taken too many tablets.

Take one as soon as you remember, unless it is nearly time to take the next one.

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

• Raised and itchy rash (hives)
• Swelling, sometimes of the face or mouth causing difficulty in breathing
• Collapse

These reactions are rare.

Very Common (affects more than 1 in 10 people)

• drowsiness and sedation

Common (affects between 1 in 10 and 1 in 100 people)

• disturbance in concentrating, un-coordination, dizziness, headache
• blurred vision
• feeling or being sick, dry mouth
• fatigue

Other side effects may include: allergic reactions, swelling of the skin, loss of appetite, confusion, excitation, irritability, nightmares, low blood pressure, thickening of phlegm, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, indigestion or upset stomach, itchy skin, rash, sensitivity to the sun, muscle twitching, muscle weakness, difficulty passing water, chest tightness, low blood count, bruising, hepatitis (severe stomach pain, nausea or vomiting and loss of appetite and/orjaundice (yellow colouring of the skin or the whites of the eyes).

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. 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 ingredient is 4mg of Chlorphenamine Maleate.

The other ingredients are Lactose, Potato starch, Magnesium Stearate, Quinoline yellow (E104).

These tablets are pale yellow, uncoated, biconvex tablet with debossed "Rx" & breakline on one side and " 4" on other side.

Chlorphenamine Tablets are supplied in containers of 100, 500, 1000 and blister packs of 28, 30 and 60. Not all pack sizes may be marketed.