Active ingredient
- hydroxyzine dihydrochloride
Legal Category
POM: Prescription only medicine
POM: Prescription only medicine
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Ucerax Syrup 10mg/5ml
Patient Information Leaflet
Ucerax®
10mg/5ml Syrup
Hydroxyzine dihydrochloride
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine.
In this leaflet:
1. What Ucerax Syrup is for
2. Before you take Ucerax Syrup
3. How to take Ucerax Syrup
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Ucerax Syrup
6. Further information.
1. What Ucerax Syrup is for
Ucerax Syrup belongs to a group of medicines called sedating antihistamines. It is thought to work by inhibiting some activity in the brain.
Ucerax Syrup is used to treat:
2. Before you take Ucerax Syrup
Do not take Ucerax Syrup if:
If any of the above applies to you talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
Warnings and precautions
Ucerax Syrup may be associated with an increased risk of heart rhythm disorder which may be life threatening. Therefore, tell your doctor if you have any heart problems or are taking any other medicines, including medicines obtained without prescription.
While taking Ucerax Syrup, seek immediate medical attention if you experience heart problems such as palpitations, trouble breathing, loss of consciousness. Treatment with hydroxyzine should be stopped.
Check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking Ucerax Syrup if:
Other medicines and Ucerax Syrup
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines. This includes any medicines obtained without prescription. Ucerax Syrup can affect or be affected by other medicinal products.
Do not take Ucerax Syrup if you are taking medicine to treat:
Tell your doctor if you are taking any of the following medicines:
Ucerax Syrup may reduce the effect of these medicines.
Also tell your doctor if you are taking:
Ucerax Syrup may increase the effect of these medicines.
Tell your doctor if you are taking:
Tell your doctor that you are taking Ucerax Syrup if you are going to have allergy testing or a chest medical examination (for asthma) in the next 5 days. Ucerax Syrup can affect the test results.
Taking Ucerax Syrup with food and drink
Do not drink alcohol whilst you are taking Ucerax Syrup
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Do not take Ucerax Syrup if you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant or breastfeeding.
Driving and using machines
Do not drive or operate machines if you take Ucerax Syrup. Ucerax Syrup may affect your ability to react and concentrate.
3. How to take Ucerax Syrup
Always take Ucerax Syrup exactly as your doctor has told you.
Important: Your doctor will choose the dose that is right for you. Your dose and when to take it will be shown clearly on the label that your pharmacist puts on your medicine. If it does not, or you are not sure, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Ucerax Syrup should be used at the lowest effective dose and the treatment period should be as short as possible.
Adults
In adults and children over 40 kg in weight, the maximum daily dose is 100 mg (50 ml) per day in all indications.
For anxiety:
For pruritus (itchiness of the skin):
Children
In children up to 40 kg, the maximum daily dose is 2 mg (1ml)/ kg/day.
For pruritus in children (over 12 months) up to 40 kg in weight :
The elderly
In the elderly, the maximum daily dose is 50 mg (25 ml) per day.
People with liver and kidney problems
If you take more Ucerax Syrup than you should
If you have used or taken too much Ucerax Syrup, immediately contact or attend your nearest hospital accident and emergency department, in particular if a child has taken too much. In the event of overdose, symptomatic treatment could be implemented.
An ECG monitoring could be undertaken, because of the possibility of a heart rhythm problem such as QT interval prolongation or Torsade de Pointes.
If you take more Ucerax Syrup than you should you may feel sick or be sick, feel sleepy, confused, or have heart palpitations, fever, unreactive pupils, the shakes, hallucinations, breathing problems, fits or low blood pressure. An overdose can lead to a coma and be fatal.
If you forget to take Ucerax Syrup
Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed dose. Simply take your next dose as planned.
If you have any further questions about the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines Ucerax Syrup can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Stop taking Ucerax Syrup and seek immediate medical help if you have any of the following symptoms:
Other side effects
Very common side effects (affects more than 1 in 10 people):
Common side effects (affects less than 1 in 10 people)
Uncommon side effects (affects less than 1 in 100 people)
Not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data)
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
United Kingdom
Ireland
By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
5. How to store Ucerax Syrup
Keep out of the reach and sight of children.
Keep the bottle in the outer carton to protect from light.
Do not use Ucerax Syrup after the expiry date on the bottle and carton. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Return any medicine you no longer need to your pharmacist.
6. Further information
What Ucerax Syrup contains
The active substance in Ucerax Syrup is hydroxyzine dihydrochloride. The syrup contains 10 mg of hydroxyzine dihydrochloride in each 5 ml.
The other ingredients are sucrose, ethanol (alcohol), sodium benzoate (E211), menthol, imitation hazelnut flavour and purified water.
What Ucerax Syrup looks like
Each bottle contains 200 ml of hazelnut flavoured syrup.
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This leaflet was last updated in August 2015
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