Active ingredient
- procyclidine hydrochloride
Legal Category
POM: Prescription only medicine
POM: Prescription only medicine
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Kemadrin Tablets 5 mg
Package Leaflet: Information for the User
Kemadrin® tablets 5 mg
procyclidine hydrochloride
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information top you.
What is in this leaflet:
1. What Kemadrin is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Kemadrin
3. How to take Kemadrin
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Kemadrin
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. What Kemadrin is and what it is used for
Kemadrin contains a medicine called procyclidine. This belongs to a group of medicines called anticholinergics. They stop a substance called acetylcholine working in your body.
Kemadrin is used to:
2. What you need to know before you take Kemadrin
Do not take Kemadrin if:
Do not take if any of the above applies to you. If you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Kemadrin.
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking your medicine if:
If you are not sure if any of the above apply to you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Kemadrin.
Children
Do not give this medicine to children.
Other medicines and Kemadrin
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription. This includes herbal medicines. This is because Kemadrin can affect the way some other medicines work. Also some other medicines can affect the way Kemadrin works.
In particular tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following:
If you are not sure if any of the above apply to you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Kemadrin.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Talk to your doctor before taking this medicine if you are pregnant, might become pregnant or are breast-feeding.
Driving and using machines
You may have blurred vision, dizziness, confusion or disorientation while taking Kemadrin. If this happens do not drive or use any tools or machines.
Kemadrin contains lactose (a type of sugar).
If you have been told by your doctor that you cannot tolerate or digest some sugars, talk to your doctor before taking this medicine.
3. How to take Kemadrin
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
To treat Parkinson’s disease:
To treat uncontrolled body movements (extrapyramidal symptoms) caused by taking other medicines:
Kemadrin can be used to control side effects caused by other medicines.
Elderly
If you are elderly, your dose may need to be carefully monitored to prevent any side effects.
Use in children
Kemadrin tablets are not usually recommended for use in children.
If you take more Kemadrin than you should
If you take more Kemadrin than you should, talk to a doctor or go to a hospital straight away. Take the medicine pack with you.
If you forget to take Kemadrin
Take a dose as soon as you remember it and then go on as before.
If you stop taking Kemadrin
Do not stop taking Kemadrin without talking to your doctor.
If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. The following side effects may happen with this medicine:
If you are taking a medicine for mental illness (called a neuroleptic) at the same time as Kemadrin:
If either of these happens, tell your doctor straight away.
Common (affects less than 1 in 10 people)
Uncommon (affects less than 1 in 100 people)
Rare (affects less than 1 in 1,000 people)
If any of the side effects gets 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 via the Yellow Card Scheme at www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard
By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
5. How to store Kemadrin
6. Contents of the pack and other information
What Kemadrin contains
What Kemadrin looks like and contents of the pack
Kemadrin Tablets 5 mg are white, round, biconvex tablets, one face with a break-line and coded KT above the break-line and 05 below the break-line with a score-line on the other face.
Kemadrin Tablets 5 mg come in bottles of 50, 100 or 500 tablets.
Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer
Manufacturer:
This leaflet was last revised in 08/2015
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