Active ingredient
- folic acid
Legal Category
POM: Prescription only medicine
POM: Prescription only medicine
The Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) is the leaflet included in the pack with a medicine. It is written for patients and gives information about taking or using a medicine. It is possible that the leaflet in your medicine pack may differ from this version because it may have been updated since your medicine was packaged.
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Lexpec Folic Acid Oral Solution 2.5mg/5ml
Patient Information Leaflet
Lexpec® 2.5mg/5ml Oral Solution
folic acid
In this leaflet:
1. What Lexpec is and what it is used for
2. What do you need to know before you take Lexpec
3. How to take Lexpec
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Lexpec
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. What Lexpec is and what it is used for
The name of your medicine is Lexpec 2.5mg/5ml Oral Solution (called Lexpec in this leaflet). It contains folic acid. This belongs to a group of vitamins called ‘B vitamins’.
Lexpec is used for the following:
2. What do you need to know before you take Lexpec
Do not take Lexpec and tell your doctor if:
If any of the above apply to you, do not take this medicine and talk to your doctor.
Take special care with Lexpec
Before you take Lexpec, tell your doctor if:
Taking other medicines
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 Lexpec can affect the way some other medicines work. Also, some medicines can affect the way Lexpec works.
In particular, tell your doctor if you are taking any of the following:
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Talk to your doctor before taking this medicine if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or are breast-feeding. If you are a woman and you are pregnant, this medicine is unlikely to cause any harm to you or your unborn child.
Driving and using machines
Lexpec is not likely to affect you being able to drive or use any tools or machines.
Important information about what is in Lexpec
This medicine contains:
3. How to take Lexpec
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 and older people
The usual dose for adults and older people is:
You will usually take this medicine for 14 days.
Pregnancy
Children
The usual dose for children is:
If you take more Lexpec than you should
There have been no cases of people taking an overdose with this medicine. However, if you think you have taken more than you should, talk to your doctor or go to a hospital straight away.
If you forget to take Lexpec
If you forget a dose, take it as soon as you remember it.
However, if it is nearly time for the next dose, skip the missed dose. Do not take a double dose (two doses at the same time) to make up for a forgotten dose.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
4. Possible side effects
Like all medicines, Lexpec can cause side effects although not everybody gets them.
If you have an allergic reaction to Lexpec see a doctor straight away
An allergic reaction may include:
Frequency not known: severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic reaction).
Tell your doctor if you get any of these side effects:
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.
5. How to store Lexpec
6. Contents of the pack and other information
What Lexpec contains
What Lexpec looks like and contents of the pack
A pale yellow liquid with an odour of strawberry.
It comes in a brown glass bottle holding 150ml of solution.
Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer
This leaflet was last revised in 07/2020
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