Boots Cold and Flu Relief With Decongestant Powder

Read all of this leaflet carefully because it contains important information for you.

This medicine is available without prescription to treat minor conditions.

However, you still need to take it carefully to get the best results from it.

• Keep this leaflet, you may need to read it again
• Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice

Do not take:

• If you are allergic to any of the ingredients
• If you have heart or blood vessel disease
• If you have high blood pressure, including that due to a tumour near your kidneys
• If you have an overactive thyroid
• If you are taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (for depression), or have taken them in the last 14 days
• If you have phenylketonuria (this medicine contains aspartame, a source of phenylalanine)
• If you have an intolerance to some sugars, unless your doctor tells you to (this medicine contains sucrose)
• If you are a man with prostate problems
• If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, unless your doctor tells you to

Talk to your pharmacist or doctor:

• If you have other heart problems, including angina or have had a heart attack or stroke
• If you have liver problems (including a disease caused by drinking alcohol) or alcohol dependence
• If you have kidney problems
• If you have diabetes
• If you are on a low salt (sodium) diet (each sachet contains 122 mg of sodium, which may be harmful to you)
• If you have asthma and have ever had a bad reaction after taking aspirin or any other non steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (you may have had worsening of asthma, swelling of the lips or face, itchy skin, runny nose)

Other important information

Driving and using machines: This medicine may cause dizziness. You should not drive or use machines until you are sure you are not affected.

Do not drink alcohol (wine, beer, spirits) whilst taking this medicine.

If you take other medicines

This medicine contains paracetamol.

Do not take with any other paracetamol-containing products.

Before you take these sachets, make sure that you tell your pharmacist about ANY other medicines you might be using at the same time, particularly the following:

• Domperidone or metoclopramide for feeling sick or being sick (may increase the pain relief effect of paracetamol)
• Colestyramine for reducing blood fat levels (may reduce the pain relief effect of paracetamol)
• Warfarin or other blood thinners – if you take warfarin you can take occasional amounts of this medicine but talk to your doctor first before you take it on a regular basis
• Anticonvulsants (for epilepsy)
• Contraceptive tablets
• Isoniazid (for bacterial infections)
• Diflunisal (for pain relief)
• Probenecid (for gout)
• Tricylic antidepressants
• Atropine (for muscle spasm in the stomach)
• Guanethidine (for emergency treatment of very high blood pressure)
• Ergot alkaloids (for migraine)
• Oxytocin (used to induce labour in pregnant women)
• Other decongestants (these medicines may increase your blood pressure whilst taking these sachets)
• Medicines to treat asthma

If you get any of these serious side effects, stop taking the sachets. See a doctor at once:

• Difficulty in breathing, tight chest, wheezing, runny nose, swelling of the face, neck, tongue or throat (severe allergic reactions)

These other effects are less serious. If they bother you talk to a pharmacist:

• Other allergic reactions (e.g. skin rash)
• Being sick, headache, dizziness – do not drive or use machines if you feel dizzy
• Fast heart rate, slow heart rate, raised blood pressure
• Difficulty in passing urine and emptying the bladder
• Unusual bruising, or infections such as sore throat – this may be due to very rare changes in the blood

If you take this medicine every day for a long time you may also get:

• Kidney problems

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