Paracetamol ratiopharm Solution, 100 ml

Instructions for use for Paracetamol ratiopharm Solution, 100 ml

Important notes (compulsory information):

Paracetamol ratiopharm ® Solution. Active ingredient: Paracetamol. Areas of application: light up to moderately strong pain, fever.

For risks and side effects, read the package leaflet and ask your doctor or pharmacist.


Leaflet: Information for the User
Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution
40 mg / ml solution for taking
Active substance: Paracetamol

Read the entire leaflet carefully because it contains important information for you. This medicine is available without prescription. In order to achieve the best possible treatment success, Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution, however, be taken correctly.
- Lift the package leaflet. You might want to read it again.
- Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
- If your complaints worse or will not improve after 3 days, you must definitely visit a doctor.
- If one of the side effects listed you significantly affect or notice side effects that are not specified in this information information, please inform your doctor or pharmacist.

This leaflet contains:
1. What is Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution and what is it used for?
2. What do you need before taking Paracetamol ratiopharm ® Note solution?
3. What is Paracetamol ratiopharm ® Solution to take?
4. Which side effects are possible?
5. What is Paracetamol ratiopharm ® Storage Resolution?
6. Further information

1. What is Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution and what is it used for?

Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution is an analgesic, fever-lowering medicine (analgesic and antipyretics).

Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution is used to symptomatic treatment of:
- slight to moderate pain
- Fever

2. What do you need before taking Paracetamol ratiopharm ® Note solution?

Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution must not be taken:
- if they are hypersensitive (allergic) against paracetamol, sodium disulfite or any of the other ingredients of Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution are
- if you suffer from a severe impairment of liver function

Special care when taking Paracetamol ratiopharm ® Solution is required:
- if they are chronically alcoholic
- if you suffer from an impairment of liver function (Lieberitis, Gilbert syndrome)
- In the case of preheated kidney
If your complaints worse or no improvement after 3 days, or at high fever, you must consult a doctor. In order to prevent the risk of overdose, it should be ensured that other medicines that are applied at the same time do not contain any paracetamol. With prolonged high-dose, non-intended use of painkillers, headaches may occur, which must not be treated by increased doses of the medicine. Generally, the habitual intake of painkillers, especially when combining multiple analgesic active ingredients for permanent kidney damage with the risk of renal failure (AnalgeTika Nephropathy) lead. At abrupt settling after prolonged high dose, non-intended use of painkillers, headaches as well as fatigue, muscle pain, nervousness and vegetative symptoms can occur. The settling symptoms sounds within a few days. Until then, the re-acceptance of painkillers should be omitted and the re-taking is not without a medical advice. Take Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution not without medical or dental council for a long time or in higher doses.

When taking Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution with other medicines:
Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if you take / apply other medicines or recently taken / applied, even if it is not a prescription medicinal iteml is.

Interactions are possible with:
- SampleCID (medicines for gout)
- Possible liver-damaging substances, z. Phenobarbital (Sleep aid), phenytoin, carbamazepine (medicine against epilepsy) and rifampicin (tuberculosis agents). Under certain types, it may also be possible with otherwise harmless doses of Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution to liver damage occur. The same applies to alcohol abuse.
- Medicines against nausea (metoclopramide and domperidone): These can accelerate the recording and effect of paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution cause.
- Drugs that lead to a slowdown in gastric emptying: These can delay the recording and effect entry of paracetamol.
- Medicines for reducing increased blood veals (Colestyramine): These can take up and thus the effectiveness of Paracetamol ratiopharm ® reduce solution.
- Medicines in HIV infections (Zidovudin): The inclination to reduce white blood cells (neutropenia) is strengthened. Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution should therefore only be used after medical advice simultaneously with Zidovudin.
- Indicative medicines (oral anticoagulants, especially warfarin). The repeated ingestion of paracetamol over more than a week reinforces bleeding tendency. The long-term application of paracetamol should only be carried out under medical control in this case. The occasional intake of paracetamol has no impact on bleeding tendency.

Impact of taking Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution for laboratory tests:
The urinary acidity and blood sugar determination can be influenced.

When taking Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution together with food and beverages:
Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution must not be taken or administered together with alcohol.

Pregnancy and breast feeding period:
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking / application of all medicines. Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution should only be taken after strict balance of benefit risk ratio during pregnancy. You should be paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution during pregnancy do not take longer time, in high doses or in combination with other medicines, as the safety of the application is not occupied for these cases. Paracetamol goes into breast milk. Since adverse consequences for the infant have not yet become known, interruption of breastfeeding is usually not required.

Driveion and use of machines:
Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution has no influence on the ability to drive and use machines. Nevertheless, after taking a painkiller is always caution.

Important information about specific ingredients of Paracetamol ratiopharm ® Solution:
1 ml of solution for taking contains 0.43 mmol (9.89 mg) sodium. If you need to meet a saline diet, you should consider this.

3. What is Paracetamol ratiopharm ® Solution to take?

Take Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution always exactly after the instruction in this leaflet. Please ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. The dosage depends on the information below. Paracetamol is dependent on body weight (kg) And age dosed, usually with 10 to 15 mg / kg body weight as a single dose, up to a maximum of 60 mg / kg body weight as a daily dose. The respective dosage interval depends on the symptoms and the maximum total dental dose. It should not fall below 6 hours. With complaints that last longer than 3 days, a doctor should be visited.

7 kg - 9 kg (6 - 12 months)
Single dose: 100 mg paracetamol (2.5 ml*)
Max. Daily dose: 400 mg paracetamol (10 ml*)

10 kg - 12 kg (1 - 2 years)
Single dose: 150 mg paracetamol (3.75 ml*)
Max. Daily dose: 600 mg paracetamol (15 ml*)

13 kg - 18 kg (2 - 5 years)
Single dose: 200 mg paracetamol (5 ml*)
Max. Daily dose: 800 mg Paracetamol (20 ml*)

19 kg - 25 kg (5 - 8 years)
Single dose: 300 mG Paracetamol (7.5 ml*)
Max. Daily dose: 1200 mg paracetamol (30 ml*)

26 kg - 32 kg (8 - 11 years)
Single dose: 400 mg paracetamol (10 ml*)
Max. Daily dose: 1600 mg paracetamol (40 ml*)

33 kg - 43 kg (11 - 12 years)
Single dose: 500 mg paracetamol (12.5 ml*)
Max. Daily dose: 2000 mg paracetamol (50 ml*)
For this age group, other dosage forms may be better suited

* The package is a measuring cup with the following markers: 1 ml, 1.25 ml, 2 ml, 2.5 ml, 3 ml, 3.75 ml, 4 ml, 5 ml, 6 ml.
1 ml solution for taking contains 40 mg of paracetamol.

Type of application:
Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution is ready to use and can be undiluted or, if necessary, mixed with food and beverages.

Channeled packaging:
To open, press the shutter down and simultaneously turn it into the direction of the arrow. After use, the closure must be tightened again, so that the child safety device is again guaranteed.

Duration of application:
Take Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution without medical or dental advice no longer than 3 days.

Special patient groups:

Liver function disorders and easy restriction of renal function:
In patients with liver or renal impairment and Gilbert syndrome, the dose must be reduced or the dose interval must be extended.

Patients with severe renal insufficiency:
For heavy renal insufficiency (creatinine clearance < 10 ML / min) must be adhered to a dose interval of at least 8 hours.

Elderly patients:
No special dose adjustment is required.

Children:
An application of paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution in children under 6 months or less than 7 kg body weight is not recommended because the dose thickness is not suitable for this patient group. However, suitable dose strengths are suitable for this patient group Dosage forms available. Please talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have the impression that the effect of paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution is too strong or too weak.

If you have a larger amount of paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution taken than you should:
The total dose of paracetamol may be for adults and adolescents from 12 years or from 43 kg body weight 4000 mg paracetamol (corresponding to 100 ml Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution) daily and exceed 60 mg / kg / day for children. In an overdose, complaints occur within 24 hours of complaints that include nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, paleness and abdominal pain. If a larger amount of paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution has been taken as recommended, call a doctor to help!

If you are taking Paracetamol ratiopharm ® Solution forgot:
Do not take the double dose if you forget the previous ingestion. If you have further questions about the application of the medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

4. Which side effects are possible?

How all medicines can be paracetamol ratiopharm ® Solution Side effects, but do not have to occur each other.

The assessment of side effects is based on the following frequency information:
Very common: More than 1 treated from 10
Frequently: 1 to 10 treated from 100
Occasionally: 1 to 10 treated from 1,000
Rarely: 1 to 10 treated from 10,000
Very rare: less than 1 treated from 10,000
Unknown: Frequency on the basis of the available data is not estimable

Liver and bile diseases:
Rare: Easy increase in specific liver enzymes (Serum transaminases).

Diseases of the immune system:
Very rare: allergic reactions in the form of simple rash or nettle rash, swelling of face, tongue and larynx (quincke edema) to a shock reaction. In the case of an allergic shock reaction, you can call the nearest doctor to help. For sensitive persons, a narrowing of the respiratory tract (analgesics asthma) has been triggered.

Diseases of the blood and the lymphatic system:
Very rare: changes in the blood count like a reduced number of platelets (thrombocytopesnever) or a strong reduction of certain white blood cells (agranulocytosis). Sodium disulfite can rarely cause hypersensitivity reactions and bronchial cramps (bronchospasms). Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if one of the listed side effects will significantly affect it or notice side effects that are not specified in this document formation.

5. What is Paracetamol ratiopharm ® Storage Resolution?

Store drug out of reach of children. You must not use the medicinal product after the expiration date specified on the outer carton and the container. The expiration date refers to the last day of the month. This medicinal product does not require special storage conditions.

Shelf life after opening the container:
After a break is Paracetamol- ratiopharm ® solution for 6 months durable.

6. Further information

What Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution contains:
The active ingredient is paracetamol.
1 ml solution for taking contains 40 mg of paracetamol.

The other ingredients are:
Glycerol, Macrogol 400, saccharine sodium, sodium disulfite, citric acid monohydrate, sodium hydroxide, acesulfam potassium, aroma orange 290038, purified water.

Content of the pack:
Paracetamol ratiopharm ® solution is available in packs with 100 ml solution for taking.

Pharmaceutic entrepreneur:
ratiopharm GmbH
Graf-Arco-Str. 3
89079 Ulm
www. ratiopharm .de

Manufacturer:
Merckle GmbH
Ludwig-Merckle-Str. 3
89143 Blaubeuren

This information information was last revised in November 2008

Source: Details of the PackUnsweeper
Status: 12/2012