Rheumon cream, 100 g

Instructions for use for Rheumon cream, 100 g

Important notes (compulsory information):

Rheumon cream. Active substance: Etofenamat. Areas of application: For external supportive symptomatic treatment of pain: acute crushes, sprains or bruises in the area of extremities due to stumper traumas, e.g. Sports violations; The articulated soft tissue (e.g., grinding, tendons, tapes and joint capsule) for osteoarthritis of the knee joint.

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


LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER

Rheumon cream, 1 g cream contains 100 mg Etofenamat.
Active substance: Etofenamat
For use in adults

Read the entire leaflet carefully before starting using this medicine. This medicine is available without prescription. However, in order to achieve the best possible treatment success, rheumon cream must be applied in accordance with properly.

• Lift the package leaflet. You might want to read it again.
• Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
• When your symptoms worse, or after 2 weeks (Blunt injury) or after 3-4 weeks with rheumatic diseases no improvement occurs, you must definitely consult a doctor.
• If one of the listed side effects you significantly affect it or notice side effects that are not specified in this information information, please inform your doctor or pharmacist.

This leaflet contains:

1. What is rheumon cream and what is she applied for?
2. What do you need to consider prior to the use of rheumon cream?
3. How is rheumon creme to apply?
4. WHAT SIDE EFFECTS ARE POSSIBLE?
5. How to keep rheumon cream?
6. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. What is rheumon cream and what is she applied for?

Rheumon cream is a medicine for use on the skin. The active substance Etofenamat belongs to the group of non-steroidal (cortisone free) anti-rheumatics (rheumatics) and has anti-inflammatory (antiphlogistic) and pain (analgesic) properties.

Application areas:
For the external supportive symptomatic treatment of pain:

• in acute crushes, sprains or bruises in the field of extremities due to stumper traumas, e.g. Sports violations;
• the articulated soft tissue (e.g., grinding, tendons, tapes and joint capsule) for osteoarthritis of the knee joint.

2. What do you need to consider prior to the use of rheumon cream?

Rheumon cream must not be used:

• for hypersensitivity (allergy) to Etofenamat, one of the other ingredients of rheumon cream or other pain and rheumateling (non-steroidal anti-phlogistika);
• on open injury, inflammation or skin infections, as well as eczema or mucous membranes;
• in children and adolescents under 15 years, as so far no sufficient clinical experiences exist;
• in the last pregnancy average;
• in the first and second thirds of pregnancy only after careful consideration of the benefit risk ratio (see paragraph "What do you consider in pregnancy and lactation?").

Take special care with the application of rheumon cream in the following cases:
Should not be applied to injured or itchy, inflamed skin.

In acute states, which deal with strong redness, swelling or overheating joints, a doctor should be visited for ongoing or worsening complaints. Avoid direct sunlight during treatment with rheumon cream. Children should not with the skin rubbed with the medicinetells get into contact. Can not get into your eyes.

When using rheumon cream with other medicines:
It is not yet known that special measures are necessary if they apply rheumon cream together with other medicines. The attending physician should still be informed about which medications are applied at the same time or applied until recently.

What do you need in pregnancy and lactation?
Pregnancy:
In the first and second thirds of pregnancy, they may only use rheumon cream after consulting the doctor. In the last pregnancy athlete you can not use rheumon cream, as an increased risk of complications for mother and child is not to be concluded.

Latving:
Since Etofenamat goes into the breast milk in small amounts, a longer application of rheumon cream in lactation should be avoided and a maximum daily dose of 13 g (See section 3) not exceeded. Being allowed to avoid recording by the infant, do not use the medicine in the chest area. Important information about certain other ingredients of rheumon cream Other ingredients See point 6. "More information".

3. What is the rheumon cream to apply?

Always use Rheumton Cream exactly as directed in this leaflet. Please ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

Only for external use! Do not take!
Rheumon cream is a medicine in which the amount of cream to be assumed may be very different depending on the type and severity of the disease for the individual patient; The following information is therefore averages.

Unless otherwise prescribed by the doctor, the usual dose is:
Several times (3 - 4 times) daily a 5 cm long cream rank, in larger painful areas of up to 10 cm long strand (Corresponds to about 1.7 to 3.3 g per application) Rheumon cream thinly applied and easily rubbed. Before creating a bandage, rheumon cream should dry a few minutes on the skin. The use of an occlusive association is discouraged. For rheumatic diseases, a treatment period of 3 - 4 weeks is sufficient in most cases; For blunt injury (eg sports violations), the treatment time can be up to 2 weeks. The practicing doctor will decide about the length of the treatments. For further existing complaints, the doctor is to be consulted, which decides on the further procedure. Please talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have the impression that the effect of rheumon cream is too strong or too weak.

If you have used a larger amount than you should:
What to do if rheumon cream was used in too large quantities (intended or accidental overdose)?
When the recommended dosage is exceeded when used on the skin, the cream should be removed again and washed off with water. When applying significantly to large quantities or accidental intake of rheumon cream, the doctor is notified. A specific antidote does not exist.

4. Which side effects are possible?

Like all medicines, rheumon can have creme side effects, but they do not have to occur each other.

The frequency information on side effects is based on the following categories:
Very often:	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
Not known:	Frequency on the basis of the available data does not estimate.

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue:
Rarely:
Roughness

Very rare:
Allergic skin reactions (e.g., strong itching, rash, skin rotation, swelling, bubble formation), which is usually rapidly forming itself after discontinuation of the medication. Photosensitization.

Which countermeasures are to take with side effects?
After discontinuation of the medicine, the skin symptoms usually form rapidly, so that special measures are not required. Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if one of the listed side effects you significantly affect it or notice side effects that are not specified in this instructions for use.

5. How is Rheumton Cream Storage?

Store drug out of reach of children.
You may not use the medicinal product after the expiry date specified on the outboard and on the tube after specified.

Storage conditions:
Do not store more than 25 ° C.

Note on durability after a break:
After opening the tube, the medicine is still lasting 12 weeks.

6. Further information

What rheumon cream contains:
The active ingredient is:
Etofenamat

The other ingredients are:
Benzyl alcohol, anhydrous citric acid (pH. EUR.), Glycerolmono / di (palmitate, stearate), isopropyl myristate (ph. EUR.), Macrogol stearate 5000, hymetalosis, sodium citrate 2H2O, purified water.

Rheumton cream can be caused for polished furniture or plastics discoloration or changes in the surface. Therefore, if necessary, wash hands after rubbing or avoid contact with the above objects.

How rheumon cream looks and content of the pack:
Rheumton Cream is a white cream and available in original packs of 50 g of cream (N1) and 100 g of cream (N2.

Pharmaceutical entrepreneur:
Meda Manufacturing GmbH
Neurate ring 1
51063 Cologne

Co-sales:
Meda Pharma GmbH & Co. Kg
Benzstr.1
61352 Bad Homburg
Tel: 06172 88 01

This medicine is in the Member States of the European Economic Area (EEA):
Under the following terms approved:

• Belgium: Flexium Cream 10%
• Greece: Roipplon Cream 10%
• Italy: Gemadol 10% Crema
• Luxembourg: Rheumon Cream
• Poland: Rheumon
• Portugal: Reumon Cream
• Hungary: Rheumton Cream

This information information was last revised in February 2010.

Source: Information of the leaflet
Status: 08/2015