Doliprane Paracetamol 500 mg Effervescent Tablets – pain and fever relief – Pack of 16

Indications

The active substance of this medicine is paracetamol.It is used to treat pain and / or fever, for example headache, flu-like illness, toothache, body aches, painful periods.

This presentation is reserved for adults and children from 27 kg (ie from about 8 years old). Read the Dosage section carefully.

For children weighing less than 27 kg, there are other presentations of paracetamol: ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice.

Dosage

This presentation is reserved for adults and children from 27 kg (from approximately 8 years old).

In children

The dosage of paracetamol depends on the weight of the child; ages are given for information.

If you do not know the child's weight, it should be weighed to give the best dose.

Paracetamol exists in many dosages, allowing the treatment to be adapted to the weight of each child.

The recommended daily dose of paracetamol depends on the weight of the child: it is approximately 60 mg / kg per day, to be divided into 4 or 6 doses, i.e. approximately 15 mg / kg every 6 hours or 10 mg / kg every day. every 4 hours.

The usual dosage is:

For children weighing 27 to 40 kg (approximately 8 to 13 years old), the dosage is 1 tablet of 500 mg per dose, to be renewed if necessary after 6 hours, without exceeding 4 tablets per day.

For children weighing 41 to 50 kg (approximately 12 to 15 years), the dosage is 1 tablet of 500 mg per dose, to be renewed if necessary after 4 hours, without exceeding 6 tablets per day.

For adults and children weighing more than 50 kg (from about 15 years old):

The usual dosage is 1 or 2 tablets at 500 mg per dose (depending on the intensity of the pain), to be renewed if necessary after a minimum of 4 hours.

It is generally not necessary to exceed 3 g of paracetamol per day, or 6 tablets per day.

Composition

The active substance is:

Paracetamol................................................. .................................................. ........... 500.00 mg

The other ingredients are:

Sodium bicarbonate, anhydrous citric acid, mannitol, leucine, anhydrous sodium carbonate, sodium saccharin, orange flavor (containing in particular sodium metabisulphite (E223) and potassium metabisulphite (E224)), povidone, sodium laurilsulphate.

Precautions for use

Do not take other medicines containing paracetamol. You risk an overdose.

If you are taking oral anticoagulant therapy (with warfarin or vitamin K (AVK)), the use of DOLIPRANE ADULTS 1000 mg, suppository at maximum doses (4 g / day) for more than 4 days requires close monitoring of examinations. biological including in particular INR. In this case, consult your doctor.

If you receive treatment with flucloxacillin (an antibiotic) at the same time as paracetamol, you may have metabolic acidosis (too acidic blood which causes increased respiratory rate).

The toxicity of paracetamol may be increased if you take:

Drugs potentially toxic to the liver,

Medicines which promote the production of the toxic metabolite of paracetamol such as anti-epileptic medicines (phenobarbital, phenytoin, carbamazepine, topiramate),

Rifampicin (an antibiotic)

· Alcohol at the same time.

If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.

Pregnancy and breast feeding

If needed, this medicine can be used during pregnancy and breast-feeding. You should use the lowest possible dose that will relieve pain and / or fever and take it for the shortest possible time. Contact your doctor or midwife if the pain and / or fever does not improve or if you need to take the medicine more frequently.

Fertility

It is possible that paracetamol can alter the fertility of women, reversibly upon discontinuation of treatment.