Doliprane Paracetamol 500 mg Single-Dose Sachets – pain and fever relief – Pack of 12

Indications

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). Carefully read the “Dosage” section.

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

Dosage

Always take the dose prescribed by your doctor. If in doubt, consult your doctor or pharmacist.

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 sachet to 500 mg per dose, to be renewed if necessary after 6 hours, without exceeding 4 sachets per day.

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

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

The usual dosage is 1 or 2 sachets 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 sachets per day.

However, in the event of more intense pain, and on the advice of your doctor or pharmacist, the total dose may be increased up to 4 g per day, or 8 sachets per day.

Composition

The active substance is:

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

For a sachet-dose.

The other ingredients are:

Povidone, sodium benzoate, acetylated monoglycerides, titanium dioxide, sucrose, orange flavor.

Precautions for use

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

If you are taking oral anticoagulant treatment (with warfarin or vitamin K antivitamin (AVK)), taking DOLIPRANE at maximum doses (4 g / day) for more than 4 days requires reinforced monitoring of laboratory tests including in particular INR. In this case, consult your doctor.

The effectiveness of paracetamol may be reduced if you take chelating resins at the same time - medicine which lowers the level of cholesterol in the blood (allow an interval of more than 2 hours between the 2 doses).

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:

Medicines potentially toxic to the liver,

Medicines which promote the production of the toxic metabolite of paracetamol such as antiepileptic medicines (phenobarbital, phenytoin, carbamazepine, topiramate),Rifampicin (an antibiotic)

· At the same time alcohol.

DOLIPRANE 500 mg powder for oral solution in sachet-dose with food, drink and alcohol

The consumption of alcoholic beverages during treatment is not recommended.

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.