Description
This medicine is used for the short term symptomatic treatment of mild to moderate pain such as headache, period pain, dental pain, and fever
- Do not give to adolescents weighing under 40 kg or children under 12 years
- If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor for advice before taking this medicine
- You must contact a doctor if you do not feel better or if you feel worse after 3 days with fever and 4 days with pain
DO NOT USE
- if you are allergic to ibuprofen or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6)
- if you have ever suffered from shortness of breath, asthma, a runny nose, swelling or hives after using acetylsalicylic acid (known as aspirin) or other similar painkillers (NSAIDs)
- if you have (or have had two or more episodes of) a stomach ulcer, or bleeding of the stomach
- if you have a history of gastro-intestinal bleeding or perforation related to previous NSAID therapy
- if you have severe kidney or severe heart failure or severe liver failure
- if you are bleeding, including any bleeding within the brain (cerebrovascular bleeding)
- if you are suffering from unclarified blood-formation disturbances
- if you are severely dehydrated (caused by vomiting, diarrhoea or insufficient fluid intake)
- if you are in the last 3 months of pregnancy
Please ensure the user has read and understood all relevant information for managing their medical condition on NHS UK Conditions and understands the patient info leaflet (in particular sections 2, 3 and 4) before using this product. If unsure about anything this should be discussed with their GP before using the product.
Please read the Patient Information Leaflet for the full details.
