Lemsip Max Cold and Flu Blackcurrant Sachets, With Paracetamol, Pack Of 10 (Packaging May Vary)

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As it’s a mild infection of your respiratory system, all the symptoms are just your body’s natural response to dealing with it (rather than the virus itself). Features of severe overdosage of phenylephrine include haemodynamic changes and cardiovascular collapse with respiratory depression.

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Cold viruses are so common that if you have contact with other people, you’re bound to catch one occasionally – if someone coughs or sneezes nearby they can spray the virus out into the air in tiny droplets of mucus, which you can breathe in directly, or pick up from where it has landed and then pass on by touching your face or eyes.Phenylephrine: phenylephrine is a post-synaptic alpha-receptor agonist with low cardioselective beta-receptor affinity and minimal central stimulant activity. Unfortunately we cannot provide a refund on items that cannot be resold such as makeup, sanitary products, hair brushes, hair accessories and such like items. Beta-blockers and other antihypertensives (including debrisoquine, guanethidine, reserpine, methyldopa): phenylephrine may reduce the efficacy of beta-blockers and antihypertensives. Generally speaking, decongestant sprays or tablets will help with a blocked nose; painkillers with paracetamol and ibuprofen can ease aches and lower temperatures. If required the patient should be given intravenous Nacetylcysteine, in line with the established dosage schedule.

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It retains activity as a nasal decongestant when given orally, the drug distributing through the systemic circulation to the vascular bed of nasal mucosa. Your symptoms shouldn’t last longer than a few weeks, 1 after which you’re likely to come into contact with another virus, because there are some 200 different viruses to catch – that’s why most adults get 2-3 colds every year. This is a medicine; Consult your doctor or pharmacist if you have an underlying medical condition, are taking any other medication or complementary therapy, or if symptoms persist. When taken by mouth as a nasal decongestant, phenylephrine is usually given at intervals of 4-6 hours. You can’t stop your exposure to people or to common cold viruses, but you can keep the risk of catching one down to a minimum.

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The pharmacokinetic model shows faster absorption seen over the first 30 minutes for the product compared to a standard does of two paracetamol tablets, however, the overall extent of absorption of both products remains the same.Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via the national reporting system detailed in the label or leaflet. a) Is on long-term treatment with carbamazepine, phenobarbitone, phenytoin, primadone, rifampicin, St. You should note that should your use mean that your items cannot be resold, this reduction may be 100%. Treatment with activated charcoal should be considered if the overdose has been taken within 1 hour. Plasma paracetamol concentration should be measured at 4 hours or later after ingestion (earlier concentrations are unreliable).

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The speed of absorption of paracetamol may be increased by metoclopramide or domperidone and absorption reduced by cholestyramine. There have been a few reports of blood dyscrasias including thrombocytopenia, leucopenia, pancytopenia, neutropenia and agranulocytosis, but these were not necessarily causally related to paracetamol. The amount which we might reduce your refund by will be dependent on the decrease in value of your use of the item. Paracetamol: Paracetamol has both analgesic and antipyretic activity, which is believed to be mediated principally through its inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis within the central nervous system.Children 12 – 15 years: One tablet dissolved by stirring in half a mug of hot, not boiling water and sweetened to taste. Symptoms may be limited to nausea or vomiting and may not reflect the severity of overdose or the risk of organ damage. The safety of this medicine during pregnancy and lactation has not been established but in view of a possible association of foetal abnormalities with first trimester exposure to phenylephrine, the use of the product during pregnancy should be avoided.