Benylin 4 Flu Tablets (Pack of 24)

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Benylin 4 Flu Tablets are used to help relieve cold and flu
symptoms. The tablets contain paracetamol which helps to
relieve aches and pains and fever (high temperature),
diphenhydramine, which is an antihistamine that helps relieve
coughing, sneezing and runny nose and pseudoephedrine,
which is a decongestant that helps unblock stuffy noses.
The medicine is for use in adults and children aged 10 years
and over.

Benylin 4 Flu Tablets can have side-effects, like all medicines,
although these don’t affect everyone and are usually mild.
If you experience any of the following stop using the
medicine and seek immediate help:

• Allergic reactions including skin rashes (which may be severe and include blistering and peeling of the skin) and itching.
• Allergic reactions to other medicines containing
  sympathomimetic drugs (stimulants or appetite suppressants
  and drugs used to treat congestion and asthma).
• Becoming unusually tired, unexpected bruising or bleeding
  and getting more infections (such as colds) than usual.

These are very rare effects in people taking paracetamol.

• Hallucinations and paranoid delusions.
• Rarely people can experience fits.
• Rarely abnormal blood test results for liver function.

If you experience any of the following, stop using the
medicine and talk to your doctor:

• Restlessness and sleep disturbances.
• Rarely people can have an increased heartbeat, an increased
  awareness of the heartbeat (palpitations) and high blood
  pressure.

Other effects that may occur include:

• Commonly: drowsiness, including some difficulty performing
  tasks, headache, upset stomach, difficulty in passing urine,
  stimulation, blurred vision, dry mouth, thickened mucus.
• Irritability, anxiety, excitability, nausea and sickness.
• Rarely: low blood pressure, tremor, shakiness, slurred
  speech, dizziness, confusion, depression, blood disorders.

Before taking any medication, it is important to read the Patient Information Leaflet. You can find information leaflets for your medicines by typing them into the search bar at medicines.org, or by contacting us.

• Benylin 4 Flu Tablets PIL

Adults and Children aged 16 and over: take 2 tablets up to 4 times a day

Children aged 10 - 15 years: take 1 tablet up to 4 times a day

• leave at least 4 hours between doses
• do not take more than 4 times a day
• If symptoms persist or worsen, talk to your doctor or pharmacist
• Do not give to a child under 16 years of age for more than
  5 days without consulting your doctor

Do not use this medicine…

• If you are taking any other medicines containing
  paracetamol.
• If you have ever had a bad reaction to any of
  the ingredients.
• If you have heart disease or high blood pressure. Q If you have diabetes. Q If you have an overactive thyroid.
• If you have phaeochromocytoma (rare tumour which affects your heart rate and blood pressure).
• If you are taking, or have taken in the last two
  weeks, drugs for depression known as Monoamine
  Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) or Reversible Inhibitors
  of Monoamine Oxidase (RIMAs).
• If you suffer from or have had closed angle glaucoma (increased pressure in the eye).
• If you are taking beta blockers (used to treat high
  blood pressure).
• For a child under 10 years of age.
• If you are taking any other cough and cold
  medicine.
• If you have severe kidney problems.
• If any of these apply to you now or in the past, get
  advice from a doctor or pharmacist without using
  Benylin 4 Flu Tablets.

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist…

• If you have kidney or liver problems, including
  alcoholic liver disease.
• If you have difficulty passing water (urinary retention). Q If you have blocked arteries or veins (occlusive
  vascular disease).
• If you have a persistent cough such as occurs with
  asthma, have asthma, are suffering from an asthma
  attack or a cough that produces a lot of mucus
  (phlegm).
• If you are taking any other medicines including:
• Antimuscarinic drugs e.g.:
• tricyclic antidepressants (drugs to treat mood
  disorders).
• atropine (used to treat some eye conditions and
  occasionally bowel conditions).
• CNS depressants e.g.: hypnotics (sleeping tablets including barbiturates).
• minor tranquillisers (drugs used to relax muscles
  or decrease anxiety).
• opioid analgesics (drugs used to relieve pain e.g.
  codeine, tramadol, morphine).
• antipsychotics (drugs used to treat mood disorders).
• Antihypertensives (drugs used to treat high blood pressure including alpha and beta blockers).
• sympathomimetic drugs (stimulants or appetite suppressants and drugs used to treat congestion
  and asthma).
• moclobemide (used to treat mood disorders).
• Cardiac glycosides (drugs used to control heart
  rhythms or contractions) e.g. digoxin.
• Ergot alkaloids (drugs used to treat migraine such
  as ergotamine and methysergide).
• Oxytocin (drug used to help contractions during childbirth).
• oral contraceptives ("the pill"). 
• metoclopramide or domperidone (used to treat nausea and vomiting).
• colestyramine (used to treat high cholesterol).
• anticoagulants (drugs that thin the blood, such as warfarin).
• anticonvulsants (drugs to treat epilepsy).

If you are not sure about the medicine you are taking,
show the bottle or pack to your pharmacist.
If any of these bullet points apply, talk to a doctor or
pharmacist
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding

• Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before
  taking this medicine if you might be pregnant or are
  breast-feeding.

Special warnings about this medicine

• This medicine may cause drowsiness. If affected, do
  not drive or operate machinery.
• Avoid alcoholic drink.
• You can use this medicine while you are taking oral
  contraceptives (“the pill”) or anticonvulsants (drugs
  used to treat epilepsy), but the medicine may not work
  so well on your pain or fever.
• This product may cause drowsiness. It should NOT be
  used to sedate a child.
  Some of the ingredients can cause problems
• This medicine contains Sunset yellow (E110).
• This may cause allergic reactions.
• This medicine contains 1.2 mg sodium per tablet.
• To be taken into consideration by patients on a
  controlled sodium diet.
• Allergic reactions to other medicines containing
  sympathomimetic drugs (stimulants or appetite suppressants
  and drugs used to treat congestion and asthma).
• Becoming unusually tired, unexpected bruising or bleeding
  and getting more infections (such as colds) than usual.
  These are very rare effects in people taking paracetamol.
• Hallucinations and paranoid delusions.
• Rarely people can experience fits.
• Rarely abnormal blood test results for liver function.
  If you experience any of the following, stop using the
  medicine and talk to your doctor:
• Rarely people can have an increased heartbeat, an increased
  awareness of the heartbeat (palpitations) and high blood
  pressure.
• Restlessness and sleep disturbances.
• other effects that may occur include:
• Irritability, anxiety, excitability, nausea and sickness.
• Commonly: drowsiness, including some difficulty performing
  tasks, headache, upset stomach, difficulty in passing urine,
  stimulation, blurred vision, dry mouth, thickened mucus.
• Rarely: low blood pressure, tremor, shakiness, slurred
  speech, dizziness, confusion, depression, blood disorders.
  If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
  This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.
  
  

The active ingredients in Benylin 4 Flu Tablets are:
500 mg Paracetamol, 22.5 mg Pseudoephedrine
hydrochloride, 12.5 mg Diphenhydramine hydrochloride.
Other ingredients are: Microcrystalline cellulose, pregelatinised maize starch, povidone, crospovidone,
macrogol 6000, croscarmellose sodium, stearic acid,
magnesium stearate, hypromellose, titanium dioxide (E171),
quinoline yellow (E104), sunset yellow (E110) and talc.