Buscopan IBS Relief Tablets (Pack of 100)

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Buscopan IBS relief is a tablet containing hyoscine butylbromide. This medicine is to relieve the abdominal cramps which cause pain and discomfort associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. It belongs to a group of medicines called antispasmodics. It works by relaxing the cramping muscles of your bowel.

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS

Like all medicines, BUSCOPAN Tablets can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. The following side effects may happen with this medicine.

Stop taking your medicine and see a doctor straight away if you notice any of the following serious side effects - you may need urgent medical treatment:

• Severe allergic reactions (anaphylactic shock) such
  as difficulty breathing, feeling faint or dizzy (shock)
• Allergic reactions such as skin reactions e.g. nettle rash, itching (affects fewer than 1 in 100 people),
  rash, redness of the skin
• Painful red eye with loss of vision

OTHER SIDE EFFECTS

• Increased heart rate (affects fewer than 1 in 100 people)
• Dry mouth (affects fewer than 1 in 100 people)
• Abnormal sweating or reduced sweating (affects fewer
  than 1 in 100 people)
• Being unable to pass water (urine) (affects fewer than 1 in 1,000 people)

REPORTING OF SIDE EFFECTS

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for

MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store. By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

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.

Buscopan IBS Relief PIL

HOW TO TAKE BUSCOPAN TABLETS

Always take your medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. You should check with your
doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. BUSCOPAN Tablets should not be taken continuously for long
periods of time.

Taking this medicine

• Take your tablets with water
• Do not break, crush or chew the tablets

HOW MUCH TO TAKE

Adults and children over 12 years

• The usual dose is two tablets 4 times a day
• For Irritable Bowel Syndrome, your doctor may give you a lower starting dose of one tablet 3
  times a day. This dose may be increased, if further relief is necessary

Children 6 - 12 years:

The usual dose is one tablet 3 times a day

BUSCOPAN Tablets are not recommended for children under 6 years.

Do not take BUSCOPAN Tablets if:

• You have a very enlarged bowel (megacolon)
• You have a suspected or confirmed blockage of the
  bowel
• You have glaucoma (an eye problem)
• You are allergic (hypersensitive) to hyoscine butylbromide or any of the other ingredients (listed in section 6)
• You have something called ‘myasthenia gravis’ (a very rare muscle weakness problem)
• You have a condition where the bowel is blocked and does not work properly (paralytic or obstructive ileus).Symptoms include severe abdominal pain with lack of stools and/or nausea/vomiting
• You are pregnant, likely to get pregnant, or are breast-feeding

Do not take this medicine if any of the above apply to you. If you are not sure, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine.

Take special care with BUSCOPAN Tablets

Check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking your medicine if:

• You have constipation
• You have a problem with your thyroid gland such as an overactive thyroid gland
• You have a very fast heart rate or other heart problems
• You have difficulty or pain passing water (urine) such as men with prostate problems
• You have a fever

If you are not sure if any of the above apply to you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking
BUSCOPAN Tablets.

Check with your doctor or pharmacist straight away if you have unexplained abdominal pain which persists or
worsens or occurs with:

• feeling faint or,
• abdominal tenderness
• being sick
• fever
• feeling sick
• changes in your bowel movements
• low blood pressure
• blood in your bowel movements

What BUSCOPAN Tablets contain

Each tablet contains 10 mg of the active ingredienthyoscine butylbromide.

The other ingredients are: calcium hydrogen phosphate, maize starch, soluble starch, colloidal silica, tartaric acid,
stearic acid, sucrose, talc, acacia, titanium dioxide, macrogol 6000, carnauba wax, white beeswax and povidone.

Important information about some of the ingredients of BUSCOPAN Tablets

BUSCOPAN Tablets contain sucrose. Talk to your doctor before taking this medicine if they have told you that you cannot tolerate or digest some sugars.