Description
This medicine is sold under the discretion of a Well Pharmacist. You will be required to answer a few short questions to ensure this medicine is suitable for you.
Well Pharmaceuticals Night Cold & Flu Oral Solution provides night time relief from cold and flu symptoms consisting of headache, shivers, sore throat pain, runny nose, tickly cough, aches and pains. It contains paracetamol to reduce fever, promethazine to dry up a runny nose & aid restful sleep and dextromethorphan which relieves a dry irritating cough.
View Patient Information Leaflet for Well Pharmaceuticals Night Cold & Flu Oral Solution
How to Use
Shake bottle before use.
- Adults and children 16 years or over: one 20ml dose to be taken before going to bed.
- Children aged 12 to 15 years: A 10ml to 15ml dose to be taken before going to bed.
Do not take anything else containing paracetamol while taking this medicine. Do not take with any other flu, cold or decongestant product. If you have taken other paracetamol containing products during the day, this night time dose is considered as part of the maximum daily dose and should not be taken if you have already taken four doses of paracetamol during the day.
Only take one dose of Well Pharmaceuticals Night Cold & Flu Oral Solution per night.
Do not take for any longer than 3 days. Carers should be aware that this medicine should not be given to Elderly patients with confusion. The elderly are more likely to develop adverse effects including confusion with this medicine.
Warnings
Do not take Well Pharmaceuticals Night Cold & Flu Oral Solution if you:
- are allergic (hypersensitive) to paracetamol, promethazine hydrochloride, dextromethorphan hydrobromide monohydrate or any of the other ingredients of Well Pharmaceuticals Night Cold & Flu Oral Solution .
suffer from lung disease. - are taking, or have taken in the last two weeks, drugs for depression known as Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs).
- are taking selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (used to treat depression and anxiety such as fluoxetine, paroxetine and sertraline).
- if your child is under 12 years old.
Do not take with any other paracetamol containing products. Do not take with any other flu, cold or decongestant product.
This medicine can lead to dependence. Therefore the treatment should be of short duration.
Do not consume alcoholic drinks while you are taking Well Pharmaceuticals Night Cold & Flu Oral Solution.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, even medicines obtained without a prescription. In particular, if you are taking medicines which:
- thin the blood (e.g. warfarin).
- control nausea or vomiting (e.g. domperidone or metoclopramide).
- reduce levels of cholesterol and other fats in the blood (e.g. cholestyramine).
have been prescribed by your doctor to improve sleep, for anxiety or depression (including monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and antimuscarinic drugs). - medicines to control your heart rhythm e.g. quinide, amiodarone, flecainide or propafenone.
- antifungal medicines e.g. terbinafine.
- medicines to help with quitting smoking e.g. bupropion.
- medicines to help with certain addictions or treat pain e.g. methadone.
- medicines to help with overactive parathyroid e.g. cinacalcet.
- antipsychotic medicines e.g. haloperidol, perphenazine and thioridazine.
- flucloxacillin (antibiotic), due to a serious risk of blood and fluid abnormality (called metabolic acidosis) that must have urgent treatment.
- can affect your heart rhythm.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Well Pharmaceuticals Night Cold & Flu Oral Solution if you are taking medicines such as certain antidepressants or antipsychotics. Well Pharmaceuticals Night Cold & Flu Oral Solution may interact with these medicines and you may experience mental status changes (e.g. agitation, hallucinations, coma), and other effects such as body temperature above 38°C, increase in heart rate, unstable blood pressure, and exaggeration of reflexes, muscular rigidity, lack of coordination and/or gastrointestinal symptoms (e.g. nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea).
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicines during pregnancy. If necessary, Well Pharmaceuticals Night Cold & Flu Oral Solution can be used during pregnancy. If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine. You should use the lowest possible dose that reduces your pain and/or your fever and use it for the shortest time possible. Contact your doctor if the pain and/or fever are not reduced or if you need to take the medicine more often.
Driving and using machines
The medicine can affect your ability to drive as it may make you sleepy or dizzy. Do not drive while taking this medicine until you know how it affects you.
Ingredients
- Active Ingredients (per 20ml): Paracetamol 1000mg, promethazine hydrochloride 20mg, dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15mg.
- Other Ingredients: ethanol, propylene glycol, liquid maltitol (E965), sodium citrate, ascorbic acid, asesulfame K, citric acid monohydrate, natural mint flavour, patent blue V (E131), quinoline yellow (E104), purified water.
