Description
This medicine is sold under the discretion of a Well Pharmacist.
Well Pharmaceuticals Paracetamol 500mg Capsules relieve mild to moderate pain including rheumatic and muscular pain, backache, toothache, neuralgia (severe nerve pain), period pain, migraine, headache, fever, colds, sore throats and influenza in adults and children aged 10 years and over.
Do not take with any other paracetamol-containing products.
View the Patient Information Leaflet for Well Pharmaceuticals Paracetamol 500mg Capsules 16s
How to Use
For oral use only. Read the enclosed leaflet before you take this medicine. Each capsule is to be taken orally with water.
- Adults and children over 16 years: Take one to two capsules (500mg to 1g) every 4 to 6 hours, up to a maximum of eight capsules in any 24 hour period.
- Children 10 to 15 years of age: Take one capsule up to 4 times a day. Maximum dose of four capsules in 24 hours.
If you do not feel better or if you feel worse after 3 days, talk to your doctor. Do not take for more than 3 days without consulting your doctor.
Warnings
- Not for children under 10 years of age.
- Do not take if you are sensitive to paracetamol or any of the other ingredients.
- Do not take with alcohol.
- Do not take with any other paracetamol-containing products.
Consult your doctor before taking Well Pharmaceuticals Paracetamol 500mg Capsules if:
- You are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- You have severe kidney or liver problems.
- You have a liver problem caused by alcohol.
- You have severe illnesses, including severe renal impairment or sepsis (when bacteria and their toxins circulate in the blood leading to organ damage), or you suffer from malnutrition, chronic alcoholism or if you are also taking flucloxacillin (an antibiotic). A serious condition called metabolic acidosis (a blood and fluid abnormality) has been reported in patients in these situations when paracetamol is used at regular doses for a prolonged period or when paracetamol is taken together with flucloxacillin.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines. This includes
medicines obtained without prescription, including herbal medicines. This is because paracetamol can affect the way some other medicines work. Also some other medicines can affect the way paracetamol works.
Ingredients
- Active Ingredient: Paracetamol 500mg
- Other Ingredients: Starch 1500, magnesium stearate, sodium lauryl sulphate. The capsule shell is opaque red/white
gelatin 100 mg, containing colours such as erythrosine (E127), patent blue V (E131), titanium dioxide (E171) and quinoline yellow (E104).
