Termalgin 650 mg 20 comprimidos

1. What is Termalgin

Paracetamol is effective to reduce pain and fever.
It is indicated in adults and adolescents from 14 years for the symptomatic relief of mild to moderate occasional pain, such as headache, dental, muscular (contractures) or back (lumbago) and febrile states.
You should consult a doctor if it gets worse or the fever after 3 days of treatment or pain persists for 5 days.

 2. Before you start taking Termalgin

Check with your doctor before taking Termalgin if you are allergic to acetaminophen or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).

Warnings and Precautions

Cosulte your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before taking Termalgin

- Do not take more medicine than recommended in paragraph 3. Taking Termalgin

- Chronic alcoholics should be careful not to take more than 2 grams (3 tablets) in

24 hour paracetamol

- Patients with kidney disease, liver, heart or lung disease and patients with anemia should consult with your doctor before taking this medicine.

- When being treated with medication to treat epilepsy should consult your doctor before taking this medicine, because when used at the same time, efficiency and power decreases the hepatotoxicity of paracetamol, particularly in treatments with doses high paracetamol

- Aspirin-sensitive asthmatic patients should consult with your doctor before taking this medicine.

Interference with laboratory tests

If you are going to do some analytical test (including blood, urine, etc ...) tell your doctor you are taking this medication because it can alter the results.

Children and adolescents

Because the amount of paracetamol of this medicine, children and adolescents under 14 years can not take this medicine

Taking with other medicines Termalgin

Tell your doctor or pharmacist that you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.
In particular, if you are taking any of these medicines because it may be necessary to change the dose of any of them or discontinuation of treatment:
- Medicines to prevent blood clots: oral anticoagulants (acenocoumarol, warfarin)
- Medicines to treat epilepsy: antiepileptic medicines (lamotrigine, phenytoin or other hydantoins, phenobarbital, methylphenobarbital, primidone, carbamazepine)
- Medicines to treat tuberculosis: isoniazid, rifampin
- Medicines to treat depression and seizures: barbiturates (used as hypnotics, sedatives and anticonvulsants)
- Medicines to lower blood cholesterol levels: cholestyramine
- Medicines used to increase urine output (loop diuretics such as furosemide group)
- Medicines used to treat gout: probenecid and sulfinpyrazone
- Medicines used to prevent nausea and vomiting: metoclopramide and domperidone
- Medicines used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and heart rhythm disturbances (cardiac arrhythmias): propranolol.

Taking Termalgin with food, drink and alcohol

The use of paracetamol in patients who regularly consume alcohol (3 or more alcoholic drinks: beer, wine, liquor ... a day) can cause liver damage.
Taking this medication with food does not affect the effectiveness.

Pregnancy and lactation

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, you think you might be pregnant or planning to become pregnant, ask your doctor or pharmacist before using this medicine.
Acetaminophen passes into breast milk, so women who are breastfeeding should consult their doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine.

Driving and using machines

The influence of paracetamol on ability to drive and use machines is nil or negligible.

 3. How to take Termalgin

Follow exactly the instructions of medicine administration in this leaflet or as your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. If in doubt, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
The recommended dose is:

Adolescents aged 14 to 18 years (64-65 kg):

Take 1 tablet every 4-6 hours as needed, up to a maximum of 5 tablets per day

Grown ups:

Take 1 tablet every 4-6 hours as needed, up to six tablets daily.

Patients with liver disease:

Before taking this medication must consult your doctor.
Should take the amount of medicine prescribed by your doctor with a minimum interval between each takes 8 hours.
They should not take more than 2 grams (3 tablets) of paracetamol in 24 hours, divided into 3 doses.

Patients with kidney disease:

Before taking this medication must consult your doctor.
Because the dose, 650 mg of paracetamol, these patients should not take this medicine.

How to drink

This medicine is taken orally.
The tablets whole or broken with the help of some liquid should be swallowed. Always take the lowest effective dose.
Taking this medicine is subject to the onset of pain or fever. As they disappear, discontinue treatment.
If the fever stays over 3 days, the pain more than 5 days in adults, or pain or fever increases or other symptoms appear, should stop treatment and consult your doctor.

Use in children and adolescents

This medicine is for use in adults and adolescents from 14 years. Children and adolescents under 14 years can not take this medicine.

If you take more than you should Termalgin

Symptoms of overdose may include: dizziness, vomiting, loss of appetite, yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice) and abdominal pain.
If you have taken an overdose, immediately you go to a medical facility but no symptoms, since they often do not appear until after 3 days of taking the overdose, even in cases of severe poisoning.
Treatment of overdose is most effective if started within 4 hours after taking the medicine overdose.
Patients treated with barbiturates or chronic alcoholics, may be more susceptible to the toxicity of an overdose of paracetamol.
In case of overdose or accidental ingestion, immediately seek medical center or call the poison control center (tel: (+034) 91 562 04 20), indicating the medicine and the amount taken.

If you forget to take Termalgin

Do not take a double dose to make up for missed doses.

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