Buscopan plus 10mg/500mg

Buscopan plus 10mg/500mg in detail

The total dose should not be exceeded without consulting a doctor or pharmacist.

How to use?
Take the medicine with liquid (e.g. 1 glass of water).

Duration of use?
You should not use the medicine for longer than 3-4 days without medical advice. If symptoms persist or recur regularly, you should consult your doctor.

Overdosage?
As the medicine is made up of different active ingredients, a variety of overdose symptoms can occur, including vomiting, visual disturbances and breathing disorders. On the 2nd day, progressive liver damage up to hepatic coma may occur. If you suspect an overdose, contact a doctor immediately.

Have you forgotten to take it?
Continue taking the medicine as normal at the next prescribed time (i.e. not with double the amount).

As a general rule: Pay particular attention to conscientious dosing, especially with infants, small children and older people. If in doubt, ask your doctor or pharmacist about any effects or precautionary measures.

A dosage prescribed by a doctor may differ from the information in the package leaflet. As the doctor will adjust it individually, you should therefore use the medicine according to his instructions.

Always:
- Hypersensitivity to the ingredients
- Constriction in the digestive tract, e.g. in the oesophagus, stomach or small or large intestine
- Megacolon (abnormally dilated bowel)
- Cardiac arrhythmia with an accelerated pulse (palpitations)
- Urinary retention, e.g. with an enlarged prostate
- Myasthenia gravis (disease of the nervous system with muscle flaccidity)
- Narrow-angle glaucoma

Under certain circumstances - talk to your doctor or pharmacist about this:
- Impaired kidney function
- Impaired liver function
- Gilbert's syndrome (Meulengracht's disease)
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (specific inherited metabolic disorder)
- Glutathione deficiency

Which age group should be considered?
- Children under 12 years of age: The medicine must not be used.

What about pregnancy and breastfeeding?
- Pregnancy: According to current knowledge, the medicine should not be used.
- Lactation: Consult your doctor or pharmacist. They will check your particular situation and advise you accordingly as to whether and how you can continue breastfeeding.

If you have been prescribed the medicine despite a contraindication, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. The therapeutic benefit may be greater than the risk associated with use in the case of a contraindication.what adverse effects can occur?

- Gastrointestinal complaints, such as
- nausea
- diarrhoea
- vomiting
- Dry mouth
- dizziness
- fatigue
- Hypersensitivity reactions of the skin
- itching
- Dryness of the skin
- sweating

If you notice any discomfort or change during treatment, contact your doctor or pharmacist.

The information provided here is based primarily on side effects that occur in at least one in 1,000 patients treated.
- Caution: Regular or heavy alcohol consumption can lead to life-threatening conditions due to any existing liver damage if the medicine is also used.
- Long-term use of painkillers can lead to headaches caused by the painkiller. Talk to your doctor to prevent your headaches from becoming chronic.
- The habitual use of painkillers can lead to permanent kidney damage. If several painkillers are combined or if one painkiller contains several active ingredients, the risk of this increases.
- Caution with allergies to painkillers!
- Take care if you are allergic to binders (e.g. carboxymethylcellulose with the E number E 466)!
- There may be drugs with which interactions occur. You should therefore generally inform your doctor or pharmacist of any other medicine you are already taking before starting treatment with a new medicine. This also applies to medicines that you buy yourself, use only occasionally or have been using for some time.
How do the ingredients of the medicine work?

Butylscopolamine: The active ingredient influences the nervous system by preventing the transmission of certain stimuli. Various neurotransmitters are involved in the transmission of stimuli and their function is partially suppressed by butylscopolamine. In this way, the drug is able to relieve spasms of the gastrointestinal tract, the biliary and urinary tracts and the uterus.

Paracetamol: The active ingredient has an analgesic and antipyretic effect. It also has mild anti-inflammatory properties. It blocks the formation of certain messenger substances in the body, known as prostaglandins. These are significantly involved in the development of pain, fever and inflammation.

Application

- Gastrointestinal spasms- Spasms of the bile ducts (colic)- Spasms of the female reproductive organs, e.g. menstrual cramps- Spasms of the urinary tractConsult your doctor if you also experience symptoms such as high fever, nausea, vomiting, blood in the stool or infections.

Dosage

1-2 tablets 1-3 times dailyAdolescents aged 12 and over and adultsAt least 8 hours apart, regardless of the mealPatients with liver/kidney dysfunction or Gilbert (Meulengracht) syndrome: You may need to reduce the single/total dose or extend the dosing interval in consultation with your doctor.