Product Details

Before taking this medicine
This medicine is suitable for most people, but a few
people should not use it.
If you are in any doubt, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
Do not take this medicine…
 If you have high blood pressure or
heart disease.
 If you have diabetes
 If you have a phaeochromocytoma (rare tumour that affects your heart rate and blood pressure)
 If you have an overactive thyroid gland
 If you have glaucoma (increased pressure in the eye)
 If you have severe kidney problems
 If you have ever had a bad reaction to paracetamol, pseudoephedrine or diphenhydramine or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
 If you are taking beta blockers (used to treat high blood pressure)
 If you are taking, or have taken in the last two weeks, drugs for depression known as Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) or Reversible Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidase (RIMAs).
 If you are taking stimulants or appetite suppressants or drugs used to treat congestion and asthma (sympathomimetic drugs)
 If you are taking any other cough and cold medicines or medicines containing paracetamol.
 If you are using any other medicines containing diphenhydramine, including those used on large areas of the skin.
If any of these apply to you, get advice from a doctor or pharmacist without using Benylin 4 flu Tablets.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist…
 If you have kidney or severe liver problems.
 If you have alcohol dependence.
 If you are susceptible to glaucoma (increased pressure in the eye).
 If you have blocked arteries or veins (occlusive vascular disease).
 If you are being treated for a thyroid disorder.
 If you have prostate problems (difficulty with passing water or needing to pass water often).
 If you have bronchitis, emphysema or asthma or have had a cough for a few weeks, or a cough with a lot of mucus (phlegm).
 If you are taking any other medicines, including:
 anticholinergic drugs (drugs used to treat cramps and spasms such as atropine).
 tricyclic antidepressants (used to treat mood disorders).
 hypnotics (sleeping tablets including barbiturates).
 tranquillisers (drugs used to relax muscles or decrease anxiety).
 opioid analgesics (drugs used to relieve pain e.g. codeine, tramadol, morphine). antipsychotics (drugs used to treat mood
disorders).
 antihypertensives (drugs used to treat high blood pressure such as guanethidine, methyldopa, adrenergic neurone blockers, debrisoquine, bretylium and betanidine).
 Moclobemide (used to treat mood disorders).
 Cardiac glycosides (drugs used to control heart rhythms or contractions such as digoxin).
 Ergot alkaloids (drugs used to treat migraine such as ergotamine and methysergide).
 Oxytocin (drug used to help contractions during childbirth).
 cholestyramine (used to lower blood cholesterol).
 metoclopramide or domperidone (used to treat nausea and vomiting).
 anticoagulants (drugs used to thin the blood such as warfarin).
 anticonvulsants (drugs used to treat epilepsy).
 oral contraceptives (“the pill”).

Storing this medicine
Do not store above 25ºc.
Store in the original packaging.

Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the carton after ‘Expiry’. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer required. These measures will help to protect the environment