Do not take Buccastem M Tablets:

• if you are allergic to prochlorperazine maleate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6)
• if you are pregnant, or you think you might be pregnant, or breast feeding
• if you have problems with your liver
• if you have blood problems
• if you suffer from epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease or glaucoma
• if you have problems with your prostate gland
• if you are under 18 years of age

Warnings and precautions

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Buccastem M Tablets:

• if you are elderly
• if you have risk factors for a blood clot or stroke such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, diabetes or smoking
• if you or someone else in your family has a history of blood clots, as medicines like these have been associated with formation of blood clots
• if you have a condition called myasthenia gravis, which causes muscle weakness
• if you have AIDS.

Buccastem M Tablets may cause you to be more sensitive to sunlight. When taking Buccastem M Tablets it is particularly important that you should avoid exposure to direct sunlight and use sunscreen.

Other medicines and Buccastem M Tablets

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines.

In particular, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking:

• sedatives or tranquilisers, used to help you sleep (such as diazepam and temazepam)
• antihypertensive medicines, used to treat high blood pressure (such as atenolol, propranolol or clonidine)
• anticholinergic medicines, used for conditions such as depression (such as amitriptyline and imipramine)
• anticonvulsant medicines, used to prevent or treat fits (such as carbamazepine and lamotrigine)
• lithium, (used to treat mania and depression)
• desferrioxamine, (used to treat high levels of iron in your body)
• oral anticoagulants, to help prevent blood clots (such as warfarin)
• levodopa (used to treat Parkinson’s disease).

Buccastem M Tablets with food and drink

Buccastem M Tablets are best taken after food.

Do not drink alcohol when taking the tablets as it may interact with medicines like Buccastem M.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

If you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant, you should not take Buccastem M Tablets. Experience with Buccastem M Tablets is limited. You should therefore not take the tablets if you are breast-feeding.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.

Driving and using machines

Buccastem M Tablets can make you feel drowsy. Therefore you should avoid driving or using dangerous machines until you know how the tablets affect you.

Buccastem M Tablets contain sucrose

If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking this medicinal product.

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