Paracetamol 500mg Soluble Tablets, 100 Tablets

Relieves headaches, period pain and toothache.
Suitable for: Adults and children 12 years and over
Active ingredients: paracetamol.


What can I use Paracetamol for?

  • Headache.
  • Migraine.
  • Toothache.
  • Sore throat.
  • Fever.
  • Period Pain.
  • Flu.
  • Aches and pains.
  • Muscle pain.
  • Backache.

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What can I use Paracetamol for?

  • Headache.
  • Migraine.
  • Toothache.
  • Sore throat.
  • Fever.
  • Period Pain.
  • Flu.
  • Aches and pains.
  • Muscle pain.
  • Backache.

Paracetamol 500mg Soluble Tablets, 100 Tablets

Paracetamol 500mg Soluble Tablets helps to provide effective pain relief from pain-related conditions, such as headaches, toothaches and period pain.

This medicine contains paracetamol, which belongs to a group of medicines called analgesics and antipyretics that relieve mild to moderate pain and or fever.

For the relief of mild to moderate pain including headache, migraine, neuralgia, toothache, sore throat and period pains. They are also for the symptomatic relief of sprains, strains, rheumatic pain, sciatica, lumbago, fibrositis, muscular aches and pains, joint swelling and stiffness, influenza, feverishness and feverish colds.

Benefits:

  • Headache.
  • Migraine.
  • Toothache.
  • Sore throat.
  • Fever.
  • Period Pain.
  • Flu.
  • Aches and pains.
  • Muscle pain.
  • Backache.

Paracetamol is a popular painkiller for everyday ailments. It helps to relieve pain whilst being gentle on your stomach, but can also be used to ease fever and lower high temperatures.

Paracetamol soluble tablets get to work faster than normal paracetamol tablets

Patient Information leaflet

What you need to know about Paracetamol

Brand

Brand

Careway

How To Use

For oral administration only. Dissolve the tablets in a glass of water.

Adults and children over 16 years:

1 – 2 tablets every 4 – 6 hours when necessary, up to four times a day, or as instructed by your doctor.

Children 12 – 15 years of age and weighing 41 to 50kg:

One tablet every 4 – 6 hours when necessary, up to four times a day, or as instructed by your doctor.

Not recommended in children aged less than 12 years.

The dose should not be repeated more frequently than every 4 hours, and not more than 4 doses should be taken in any 24 hour period.

Do not take for more than 3 days without consulting your doctor.

Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets are for oral administration. Place the tablet in a full glass of water.
Allow it to completely dissolve. Then drink the solution straight away.
If you have doubts on the correct dose of Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets to use please consult your doctor.

Delivery Options

Delivery options

All deliveries are subject to the availability of the product and product sale conditions been met.

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UK Delivery

Standard Delivery within the UK £3.50 Delivery time 3-4 days
First Class Delivery within the UK £5.90 Delivery time 1-2 days
Priority Delivery within the UK £7.10. Next day delivery by 1pm. Order must be placed by 1pm. Priority delivery is only available Monday to Thursday.

Europe Delivery

Standard Delivery within EEC from £12.50 Delivery time up to 5 days depending on the local delivery service within your country.
Expedited Delivery within EEC £39.50 Delivery time 2 days. Delivery by DHL, UPS or TNT.

Rest of the World

Standard Delivery Rest of the World from £16.10 Delivery Time 10 – 15 Days
Expedited Delivery Rest of the World £55.09 Delivery 5 days. Delivery service by DHL, TNT or UPS

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Product Details

Not suitable for children under 12 years of age.

Do not take more frequently than every 4 hours.

Not more than 8 tablets should be taken in 24 hours.

Do not exceed the stated dose

Do not take Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets
 If you are allergic to paracetamol, or any of the ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before taking Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets:
 If you are suffering from kidney problems
 If you are suffering from liver problems including liver problems due to excessive alcohol
consumption.
 If you have Gilbert’s syndrome (mild jaundice)
 If you have hemolytic anemia (abnormal breakdown of red blood cells)
 If you are an asthmatic and sensitive to aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).
 If you are suffering from dehydration or chronic malnutrition.
 If you are on paracetamol containing medicines
 If you have fever after paracetamol therapy
 If you suffer from glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (enzyme deficiency)
 If you have a severe infection as this may increase the risk of metabolic acidosis.
Signs of metabolic acidosis include:
– Deep, rapid, difficult breathing
– Feeling sick (nausea), being sick (vomiting)
– Loss of appetite
Other important information
Do not drink alcohol (e.g. wine, beer, spirits) whilst taking this medicine.
Do not use paracetamol unless prescribed by your doctor if you have an addiction to alcohol or liver
damage. If this concerns you do not use with alcohol. If you are already taking other pain medication
containing paracetamol do not use Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets without first speaking to your
doctor or a pharmacist.
Never take more Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets than recommended. A higher dose does not
increase pain relief; instead it can cause severe liver damage. The symptoms of liver damage
occur first after a few days. It is important therefore that you contact your doctor as soon as possible if
you have taken more Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets than recommended in this leaflet.
Children and adolescents
Do not use Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets in children younger than 12 years of age.
Other medicines and Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other
medicines.
Tell your doctor before you take Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets if you are taking:
 Drugs to thin the blood (anti-coagulant drugs e.g. Warfarin ,other coumarins)
 Medicines used to relieve sickness (e.g. Metoclopramide, Domperidone)
 Medicines used to treat high cholesterol (Cholestyramine)
 Probenecid (Medicine used to treat high levels of uric acid in the blood stream i.e. gout)
 Medicine to treat fever or mild pain (Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), Salicylamide)
 Drugs such as rifampicin (drug that helps to fight infection) and some antiepileptics such as
carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone (drugs used to treat or cure convulsions)
 Medicines used to treat epilepsy (Lamotrigine)
 Medicines to treat tuberculosis (Isoniazid)
 Paracetamol may extend the duration of action of chloramphenicol
Effects of Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets on laboratory tests
Uric acid and blood sugar tests may be affected.
Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets with food
There is no significant effect on absorption of Paracetamol when taken with meal.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask
your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
If necessary, Paracetamol effervescent Tablets can be used during pregnancy. You should use the
lowest possible dose that reduces your pain and/or your fever and use it for the shortest time possible.
Contact your doctor if the pain and/or fever are not reduced or if you need to take the medicine more
often.
Paracetamol passes into breast milk. Therapeutic doses of Paracetamol can be administered
during breast-feeding.
Driving and using machines
Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets have no influence on the ability to drive and use machines.
Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets contain sodium and aspartame
This medicine contains 463.01 mg sodium (main component of cooking/table salt) in each
effervescent tablet. This is equivalent to 23.15% of the recommended maximum daily dietary intake of
sodium for an adult.
This medicine contains 20 mg aspartame in each effervescent tablet. Aspartame is a source of
phenylalanine. It may be harmful if you have phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare genetic disorder in which
phenylalanine builds up because the body cannot remove it properly.

How to store Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets
 Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
 Do not use Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets after expiry date which is stated on the label after
EXP. The expiry date refers to last day of that month.
 This medicinal product does not require any special temperature conditions.
 Store in the original package to protect from light and moisture.
 Do not use the product if you notice visible signs of deterioration, like brown or black spots on the
tablets, bulging of tablets or discoloration of the tablets.
 Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to
dispose of medicines no longer required. These measures will help to protect the environment.

Ingredients

The active ingredient is paracetamol.

The other ingredients are: Anhydrous citric acid, Sodium hydrogen carbonate, Sorbitol E420, Sodium carbonate anydrous, Povidone K 25 (E1201), Simeticone, Saccharin sodium, Lemon flavour (containing maize maltodextrin, acacia gum (E414) and alpha-tocopherol (E307)), Macrogol 6000.

Side Effects

Like all medicines this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Stop taking Paracetamol Effervescent Tablets and tell your doctor immediately if you
experience symptoms like swelling in the face, tongue or throat, difficulty swallowing, red and
itchy swellings on the skin and difficulty in breathing.
Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people):
 Bleeding problems or clotting disorders (platelet disorders), decreased formation of cells, severe
decrease in white blood cells which may lead to severe infections (agranulocytosis), frequent infections
due to poorly functioning white blood cells or decrease in white blood cells (leucopenia), reduction in
blood platelets, which increases the risk of bleeding or bruising (thrombocytopenia) abnormal
breakdown of red blood cells, which may cause weakness or pale skin (haemolytic anaemia), decrease
in blood count (pancytopenia), reduced neutrophil count in blood (neutropenia).
 Allergies (excluding swelling on the face, mouth, hands).
 Depression, confusion, sensing unreal things
 Tremor, headache
 Abnormal vision.
 Abnormal accumulation of fluid under the skin (oedema).
 Stomach pain, diarrhoea, nausea (feeling sick), vomiting, bleeding (haemorrhage)
 Abnormal liver function, liver failure, death of liver cells (hepatic necrosis), jaundice
 Dizziness, feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness (malaise), fever, drowsiness, drug interaction.
 Overdose and poisoning.
Very rare (may affects up to 1 in 10,000 people):
 Damage caused to the liver (hepatotoxicity)
 Immediate severe allergic reaction (hypersensitivity reaction requiring discontinuation of treatment)
 Low levels of glucose in the blood (hypoglycemia)
 Cloudy urine and kidney disorders.
 Life-threatening skin disease causing rash, skin peeling and sores (epidermal necrolysis)
 Allergic reaction of the skin (erythema multiforme)
 Severe life-threatening skin disease causing rash, skin peeling, sores (Stevens–Johnson syndrome)
 Accumulation of fluid in the voice box (larynx)
 Severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock)
 Decrease in red blood cells (anemia)
 Severe kidney impairment (renal alteration)

 Kidney disorder (nephrite interstitial)
 Blood in urine (haematuria)
 Inability to urinate (anuresis)
 Stomach ulcers and bleeding (gastrointestinal effects)
 Uneasiness
 serious skin reactions
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side
effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme
www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App.
By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

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