TheraFlu Cold and Flu acetaminophen, pheniramine maleate, phenylephrine hydrochloride ACESULFAME POTASSIUM ANHYDROUS CITRIC ACID FD&C RED NO. 40 FD&C BLUE NO. 1 MAGNESIUM STEARATE MALTODEXTRIN SILICON DIOXIDE SUCROSE SODIUM CITRATE, UNSPECIFIED FORM TRIBASIC CALCIUM PHOSPHATE ACETAMINOPHEN ACETAMINOPHEN PHENIRAMINE MALEATE PHENIRAMINE PHENYLEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE PHENYLEPHRINE Loose white powder containing white, yellow, and gray-violet granules. May contain soft clumps. When one packet is dissolved in hot water, a cloudy solution forms which is pink-violet in color with a berry aroma.

TheraFlu Cold and Flu acetaminophen, pheniramine maleate, phenylephrine hydrochloride ACESULFAME POTASSIUM ANHYDROUS CITRIC ACID FD&C RED NO. 40 FD&C BLUE NO. 1 MAGNESIUM STEARATE MALTODEXTRIN SILICON DIOXIDE SUCROSE SODIUM CITRATE, UNSPECIFIED FORM TRIBASIC CALCIUM PHOSPHATE ACETAMINOPHEN ACETAMINOPHEN PHENIRAMINE MALEATE PHENIRAMINE PHENYLEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE PHENYLEPHRINE

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Drug Facts

Composition & Profile

Active Ingredients
Composition: One packet contains: Active ingredients: paracetamol 325 mg pheniramine maleate 20 mg phenylephrine hydrochloride 10 mg. Auxiliary ingredients: sucrose acesulfame potassium red dye Е129 blue dye Е133 maltodextrin silicon dioxide flavoring agent natural raspberry flavoring agent natural cranberry anhydrous citric acid sodium citrate dihydrate tribasic calcium phosphate magnesium stearate.
Inactive Ingredients
Auxiliary ingredients: sucrose acesulfame potassium red dye Е129 blue dye Е133 maltodextrin silicon dioxide flavoring agent natural raspberry flavoring agent natural cranberry anhydrous citric acid sodium citrate dihydrate tribasic calcium phosphate magnesium stearate.
Strengths
325 mg 20 mg 10 mg
Treats Conditions
Indications Infectious Inflammatory Illnesses Influenza Arvi Common Cold Accompanied By A High Temperature Chills And Fever Headache Rhinitis And Nasal Congestion Sneezing And Muscle Pain
Pill Appearance
Color: white

Identifiers & Packaging

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Overview

Loose white powder containing white, yellow, and gray-violet granules. May contain soft clumps. When one packet is dissolved in hot water, a cloudy solution forms which is pink-violet in color with a berry aroma.

Indications & Usage

Indications: Infectious/inflammatory illnesses - influenza, ARVI (“common cold”), accompanied by a high temperature, chills, and fever, headache, rhinitis and nasal congestion, sneezing, and muscle pain

Dosage & Administration

: Oral. The content of a packet is dissolved in 1 glass of boiling hot water. Consumed in hot form. Sugar can be added to taste. A repeated dose may be taken every 4 hours (no more than 3 doses in 24 hours). TheraFlu® can be used at any time of day, but taking the preparation before going to sleep, for the night, has the best effect. If there is no relief of symptoms within 3 days after the preparation is first taken, a physician must be consulted

Warnings & Precautions
Interaction with other drugs: Intensifies the effect of MAO inhibitors, sedative preparations, ethanol. The risk of the hepatotoxic action of paracetamol increases during concurrent use of barbiturates, diphenine, carbamazepine, rifampicin, zidovudine, and other hepatic microsomal enzyme inducers. Antidepressants, antiparkinsonian agents, antipsychotic agents, and phenothiazine derivatives - increase the risk of developing urinary retention, dry mouth, and constipation. Glucocorticosteroids increase the risk of developing elevated intraocular pressure.
Contraindications

: Increased sensitivity to individual ingredients of the preparation, simultaneous use of tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, beta-adrenergic blockers; portal hypertension; alcoholism; diabetes mellitus, pregnancy, breast-feeding, children under 12 years of age. With caution: in marked coronary artery atherosclerosis, in arterial hypertension, narrow-angle glaucoma, severe liver or kidney diseases, prostatic hyperplasia, blood diseases, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, congenital hyperbilirubinemia (Gilbert, Dubin-Johnson, and Rotor syndromes), hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma, bronchial asthma.

Adverse Reactions

Side effects: possible allergic reactions (skin rash, pruritus, hives, angioedema), hyperexcitability, sleep disorder, reduction in the speed of psychomotor reactions, drowsiness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, palpitations, blood pressure increase, dry mouth, accommodative palsy, increase in intraocular pressure, urinary retention. During prolonged use in high doses - hepatotoxic action, changes in blood count; nephrotoxicity.

Purpose

Pharmacotherapeutic group: analgesics and antipyretics, paracetamol in combination with other preparations (excluding psycholeptics). ATC code: NO2BE51 Pharmacological properties: Combination preparation, has an antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-edematous, analgesic, and anti-allergic action.

Keep Out of Reach of Children

Store out of the reach of children.

Storage & Handling

Storage conditions: At a temperature below 25°C. Store out of the reach of children.


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