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3 How to take this medicine
Check the table below to see how much medicine to take.
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■ For oral use only.
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■ Do not take more medicine than the label tells you to.
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■ Take with a glass of water. Do not chew.
Children and adolescents
Do not give to children under 16 years.
Adults, the elderly and children aged 16 years and over
Age Dosage
Adults, the elderly and Two capsules every 4
children aged 16 years and over to 6 hours as required.
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■ Do not take more than eight capsules (4 doses) inany 24 hours period.
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■ Leave at least 4 to 6 hours between doses.
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■ If you do not get better, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
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■ Do not take for more than 3 days unless advised by your doctor.
^k Taking this medicine with food and drink:
You should avoid too much caffeine in drinks like coffee and tea.
If you are also consuming other medicines or food that contains caffeine (coffee, tea, cola drinks, chocolate) you may have a high
caffeine intake and might have difficulty sleeping, start shaking in the chest.
Talk to a doctor at once if you take too much of this medicine even if you feel well. This is because too much paracetamol can cause
and/or an uncomfortable feeling
delayed, serious liver damage. Go to your nearest hospital casualty department. Take your medicine and this leaflet with you.
Jf you forget to take the medicine
If you forget to take a dose, take the next dose when needed provided that the last dose was taken at least 4 hours ago. Do not take a double dose.
4 Possible side-effects
Sudafed Blocked Nose & Sinus Capsules can have side-effects, like all medicines, although these don't affect everyone and are usually mild.
Unknown side-effects are:
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■ bronchospasm
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■ restlessness, anxiety, nervousness, irritability, agitation
Rare side-effects are:
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■ allergic reactions such as skin rash
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■ nausea (feeling sick) or vomiting (being sick) or diarrhoea
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■ headache, tremor, dizziness
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■ difficulty sleeping (insomnia)
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■ fast, slow or irregular heart beat (palpitations)
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■ high blood pressure
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■ glaucoma
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■ problems or pain passing urine
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■ sudden weight loss, loss of appetite and yellowing of the eyes and skin
More rarely, the following side-effects can happen:
you may become more prone to bleeding, bruising, fever and infections, such as sore throat and ulcers, due to changes in your blood.
Very rare cases of serious skin reactions have been reported.
Reporting of side-effects
If you get any side-effects, talk to your doctor, 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 at or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store.
By reporting side-effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
5 How to store Sudafed Blocked Nose
Do not store above 25°C.
Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use after the end of the month shown as an expiry date on the packaging.
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.
6 Contents of the pack and other information
What’s in this medicine?
500 mg Paracetamol, 25 mg Caffeine and 6.1 mg Phenylephrine hydrochloride per capsule.
Other ingredients are: Maize starch, croscarmellose sodium, sodium laurilsulfate, magnesium stearate, talc, gelatin, titanium dioxide (E171), quinoline yellow (E104), Patent Blue V (E131), erythrosine (E127) and indigo carmine (E132).
What the medicine looks like
are red/blue capsules available in packs of 16 capsules.
Marketing Authorisation holder and Manufacturer:
Wrafton Laboratories Limited, Braunton, North Devon, EX33 2DL, UK.
Distributor: McNeil Products Ltd, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 3UG, UK.
This leaflet was prepared December 2020
Sudafed is a registered trade mark.
McNeill