DIFFLAM 0.15% ORAL RINSE - patient leaflet, side effects, dosage

Diff lam 0.15% Oral Rinse

Benzydamine hydrochloride

Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.

Always use this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as your doctor, pharmacist or nurse have told you.

• This medicine is available without prescription. However, you still need to use it carefully to get the best results.
• Keep this leaflet. You may need to _______ read it again.
• — Ask your doctor, dentist or pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
• You must contact a doctor if your symptoms worsen or do not improve.
• If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.

See section 4.

What is in this leaflet:

• 1.What Difflam Oral Rinse is and what it is used for

• 2. What you need to know before you use Difflam Oral Rinse

• 3. How to use Difflam Oral Rinse

• 4. Possible side effects

• 5. How to store Difflam Oral Rinse

• 6. Contents of the pack and other information.

1. What Difflam Oral Rinse is and what it is used for

Difflam Oral Rinse contains the active substance benzydamine hydrochloride and belongs to a group of medicines called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDS. Difflam Oral Rinse works by stopping pain and swelling (inflammation). It is used to treat many painful conditions of the mouth or throat including:

2. what you need to know before you use difflam oral rinse

Do not use Difflam Oral Rinse if

• you are allergic to benzydamine hydrochloride
• you are allergic to any of the other ingredients of Difflam Oral Rinse (see section 6).

Warnings and precautions

Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before using Difflam Oral Rinse:

• If you have a history of asthma
• If you are allergic to acetylsalicylic acid or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drugs

If any of these apply to you, talk to your doctor, dentist or pharmacist.

Other medicines and Difflam Oral Rinse

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

Pregnancy, breast-feeding and fertility.

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 this medicine.

Difflam oral rinse contains:

This medicine contains less than 1 mmol sodium (23 mg) per 15 ml dose, that is to say essentially ‘sodium-free’. Methyl-para-hydroxy benzoate may cause allergic reactions (possibly delayed)

This medicine contains 1126 mg of alcohol (ethanol) in each 15 ml dose.

The amount in 15 ml of this medicine is equivalent to less than 30 ml beer or 12 ml wine.

The small amount of alcohol in this medicine will not have any noticeable effects.

This medicine contains 0.025 mg benzyl alcohol in each 175 microlitre dose which is equivalent to 0.14 mg/ ml. Benzyl alcohol may cause allergic reactions and mild local irritation.

This medicinal product contains mint flavour with benzyl alcohol, cinnamyl alcohol, citral, citronellol, eugenol, geraniol, isoeugenol, limonene and linalool. These substances may cause allergic reactions.

3. how to use difflam oral rinseimportant:always use difflam oral rinse exactly as your pharmacist has told you. you should check with your doctor, dentist or pharmacist if you are not sure.

If you get Difflam Oral Rinse in your eyes

Do not use Difflam Oral Rinse in or near your eyes. If any Oral Rinse gets in your eyes, wash them immediately with cold water.

• How much Difflam Oral Rinse to use Adults, adolescents and elderly:

The usual dose is 15 ml of solution to be used every 11/2 to 3 hours. Use the measuring cup provided to measure the dose.

• Children: This medicine is not suitable for children aged 12 years or under.

How to use the Oral Rinse

The solution should be rinsed around the mouth or used as a gargle for 20 to 30 seconds and then spat out. This solution should not be swallowed. This solution should not be used for more than 7 days unless your doctor or dentist tells you to.

If your symptoms worsen or do not improve contact your doctor or dentist.

If you use more Difflam Oral Rinse than you should

If you take too much or you accidentally swallow large quantities of your medicine, contact immediately your doctor or pharmacist for advice.

If you forget to use Difflam Oral Rinse

Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed dose. Simply take the next dose as planned.

If you have any further questions about the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

4. possible side effects

Like all medicines Difflam Oral Rinse can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

Some side effects could be serious. If you have any of the side effects listed below, seek immediate medical help:

• Serious allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock), signs of which may include difficulty breathing, chest pain or chest tightness, and/or feeling dizzy/faint, severe itching of the skin or raised lumps on the skin, swelling of the face, lips, tongue and/or throat, and which may be potentially life threatening.

Other side effects include the following, if they get serious, please tell your doctor:

Uncommon

(affects 1 in 1,000 people):

• Numbness and/or stinging in the mouth and/or throat.

Very rare

(affects less than 1 in 10,000 people):

• Difficulty breathing and wheezing
• Itching
• Skin rash.
• Skin redness or swelling
• Allergic reaction (Hypersensitivity).

5. how to store difflam oral rinse

Keep out of the sight and reach of children.

Do not use Difflam Oral Rinse after the expiry date on the bottle. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.

If you store the product without the original carton, make sure it is kept out of the direct sunlight.

Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Return any medicine you no longer need to your pharmacist.

6. contents of the pack and other information

What Difflam Oral Rinse contains

The active substance is benzydamine hydrochloride. Each 15 ml contains 22.5 mg benzydamine hydrochloride.

The other ingredients are ethanol, glycerol, saccharin, sodium hydrogen carbonate, mouthwash flavour 52 503/T, polysorbate 20, methyl parahydroxyben­zoate, quinoline yellow (E104)and patent blue V (E131), purified water.

For advice on what to do if you are allergic to any of these ingredients see section 2.

What Difflam Oral Rinse looks like

It comes in a 300 ml bottle with a screw cap and a 30 ml graduated, plastic measuring cup.

Marketing Authorisation Holder Mylan Products Ltd, Station Close, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1TL, UK.

Manufacturer

Aziende Chimiche Riunite Angelini Francesco A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A Via Vecchia del Pinocchio, 22 60131 ANCONA – Italy

This leaflet was last revised in January 2021

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