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Movicol – Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) for healthcare professionals

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The Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) is written for healthcare professionals. Patients will find plain advice in the patient information leaflet: how to take, side effects, other medicines, pregnancy and breast-feeding.

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Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) - Movicol

1. Trade Name of the Medicinal Product

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2. Qualitative and Quantitative Composition

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3. Pharmaceutical Form

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Clinical Particulars

4.1. Therapeutic Indications

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4.2. Posology and Method of Administration

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4.3. Contra-indications

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4.4. Special Warnings and Precautions for Use

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4.5. Interactions with other Medicaments and other forms of Interaction

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4.6. Pregnancy and Lactation

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4.7. Effects on Ability to Drive and Use Machines

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4.8. Undesirable Effects

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4.9. Overdose

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Pharmacological Properties

5.1. Pharmacodynamic Properties

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5.2. Pharmacokinetic Properties

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5.3. Preclinical Safety Data

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Pharmaceutical Particulars

6.1. List of Excipients

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6.2. Incompatibilities

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6.3. Shelf Life

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6.4. Special Precautions for Storage

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6.5. Nature and Contents of Container

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6.6. Instruction for Use/Handling

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS

Product Summary

  1. 1.

    NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT

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  2. 2.

    QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION

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  3. 3.

    PHARMACEUTICAL FORM

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4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS

4.1. Therapeutic indications

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4.2. Posology and method of administration

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4.3. Contraindications

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4.4. Special warnings and precautions for use

Not applicable

4.5. Interactions with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction

Not applicable

4.6. Pregnancy and lactation

Not applicable

4.7. Effects on ability to drive and use machines

Not applicable

4.8. Undesirable effects

Not applicable

4.9. Overdose

Not applicable

5. PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

5.1. Pharmacodynamic properties

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5.2. Pharmacokinetic properties

Not applicable

5.3. Preclinical safety data

Not applicable

6. PHARMACEUTICAL PARTICULARS

6.1. List of excipients

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6.2. Incompatibilities

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6.3. Shelf life

Not applicable

6.4. Special precautions for storage

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6.5. Nature and contents of container

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6.6. Instruction for use and handling (, and disposal)

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Administrative Data

7. MARKETING AUTHORISATION HOLDER

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8. MARKETING AUTHORISATION NUMBER

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9. DATE OF FIRST AUTHORISATION/RENEWAL OF THE AUTHORISATION

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10. DATE OF REVISION OF THE TEXT

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About this document

Source: MHRA - Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (products.mhra.gov.uk) · Marketing authorisation: PLPI 19488/0064

MHRA data as of 13 October 2026

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Facts about Movicol

Active substance Macrogol 3350
Drug group (ATC)
  1. A Alimentary tract and metabolism drugs
    1. A06 Drugs for constipation
      1. A06A Drugs for constipation
        1. A06AD Osmotically acting laxatives
          1. A06AD65 macrogol, combinations
Marketing authorisation PLPI 18799/0697, PLPI 19488/0064

Sources: the MHRA product information (products.mhra.gov.uk) and the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d), release 10.1.0 of 12 October 2026, NHS Business Services Authority. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.