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Description
Product features
- Aids restful sleep
- Thins and loosens mucus
- Reduces chest congestion
Product description
Benylin Mucus Cough Night is a medication designed to relieve coughing and associated congestion while promoting restful sleep. It contains diphenhydramine, an antihistamine that reduces coughing, dries nasal and chest secretions, and aids sleep. Guaifenesin, an expectorant, helps loosen mucus in the lungs, making it easier to cough up, while levomenthol alleviates congestion, making breathing easier.
Please read the patient information leaflet for this product.
Specifications
- 150ml
Suitable for
- Adults and children aged 12 year and over
Side Effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
However, if you experience any of the following side effects, STOP USING Benylin mucus cough night and seek medical attention IMMEDIATELY:
- Swelling of the face, lips, mouth, tongue or throat which may cause difficulty in swallowing or breathing.
- Allergic reactions including skin rashes such as hives, redness of skin (which may be severe and include blistering or peeling of the skin) and itching.
- Fits or numbness (paraesthesia)
- Hallucinations
- A fast or irregular heartbeat or increased awareness of your heartbeat (palpitations).
- Shakiness (tremor).
- Difficulty passing water
Very common (may affect more than 1 in 10 people):
- Drowsiness
Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):
- Dizziness, headache, dry mouth or throat or unusual weakness, muscle spasms, blurred vision, thickened mucus, upset stomach
Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people):
- Agitation, confusion, irritability, nervousness, or difficulty sleeping, a persistent noise in the ears, rash
Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people):
- Depression, low blood pressure
Other effects which may occur but it is unknown how often:
- Difficulty performing tasks, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation or indigestion, dry nose, pain when passing water.
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in the patient leaflet.
Warnings and cautions
- This medicine should NOT be used to sedate a child.
- Refer to the information leaflet and consult your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions or currently take any other medication, as this may cause an interaction.
- If you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant or breastfeeding, consult with your doctor before use.
- Do not drink alcohol whilst using Benylin mucus cough night.
- Do not drive or operate tools or machines. This medication is intended to produce sleepiness or drowsiness.
- If you take too much medicine, contact your doctor or the nearest emergency department.
- If you miss a dose, take the next one when required. Do not take a double dose.
- Keep out of the sight and reach of children.
- Children must be supervised whilst on this medication.
- If symptoms persist, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
- This medicine contains sucrose and liquid glucose; if you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, ask your doctor before taking this medicine. This also applies to patients with diabetes mellitus
- The medicine contains 196mg of alcohol (ethanol)
- The medication contains Ponceau 4R (E124), which may cause allergic reactions.
- The medication contains sodium, this should be taken into account by patients on a controlled sodium diet.
Do not take:
- If you have ever had a bad reaction/allergic reaction to diphenhydramine, guaifenesin, levomenthol or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
- If you are taking, or have taken in the last two weeks, drugs for depression known as Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs).
- If you are taking other cough and cold medicines.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before use if you have/had:
- Liver or kidney problems
- Prostate problem (difficulty with passing water or needing to pass water often)
- Narrow-angle glaucoma (increased pressure in the eye)
- A cough for several weeks, possibly due to asthma, or a cough that produces a lot of mucus (phlegm).
- Emphysema, chronic bronchitis or asthma.
- A cough which re-occurs, or you have a cough with a fever, rash or persistent headache
How to use
Adults and children aged 12 years and over. Two 5ml spoonfuls four times a day or to aid restful sleep, take two 5 ml spoonfuls at bedtime followed by two 5 ml spoonfuls every 6 hours if required. Do not take more than 4 doses (1 dose = two 5 ml spoonfuls) in 24 hours
- For oral use only.
- Do not exceed the stated dose or frequency of dosing.
- Do not use in children under 12 years of age.
- If you have any questions after you have bought this medication, please speak to your pharmacist.
- Please read the enclosed leaflet thoroughly before use. The manufacturer periodically updates Patient Information Leaflets.
- Seek immediate medical advice in the case of an overdose, even if you are feeling well.
Ingredients
The active ingredients in 5 ml of Benylin Mucus Cough Night are 14 mg Diphenhydramine hydrochloride, 100 mg Guaifenesin and 1.1 mg Levomenthol.
Other ingredients are: Liquid glucose, sucrose, ethanol, glycerol, sodium citrate, saccharin sodium, citric acid monohydrate, sodium benzoate (E211), caramel (E150), raspberry essence, natural sweetness enhancer, carbomer, Ponceau 4R (E124) and water
How to store
- Store below 25°C.
- Keep bottle tightly closed.
- Check the cap is securely engaged at all times.
- Do not use this medicine after the ‘EXP’ date shown on the pack.
- Do not keep in fridge or freezer.
- Do not use if bottle seal is broken when purchased
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