Always take this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist has told you.

• Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
• Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
• If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
• You must contact a doctor if you do not feel better or if you feel worse after 14 days.

1. What Rennie Dual Action Tablets are and what they are used for
2. What you need to know before you take Rennie Dual Action Tablets
3. How to take Rennie Dual Action Tablets
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Rennie Dual Action Tablets
6. Contents of the pack and other information

• If you have severe kidney disease or suffer from kidney stones.
• If you have high calcium or low phosphate levels in the blood.
• If you are allergic to any of the ingredients.

As with other antacid products, taking these tablets can mask the symptoms of other, more serious, underlying medical conditions. If symptoms persist after fourteen days consult your doctor.

Please consult your doctor or pharmacist before taking Rennie Dual Action Tablets if you have any kidney problems, have been diagnosed with sarcoidosis (inflammation disease that affects multiple organs in the body), or suffer from severe or chronic gastro-intestinal symptoms or diseases.

• Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.
• If taking antibiotics (tetracyclines, quinolones), cardiac glycosides (digoxin, digitoxin), bisphosphonates (used for the treatment of osteoporosis), dolutegravir (an anti-retroviral medicine used for the treatment of HIV infection), levothyroxine (a thyroid hormone), eltrombopag (a medicine used to increase the number of platelets) or other prescribed medicines (e.g. fluorides, phosphate, iron containing products) speak to your doctor before taking Rennie Dual Action Tablets because it can affect how these medicines work. To maximise the benefit of all medicines being used, take Rennie Dual Action Tablets 1 to 2 hours after taking any other medicines.
• If you are taking any thiazide diuretics (e.g. bendroflumethiazide), which are used to increase urine production, then you should tell your doctor before taking the product because he or she may want to monitor the calcium levels in your blood.

As with all calcium containing antacid products intake with large amounts of milk or dairy products should be refrained.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine. Rennie Dual Action Tablets can be used during pregnancy if taken as instructed. Rennie Dual Action Tablets can be used while breast-feeding if taken as instructed (see Section 3).

As Rennie Dual Action Tablets provide a substantial amount of calcium in addition to dietary calcium intake pregnant women should strictly limit their use of Rennie Dual Action Tablets to the maximum recommended daily dose and avoid concomitant, excessive intake of milk (1 litre contains up to 1.2 g elemental calcium) and dairy products.

This product contains 14 mg of sodium (main component of cooking/table salt) in each tablet. This is equivalent to 0.7%of the recommended maximum daily dietary intake of sodium for an adult.

This product also contains 230 mg sucrose and about 555.2 mg glucose (including from dextrates) per tablet, which should be taken into account in patients with diabetes mellitus.

If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking this medicinal product.

Moreover glucose and sucrose may be harmful to the teeth.

The active substances are calcium carbonate (625mg), magnesium carbonate (73.5mg) and alginic acid (150mg).

The other ingredients are: sodium hydrogen carbonate, sucrose, glucose monohydrate, povidone, talc, magnesium stearate, dextrates, saccharin sodium, lemon cream flavour (contains lemon oil, lime oil, orange oil, l-menthole, vanilline, maltodextrin, gum arabic, ascorbic acid, butylhydroxyanisol), peppermint flavour (contains peppermint oil, maltodextrin, gum arabic, silicon dioxide).

Rennie Dual Action Tablets are off white, speckled circular chewable tablets, flat on both sides with a bevelled edge.

They are supplied in foil strips in a carton with this leaflet.

The tablets are available in pack-sizes of 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 and 48.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.