Fexofenadine 180mg film coated tablets

• Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
• If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
• This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
• 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).

1. What Fexofenadine is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Fexofenadine
3. How to take Fexofenadine
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Fexofenadine
6. Contents of the pack and other information

• are allergic to fexofenadine or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).

Talk to you doctor or pharmacist before taking fexofenadine if you:

• have problems with your liver or kidneys
• have or ever had heart disease, since this kind of medicine may lead to a fast or irregular heart beat
• are elderly

If any of these apply to you, or if you are not sure, tell your doctor or pharmacist before taking fexofenadine.

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

This includes medicines you buy without with prescription, including herbal medicines. This is because fexofenadine can affect the way some other medicines work. Also some medicines can affect the way fexofenadine works.

If you are taking apalutamide (a medicine to treat prostate cancer), as the effect of fexofenadine may be decreased.

Indigestion remedies containing aluminium and magnesium may affect the action of fexofenadine, by lowering the amount of medicinal product absorbed.

It is recommended that you leave about 2 hours between the time you take fexofenadine and your indigestion remedy.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist before taking any medicine.

Do not take fexofenadine if you are pregnant, unless necessary. Fexofenadine is not recommended during breast-feeding.

Fexofenadine is unlikely to affect your ability to drive or operate machinery. However, you should check that these tablets do not make you feel sleepy or dizzy before driving or operating machinery.

This medicine contains less than 1 mmol sodium (23 mg) per tablet, that is to say essentially ‘sodium-free’.

The recommended dose is one tablet (180 mg) daily.

Take your tablet with water before a meal.

This medicine starts to relieve your symptoms within 1 hour and lasts for 24 hours.

If you take too many tablets, contact your doctor or the nearest hospital emergency department immediately. Symptoms of an overdose in adults are dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue and dry mouth.

Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten tablet. Take the next dose at the usual time as prescribed by your doctor.

Tell your doctor if you want to stop taking fexofenadine before you have finished your course of treatment. If you stop fexofenadine earlier than planned, your symptoms may return.

• swelling of the face, lips, tongue or throat and difficulty breathing, as these may be signs of a serious allergic reaction.

The following undesirable effects have been reported in clinical trials, with an incidence similar to those observed in patients who did not receive the drug (placebo).

Common side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):

• headache
• drowsiness
• feeling sick (nausea)
• dizziness.

Uncommon side effects (may affect up to 1 in 100 people):

• tiredness
• sleepiness.

Additional side effects (frequency not known: cannot be estimated from the available data) which may occur are:

• difficulty sleeping (insomnia)
• sleeping disorders
• blurred vision
• bad dreams
• nervousness
• fast or irregular heart beat
• diarrhoea
• skin rash and itching
• hives
• serious allergic reactions which can cause swelling of the face, lips, tongue or throat, flushing, chest tightness, and difficulty breathing.

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/ yellowcard 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.

• The active substance is fexofenadine hydrochloride. Each tablet contains 180 mg of fexofenadine hydrochloride
• The other ingredients are:
  • Tablet core - microcrystalline cellulose, pregelatinised maize starch, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate.
  • Film coating - hypromellose, povidone, titanium dioxide (E171), colloidal anhydrous silica, macrogol and iron oxide (E172).

Fexofenadine 180 mg film-coated tablets are peach coloured, capsule shaped tablets marked with “018” on one side and a scripted “e” on the other.

Fexofenadine is presented in blister packs.

Each tablet is blistered.

Fexofenadine is available in packs of 2 (sample only), 10, 15, 20, 30, 50, 100 and 200 (as 10x20) tablets per package.

Not all pack sizes are marketed.

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