This medicine is available without prescription to treat minor conditions. However, you still need to take it carefully to get the best results from it.

• Keep this leaflet, you may need to read it again.
• If you have any further queries, 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.

• If you are allergic to paracetamol or any of the other ingredients
  Take special care and talk to a pharmacist or your doctor before taking this medicine if you are:
  • suffering from liver or kidney disease (including alcoholic liver disease) or G-6-PD deficiency (an hereditary condition leading to low red blood cell counts).

Do not use this medicine if you are taking medicines that reduce the clotting of the blood (e.g. warfarin). Talk to your doctor or a pharmacist if you are taking some antibiotics (chloramphenicol), anti-sickness treatments (metoclopramide, domperidone), some treatments for diarrhoea caused by gall bladder disease, or lipid lowering drugs (cholestyramine).

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.

If necessary, paracetamol can be used during pregnancy. You should use the lowest possible dose that reduces your pain and/or your fever and use it for the shortest time possible. Contact your doctor or midwife if the pain and/or fever are not reduced or if you need to take the medicine more often.

Small amounts of paracetamol pass into breast milk. This medicine may be taken, as instructed in the section 'How to take this medicine', by mothers who are breastfeeding.

Paracetamol is not known to cause any effects on the ability to drive and use machines.

• Paracetamol caplets contain sodium metabisulfite which may rarely cause severe hypersensitivity reactions and bronchospasm (breathing difficulties).

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

• Severe allergic reactions: difficulty breathing, skin rash, swollen facial features or a runny nose
• Very rare cases of serious skin disease reactions have been reported. Symptoms could include skin reddening, blisters and rash.

If any of the following side effects get serious, or if you notice any side effect not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist:

• Occasionally the blood does not clot well, which may result in easy bruising or bleeding.
• Rarely, a severe reduction in the number of white blood cells, which makes infections more likely.
• Other rare side effects like shortness of breath.

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme website: ww.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.