Anti-Hist Allergy Cetirizine Oral Solution 200ml

Anti-Hist Allergy oral solution is used to treat adults and paediatric patients aged 2 years and over who have hay fever (seasonal allergic rhinitis), year round allergies such as dust or pet allergies (perennial allergic rhinitis) and urticaria (swelling, redness and itchiness of the skin). Antihistamines like Anti-Hist Allergy oral solution relieve the unpleasant symptoms and discomfort associated with these conditions, such as sneezing, irritated, runny and blocked up nose, itchy, red and watering eyes and skin rashes. Cetirizine, the active ingredient of the solution is an antihistamine. It blocks the effects of a substance called histamine which occurs naturally in the body. Histamine is involved in allergic reactions. 

 Directions for use:

Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. Remember the solution can be swallowed as such. The dose should be measured using the spoon enclosed with the product. The spoon has a measure at each end, and lets you choose either the 2.5 ml (half-measuring spoon) or 5 ml quantity (one full measuring spoon).

Do not take/give more Anti-Hist Allergy oral solution than the quantities shown below. If you do not feel better within a few days, consult your doctor. The recommended dose is:

• Children aged 2 to 6 years: 2.5 mg twice daily as 2.5 ml oral solution (a half-measuring spoon) twice daily.
• Children aged 6 to 12 years: 5 mg twice daily as 5 ml (one full measuring spoon) twice daily.
• Adults and adolescents over 12 years of age: 10 mg once daily as 10 ml oral solution (2 full measuring spoons) once daily. 

Use in children Anti-Hist Allergy oral solution is not suitable for children under 2 years of age.

Warnings:

Do not take Anti-Hist Allergy oral solution if:

• You are allergic to cetirizine dihydrochloride or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6) or to hydroxyzine or to any piperazine derivatives (closely related active ingredients of other medicines).

• You have severe kidney failure (severe renal failure with creatinine clearance less than 10 ml/min).

• You are breast-feeding

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Anti-Hist Allergy oral solution if:

If you are a patient with renal insufficiency, please ask your doctor for advice; if necessary, you will take a lower dose. The new dose will be determined by your doctor. If you have problems passing urine (like spinal cord problems or prostate or bladder problems), please ask your doctor for advice.

If you are an epileptic patient or a patient at risk of convulsions, you should ask your doctor for advice. No clinically significant interactions have been observed between alcohol (at the blood level of 0.5 per mille (g/l) corresponding to one glass of wine) and cetirizine used at the recommended doses. However, there are no data available on the safety when higher doses of cetirizine and alcohol are taken together. Therefore, as it is the case with all antihistamines, it is recommended to avoid taking Anti-Hist Allergy oral solution with alcohol.

Contains:

The active substance is cetirizine dihydrochloride. Each ml of solution contains 1 mg cetirizine dihydrochloride. The other ingredients are methyl parahydroxybenzoate (E218), propyl parahydroxybenzoate (E216), sorbitol solution at 70% (non-crystallising) (E420), glycerol, trisodium citrate (sodium citrate), citric acid, propylene glycol, monoammonium glycyrrhizinate, purified water, pineapple No.1 (012080) flavour and Juicy Orange (SC406296) flavour.

Keep all medicines out the sight and reach of children.

Always consult the Patient Information Leaflet before using this medicine.