Paracetamol 500mg Suppositories Pack of 10

When traditional oral paracetamol isn't feasible, Paracetamol 500mg Suppositories provide a reliable and efficient way to manage symptoms. Each suppository contains 500mg of paracetamol, a well-known analgesic and antipyretic active ingredient.

When to Choose Paracetamol Suppositories

Paracetamol 500mg Suppositories are particularly useful in situations where:

• Swallowing tablets or liquids is difficult (e.g., due to illness, sore throat, or post-operative recovery).
• There is nausea or vomiting, which might prevent oral medication from being absorbed effectively.
• The individual is refusing oral medication.

They can help ease a variety of pains, including headaches, period pain, back pain, and general aches associated with conditions like colds & flu. The active ingredient, paracetamol, works to reduce the production of prostaglandins in the brain, which are chemicals responsible for signalling pain and causing fever.

As a trusted UK pharmacy, Weldricks ensures accessible and professional healthcare, delivering quality medicines like Paracetamol 500mg Suppositories Pack of 10 discreetly to your door, with free UK delivery on orders over £40.

Recommended Dosage

• Children 10 - 12 years: 1 suppository every 4 to 6 hours. Do not use more than 4 suppositories in 24 hours.
• Adults and Children 12 years+: 1-2 suppositories every 4 to 6 hours. Do not use more than 8 suppositories in 24 hours.

Only whole suppositories should be administered - do not break the suppository before administration.

How to use the suppositories:

• Your bowels need to be empty when you use this medicine. If you need to go to the toilet, make sure that you do it before you use the suppository.
• It may be easier to use the suppository if you are lying on your front or side on a bed.
• Wash your hands. Then peel the wrapping apart to take out the suppository. Do not break the suppository before use.
• Gently push the suppository into your back passage with the pointed end first. To make it easier to use the suppository you may warm it slightly between your hands beforehand.
• Try to keep still for a minute or two and then wash your hands.
• If you need to use another suppository, then follow the above procedure again.

Keep out of the sight and reach of children.

Do not store above 30°C.

Do not give anything else containing paracetamol while giving this medicine.

Talk to a doctor at once if your child takes too much of this medicine, even if they seem well.

Do not give more medicine than the label tells you to. If your child does not get better, talk to a doctor.

Do not use Paracetamol Suppositories if:

• You are allergic to paracetamol, soya, peanuts or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in the ingredients section).

Warnings and precautions:

Talk to a doctor or pharmacist before using Paracetamol Suppositories if:

• You have severe illnesses, including severe renal impairment or sepsis (when bacteria and their toxins circulate in the blood leading to organ damage), or you suffer from malnutrition, chronic alcoholism or if you are also taking flucloxacillin (an antibiotic).
• You have problems with your liver or kidneys.

During treatment with Paracetamol Suppositories, tell your doctor straight away if you experience symptoms of metabolic acidosis, such as serious breathing difficulties with deep rapid breathing, drowsiness, feeling sick (nausea) and being sick (vomiting).

Other medicines and Paracetamol Suppositories:

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines. This is because Paracetamol Suppositories can affect the way some medicines work and some medicines can affect how Paracetamol Suppositories work. In particular, avoid taking other medicines containing paracetamol.

Also tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following:

• Medicines to treat nausea (feeling sick) and vomiting), such as metoclopramide and domperidone.
• Colestyramine, used to reduce the level of cholesterol (fat) in the blood.
• Medicines called anticoagulants, such as warfarin, used for treating blood clots or "thinning the blood".
• Medicines called anticonvulsants used for treating epilepsy or fits (e.g. phenytoin, carbamazepine).
• The antibiotic rifampicin.
• Flucloxacillin (antibiotic), due to a serious risk of blood and fluid abnormality (called metabolic acidosis) that must have urgent treatment.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding:

If necessary, Paracetamol Suppositories 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 if the pain and/or fever are not reduced or if you need to take the medicine more often.

• Active Ingredient: Paracetamol 500mg.
• Also Contains: Hard fat and Soyabean Lecithin.

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