Application notes
The total dose should not be exceeded without consulting a doctor or pharmacist.
How to use?
Take the medicine with liquid (e.g. 1 glass of water).
Duration of use?
In principle, the medicine should only be used for a short time. You should not use the medicine for longer than 2 weeks without medical advice. If your symptoms persist for longer, you should consult your doctor. After 2 weeks of treatment at the latest, you should check whether further treatment is necessary.
Overdose?
In the event of an overdose, drowsiness, impaired consciousness, hallucinations and cardiovascular disorders may occur. If you suspect an overdose, contact a doctor immediately.
Have you forgotten to take it?
Continue taking the medicine as normal (i.e. not double the amount) at the next prescribed time.
As a general rule: Pay particular attention to conscientious dosing, especially with infants, small children and older people. If in doubt, ask your doctor or pharmacist about any effects or precautions.
A dosage prescribed by a doctor may differ from the information on the package leaflet. As the doctor will adjust it individually, you should therefore use the medicine according to his instructions.
Dosage
Adults (over 56 kg body weight) 1 capsule 1-2 times daily at intervals of 8 hours, regardless of the meal
Maximum dose: A dose of 3 capsules per day should not be exceeded.
Application areas
- dizziness
Mode of action
How does the active ingredient of the medicine work?
The active ingredient blocks receptors for a specific messenger substance called histamine. This blockade suppresses histamine-induced vasodilation and increased blood flow in the smallest hair vessels (capillaries). It also combats nausea via the same mechanism and has a calming effect.
Composition
Based on 1 capsule
120 mg dimenhydrinate
+ talc
183.3 mg sucrose
+ corn starch
+ shellac
+ povidone K30
+ titanium dioxide
+ gelatine
+ quinoline yellow
+ indigocarmine
+ erythrosine
Contraindications
What speaks against an application?
Always:
- Hypersensitivity to the ingredients
- Bronchial asthma
- Narrow-angle glaucoma
- Pheochromocytoma (adrenaline-producing tumor)
- Porphyria (metabolic disease)
- Prostate enlargement with residual urine formation
- Seizures
- Epilepsy
- Seizures during pregnancy (eclampsia)
- Cardiac arrhythmia
Under certain circumstances - talk to your doctor or pharmacist about this:
- Constriction in the digestive tract, especially in the stomach
- Chronic obstructive airway disease (chronic airway disease with a narrowing of the airways)
- Impaired liver function
Which age group should be considered?
- Children under 14 years of age: The medicine must not be used.
What about pregnancy and breastfeeding?
- Pregnancy: Consult your doctor. Various considerations play a role in whether and how the medicine can be used during pregnancy.
- Breastfeeding: Based on current knowledge, use is not recommended. Breastfeeding may need to be considered.
If you have been prescribed the medicine despite a contraindication, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. The therapeutic benefit may be greater than the risk associated with use in the case of a contraindication.
Side effects
What adverse effects can occur?
- Gastrointestinal complaints, such as
- Nausea
- vomiting
- stomach pain
- diarrhea
- constipation
- Dry mouth
- dizziness
- drowsiness
- headache
- drowsiness
- muscle weakness
- Mood swings
- visual disturbances
- Pulse acceleration
- Increase in intraocular pressure
- Urination disorders
- Feeling of a "blocked nose"
- Sedation
- Blurred vision (dilation of the pupil)
- Impaired memory
- Impaired balance
- Concentration disorders
- Coordination disorders
- States of confusion and euphoria
- Hallucinations
- Insomnia
- Increased intraocular pressure
Especially in children:
- Restlessness
- agitation
- Insomnia
- States of anxiety
- trembling
If you notice any disturbance or change during treatment, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
The information provided here is based primarily on side effects that occur in at least one in 1,000 patients treated.
Hints
What should you be aware of?
- The ability to react may be impaired even when used as intended, especially at higher doses or in combination with alcohol. Pay particular attention when driving or operating machinery (including household machinery) that could cause injury.
- Avoid excessive UV radiation, e.g. in solariums or during extended sunbathing, because the skin reacts more sensitively during the use of the medicine.
- Sudden discontinuation may cause problems or discomfort. Treatment should therefore be stopped slowly, i.e. by gradually reducing the dose. It is best to seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist.
- Caution: If you use the medicine over a longer period of time, your body may become accustomed to it and you may need an increasingly higher dosage in order to feel any effect.
- Take care if you are allergic to dyes (e.g. quinoline yellow with the E number E 104)!
- Take care if you are allergic to dyes (e.g. indigo carmine with the E number E 132)!
- Take care if you are intolerant to sucrose. If you have to follow a diabetes diet, you should take the sugar content into account.
- There may be medicines with which interactions occur. You should therefore generally inform your doctor or pharmacist of any other medicine you are already using before starting treatment with a new medicine. This also applies to medicines that you buy yourself, use only occasionally or have been using for some time.
