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What is Panadeine Forte used for

Where to buy Panadeine Forte online in Australia and New Zealand. Panadeine Forte is used to relieve moderate to severe pain and fever.

Panadeine Forte contains paracetamol and codeine. Paracetamol and codeine work together to stop the pain messages from getting through to the brain. Paracetamol also acts in the brain to reduce fever.

Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another use.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions about why the medicine has been prescribed for you.

This medicine is only available with a doctor’s prescription.

Before you start to take it

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have allergies to: Where to buy Panadeine Forte online in Australia and New Zealand

• Any other medicines
• Aspirin or any other NSAID medicine
• Any other substances, such as foods, preservatives or dyes
• Any ingredients listed under “Product Description” at the end of this leaflet

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have or have had any medical conditions, especially the following:

• Lung, heart, liver or kidney problems
• Difficulty breathing, wheezing, chronic cough, asthma, or other chronic breathing conditions
• A history of drug dependence, including alcohol dependence
• You drink large quantities of alcohol
• Recent cessation of alcohol
• Low glutathione reserves
• Gilbert’s syndrome
• Gall bladder problems or your gall bladder has been removed.
• Multiple sclerosis
• Diarrhoea caused by poisoning
• Recent stomach, intestine or urinary tract surgery
• Irritable bowel syndrome or other bowel problems
• Prostate problems
• Under active thyroid gland or problems with your adrenal glands
• Fits or seizures
• Head injury
• Brain tumours

Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or are planning to become pregnant. Your pharmacist or doctor will discuss the benefits and possible risks of taking the medicine during pregnancy. Where to buy Panadeine Forte online in Australia and New Zealand

If you have not told your doctor about any of these things, tell them before you take any Panadeine Forte.

Taking other medicines

You should also tell your doctor about any other medicines that you have bought without a prescription from either your pharmacy, supermarket or health food shop.

Tell your doctor if you are using any other medicines, including any of the following medicines:

• Any medicine causing sleepiness or drowsiness
• Tranquillisers (medicines for anxiety and nerves)
• Benzodiazepines (medicines used as sedatives or to treat anxiety)
• Medicines used to treat alcohol and/or opioid dependence (eg naltrexone or buprenorphine)
• Medicines containing alcohol (ethanol), e.g. some cough syrups
• Cough suppressants or antitussives
• Antihistamines (medicines used to treat allergies)
• Medicines used to treat depression
• Medicines used to treat mental illness
• Medicines which thin the blood
• Medicines to treat epilepsy
• Other pain relief medication
• Medicines used to treat high blood pressure
• Medicines used to relax muscles
• Medicines used to treat diarrhoea, nausea or vomiting
• Propantheline, a drug used to treat stomach ulcers
• Cholestyramine (medicine used to treat bile problems and/or high cholesterol)
• Chelating resin
• Chloramphenicol (antibiotic used to treat ear and eye infections)
• Flucloxacillin, rifampicin or zidovudine (medicines for infection)

These medicines may be affected by Panadeine Forte or may affect how well Panadeine Forte works. Where to buy Panadeine Forte online in Australia and New Zealand

Your doctor or pharmacist can tell you what to do if you are taking any of these medicines.

How to take Panadeine Forte

The label on your pack of Panadeine Forte will tell you how to take your medicine and how often.

If you are unsure about the directions ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Do not take more than the dose your doctor or pharmacist has directed. The dosage recommended by the doctor may be different to the recommended dosage.

The recommended dose of Panadeine Forte is:

Adults: 1 tablet for mild to moderate pain. 2 tablets for severe pain.

This dosage may be repeated in 4-6 hours if necessary.

Do not take more than 8 tablets in 24 hours. Where to buy Panadeine Forte online in Australia and New Zealand

Do not take more than the recommended dose. Taking more than the recommended dose may cause liver damage.

Talk to your doctor about pain control if the medicine is not helping.

If your body cannot metabolise codeine properly, you may be getting reduced benefit from the medicine.

How to take it

Swallow the tablets with water.

The directions given to you by your doctor or pharmacist may be different from the information in this leaflet. If you are unsure what dose to take ask your pharmacist or doctor. Where to buy Panadeine Forte online in Australia and New Zealand

If you forget to take it

If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the dose you missed and take your next dose when you are meant to.

Otherwise, take it as soon as you remember, and then go back to taking your medicine as you would normally.

Do not take a double d
ose to make up for the dose that you missed.

This may increase the chance of you getting an unwanted side effect.

If you are not sure what to do, ask your pharmacist or doctor.

If you take too much (Overdose)

Immediately telephone your doctor or Poisons Information Centre (telephone 13 11 26) for advice, or go to Accident and Emergency at your nearest hospital, if you think that you or anyone else has taken too much Panadeine Forte. Where to buy Panadeine Forte online in Australia and New Zealand

Do this even if there are no signs of discomfort or poisoning. You may need urgent medical attention.

Keep telephone numbers of these places handy.

If you take too many tablets you may feel nauseous, light headed, dizzy or drowsy.

While you are taking Panadeine Forte

Things you must do

Take Panadeine Forte exactly as your doctor has prescribed.

Tell all your doctors, dentists and pharmacists that you are taking Panadeine Forte.

Tell your doctor if you become pregnant while taking Panadeine Forte.

Things you must not do

Do not take more than the recommended dose unless your doctor tells you to.

Adults should not take more than 8 tablets a day. Where to buy Panadeine Forte online in Australia and New Zealand

Do not take high doses of the medicine for long periods of time unless your doctor tells you to.

Taking more than the recommended dose may cause liver damage.

Codeine may be habit forming.

Do not give this medicine to anyone else.

Things to be careful of

Panadeine Forte may cause dizziness or drowsiness in some people, especially after the first dose.

If affected do not drive a car, operate machinery or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are dizzy or drowsy. Children should not ride bikes if affected and should be supervised to avoid potential harm.

Do not drink alcohol. Where to buy Panadeine Forte online in Australia and New Zealand

Drinking alcohol increases the likelihood of becoming drowsy.

Panadeine Forte may be habit forming if taken in high doses for extended periods of time.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are concerned about this.