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ELDEPRYL™ selegiline hydrochloride 5 mg tablets

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What is in this leaflet Before you take it Nardil® (phenelzine) or Parnate® () or This leaflet answers some of the Tell your doctor or pharmacist if have taken these common questions about you are taking, have recently within the last two weeks. ELDEPRYL tablets. It does not taken, or might take any other 6. you are taking antidepressants contain all the available medicines, including any that you known as tricyclic information. get without a prescription from antidepressants (TCAs) such as your pharmacy, supermarket or Tofranil® (imipramine), It does not take the place of talking health food shop. to your doctor or pharmacist. Anafranil® (clomipramine), Endep® (amitriptyline) or have All medicines have risks and When you must not take it taken these medications in the benefits. Your doctor has weighed Do not take ELDEPRYL tablets last two weeks. the risks of you taking ELDEPRYL if: 7. you are using or being given a tablets against the benefits the 1. you have ever had an allergic sympathomimetic drug such as medicine is expected to have for reaction to: (found in you. • medicines containing selegiline cough and cold medications); If you have any concerns about (epinephrine) e.g. taking this medicine, ask your • any of the ingredients listed at EpiPen, noradrenaline doctor or pharmacist. the end of this leaflet. (), and 2. you have taken or are taking Keep this leaflet with the . medicine. antidepressants known as 8. you have a stomach ulcer You may need to read it again. selective inhibitors (SSRIs) such as 9. the expiry date on the pack has Prozac® (fluoxetine), Aropax® passed. (paroxetine) or Zoloft® If you take this medicine after What ELDEPRYL is (sertraline) within the last five the date has passed it may have used for weeks. no effect at all, or worse, an 3. you are taking antidepressants entirely unexpected effect. ELDEPRYL tablets are used to treat known as serotonin 10. the packaging is torn or shows the symptoms of Parkinson's noradrenaline reuptake signs of tampering. disease. This is a disease of the inhibitors (SNRIs) such as brain that affects movement. Efexor-XR® (venlafaxine), Before you start to take it Pristiq® (desvenlafaxine) and People with Parkinson's disease do You must tell your doctor if: not have enough nerve cells in the Cymbalta® (duloxetine). 1. you are allergic to any other part of the brain that controls 4. you are taking pethidine (a medicines or other substances movement. These nerve cells strong pain killer) or other such as foods, dyes or produce a substance called opiates (check with your doctor preservatives. dopamine. It is a lack of dopamine or pharmacist). Serious side which causes problems with effects could occur if you start 2. you have or have ever had any movement. to take ELDEPRYL tablets at other health problems the same time as these especially: ELDEPRYL tablets keep dopamine medicines. • stomach ulcers around longer, helping with difficulties in movement. 5. you are taking antidepressants • liver or kidney disease known as monoamine oxidase • high blood pressure inhibitors (MAOIs) such as (hypertension) Aurorix® (),

ELDEPRYL™ Published by MIMS February 2021 1 • (a condition causing If you do not understand the some may be serious and need abnormal thoughts) instructions on the pack, ask your medical attention. doctor or pharmacist for help. • heart problems (angina or The most common side effects of abnormal rhythm). How to take it ELDEPRYL tablets tend to be due ELDEPRYL tablets could make to its interaction with certain drugs these conditions worse. Swallow the prescribed dose of such as Madopar®and Sinemet®. this medicine with a large glass of 3. you are or plan to become These are usually mild in nature and water while standing upright. pregnant or to breast feed. The normally disappear when your effects of this medicine in Do not stop taking it without your doctor lowers your dose of doctor's advice, because your pregnant and breastfeeding Madopar®or Sinemet®after you symptoms of Parkinson's disease women are unknown. have started taking ELDEPRYL may worsen. tablets. 4. you are taking any oral contraceptives. If you forget to take it Tell your doctor if you notice any of the following and they worry 5. you are taking any medicine that If it is almost time to take your you: has a narrow therapeutic index next dose, skip the dose that you • body aches and pains which requires careful have missed and take your next monitoring, such as digoxin dose when you are meant to. • constipation (used in heart failure) and Otherwise take it as soon as you • diarrhoea anticoagulants (blood thinner) remember, then go back to taking • dizziness e.g. warfarin your tablets as usual. • dry mouth 6. you are taking any medicine that Do not double a dose to make up • headaches inhibits monoamine oxidase for a dose that you have missed. • light headedness or feeling faint (e.g., to treat bacterial infections) If you take too much • nausea, vomiting 7. you are taking any other (overdose) • sleep disorders • stomach pains medications having a dopamine Immediately telephone your effect (e.g. Madopar®, doctor or Poisons Information • sweating more than usual Sinemet®) or tramadol (e.g. Centre (telephone 13 11 26) for • abnormal thinking. Tramal®) or buprenorphine. advice, or go to Accident and • increased desire for sex Emergency at the nearest hospital If you have not told your doctor • compulsive behaviours such as - if you think that you or anyone about any of the above, tell them gambling, shopping, eating, and before you start taking else may have taken too many repetitive purposeless activities. ELDEPRYL tablets. ELDEPRYL tablets. Do this even if there are no signs of discomfort Tell your doctor immediately, or or poisoning. go to the nearest casualty at your You may need urgent medical local hospital if you notice any of How to take it attention. the following: • increase in unusual body Follow all directions given to you movements by your doctor and pharmacist • mood/mental changes (e.g. carefully. Side effects agitation, confusion, depression, They may differ from the hallucinations) information contained in this leaflet. Check with your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible if • chest pains ELDEPRYL tablets are available you have any problems while you • breathing problems. only on prescription and it is are taking ELDEPRYL tablets, Tell your doctor or pharmacist if usually co-prescribed with other even if you think that the you notice anything else that is medicines used in treating problems are not connected with making you feel unwell. Parkinson's disease (e.g. Madopar®, the medicine or are not listed in Other side effects not listed here Sinemet®). After taking this leaflet. may occur in some people. ELDEPRYL tablets for a short Like all medicines, ELDEPRYL Do not be alarmed by this list of time, your doctor may decrease the tablets can cause side effects. If possible side effects. amount of Madopar®or they occur, most are likely to be You may not experience any of Sinemet®that you are taking. minor and temporary. However, them.

ELDEPRYL™ Published by MIMS February 2021 2 After taking it ELDEPRYL tablets do not contain gluten, sucrose, tartrazine or any other azo dyes. Storage Keep your tablets in the bottle Supplier until it is time to take them. If you take the tablets out of the Aspen Pharmacare Australia Pty bottle, they may not keep as well. Ltd 34-36 Chandos St Keep ELDEPRYL tablets in a St Leonards NSW 2065 cool dry place where the Australia temperature stays below 25 degrees C. Australian Registration Number: Do not store ELDEPRYL tablets AUST R 47465. or any other medicine in the This leaflet was revised in bathroom or near a sink. Do not December 2020. leave it in the car or on windowsills. Heat and dampness can destroy some medicines. Keep this medicine where children cannot reach it. A locked cupboard at least one-and- a-half metres above the ground is a good place to store medicines.

Disposal If your doctor tells you to stop taking this medicine or the tablets have passed their expiry date, ask your pharmacist what to do with any tablets which are left over.

Product description

What ELDEPRYL tablets look like ELDEPRYL tablets are a round white tablet with a break line on one side. It is available in bottles of 100 tablets.

Ingredients Active ingredient: 5 mg selegiline hydrochloride per tablet. Inactive ingredients: • starch-maize • microcrystalline cellulose • mannitol • povidone • magnesium stearate.

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