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NORFLEX™ citrate 100 mg tablets Consumer Medicine Information

What is in this leaflet Your doctor may have prescribed  to any other medicines, NORFLEX for another purpose. foods, preservatives or dyes This leaflet answers some common Ask your doctor if you have any  any heart problems questions about NORFLEX tablets. questions about why this medicine  any or kidney problems. However it does not contain all the has been prescribed for you. Tell your doctor if you are available information. Your doctor pregnant or intend to become and pharmacist have more information about this medicine. pregnant or you are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. If you have any questions about Before you take NORFLEX that are not answered NORFLEX Your doctor or pharmacist can discuss the risks and benefits by this leaflet, please ask your involved. doctor or pharmacist. When you must not take it If you are not sure whether to start All medicines have risks and Do not take NORFLEX if: taking this medicine, talk to your benefits. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you taking NORFLEX  you have had an allergic doctor. reaction to orphenadrine citrate against the benefits before or to any of the ingredients Taking other medicines prescribing it for you. listed at the end of this leaflet. If you are worried about taking Tell your doctor or pharmacist if  you have any of the following: this medicine please talk to your you are taking any other doctor or pharmacist.  medicines, including any that you buy without a prescription from Keep this leaflet with your (high pressure in the eye) your pharmacy, supermarket or medicine as you may want to read  intestinal blockage, stomach health-food shop. it again. ulcer or oesophageal disease Some medicines and NORFLEX may  enlarged prostate or bladder interfere with each other. These obstruction include: What NORFLEX is  myasthenia gravis  (medicines used used for (a condition in which the muscles to relieve stomach cramps or become weak and tire easily) spasms) The name of your medicine is  the expiry date on the bottle has  medicines used to treat NORFLEX. passed depression The active ingredient in NORFLEX  the packaging shows signs of  is orphenadrine citrate, which is a tampering.  other central skeletal . It acts in the Do not give this medicine to a child (CNS) , central nervous system to produce its under the age of 12 years. including . muscle relaxant effects. Safety and effectiveness in children Examples of CNS are NORFLEX is used to help relax younger than 12 years have not been or medicines for certain muscles in your body and to hayfever, other allergies or colds; relieve the pain and discomfort established. or tranquilizers; caused by sprains, strains or other Before you start to take it ; ; injury to your muscles. medicines for ; Tell your doctor or pharmacist if NORFLEX is also used to treat anaesthetics, including some you have: tension headache and persistent dental anaesthetics; and other hiccoughs. muscle relaxants.

NORFLEX™ 1 You may need different amounts of even if there are no signs of NORFLEX is a prescription your medicines, or you may need to discomfort or poisoning. medicine and has been prescribed for take different medicines. Your doctor You may need urgent medical you only. or pharmacist has more information attention. Do not take NORFLEX to treat on medicines to be careful with or Symptoms of an overdose may any other complaints unless your avoid while taking NORFLEX. include excitement, confusion and doctor tells you to. delirium leading to coma, convulsions, rapid , dilated pupils and difficulty passing urine. How to take NORFLEX Side Effects

Follow all directions given to you All medicines can cause unwanted by your doctor or pharmacist side effects. Sometimes they are carefully. While you are taking NORFLEX serious, most of the time they are not. They may differ from the Tell your doctor if you experience information contained in this leaflet. Things you must do any of the following side effects If you do not understand the and they bother you: Tell all doctors, dentists and instructions on the bottle ask your  dry mouth. doctor or pharmacist for help. pharmacists who are treating you that you are taking NORFLEX.  nausea, vomiting How much to take If you become pregnant while  abdominal or stomach cramps or pain Take NORFLEX tablets only as taking this medicine, tell your directed by your doctor or doctor immediately.  blurred vision, unusually enlarged pharmacist. Be careful driving or operating pupils or other changes to your vision. Your doctor will prescribe the correct machinery until you know how the dose for you. medicine affects you.  headache The usual dose of NORFLEX for In some people NORFLEX may  tremor or shaking adults is one tablet twice a day. cause blurred vision, drowsiness,  dizziness, short periods of dizziness, or to become drowsy, lightheadedness, fainting Take one tablet in the morning and dizzy, lightheadedness or to faint, or the other tablet in the evening. be less alert than usual. It may also  drowsiness Do not change the dose unless your cause muscle weakness. If you have  muscle weakness doctor tells you to do so. any of these symptoms do not drive  feeling confused or agitated or operate machinery or do anything  seeing, feeling or hearing things If you forget to take your else that could be dangerous. that are not there medicine If you experience dry mouth when  rash, itchiness or other skin If you miss a dose of this medicine taking NORFLEX and your dry conditions. and remember within an hour or so mouth continues for more than 2 of the missed dose, take it right weeks speak to your dentist. Tell your doctor immediately or go away. If you do not remember until Continued dryness of the mouth can to hospital if any of the following side effects occur: later, skip the missed dose and take increase the chance of dental disease, the next dose when you would including tooth decay, gum disease  shortness of breath; troubled normally. and fungal infections. breathing; tightness in chest and/or wheezing and skin rash Do not take a double dose. For temporary relief of dry mouth use sugarless gum or sweets, melt  sores, ulcers or white spots on If you take too much some ice in your mouth or use a lips or in mouth; swollen and/or (overdose) saliva substitute. painful glands; unusual bruising or bleeding; unusual tiredness or If you or someone else has taken Things you must not do weakness. too much NORFLEX contact your doctor or pharmacist, or the Do not give NORFLEX to anyone These are serious side effects and may need urgent medical attention. Poisons Information Centre (0800 else even if they have the same Serious side effects are rare. POISON or 0800 764 766). Do this condition as you.

NORFLEX™ 2 Tell your doctor or pharmacist if  ethylcellulose you notice anything which is  lactose. making you unwell. This medicine does not contain Other side effects not listed above gluten or preservatives. may also occur in some people.

Sponsor After taking NORFLEX NORFLEX is supplied in New Zealand by:

Storage iNova Pharmaceuticals (New Keep NORFLEX in a cool dry Zealand) Limited c/- Simpson Grierson place where the temperature stays 88 Shortland Street below 30°C. Auckland 1141 Do not store it or any other Toll free number: 0508 375 394 medicine in the bathroom or near a This leaflet was prepared in May sink. Do not leave it on a window 2018 sill or in the car.

Heat and dampness can destroy some medicines. ™ = Trademark Keep all medicines where children cannot reach them. A locked cupboard at least 1.5 metres above the ground is a good place to store medicines.

Disposal If your doctor tells you to stop taking this medicine, or if it has passed its 'Use By' date ask your pharmacist what to do with any tablets that are left over.

Product Description

What it looks like NORFLEX are white tablets with N/X on one side and no markings on the other side. It comes in bottles containing 100 tablets.

Ingredients Each NORFLEX tablet contains orphenadrine citrate 100 mg. It also contains:  stearate  colloidal anhydrous silica

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