Domperidone (Pharmacy Health) 10 mg tablets Consumer Medicine Information

Domperidone (Pharmacy Health) Domperidone (as maleate) 10 mg Consumer Medicine Information and a prokinetic medicine. It • you have moderate or works by blocking the action of severe failure What is in this leaflet a chemical messenger in the • an increase in or This leaflet answers some brain which causes the feeling bowel contractions can common questions about of and , as well harm you. For example, if Domperidone. It does not as increasing the movement or you have had bleeding, a contain all the available contractions of the stomach blockage or puncture in your information. It does not take and intestines, allowing food to the place of talking to your move more easily through the • you are taking another doctor or pharmacist. stomach. medicine containing the active ingredient All medicines have risks and There is insufficient evidence to itraconazole, posaconazole benefits. Your doctor has support use of Domperidone in or voriconazole which is weighed the risks of you taking children reflux disease. used to treat fungal Domperidone the benefits this infections. medicine is expected to have Domperidone may not be • you are taking another for you. suitable for chemotherapy or medicine containing the radiotherapy induced nausea active ingredient ritonavir or If you have any concerns about and vomiting or vomiting after siquinavir which is used to taking Domperidone ask your an operation. treat HIV. doctor or • you are taking another pharmacist. Your doctor may have medicine containing the prescribed Domperidone for active ingredient telaprevir Keep this leaflet with your another reason. which is used to treat medicine. You may need to hepatitis C read it again. Ask your doctor if you have • you are you are taking an any questions about why this antibiotic containing the medicine has been prescribed active ingredient What Domperidone for you. , or is used for telithromycin Domperidone is used to treat Before you take • you are taking another the following conditions in Domperidone medicine containing the adults: active ingredient • nausea and vomiting When you must not take , which is used • discomfort caused by a slow it to treat fast heart rate. moving stomach known as Do not take Domperidone if: . Symptoms • you have an allergy to Do not use Domperidone if the include not being able to domperidone, or any of the original packaging is torn or finish a meal, a feeling of ingredients. See Product shows signs of tampering. Does being “too full” or bloated Description at the end of not use Domperidone beyond after a meal, a loss of this leaflet for a list of the expiry date (month and appetite, feeling sick and ingredients. year) printed on the pack. maybe vomiting, or belching • you have a tumour of the without relief. called Before you start to take it

prolactinoma. You must tell your doctor if: Domperidone is an • you are pregnant or

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planning to become cimetidine, omeprazole). Domperidone works. Your pregnant Take these medicines after doctor or pharmacist can tell • you are breast feeding or meals, and not before meals you what to do if you are taking wish to breastfeed • drugs (used any of these medicines. • you have a current or history to prevent travel sickness, of heart disease and/or high treat Parkinson’s Disease or blood pressure, high relieve stomach or How to take , obesity, spasms) smoking and excessive • an antibiotic, such as Domperidone consumption erythromycin, levofloxacin Follow all directions given to you by your doctor or • you have or have ever had and moxifloxacin liver or kidney disease • medicines used to treat HIV pharmacist carefully.

• you have or have ever had infections, such as They may differ from the breast cancer amprenavir, atazanavir, information contained in this • you are not able to digest fosamprenavir, indinavir, leaflet. lactose which is a sugar nelfinavir

found in milk and milk • medicines used to treat high If you do not understand the products blood pressure or chest instructions on the box/bottle, pain, such as and ask your doctor or pharmacist If you have not told your doctor for help. or pharmacist about any of the • amiodarone, , above, tell them before you , ibulitide and start taking or are given soltalol used to treat fast How much to take Domperidone. heart rate Adults: • and • The usual dose in adults is Your doctor will advise you used to treat irregular heart one three to four whether or not to take rate times a day, best taken 15 to Domperidone or if you need to • used to treat 30 minutes before meals or adjust the dose or alter your nausea and vomiting food, and if necessary at treatment. • an antidepressant called bedtime.

, citalopram and • You should not take more Taking other medicines escitalopram than a total of four tablets in • certain drugs used cancer Tell your doctor or pharmacist a single day. such as and if you are taking any other • Your doctor may reduce the vandetanib medicines, including any that dose if you have kidney • certain other drugs (e.g., you get without a prescription disease and methadone) from your pharmacy, • Your doctor may ask you to • supermarket or health antacids or drugs that inhibit take Domperidone for a food shop. or diminish secretion should maximum of 1 week for the not be used simultaneously treatment of acute nausea In particular, tell your doctor or with Domperidone as they and vomiting. pharmacist if you are taking any may affect the absorption of of the following: Domperidone. When used How to take it concomitantly, • medicines for treating fungal Domperidone is best taken 15 Domperidone should be infections, such as to 30 minutes before meals and taken before meals and itraconazole, voriconazole id necessary at bedtime. antacids or drugs that inhibit and pentamidine Do not take medicines that secretion. • medicines that neutralise or neutralize stomach acid or These medicines may be reduce the amount of medicines that reduce the affected by Domperidone or stomach acid (such as production of stomach acid may affect how well antacids, ranitidine, within 2 hours of taking

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Domperidone. This is because attention. coordination until you know sufficient stomach acid is how Domperidone affects required to ensure that Poisons Information Centre you. Domperidone is properly telephone numbers: absorbed by the body. • Australia: 13 11 26 • New Zealand: 0800 POISON Side effects If you do not understand the (or 0800 764766) All medicines can have side instructions provided with this effects. Sometimes they are medicine, ask your doctor or Keep these telephone numbers serious, most of the time they pharmacist for help handy. are not. You may need medical treatment if you get some side If you take too much effects. Do not be alarmed by If you forget to take it Domperidone you may this list of possible side effects. • Take your dose as soon as experience agitation, You may not experience any of you remember, and then convulsion, drowsiness, altered them. continue to take it as you consciousness, confusion and would normally. uncontrolled movements. Ask your doctor or pharmacist • If it is almost time for your to answer any questions you next dose, skip the dose you may have. missed and take your next While you are using dose when you are meant Domperidone Tell your doctor if you to. experience any of the

• Do not take a double dose to following: make up for the dose you Things you must do missed. • headache, trouble sleeping, • Always follow your doctor’s nervousness, dizziness, instructions carefully. If you have missed more than tiredness or irritability • Tell your doctor if you one dose, or are not sure what • sleepiness or drowsiness, fits become pregnant while to do, check with your doctor or seizures, agitation taking Domperidone or pharmacist. • dry mouth or thirst • If you are about to start • stomach cramps, diarrhoea, taking a new medicine, tell If you have trouble constipation, nausea, your doctor and pharmacist remembering to take your changes in appetite or that you are taking medicine, ask your pharmacist heartburn Domperidone. for some hints. • rash or itchy skin

Things you must not do • itchy eyes and crusty eyelids If you take too much • Do not use Domperidone to with discharge • mouth ulcers or cold sores. (overdose) treat any other complaint unless your doctor says so. Immediately telephone your These are mild side effects of doctor or the Poisons • Do not give this medicine to anyone else, even if their Domperidone. Tell your doctor Information Centre for advice, if they continue. or go to Accident and symptoms seem similar to yours. Emergency at the nearest • uncontrollable movements hospital, if you think that you • Dizziness and • irregular or no menstrual or anyone else may have taken sleepiness/drowsiness have period too much Domperidone. Do been observed following use • unusual secretion of breast this even if there are no signs of Domperidone therefore milk or decrease in sex drive of discomfort or poisoning. do not drive or use in men or women machinery or engage in • breast tenderness or breast You may need urgent medical other activities requiring mental alertness and enlargement in men.

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place to store medicines. 14-16 Norman Spencer Drive These effects will reverse on PO Box 76 401 stopping treatment. Do not store Domperidone, or Manukau any other medicine, in the Auckland 2241 Tell your doctor immediately if bathroom or near a sink. Do not Phone 0508 776746 you notice any of the following leave medicines in the car or on as you may need urgent windowsills. Heat and medical care: dampness can destroy some medicines. This leaflet was prepared in • fast or irregular heart beats February 2018 • swelling of hands, ankles or Disposal feet If your doctor tells you to stop • difficulty passing or taking Domperidone or the pain when passing urine. expiry date has passed, ask your pharmacist what to do STOP using Domperidone and with any medicine that is left tell your doctor immediately if over. any of the following happen:

• you have an allergic reaction Product description to Domperidone (allergy can be recognised, for instance, What it looks like by skin rash, itching, Domperidone are white round, shortness of breath and/or biconvex uncoated tablets with swelling of the face, lips, inscription ‘Dm 10’ on mouth, tongue or throat one side. They are available in which may cause difficulty in blisters in cartons of 25, 30 and swallowing or breathing). 100 tablets

Other side effects not listed Not all pack sizes may be above may also occur in some marketed. people. Tell your doctor if you notice any other effects. Ingredients Each Domperidone 10 mg tablet contains: After using • 10 mg of domperidone as Domperidone the active ingredient. • lactose, maize starch, Storage microcrystalline cellulose , Keep Domperidone in the pack povidone, sodium lauryl until it is time to take them. sulfate, colloidal anhydrous silica and Keep Domperidone in a place stearate where the temperature is below 30oC. Distributor Domperidone (Pharmacy Keep your medicines where Health) is distributed in New children cannot them. A Zealand by: locked cupboard at least one- PSM Healthcare Ltd t/a API and-a-half metres (1.5 m) Consumer Brands Ltd above the ground is a good

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