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4.    Possible side effects

Like all medicines, Pripsen Mebendazole Tablets can have side effects, although these don't affect everyone.

Stop using Pripsen Mebendazole Tablets and tell your doctor straight away if you notice or suspect the following serious side effects.

You may need urgent medical treatment.

•    Possible signs of severe allergic reactions such as rash, skin redness or blistering, itching, swelling or hives.

•    Allergic reactions such as serious illness with blistering of the skin, mouth, eyes and genitals (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis).

•    Headache. • Dizziness. • Fits (convulsions). Other possible side effects are:

•    Stomach pain. • Diarrhoea. • Stomach discomfort, wind. • Inflammation of the liver.

If you notice these or any other side effect not included above, stop use and tell your doctor or pharmacist. They will tell you what to do.

Reporting of side effects

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Care Scheme at www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard. By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

5.    Storing this medicine

•    Keep it out of the reach and sight of children.

•    Do not store above 25°C.

•    Store in the original package.

•    Do not use after the expiry date shown on the carton. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.

• Medicine should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of any unused medicine. These measures will help to protect the environment.

6. Further information

What is in this medicine

The active ingredient per tablet is:

mebendazole 100mg.

The other ingredients are: sorbitol (E420), magnesium stearate, orange flavour, povidone, maize starch, croscarmellose sodium and sodium saccharin.

What the medicine looks like

Pripsen Mebendazole Tablets are mottled off-white, round, flat faced tablets with a bevelled edge.They are available in cartoned blister packs as a one-person treatment containing 2 tablets or as a family pack containing 8 tablets.

Marketing authorisation holder

Thornton and Ross Ltd., Huddersfield,

HD7 5QH, UK.

Manufacturer

Custom Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Conway Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3LW, UK.

This leaflet was revised in September 2013

Pripsen is a trade mark of Thornton and Ross Ltd.

Health and Hygiene Information

What are threadworms (pinworms)?

Threadworms, as their name suggests, are threadlike, white worms about a centimetre long. They can often be seen in the stools or on the toilet paper, where they look like threads of white cotton.

Threadworms are very common, especially in children. Experts have estimated that as many as four out of every ten children suffer from

threadworms before their tenth birthday. People of all ages can catch threadworms, however careful they are about their cleanliness.

Although this disorder is a nuisance, it is harmless and easily treated.

Where do threadworms come from?

Threadworms cannot be caught from pets since they only live in humans. Even the cleanest household can catch threadworms because the microscopic eggs are easily carried on clothes and bed linen, on skin, under fingernails and on food.

Threadworms are passed from person to person very easily so it is important to follow a few simple hygiene rules. If followed carefully for six weeks they will reduce the risk of threadworms coming back into your home. The most important rule is to treat the whole family on the same day and repeat after 14 days, if necessary.

Home Hygiene Rules

•    Fingers and nails must be washed and scrubbed with a nailbrush after each visit to the toilet and before each meal.

•    Disinfect the toilet seat, toilet handle or chain and the door handle regularly.

•    Vacuum bedrooms daily, damp-dust surfaces and try not to raise dust.

Personal Hygiene Rules

•    Keep finger nails cut short.

•    Wear pyjamas or pants in bed.

•    Bathe each morning, remembering to wash your bottom thoroughly.

•    Have a towel for sole use.

•    Change and wash clothes and bed clothes regularly.

Follow these hygiene rules for six weeks from the date of the family taking the first dose of Pripsen Mebendazole Tablets.    23637108

First dose taken..................(date) ^PM/20/332

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