Anadin Extra Pain Relief Caplets - 16 Caplets

Product Summary

These caplets contain a powerful combination of pain-relieving ingredients that work quickly to help you feel restored and let you get on with your day.

What Anadin Extra can be used for:

Anadin Extra caplets are ideal when in need of quick and effective pain relief. They can help treat mild to moderate pain including headaches, toothache, period pains, muscular aches, sprains, and symptoms of cold and flu.

Directions

For oral administration and short-term use only.

Adults, the elderly and young persons aged over 16: The minimum effective dose should be used for the shortest time necessary to relieve symptoms.

• Take 2 caplets up to 4 times a day, as required.
• The caplets should be taken with water.
• Take only as much as you need to relieve your symptoms and leave at least 4 hours between each dose.
• Do not take more than 8 caplets in any 24 hour period.
• Do not give to children aged under 16 years, unless on the advice of a doctor.

Ingredients

• Active Ingredients: Aspirin 300mg, Paracetamol 200mg and Caffeine 45mg.
• Also Contains maize starch, microcrystalline cellulose (E460), hydrogenated vegetable oil, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (E646), polyethylene glycol, pregelatinised starch and povidone.

Warnings and Restrictions

Do not take Anadin Extra if:

• You are allergic to aspirin, other NSAIDs or any of the other ingredients in Anadin Extra.
• You have or have ever had a stomach ulcer, perforation or bleeding.
• You suffer from haemophilia or are taking medicines that reduce blood clotting e.g. warfarin.
• You are breastfeeding.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist before taking Anadin Extra if you are pregnant, asthmatic, or if you have kidney, liver or blood disease.

• Not suitable for children under 16 years of age.
• Do not take with any other paracetamol-containing products.
• Immediate medical advice should be sought in the event of an overdose, even if you feel well.

Taking other medicines

• Please speak to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Anadin Extra if you are taking any other medicines (prescribed or otherwise). This is because the ingredients in Anadin Extra can affect many other medicines.
• In particular, do not use this medicine if you are taking medicines that reduce blood clotting (warfarin) or for the treatment of gout (sulfinpyrazone, or probenecid).

Always read the patient information leaflet enclosed with the medicine.

Pharmacist tips and FAQs

What's special about Anadin Extra?

It's the combination. Aspirin + paracetamol + caffeine. Each one works differently, and when combined at these doses, the effect is additive. Aspirin acts on prostaglandin synthesis, paracetamol acts on pain signals centrally, and caffeine? It accelerates absorption and enhances analgesic effect. That's not marketing—that's pharmacodynamics.

You take it when you don't want to wait for pain to "settle down." It's for those headache days when light bothers, noise annoys, and you need something that cuts through fast.

Why does it have caffeine?

Not to keep you up just for the sake of it. Caffeine blocks adenosine receptors, making you more alert and also less sensitive to pain. It's especially helpful in tension-type headache and migraine. There's about 45mg per caplet—about half a cup of coffee. Enough to be useful. Not so much that it wires you.

Can I take it on an empty stomach?

Technically, yes. But if you are aspirin-sensitive or experience heartburn, take something light beforehand. A few crackers. Banana. Anything. This is not paracetamol alone-aspirin is still an NSAID, and it will irritate the gastric lining in some people.

How long can I take it for?

Short term means just that. A few days. If you're requiring it longer than that, or you're chasing doses, you're masking a greater problem. Rebound headaches do occur—especially with combination painkillers. Don't turn pain relief into a cycle.

Can I take it with other meds?

Depends what’s in your cupboard. Anything else with paracetamol? No. Anticoagulants? Big red flag - aspirin increases bleeding risk. Got gout? This combo interacts with uric acid meds. Always double-check. Interactions aren’t always obvious, especially with over-the-counter products.

Why is not suitable for under 16s?

Reye's syndrome. Rare, but serious. Danger of aspirin use in children and teenagers with viral infections. Not worthwhile. Employ age-specific analgesia unless a doctor advises otherwise.

Dosing important details

Don't test the limits. 8 caplets in 24 hours is a maximum, not a goal. More is not stronger - it's just more dangerous. And if two caplets aren't touching the pain, more likely won't either. Time to think again or seek help.

Always have a healthy respect for combination medicines. They look simple. They're not.