Migraleve Pink (24 Tablets)

Product Summary

Migraleve Pink tablets are used for acute moderate pain associated with migraine, where other painkillers have not worked. Migraleve Pink tablets have a unique double action, providing short-term relief from migraine, headache and associated nausea and vomiting. If taken at the first sign of a migraine, Migraleve Pink tablets can prevent an attack from developing.

Directions

Children 12 – 15 years:

• Swallow ONE Migraleve Pink tablet at the first sign of a migraine attack.
• Do not take more than ONE tablet in a 24-hour period.
• If symptoms persist for more than 3 days or get worse, stop use and talk to your doctor.

Adults and children 16 years and over:

• Swallow TWO Migraleve Pink tablets at the first sign of a migraine attack.
• Do not take more than TWO pink tablets in a 24 hour period.
• If symptoms persist for more than 3 days or get worse, stop use and talk to your doctor.

Ingredients

Migraleve Pink

• The active ingredients in each MIGRALEVE® Pink tablet are: Paracetamol DC 96% 520 mg equivalent to Paracetamol 500 mg, Codeine phosphate 8 mg and Buclizine hydrochloride 6.25 mg.
• Other ingredients are magnesium stearate, colloidal anhydrous silica, stearic acid, pregelatinised maize starch, gelatin, hypromellose, macrogol, E127 (erythrosine), aluminium oxide and E171 (titanium dioxide).

Warnings and Restrictions

If you are pregnant, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.

Do not take codeine while you are breastfeeding. Codeine and morphine pass into breast milk.

Special warnings about drowsiness:

The medicine can affect your ability to drive as it may make you sleepy or dizzy.

Do not drive while taking this medicine until you know how it affects you.

It is an offence to drive if this medicine affects your ability to drive.

However, you would not be committing an offence if:

• the medicine has been prescribed to treat a medical or dental problem, and
• you have taken it according to the instructions given by the prescriber or in the information provided with the medicine, and
• it was not affecting your ability to drive safely.

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist:

• if you suffer from liver or kidney disease
• if you suffer from alcoholic liver disease or alcohol dependence
• if you are taking any other medicines
• if you have closed-angle glaucoma (increased pressure in the eye)
• if you have difficulty passing water or are unable to pass water
• if you have prostate disease
• if you suffer from seizures (fits)
• if you suffer from asthma, breathing problems or other lung diseases.

Do not use this medicine

• unless your migraines have been diagnosed by a doctor
• if you have taken any other painkillers in the last four hours
• if you are allergic to paracetamol, codeine or buclizine, or to any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in Section 6 of the patient information leaflet).
• if you are taking other medicines containing paracetamol
• in children under 12 years of age
• in children and adolescents (0-18 years of age) after removal of their tonsils or adenoids for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
• if you have recently developed shallow breathing
• if your bowel is obstructed or does not work properly
• if you have a head injury or raised pressure in your skull (may cause painful eyes, change in vision or headache behind the eyes)
• if you know that you metabolise codeine into morphine very rapidly
• if you are breastfeeding.

If any of these apply to you, speak to your doctor or pharmacist.

Taking other medicines

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any other medicines, including:

• metoclopramide or domperidone (used to treat nausea and vomiting)
• cholestyramine (used to treat high cholesterol)
• if you are taking or have taken in the last two weeks: Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs such as moclobemide, phenelzine, tranylcypromine or selegiline) for depression or other conditions
• anticoagulants (drugs that thin the blood, such as warfarin)
• anticonvulsants such as carbamazepine, phenytoin, fosphenytoin, phenobarbital or primidone (used to treat epilepsy)
• antimuscarinic drugs e.g. atropine (a drug given prior to surgery and for some eye and bowel conditions)
• drugs affecting the brain: to decrease anxiety or to help you sleep (e.g. benzodiazepines or barbiturates)
• antidepressants (e.g. tricyclic antidepressants)
• drugs used for mental conditions causing delusions or hallucinations (e.g. phenothiazines)
• general anaesthetics
• muscle relaxants
• other painkillers containing paracetamol or codeine, or products similar to codeine e.g. tramadol, morphine

If you are not sure about the medicine you are taking, show the bottle or pack to your pharmacist.

Other warnings

• Please read the enclosed leaflet carefully.
• Can cause addiction. For three days' use only.
• Do not exceed the stated dose.
• May cause drowsiness. If affected, do not drive or operate machinery. Avoid alcoholic drinks.
• Contains paracetamol. Immediate medical attention should be sought in the event of an overdose, even if you are feeling well.
• If you need to take this medicine for more than three days, you must see your doctor or pharmacist.
• Do not take with prescribed medicine without the advice of a doctor. If symptoms persist, consult your doctor. Keep out of the reach and sight of children.