Cophilex
Rx30 mg+100 mg+1.25 mg • Syrup
Indications & Uses
Cophilex is indicated for:
Dosage Reference
Reference Information Only
Dosages shown are general references from official sources. Always consult your doctor or pharmacist for personalized dosing.
Adults:
Adult and Children over 12 years: 10 ml (2 teaspoonful) three times a day.Children 6-12 years: 5 ml (1 teaspoonful) three times a day.Children 2-5 years: 2.5 ml (1/2 teaspoonful) three times a day.A physician's advice is preferred before administering this preparation to children aged less than 2 years.
Side Effects
Central nervous system (CNS) depression or excitation may occur. Sleep disturbance and rarely hallucination have been reported. Skin rashes, tachycardia, dryness of mouth, nose and throat have occasionally been reported. Urinary retention has been reported occasionally in men receiving pseudoephedrine; prostatic enlargement could have been an important predisposing factor.
Cautions & Contraindications
Warnings & Precautions
This syrup may cause drowsiness and impair performance in tests of auditory vigilance. It may also impair the patients ability to drive and also to use machineries. So, driving and operation of machineries should be avoided during treatment with this syrup. Although there are no objective data, users of this syrup should avoid the concomitant use of alcohol or other centrally acting sedatives.Although Pseudoephedrine has virtually no pressor effect in patients with normal blood pressure, this syrup should be used with caution in patients taking antihypertensive agents, tricyclic antidepressants or other sympathomimetic agents such as decongestant, appetite suppressants and amphetamine-like psychostimulants. The effects of a single dose of this syrup on the blood pressure of these patients should be observed before recommending repeated or unsupervised treatment.As with other sympathomimetic agents, caution should be exercised in patients with hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, elevated intraocular pressure and prostatic enlargement. This syrup should not be used for persistent or chronic cough such as occurs with smoking, asthma or emphysema or where cough is accompanied by excessive secretions unless directed by a physician.
Contraindications
This is contraindicated in the cases of known hypersensitivity to any of its constituents, cardiovascular disease including hypertension, lower respiratory symptoms including asthma, monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) therapy.