GLYCERIN Suppository Ref.[8626] Active ingredients: Glycerol

Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)  Revision Year: 2015  Publisher: L.C.M. LTD., Linthwaite laboratories, HUDDERSFIELD, HD7 5QH

Product name and form

Glycerin Suppositories BP 4g Adult Size.
Superdrug Glycerine Constipation Relief Suppositories.
Boots Constipation Relief Suppositories.
Sainsburys Constipation Relief Suppositories.
Tesco Constipation Relief Suppositories.

Pharmaceutical Form

Suppository.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Glycerol 70.0% w/w.

Active Ingredient Description
Glycerol

Glycerol has uses as a hyperosmotic, osmotic diuretic, and ophthalmic agent. It may be used as an eye drop in the treatment of glaucoma to reduce intraocular pressure, as a solution or suppository for short-term treatment of constipation, to evacuate the bowel prior to a colonoscopy, and in some ocular surgeries. It may be given intravenously to reduce pressure inside the brain and used externally on the skin as a moisturizer.

List of Excipients

Gelatin BP, Purified Water BP, Purified Water BP QS.

Pack sizes and marketing

12’s: Sealed, PVC/PE laminate inside a cardboard carton.

12’s: Sealed, PVC/PVDC/PE laminate inside a cardboard carton.

24’s: 2 × 12 sealed, PVC/PVDC/PE laminates inside a cardboard carton.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

L.C.M. LTD., Linthwaite laboratories, HUDDERSFIELD, HD7 5QH

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

PL 12965/0015

20/06/2008

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