Source: Health Products Regulatory Authority (ZA) Publisher: PHARMACARE LIMITED, Healthcare Park, Woodlands Drive, Woodmead 2191
Parkinsonism.
One tablet twice a day to two tablets four times a day.
Tachycardia, rapid or stertorous respiration, hyperpyrexia, restlessness, confusion and excitement, and hallucinations passing into delirium.
Depression of the central nervous system, with hypertension or circulatory failure and respiratory depression.
Treatment of acute poisoning is to empty the stomach. A saline purgative should be given to promote peristalsis. Excitement may be controlled by small doses of a short-acting barbiturate. Supportive therapy may require oxygen and assisted respiration, icebags or alcohol sponges for hyperpyrexia, especially in children, bladder catheterisation, and the administration of fluids.
Store at or below 25°C.
Protect from moisture.
Keep in original packaging until required for use.
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
100 tablets are packed in a white polypropylene container sealed with a white low-density polyethylene cap with vertical ridges on the side and a tamper evident seal, together with a white foam insert or rayon. The container is packed into an outer cardboard carton together with a leaflet.
28, 56 and 84 tablets are packed into pre-printed metallised polyester, laminated with opaque low-density polyethylene, patient ready packs and sealed with a low-density polyethylene ziploc and packed into polyethylene bags.
Not all packs and pack sizes are necessarily marketed.
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