Active ingredients: Cetirizine
Zirtek Allergy 10 mg film-coated tablets.
Film-coated tablets.
White, oblong, film-coated tablet, with breakline and Y-Y logo The tablet can be divided into 2 equal doses.
Each film-coated tablet contains 10 mg cetirizine dihydrochloride.
Excipients with known effect: one film-coated tablet contains 66.40 mg lactose-monohydrate.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
Cetirizine, a human metabolite of hydroxyzine, is a potent and selective antagonist of peripheral H1-receptors. In vitro receptor binding studies have shown no measurable affinity for other than Η1-receptors.
Microcrystalline cellulose
Lactose-monohydrate
Colloidal anhydrous silica
Magnesium stearate
Opadry Y-1-7000 which consists of:
Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (E464)
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Macrogol 400
The tablets are enclosed in a transparent, colorless, inert PVC blister strip thermo-sealed with a lacquered aluminium foil. These blister strips are housed in a carton box.
Boxes of 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 15, 20, 21, 30, 40, 45, 50, 60, 90, 100 or 100 (10x10) tablets.
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
UCB Pharma Ltd, 208 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3WE
PL 00039/0542
12 December 2005