Always ask a doctor before giving a cough or cold medicine to a child. Death can occur from the misuse of cough and cold medicines in very young children. Use exactly as directed on the label, or as prescribed by your doctor. Do not use for longer than recommended.
Cold medicine is usually taken only for a short time until your symptoms clear up. Do not take more of this medication than is recommended. An overdose of acetaminophen can damage your liver or cause death. Stop taking the medicine and call your doctor if you still have a fever after 3 days of use, you still have pain after 7 days or 5 days if treating a child , if your symptoms get worse, or if you have a skin rash, ongoing headache, or any redness or swelling.
If you need surgery or medical tests, tell the surgeon or doctor ahead of time if you have taken this medicine within the past few days. Since this medicine is taken when needed, you may not be on a dosing schedule. If you are taking the medication regularly, take the missed dose as soon as you remember. Skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next scheduled dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at An overdose of acetaminophen can be fatal. The first signs of an acetaminophen overdose include loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, sweating, and confusion or weakness. Later symptoms may include pain in your upper stomach, dark urine, and yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes.
This medication may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be alert. Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction : hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. In rare cases, acetaminophen may cause a severe skin reaction that can be fatal.
This could occur even if you have taken acetaminophen in the past and had no reaction. If you have this type of reaction, you should never again take any medicine that contains acetaminophen.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. Other drugs may interact with acetaminophen and pseudoephedrine, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Tell each of your health care providers about all medicines you use now and any medicine you start or stop using. Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.
Objective: This study compared the efficacy of mg of paracetamol combined with 60 mg of pseudoephedrine, with that of either paracetamol or pseudoephedrine alone and placebo for the treatment of symptomatic URTI.
Patients then dosed up to three times daily for 3 days and recorded nasal congestion and pain intensity scores. Main outcome measures: Nasal airflow conductance NAC and pain relief after the initial dose were primary objectives. The safety of Sudafed for use during pregnancy has not been fully established.
Small amounts of pseudoephedrine pass into breast milk. The amount is probably too small to be harmful to a nursing infant. However, when taken by mouth, decongestants such as pseudoephedrine can temporarily decrease the production of breast milk with just one or two doses.
For this reason, this medicine is best avoided by mothers who are breastfeeding. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for further advice. Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with pseudoephedrine. Just because a side effect is stated here does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.
For more information about any other possible risks associated with this medicine, please read the information provided with the medicine or consult your doctor or pharmacist.
If you think you have experienced a side effect, did you know you can report this using the yellow card website? If you or your child are taking any other medicines, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, you should check with your pharmacist before using this medicine as well, to make sure that the combination is safe.
It's fine to take Sudafed decongestant tablets or liquid with plain paracetamol or ibuprofen, assuming these are appropriate for you. It's also fine to take it with medicines for hay fever such as antihistamines or steroid nasal sprays. However, don't take it with other nasal decongestant medicines. Avoid taking other cough, cold or flu remedies with Sudafed decongestant tablets or liquid, unless you check with your pharmacist first. Different products may contain the same or similar active ingredients and using more than one at the same time could lead to you exceeding the recommended dose or having a greater chance of getting side effects.
For further advice talk to your pharmacist. It's fine to take Sudafed decongestant tablets or liquid with plain paracetamol or ibuprofen. Don't take Sudafed decongestant tablets or liquid if you have taken a type of medicine called a monoamine oxidase inhibitor MAOI in the last 14 days.
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