Nitrolingual pumpspray® - consumer medicine information (cmi)

Nitrolingual
Pumpspray
Consumer Medicine Information (CMI)
What is in this leaflet
Do not use phosphodiesterase
inhibitors (e.g. Viagra®, Cialis®,
Levitra or others) if your doctor
or pharmacist has asked you to use
Nitrolingual Pumpspray.
Do not use Nitrolingual
It does not take the place of talking to Pumpspray after the expiry date
(EXP) printed on the bottle and
packaging.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist if
you have any questions about why
Nitrolingual Pumpspray has been
recommended for you.
Do not use Nitrolingual
If you have any concerns about
Pumpspray if the packaging is torn
using this medicine, ask your
or shows signs of tampering.
doctor or pharmacist.
Do not use Nitrolingual
Keep this leaflet with the medicine.
Pumpspray to treat any other
Before you use it
complaints unless your doctor or
pharmacist has instructed you to
When you must not use it
Do not use Nitrolingual
If you are not sure whether you
What Nitrolingual
Pumpspray if you are allergic to:
should start using Nitrolingual
Pumpspray is used for
Pumpspray, contact your doctor or
pharmacist.
Before you start to use it
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if:
 you have any allergies to:
 you have any medical
conditions, including:
Use in Elderly
sensitive to the effects or side effects How to use it
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist
about this.
How much to use
you are pregnant or intend to
become pregnant.
you are breast-feeding or plan
to breast-feed.
Do not use Nitrolingual
Use the exact amount your doctor
Pumpspray if you are pregnant or
or pharmacist tells you to.
breast-feeding unless you and your
doctor or pharmacist have
discussed the risks and benefits
involved.
If you have not told your doctor or
pharmacist about any of these
DO NOT TAKE MORE THAN
things, tell them before you use
TWO DOSES DURING AN
Nitrolingual Pumpspray.
ANGINA ATTACK.
If this does NOT relieve the angina
Taking other medicines
and the pain continues, then you
Tell your doctor if you are taking
should call an ambulance or the
any other medicines, including any
nearest hospital immediately.
that you buy without a
prescription from your pharmacy,
When to use it
supermarket or health food store.
Nitrolingual Pumpspray is NOT a
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if
medication which is taken
you notice this.
regularly. It is used when you need
to obtain relief from the pain of an
acute attack of angina.
Nitrolingual Pumpspray may also
be used 5 to 10 minutes before
Use in Children
taking part in exercise or activities
which may provoke an acute
Nitrolingual Pumpspray is not
attack of angina.
recommended for use in children
as there is no specific information
about such use.
Always ask your doctor or
pharmacist before giving
medicines to children.
What to expect
attacks or if they become more
frequent while you are using
After one or two metered doses of
Nitrolingual Pumpspray.
Nitrolingual Pumpspray you
How to use it
should obtain relief from the pain
Follow the instructions for using
of angina. If no relief is obtained
Nitrolingual Pumpspray to make
and the pain continues you should
sure that you receive the correct
call an ambulance or go to the
nearest hospital immediately.
pharmacist at your next visit. This will help your doctor or pharmacist How long to use it
Tell your doctor or pharmacist
immediately if you become
pregnant while using Nitrolingual
Pumpspray.
If you take too much
Tell all doctors, dentists and
(overdose)
pharmacists who are treating you
that you are using Nitrolingual
Immediately telephone your
Pumpspray, especially if you are
doctor, or the Poisons Information
being started on any new
Centre (telephone 13 11 26) for
medicines.
advice, or go to Accident and
Tell your doctor or pharmacist
Emergency at your nearest
that you are taking Nitrolingual
hospital, if you think you or
Pumpspray if you are about to be
anyone else may have used too
started on any new medicines.
much Nitrolingual Pumpspray. Do
this even if there are no signs of
Things you must not do
discomfort or poisoning. You may
need urgent medical attention.
Do not use Nitrolingual
Keep these telephone numbers
Pumpspray to treat any other
complaints unless your doctor or
pharmacists tell you to.
Do not give this medicine to anyone
Do not inhale the spray.
else even if their symptoms seem
similar to yours.
Do not suddenly stop using
Nitrolingual Pumpspray if you
have been using large amounts of
the spray regularly.
While you are using it
Things you must do
Use Nitrolingual Pumpspray
IMPORTANT: The delivery tube
exactly as your doctor or
must be immersed in the liquid.
pharmacist has recommended.
The contents of the bottle can only
be sprayed as long as the opening
Things to be careful of
at the bottom of the delivery tube
is completely immersed in liquid.
Be careful driving or operating
machinery until you know how
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if
Nitrolingual Pumpspray affects
you continue to have angina
These are very serious side effects.
If you have them, you may have
had a serious allergic reaction to
Nitrolingual. You may need urgent
Be careful when drinking alcohol
Common side effects:
medical attention or
while you are using Nitrolingual
hospitalisation.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if
Pumpspray.
you notice any of the following and
Other side effects not listed above
they worry you:
may also occur in some patients.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if
you notice anything else that is
making you feel unwell.
Be careful not to overdo physical
Ask your doctor or pharmacist if
activities when you first start using
there is anything in this list you
Nitrolingual Pumpspray.
don't understand.
If you use Nitrolingual Pumpspray 5 to 10 minutes before exercise, you Less common side effects:
Tell your doctor or pharmacist
After using it
immediately or go the casualty at
your nearest hospital if you notice
any of the following symptoms:
Storage
Keep Nitrolingual Pumpspray in a
Get up slowly when getting out of
cool dry place where the
bed or standing up if you feel
temperature stays below 25°C.
lightheaded, dizzy or faint.
Do not store Nitrolingual
Pumpspray or any other medicine
in the bathroom or near a sink or
stove. Do not leave it in the car on
hot days.
Keep Nitrolingual Pumpspray
where children cannot reach it.
attention. Serious side effects are rare. Disposal
If any of the following happen, stop
Side effects
Dispose of the bottle where
taking this medicine and tell your
children cannot reach it.
doctor immediately, or go to
Tell your doctor or pharmacist as
Accident and Emergency at your
soon as possible if you do not feel
nearest hospital:
well while you are using
If your doctor tells you to stop
Nitrolingual Pumpspray.
using Nitrolingual Pumpspray, or
the spray has passed its expiry
date, ask your pharmacist what to
do with any spray left over.
Do not open the empty container
by force.
Do not spray into flames, onto red-
hot surfaces or incinerate.
Product description
What it looks like
Nitrolingual Pumpspray is a metered dose pump spray. It delivers glyceryl trinitrate in the form of spray droplets. It is packaged in a glass bottle which contains 14.7mL of solution (200 doses). Ingredients
 fractionated coconut oil  glyceryl caprylate/caprate  ethanol  peppermint oil. Manufacturer
Nitrolingual Pumpspray is made in Germany by G. Pohl Boskamp Supplier
Nitrolingual Pumpspray is supplied in Australia by:

Source: http://products.sanofi.com.au/aus_cmi_nitrolingual.pdf