Cipladon 500 is an effervescent paracetamol tablet. It dissolves to make a fizzy drink. This not only makes for faster pain relief but it’s much easier to dose for children especially those who have difficulty swallowing a tablet.
In addition to paracetamol, the tablets contain two excipients or inactive ingredients: sodium and the sweetener, aspartame.
Paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen in the United States and Japan, is a mild painkiller (analgesic) and antipyretic which is also used to treat fever.
Indications:
Headache including mild migraine and tension headaches.
Pain due to a sore throat.
Relieving fever,aches,and pains of colds and flu and muscle aches
Toothache
Backaches, rheumatic joint and muscle pains
Period pain
Dose
The tablets should be placed in at least half a tumbler of warm water and allowed to dissolve completely before swallowing. You then drink that all at once and to be sure that you’ve taken all the medicine, rinse your glass out with some more water and drink that, too. The same procedure applies if you’re dosing a child.
- Adults can take 1 – 2 tablets for pain in at least 200ml of warm water. The doses should be spread out – at least 4 hours apart – with a maximum of 4 doses in a 24-hour period.
- Children older than 6 years old can safely take Cipladon 500. Children between 6 and 12 years old, can take ½ – 1 tablet dissolved in water. The doses should be spread out – at least 4 hours apart – with a maximum of 4 doses in a 24-hour period.
- Cipladon is not recommended for children younger than 6 years old.
- Children should not be given paracetamol for more than 3 days without consulting a health care professional.
precautions
Always keep medicines in places where children cannot reach them.
Do not take paracetamol if you –
- are taking any other products that also contain paracetamol
- are addicted to alcohol (an alcoholic)
- have liver disease or are at risk of liver disease paracetamol as increases the risk of liver damage
