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1 FP O. PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER. Ferrous sulfate 200mg Coated Tablets Keyline (non-printing). Ferrous sulfate 200 mg Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start to take this medicine. Colours Used - Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again while you are receiving your treatment. Process Black - If you have any further questions, please ask your doctor or pharmacist. - This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them even if their symptoms are the same as yours. - If any of the side effects get serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.

2 In this leaflet: bicarbonates, carbonates, oxalates, and 1. What Ferrous sulfate Tablets are and what they phosphates). It is important not to take this are used for medicine for two hours before or after taking 2. Before you take Ferrous sulfate Tablets Ferrous sulfate Tablets. n-a 3. How to take Ferrous sulfate Tablets medicines used to treat bacterial infections 4. Possible side effects (antibiotics tetracyclines, quinolones, Pharma 5. How to store Ferrous sulfate Tablets chloramphenicol). It is important not to take this Code 6. Further INFORMATION medicine for two hours before or after taking 1. What Ferrous sulfate Tablets are and Ferrous sulfate Tablets medicines used to treat bone problems 7pt (Main Body) / 7pt (Variables).

3 What they are used for ( bisphosphonates). It is important not to take Measure bar should be 150mm at 100% scale The name of your medicine is Ferrous sulfate Tablets. this medicine for two hours before or after taking These tablets contain iron, a mineral essential in the Ferrous sulfate Tablets production of red blood cells. medicines used to treat Parkinson's disease Ferrous sulfate Tablets are used to treat anaemia ( co-careldopa, entacapone, and levodopa). Wockhardt UK Limited Ferrous sulfate leaflet caused by lack of iron in the diet or loss of iron from levothyroxine used to treat under-active thyroid the body. glands. It is important not to take this medicine for two hours before or after taking Ferrous sulfate 140 x 210mm 2.

4 Before you take Ferrous sulfate Tablets Tablets 104564/7. 27/09/2016. Do not take Ferrous sulfate Tablets if you: colestyramine used to treat high blood cholesterol 687683. are allergic (hypersensitive) to Ferrous sulfate or any and itching caused by liver disease English other of the ingredients in Ferrous sulfate Tablets dimercaprol used to treat metal poisoning methyldopa used to treat high blood pressure n-a (see section 6, Further INFORMATION ). UK. 2. have an ulcer of your stomach or small intestine mycophenolate mofetil , used to suppress the suffer from iron storage diseases, where the body immune system stop organ rejection after Min. Point Size contains more iron than it should transplant Artwork No.

5 Description penicillamine used to treat rheumatic diseases Item Code have had repeated blood transfusions Customer Language Proof No. trientine used in Wilson's disease, a disorder Proof By suffer from haemolytic anaemia (anaemia due to Market Profile the destruction of red blood cells) where the body stores too much copper Date Size have anaemia caused by a deficiency of vitamin zinc supplements. B12 or folic acid Warnings and precautions are already being treated with iron supplements Due to the risk of mouth ulceration and tooth Clearly mark any amendments on one proof and return to MPS. in this proof after approval. Whilst we take extreme care Warning!

6 We cannot accept responsibility for any errors suffer from rare intolerances to sugar discolouration, tablets should not be sucked, chewed the final responsibility must be taken by our client. at all times to ensure accuracy to our client s brief, IF YOU SIGN THIS PROOF YOU ARE SIGNIFYING. Ferrous sulfate Tablets are not recommended for or kept in the mouth but swallowed whole with water. use in children. If you cannot follow this instruction or have difficulty FULL APPROVAL OF DESIGN AND TEXT. swallowing, please contact your doctor. Talk to your doctor before taking Ferrous sulfate Tablets if you: Taking Ferrous sulfate tablets with food and drink have had a gastrectomy (operation to remove all Do not take this medicine with tea, milk or eggs as or part of your stomach) they reduce the absorption of it in the stomach.

7 Have a history of stomach ulcers Pregnancy and breast-feeding suffer from diabetes During the first 12 weeks of pregnancy only take this suffer from inflammatory bowel disease medicine if your doctor has specifically recommended suffer from diverticular disease (where pouches it. For the remainder of the pregnancy Ferrous sulfate form in the bowel wall) Tablets can be taken to prevent iron deficiency. have intestinal strictures (abnormal narrowing of the bowel caused by inflammation). Driving and using machinery This medicine does not affect your ability to drive a Taking other medicines car or operate machinery. Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including Important INFORMATION about some of the any medicines obtained without a prescription.

8 Ingredients in Ferrous sulfate Tablets This medicine contains sucrose and glucose. The following medicines can affect or be affected by If you have been told by your doctor that you have treatment with Ferrous sulfate Tablets: an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor medicines used to treat indigestion (antacids and before taking this medicinal product. mineral supplements calcium, magnesium, FP O. 3. How to take Ferrous sulfate Tablets 5. How to store Ferrous sulfate Tablets Keyline (non-printing). Always take Ferrous sulfate Tablets as your doctor Keep out of the sight and reach of children. has told you. Your doctor will decide the right dose Ferrous sulfate Tablets should not be stored for you; this will be on the pharmacist's label.)

9 This above 25 C. Store in the original container to Colours Used Process Black medicine should be swallowed whole with water. protect from moisture. Swallow the tablet whole with water. Do not suck, Ferrous sulfate Tablets should not be taken after chew or keep the tablet in your mouth. the expiry date on the label; the expiry date refers Adults and the elderly to the last day of the month. Prevention of Iron-deficiency Anaemia Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater One tablet per day. or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to Treatment of Iron-deficiency Anaemia dispose of medicines no longer required. These One tablet two or three times per day.

10 Measures will help protect the environment. Treatment should not last more than three months 6. Further INFORMATION n-a after anaemia is controlled. What Ferrous sulfate Tablets contain If you take more Ferrous sulfate Tablets than you The active ingredient is Ferrous sulfate 200mg Pharma equivalent to 65mg of Ferrous iron Fe(II). The other Code should If you (or anybody else, especially a child) takes ingredients are: kaolin, glucose, povidone, stearic more Ferrous sulfate Tablets than you should contact acid, magnesium stearate, sodium lauryl sulfate , starch, opaglos, titanium dioxide (E171) and sucrose. 7pt (Main Body) / 7pt (Variables). your nearest hospital casualty department or doctor immediately.