Day Nurse Caps

Description

What Day Nurse does
Day Nurse is used for the day-time relief of the major symptoms of colds, chills and flu.
The medicine contains three active ingredients. Paracetamol is a painkiller and reduces your
temperature when you have a fever. Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride is a decongestant
which unblocks your nose and sinuses helping you breathe more easily. Pholcodine is a cough
suppressant that helps relieve dry or tickly coughs. Day Nurse also helps relieve a sore throat.

Do not take Day Nurse:
• if you have ever had an allergic reaction to paracetamol, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride,
pholcodine or any of the other ingredients (listed in Section 6)
• if you have ever developed a severe skin rash or skin that peels, blisters or sores in the
mouth after taking Day Nurse
• if you have high blood pressure or heart disease
• if you have kidney disease or hyperexcitability
• if you have difficulty breathing or lung problems
• if you are taking appetite suppressants or stimulant drugs called amphetamines
(sometimes used to treat ADHD)
• if you have taken monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) prescribed for depression in the
last two weeks
• sudden abdominal pain or rectal bleeding may occur with Day Nurse, due to inflammation
of the colon (ischaemic colitis). If you develop these gastro-intestinal symptoms, stop taking
Day Nurse and contact your doctor or seek medical attention immediately. See section 4
• if you are taking antibiotics called linezolid.
Do not take with any other paracetamol-containing products.
Do not take with any other flu, cold or decongestant product.

How to take Day Nurse
For oral use only.
It is important to shake the bottle for at least 10 seconds before use.
Always use the measuring cup provided.
Adults and children aged 16 years and over: Fill the measuring cup to
the 30 ml mark. Take one 30 ml dose every 4 hours as needed.
• Take a maximum of 4 doses (120ml) in any 24 hours.
• Allow at least 4 hours between doses.
• Do not take more than 3 doses (90ml) in any 24 hours if you are taking a
night-time dose of a paracetamol-containing product at bedtime.
• Always use the lowest effective amount to relieve your symptoms.
• Do not take for more than 7 days.
• Do not take more medicine than the leaflet tells you to.
• Do not take if you are under 16 years.

How to store Day Nurse
Keep out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not take this medicine after the ‘EXP’ date shown on the pack.
Do not store above 25ºC.

Further information
Active ingredients Each 30 ml of medicine contains: Paracetamol 1000 mg, Pseudoephedrine
Hydrochloride 60 mg and Pholcodine 10 mg.
Other ingredients Glycerol (E 422), propylene glycol, liquid sucrose, purified water, ethanol,
glucose, citric acid (E 330), sodium citrate, sodium benzoate (E 211),
acesulfame K, colour (E 101a) and flavours (peach, peardrop, levomenthol, lime).
Glycerol may cause headache, upset stomach and diarrhoea.
This bottle contains 240 ml.