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GAVISCON DUAL ACTION LIQUID<br />
RECKITT BENCKISER (NZ) LTD<br />
Presentation: Liquid, peppermint flavour, 300ml, 600ml.<br />
Active Ingredients: Each 10mL contains 500mg sodium alginate, 213mg sodium bicarbonate and 325mg calcium carbonate.<br />
Approved Indications: Gastro-oesophageal reflux, heartburn in pregnancy, flatulence and dyspepsia associated with gastric reflux,<br />
hiatus hernia, reflux oesophagitis, regurgitation.<br />
Contraindications: Hypersensitivity to any ingredient.<br />
Precautions: Not recommended for infants and young children. Sodium-restricted diet, renal impairment, hypophosphataemia.<br />
Adverse Effects: Rarely hypernatraemia, if sodium-restricted.<br />
Directions: Adults and children over 12 years: 20mL, 4 times a day. Children 6-12 years: 10mL, 4 times a day. Take after meals and<br />
30 minutes before bedtime.<br />
Price Band: $10 - $30 (Price varies with pack size)<br />
Subsidy Conditions: Not subsidised<br />
Medicine Classification: General Sale<br />
GAVISCON DUAL ACTION TABLETS<br />
RECKITT BENCKISER (NZ) LTD<br />
Presentation: Tablets (peppermint), 16s, 32s, 48s.<br />
Active Ingredients: Each tablet contains 250mg sodium alginate, 106.5mg sodium bicarbonate and 187.5mg calcium<br />
carbonate.<br />
Approved Indications: Gastro-oesophageal reflux, heartburn in pregnancy, flatulence and dyspepsia associated with<br />
gastric reflux, hiatus hernia, reflux oesophagitis, regurgitation.<br />
Contraindications: Hypersensitivity to any ingredient.<br />
Precautions: Not recommended for infants and young children. Sodium-restricted diet. Renal impairment.<br />
Hypophosphataemia.<br />
Adverse Effects: Rarely - hypernatraemia, if sodium-restricted.<br />
Directions: Adults and children over 12 years: 4 tablets, 4 times a day. Children 6-12 years: 2 tablets, 4 times a day. Take<br />
after meals and 30 minutes before bedtime.<br />
Price Band: $10 - $20 (Price varies with pack size)<br />
Subsidy Conditions: Not subsidised<br />
Medicine Classification: General Sale<br />
GAVISCON INFANT<br />
RECKITT BENCKISER (NZ) LTD<br />
Presentation: Sachets, 30s.<br />
Active Ingredients: Sodium alginate 225mg, magnesium alginate 87.5mg per sachet. Also contains mannitol E421.<br />
Approved Indications: Regurgitation and gastric reflux in infants and young children.<br />
Contraindications: Intestinal obstruction, diarrhoea or gastroenteritis. Premature infants or potential dehydration. Known/suspected<br />
impaired renal function impairment.<br />
Precautions: Review patient’s condition 7 days after initiating treatment, or before if symptoms worsen. Special caution in gastric stasis.<br />
Acts by thickening gastric contents. Do not use with other feed thickeners or thickened infant milk formulas. Care if infant is on<br />
low sodium-diet - each sachet contains 21mg sodium. Fever and vomiting.<br />
Adverse Effects: Rarely, intragastric mass formation, usually associated with incorrect administration, excessive dose or gastric stasis.<br />
Directions: Not for infants under 1 year except under medical supervision. Prepare immediately before use. No more than 6 doses in 24<br />
hours. Do not exceed correct dose. Infants under 4.5kg: 1 sachet; over 4.5kg, 2 sachets. Breast-fed: Mix with 15ml of cooled,<br />
boiled water and give after feed. Bottle-fed: Mix 1 sachet in not less than 115ml of feed; 2 sachets with not less than 225ml of<br />
feed. Young children: 2 sachets as for breast-fed infants.<br />
Price Band: Under $10. Available on Pharmaceutical Schedule Subsidy Conditions: Fully subsidised Medicine Classification: General Sale<br />
GAVISCON LIQUID<br />
RECKITT BENCKISER (NZ) LTD<br />
Presentation: Liquid, peppermint or aniseed flavours, 600ml.<br />
Active Ingredients: Sodium alginate 500mg, calcium carbonate 160mg, sodium bicarbonate 267mg in 10ml.<br />
Approved Indications: Gastro-oesophageal reflux, heartburn of pregnancy, flatulence and dyspepsia associated with gastric reflux,<br />
hiatus hernia, reflux oesophagitis, regurgitation.<br />
Contraindications: Hypersensitivity to any ingredient.<br />
Precautions: Not recommended for infants and young children. Sodium-restricted diet, renal impairment, hypophosphataemia.<br />
Adverse Effects: Rarely, hypernatraemia, if sodium-restricted.<br />
Directions: Adults and children over 12 years: 10-20ml, 4 times a day; children 6-12 years: 5-10ml, 4 times a day. Take after meals and<br />
30 minutes before bedtime.<br />
Price Band: $10 - $20<br />
Subsidy Conditions: Not subsidised<br />
Medicine Classification: General Sale<br />
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