BRIMICA® GENUAIR® 340/12
Published by MIMS May 2021
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may cause tooth decay after using
your medicine for a long time.
Therefore, please remember to pay
attention to oral hygiene.
Tell your doctor if you are
pregnant, intend to become
pregnant or are breastfeeding.
BRIMICA GENUAIR 340/12 is not
recommended for use during
pregnancy or while breastfeeding. If
it is necessary for you to use this
medicine during pregnancy or while
breastfeeding, your doctor will
discuss with you the benefits and
risks involved.
Children and adolescents
BRIMICA GENUAIR 340/12 is not
for use in children or adolescents
below 18 years of age.
Taking other medicines
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if
you are taking any other
medicines, including any that you
get without a prescription from
your pharmacy, supermarket or
health food shop.
Some medicines and BRIMICA
GENUAIR 340/12 may interfere
with each other. These include:
•
other medicines used to treat
breathing difficulties
•
medicines that lower the amount
of potassium in your blood.
These include:
- steroids that you take by mouth
(such as prednisolone)
- diuretics (such as furosemide
(frusemide) or
hydrochlorothiazide)
- certain medicines used to treat
breathing conditions (such as
theophylline).
•
medicines called beta blockers
that may be used to treat high
blood pressure or other heart
problems (such as atenolol or
propranolol) or to treat
glaucoma (such as timolol)
•
medicines which can cause a
change in your heart trace
(electrocardiogram) known as
QT interval prolongation. These
include medicines for the
treatment of:
- depression, such as
monoamine oxidase inhibitors
or tricyclic antidepressants
- bacterial infections (such as
erythromycin, clarithromycin,
telithromycin)
- allergic reaction anti-
histamines).
You may need to take different
amounts of your medicines or you
may need to take different
medicines. Your doctor and
pharmacist will advise you.
If you have not told your doctor
about any of these things, tell
him/ her before you start using
BRIMICA GENUAIR 340/12.
How to use BRIMICA
GENUAIR 340/12
Follow all directions given to you
by your doctor and pharmacist
carefully.
These directions may differ from
the information contained in the
leaflet.
If you do not understand the
instructions, ask your doctor or
pharmacist for help.
How much to use
The recommended dose is one
inhalation twice a day in the
morning and night, 12 hours apart.
The effects of BRIMICA
GENUAIR 340/12 last for 12 hours;
therefore, you should try to use your
BRIMICA GENUAIR 340/12
inhaler at the same time every
morning and at night. This ensures
that there is always enough
medicine in your body to help you
breathe more easily throughout the
day and night. It will also help you
to remember to use it.
How to use
See instructions at the end of this
leaflet or refer to the booklet
contained within the carton for
instructions on how to use the
BRIMICA GENUAIR 340/12
inhaler.
If you are not sure of how to use
BRIMICA GENUAIR 340/12, ask
your doctor or pharmacist.
How long to use
Continue to use this medicine for
as long as your doctor tells you to.
If it helps your breathing problems,
your doctor may want you to keep
using it for a long time.
This medicine helps to control your
condition but it does not cure it.
If you want to stop treatment, first
talk to your doctor, as your
symptoms may worsen.
If you forget to use it
If you forget to have a dose of
BRIMICA 340/12, inhale the dose
as soon as you remember.
However, if it is nearly time for
your next dose, skip the missed
dose.
Do not take a double dose to
make up for the one that you
missed.
This may increase the chance of you
getting an unwanted side effect.
If you have trouble remembering
when to use your medicine, ask
your pharmacist for some hints.
If you use too much
(overdose)
Immediately telephone your
doctor or the Poisons Information
Centre (telephone 13 11 26) for
advice, or go to Accident and
Emergency at the nearest
hospital, if you think that you or
anyone else may have used too
much BRIMICA GENUAIR
340/12. Do this even if there are
no signs of discomfort or
poisoning.
