(kar BET a PEN tane, gwye FEN e sin, and FEN il EFF rin) Brand: MonteCough
• Do not give this medicine to a baby younger than 4 years old. Always ask a doctor till giving a cough or cool medication to a child. Death can occur from the misuse of cough and cool medicines in very young children.
• Do not use a cough or cool medication if you have taken an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid, linezolid, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, and tranylcypromine.
• Carbetapentane is a cough suppressant. It affects the signals in the brain that trigger cough reflex.
• Guaifenesin is an expectorant. It helps loosen congestion in your chest and throat, making it easier to cough out through your mouth.
• Phenylephrine is a decongestant that shrinks blood vessels in the nasal passages. Dilated blood vessels can reason nasal congestion (stuffy nose).
• Carbetapentane, guaifenesin, and phenylephrine is a combination medication used to treat stuffy nose, sinus congestion, cough, and chest congestion caused by sinusitis, bronchitis, or the general cool or flu.
• Carbetapentane, guaifenesin, and phenylephrine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not use carbetapentane, guaifenesin, and phenylephrine if you are allergic to it.
• Do not use a cough or cool medication if you have taken an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid, linezolid, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, and tranylcypromine.
• Ask a doctor or pharmacist if it is safety for you to take this medication if you have another medical conditions, especially:
· glaucoma;
· asthma or COPD, cough with mucus, or cough caused by smoking, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis;
· tall blood pressure, heart malady, coronary artery malady, or last heart attack;
· a blockage in your stomach or intestines;
· diabetes;
· epilepsy or another seizure disorder;
· cough with mucus, or cough caused by emphysema or chronic bronchitis;
· enlarged prostate or urination problems;
· pheochromocytoma (an adrenal gland tumor); or
· overactive thyroid.
• FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether carbetapentane, guaifenesin, and phenylephrine will harm an unborn child. Do not use cool or cough medication without medical advice if you are pregnant.
• This medication may pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing child. You must not breast-feed while you are using carbetapentane, guaifenesin, and phenylephrine.
• Artificially sweetened liquid cough or cool medication may contain phenylalanine. If you have phenylketonuria (PKU), check the medicine label to see if the product contains phenylalanine.
• Use exactly as directed on the label, or as predesigned by your doctor. Do not use in larger or less amounts or for longer than recommended. Cough or cool medication is generally taken only for a short time before your symptoms clear up.
• Do not take for longer than 7 days in a row. Conversation with your doctor if your symptoms do not improve after 7 days of treatment, or if you have a fever with a headache or skin rash.
• Do not give this medicine to a baby younger than 4 years old. Always ask a doctor till giving a cough or cool medication to a child. Death can occur from the misuse of cough and cool medicines in very young children.
• Measure liquid medication with a particular doze measuring spoon or medication cup, not with a regular table spoon. If you do not have a doze measuring device, ask your pharmacist for one.
• Drink extra fluids to help loosen the congestion and lubricate your throat while you are taking this medication.
• If you need surgery or medical trials, speak the surgeon or doctor onward of time if you have taken a cough or cool medication within the past little days.
• Store at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and easy. Do not freeze.
• Since cough or cool medication is taken when needed, you may not be on a dosing schedule. If you are taking the medicine regularly, take the missed doze as soon as you remember. Skip the missed doze if it is nearly time for your following scheduled doze. Do not take extra medication to create up the missed dose.
• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
• This medication may reason blurred vision or impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be alert and able to see clearly.
• Drinking alcohol can magnify determined side effects of carbetapentane, guaifenesin, and phenylephrine.
• Avoid becoming overheated or dehydrated during exercice and in hot weather. Carbetapentane, guaifenesin, and phenylephrine can decrease sweating and you may be more prone to heat stroke.
• Ask a doctor or pharmacist till using any another cool, allergy, cough, or sleep medication. Antihistamines, decongestants, and cough suppressants are contained in much combination medicines. Taking determined commodity together can reason you to get too many of a determined drug. Check the label to see if a medication contains an antihistamine, decongestant, or cough suppressant.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Stop using this medication and call your doctor at once if you have:
· quick or pounding heartbeats;
· confusion, hallucinations, unusual thoughts or behavior;
· severe dizziness, anxiety, restless feeling, or nervousness;
· few or no urinating;
· light bruising or bleeding, unusual weakness, fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms; or
· dangerously tall blood pressure (severe headache, blurred vision, buzzing in your ears, anxiety, chest pain, shortness of breath, uneven heartbeats, seizure).
• General side effects may include:
· dizziness, drowsiness, headache, weakness;
· dry mouth, nose, or throat, heighten sweating or urination;
· nausea, mild stomach pain;
· sleep problems (insomnia); or
· feeling restless or excited (especially in children).
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Ask a doctor or pharmacist till using this medication if you are also using any another drugs, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal commodity. Some medicines can reason unwanted or dangerous effects when used together. Not all possible interactions are listed in this medicine manual.
• Taking this medication with another drugs that create you sleepy or slow your breathing can worsen these effects. Ask your doctor till taking carbetapentane, guaifenesin, and phenylephrine with a sleeping pill, narcotic pain medication, muscle relaxer, or medication for anxiety, depression, or seizures.
• Your pharmacist can provide more information about carbetapentane, guaifenesin, and phenylephrine.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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