(CHAR coal) Brand: Actidose-Aqua, Activated Charcoal, Charcoal Plus DS, EZChar, Insta-Char, Liqui-Char, Optimum Charcoal
• You must not use this medicine if you have ever had an allergic reaction to charcoal.
• Till taking this medicine, speak your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have liver or kidney malady, or any type of serious illness.
• In a poisoning or overdose situation, it may not be possible till you are treated to speak your caregivers about any health conditions you have or if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. However, create certain any doctor caring for you afterward knows that you have received this medication.
• If you are taking charcoal at house to treat diarrhea, stop taking it and call your doctor if your diarrhea lasts longer than 2 days or you also have a fever.
• Do not take charcoal with any another medication. Take your doze of charcoal at least 2 hours till or 1 hour after a doze of any another medication. Charcoal binds to another drugs and can create them smaller effective, which could become dangerous.
• Charcoal is used to treat stomach pain caused by excess gas, diarrhea, or indigestion.
• Charcoal also is used to relieve itching related to kidney dialysis treatment and to treat poisoning or drug overdose.
• Charcoal may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not use this medicine if you have ever had an allergic reaction to charcoal.
• If possible, till you receive charcoal, speak your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have:
· liver disease;
· kidney malady; or
· any type of serious illness.
• If you have any of these conditions, you may need a doze adjustment or particular trials to safely take this medication.
• It is not known whether charcoal is deleterious to an unborn child. Till you take charcoal, speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
• It is not known whether charcoal passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• In a poisoning or overdose situation, it may not be possible to speak your caregivers that you are pregnant or breast-feeding till you are treated with charcoal. However, create certain any doctor caring for your pregnancy or your child knows that you have received the medication.
• Do not give this medicine to a baby younger than 1 year old without the advice of a doctor.
• Take this medicine exactly as predesigned by your doctor. Do not take it in larger amounts or for longer than recommended. Follow the directions on your prescription label.
• Take this medication with a full glass (8 ounces) of water.
• Do not crush, interrupt, or chew a charcoal tablet or capsule. Swallow the pill whole.
• Charcoal is generally taken after meals or at the first sign of stomach discomfort.
• Stop taking charcoal and call your doctor if your diarrhea lasts longer than 2 days or you also have a fever.
• Store charcoal at room temperature away from moisture and heat.
• Since charcoal is often taken only 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. If it is nearly time for your following doze, wait before then to take the medication and skip the missed doze. Do not take extra medication to create up the missed dose.
• Search abnormal medical attention if you think you have used too many of this medicine.
• An overdose of charcoal is not likely to reason life-threatening symptoms.
• Do not take charcoal with any another medication. Take your doze of charcoal at least 2 hours till or 1 hour after a doze of any another medication. Charcoal binds to another drugs and can create them smaller effective, which could become dangerous.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• 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.
• There may be another drugs that can interact with charcoal. Speak your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your pharmacist can provide more information about charcoal.
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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