Fenistil Drops
Fenistil Drops are an oral antihistamine treatment that relieves skin rash (dermatosis), itching (pruritus), hay fever and nasal allergy. Fenistil drops can also help to relieve itchy skin that can result from conditions such as hives (urticaria), and skin allergies.1
Fenistil Drops are suitable for adults and children and easy to dose.
When to use:
How Fenistil Drops works
Fenistil blocks the action of histamine, which is a substance released by the body during allergic reactions. Fenistil relieves itching (pruritus) and irritation caused by skin rash (dermatosis), decreases swelling, and helps relieve the symptoms of nasal allergy including runny nose, sneezing, itching of the nose, and itchy, watery eyes.
Benefits
- Relieve itching (pruritus) and irritations caused by allergic reactions and other skin conditions
- Easy to dose
- Suitable for children over 1 year of age
- Free from alcohol and colorants
When to use Fenistil Drops
Fenistil Drops provides relief for:
- Relief of itchy skin (pruritus) of various origins: endogenous pruritus, skin inflammation (dermatitis or eczema), pruritic dermatoses, insect bites, chicken pox, skin allergies and rash (dermatosis), and hives (urticaria).
- Symptomatic relief of seasonal (hay fever) and perennial allergic rhinitis.
- Symptomatic treatment of drug and food allergies. Prevention of allergic reactions during desensitization therapy.
How to use Fenistil Drops
Adults and children aged 12 years and over: 20 to 40 drops three times a day.
Children: Infants 1 month to 1 year (only on medical advice): The recommended daily dose is 2 drops per kg bodyweight per day, divided in three intakes, e.g. 6 drops three times a day for an 8-month old infant weighing 9 kg.
Children aged 1 to 12 years: The recommended daily dose is 2 drops per kg bodyweight per day, divided in three intakes, e.g. 8 drops three times a day for a 2 year old child weighing 12 kg.
Do not administer Fenistil Oral drops, solution to a baby aged 1 month to 1 year unless prescribed by a doctor.
Do not exceed the prescribed dose.
Always take this medicine exactly as described in the leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. Do not exceed the recommended dose.
Fenistil Oral drops, solution should not be subjected to high temperatures. The medicine should be added to the baby's bottle immediately prior to feeding, when it is lukewarm. If the baby is spoon-fed, Fenistil Oral drops, solution should be given undiluted in a teaspoon.
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How will Fenistil Drops help?
Fenistil’s active ingredient, dimetindene maleate is an antihistamine with a well established heritage of more than 50 years.
When ingested, the drops act internally, providing a rapid onset of action.
Dimetindene maleate blocks the action of histamine, which is a substance released by the body during allergic reactions.
By preventing histamine to bind to the histamine receptors …
…it helps to reduce the associated symptoms of allergies such as skin rash (dermatosis), itching (pruritus), hay fever or other allergic forms of rhinitis.
The active substance of Fenistil Drops solution is dimetindene maleate. 1 ml solution of Fenistil Drops contains 1 mg dimetindene maleate.
The other ingredients are disodium phosphate dodecahydrate (E339), citric acid monohydrate (E330), benzoic acid (E210), disodium edetate (E386), saccharin sodium (E954), and propylene glycol (E1520).
Contraindications
Keep this medicine out of the reach and sight of children.
Do not use or take Fenistil:
- Do not use Fenistil Oral drops after the expiry date stated on the package and bottle
- If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to dimetindene maleate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
- In infants less than one month of age, in particular premature infants.
Warnings and precautions:
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Fenistil Oral drops, solution:
- If you have glaucoma
- If you have difficulty urinating due to enlargement of the prostate
- If you have epilepsy
If any of the above apply, do not take Fenistil Oral drops, solution before talking to your doctor.
Other medicines and Fenistil Oral drops, solution
You should not take Fenistil Oral drops, solution, unless advised by your doctor, if you are taking any of the following:
- An antidepressant,
- Anticholinergic drugs such as bronchodilators (medicine used to treat asthma and bronchospasm), gastrointestinal antispasmodics (medicine used to prevent spasms of your stomach or bowels), mydiatrics (medicine used to dilate your pupil), urological antispasmodics (medicine used to treat symptoms of urge incontinence and overactive bladder)
- A sedative, a tranquilliser or a sleeping medicine
- An anticonvulsant (medicine for epilepsy)
- Opioid pain killers
- Antihistamines (medicine for curing common cough , cold and other allergies)
- Antiemetic’s (medicines used to stop vomiting)
- Procarbazine (medicine used to treat certain types of cancers)
- Scopolamine (medicine used to prevent travel sickness)
- Alcohol.
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.
Fenistil Oral drops, solution with alcohol
Like many other antihistamines, Fenistil Oral drops, solution may increase the effects of alcohol.
Children and adolescents
You should be aware that in younger children, antihistamines have been reported to possibly produce excitability.
Do not administer Fenistil Oral drops, solution to a baby aged 1 month to 1 year unless prescribed by a doctor. Do not exceed the prescribed dose.
Pregnancy, breast-feeding and fertility
If you are pregnant, do not use Fenistil Oral drops, solution unless prescribed by your doctor. Fenistil is not recommended during breast-feeding.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you might be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.
Driving and using machines
Like many other antihistamines, Fenistil Oral drops, solution may cause some people to become tired or less alert than they are normally. If this occurs, you should use caution when driving or operating machinery.
If you take more Fenistil Oral drops, than you should
If you may have taken more Fenistil Oral drops, than you should, talk to a doctor or pharmacist immediately.
If you forget to take Fenistil Oral drops, solution
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember, unless it is less than 2 hours to the next dosing time. In this case, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosage.
Like all medicines, Fenistil Drops can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them:
- Dry skin,
- Skin burning sensation
- Itchy rash
Reporting side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report any side effects directly to the national reporting system via the internet at drugsafetyinfo@gsk.com, alternatively you can report via our phone line +65 62328373. By reporting side affects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.
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1 Novartis Consumer Health SA, Fenistil Oral drops, solution, Dimetinede maleate 1mg/ml, pp 4/7