Description
Composition:
- Each tablet contains: Paracetamol 500 mg or 1000 mg
- Each 5 ml oral suspension contains: Paracetamol 120 mg or 200 mg
- Each 5 ml syrup contains: Paracetamol 120 mg
- Each 1 ml drops contain: Paracetamol 100 mg
- Each suppository for infants contains: Paracetamol 125 mg
- Each suppository for children contains: Paracetamol 250 mg
- Each suppository for adults contains: Paracetamol 500 mg
Indications:
Treatment of mild to moderate pain including headache, backache, migraine, neuralgia, toothache, sore throat, period pain, aches and pain.
Symptomatic relief of rheumatic pain, mascular pain and pains of cold & influenza, fever, feverish colds and post-immunisation fever.
Contraindications:
Hypersensitivity to any of the drug components.
Side Effects:
Very rare, skin rash and chronic hepatic necrosis
Dosage and Administration:
For tablets (500 mg or 1000 mg):
– Adults, the elderly and over 12 years: 1000 mg, every 4 hours to a maximum of 4000 mg in 24 hours.
– Children 6 – 12 years: 250-500 mg every 4 hours to a maximum of 2000 mg in 24 hours.
For 120 mg / 5 ml:
– For the relief of fever after vaccinations at age (2, 3 and 4 months): 2.5 ml, starting at the time of vaccination.
– For Pain and other causes of fever:
Age less than 2 months: shouldn’t be given.
Age (2 – 3) months: if the baby weighs over 4 kg and was born after 37 weeks: 2.5 ml If necessary up to 2 doses, leave at least 4 hours between doses.
Age 3 months – 6 months: 2.5 ml
Age 6 – 24 months: 5 ml
Age 2 – 4 years: 7.5 ml
Age 4 – 6 years: 10 ml
Do not give more than 4 doses in any 24hour period, leave at least 4 hours between doses.
For the 200 mg / 5 ml:
Dosage interval should not be less than 6 hours. For complaints lasting more than 3 days, a doctor should be consulted
Body weight | The Dose | Maximum daily dose |
7-9 kg (6-12 months) | 2.5 ml (100 mg) | 400 mg |
10-12 kg (1-2 years) | 3.75 ml (150 mg) | 600 mg |
13-18 kg (2-5 years) | 5 ml (200 mg) | 800 mg |
19-25 kg ( 5-8 years) | 7.5ml(300 mg) | 1200 mg |
26-32 kg (8-11 years) | 10 ml (400 mg) | 1600 mg |
33-43kg (11-12 years) | 12.5 ml (500 mg) | 2000 mg |
For 100 mg / 1 ml:
Body weight | Age | Volume in ml | Paracetamol |
Up to 4 kg | less than 3 months | 0.6 ml | 60 mg |
Up to 8 kg | 4-11 month | 1.2 ml | 120 mg |
Up to 10.5 kg | 12-23 month | 1.6 ml | 160 mg |
Up to 13 kg | 2-3 years | 2 ml | 200 mg |
Up to 18.5 kg | 4-5 years | 2.8 ml | 280 mg |
Up to 24 kg | 6-8 years | 3.6 ml | 360 mg |
Up to 32 kg | 9-10 years | 4.8 ml | 480 mg |
For the suppository (125 mg, 250 mg):
– Children under 3 months of age: only use on a doctor’s advice.
– Children 3 months to 1 year:
3 months (5 kg): on a doctor’s advice
1 year (10 kg): 125 mg (1 suppository)
– Children 1 to 5 years:
1 year (10 Kg): 125 mg (1 suppository)
5 years (20 Kg): 250 mg (2 suppositories of 125 mg or 1 suppository of 250 mg)
– Children 6 to 12 years:
6 years (20 Kg): 250 mg (1 suppository)
12 years (40 Kg): 500 mg (2 suppositories)
These doses may be repeated up to a maximum of 4 times in 24 hours. The dose should not be repeated more frequently than every 4 hours.
For the suppository (500 mg):
Age | Number of suppositories | Minimum length of time between doses | Maximum number of suppositories in 24 hours |
10-12 years | 1 | 4-6 hours | 4 |
Children over 12 and adults | 1-2 | 4-6 hours | 8 |
How supplied:
- Paracetamol – Barakat Tablets: box containing 20 or 500 tablets.
- Paracetamol – Barakat 120 mg, 200 mg Oral Suspension: Glass bottle containing 100 ml.
- Paracetamol – Barakat Syrup: Glass bottle containing 60 ml, 100 ml.
- Paracetamol – Barakat Drops: Glass bottle containing 15 ml, 30 ml.
- Paracetamol – Barakat 125 mg, 250 mg, 500 mg Suppositories: box containing 10 suppositories.