Selincro 18 mg
14 tablets film-coated tablets
Active ingredient: nalmefene
Applications of 18 mg Selincro
The drug contains the active ingredient nalmefene.
It is used to reduce alcohol consumption in adult patients with alcohol dependence who continue to have a high alcohol consumption 2 weeks of the first visit to their doctor.
An alcohol dependence is given when a physical or psychological dependency on alcohol consumption in a subject.
High alcohol consumption is defined as consuming more than 60 grams of pure alcohol per day for men and more than 40 grams of pure alcohol per day for women. As an example: A bottle of wine (. 750 ml; 12% alcohol by volume) contains about 70 g of alcohol and a bottle of beer (330 ml; 5% alcohol by volume.) Contains about 13 grams of alcohol.
Your doctor has prescribed the drug, because you could not reduce your alcohol intake independently. Your doctor will advise and support you in obtaining your treatment upright and thereby reduce your alcohol consumption.
It helps to reduce your alcohol intake by affecting brain processes that are relevant to your desire to continue drinking, responsible.
High alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of health and social problems. The drug can help to reduce the amount of alcohol you drink, and to keep your alcohol intake at the lower level.
There is no risk of becoming dependent on the drug
Use restrictions and warnings
Absolute contraindications of Selincro 18 mg film-coated tablets
The drug should not be taken,
if you are allergic to nalmefene or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
if you are taking medicines containing opioids, eg. as analgesic (such as morphine, oxycodone or other opioids).
if you are dependent on opioids or had lately. It is possible that when you acute opioid withdrawal symptoms (such as nausea, vomiting, tremors, sweating, and anxiety) occur.
If you notice any opioid withdrawal symptoms or believe to notice.
if your liver or kidney function is poor.
if more alcohol withdrawal symptoms occur or has occurred lately (such. B see, hear or feel, are not present, seizures or tremors .: things) are.
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Warnings and Precautions
Please talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you take the medicine. Inform about other diseases that you may have, such as depression, seizures, liver or kidney disease. Your doctor
If you and your doctor decide that your immediate goal abstinence (to drink no alcohol), you should not take the medicine because it is used to reduce the consumption of alcohol.
If you need emergency medical treatment, tell your doctor that you are taking the drug. The intake may influence the choice of emergency treatment by your doctor.
If an operation is to be carried out at you, talk at least 1 week before surgery with your doctor. You may need to temporarily stop taking the medicine.
If you feel you have to stand next to him, seeing things or hearing, are not there and this persists for more than a few days, stop taking and talk to your doctor.
If you are 65 or older, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you take the medicine.
Children and adolescents
The drug should not be used in children or adolescents under 18 years because it has not been studied in this age group.
Driving and using machines
The effect of this product to lead to the ability of a vehicle and to use machines have not been studied.
It can cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, insomnia and headache. Most of these reactions were mild or moderate, occurred early in treatment and lasted from a few hours to several days. These side effects can affect your ability to drive or do anything that requires your attention, including the operation of machines.
pregnancy Note
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you suspect you may be pregnant or planning to become pregnant, ask before taking this medicine your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
It is not known whether the drug is safe during pregnancy and lactation.
The preparation is not recommended if you are pregnant.
If you are breastfeeding, you and your doctor should decide if you stop breast-feeding or discontinue therapy with the benefits of breastfeeding for the child and the benefit of therapy for you have to be balanced.
Dosage of Selincro 18 mg film-coated tablets
Take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist.
Ask yourself if you are not sure with your doctor or pharmacist.
How much should I use?
The recommended dose is one tablet on days when you think that there is a risk that you are drinking alcohol.
The maximum dose is one tablet per day
You can assume that you. Within the first month after you start treatment, will be able to reduce your alcohol consumption
Your doctor will regularly z. B. monthly frequency, to talk to you after you have started the treatment. The actual frequency will depend on your progress. About the further treatment you decide together with your doctor.
If you take more than you should
If you think you have taken too many tablets, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
If you forget to take
If you have started to drink alcohol to have taken without the medicine, take as soon as possible one tablet.
If you stop taking
Following treatment with the drug, you may be a few days less sensitive to the effects of drugs that contain opiates.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
In a few cases have been reported side effects such as things to see, hear or feel, are not present, or to stand beside him. The frequency of these effects can not be estimated from the available data.
Reported under the adverse drug reactions were mostly mild or moderate, occurred early in treatment and lasted for a few hours to a few days.
If you continue the treatment or record again after an interruption, the treatment will probably be no side effects for you.
In some cases it may be difficult for you to differentiate between side effects and symptoms that can occur if you reduce your alcohol consumption.
In the drug following side effects were observed:
Very common, more than 1 in 10 people relate:
nausea
dizziness
insomnia
a headache
Frequently, may affect up to 1 in 10 people:
loss of appetite
Insomnia, confusion, restlessness, decreased sex drive
Sleepiness, body tremors, attention deficits, strange feelings in the skin such as tingling, decreased sense of touch
Palpitations, feeling a quick, strong or irregular heartbeat
Vomiting, dry mouth
excessive sweating
muscle cramps
Feeling of exhaustion, weakness, discomfort or embarrassment, strange feeling
weight loss
Other side effects:
see, hear or feel, are not present things
the feeling of standing beside him
At present, the frequency of these effects on the available data can not be estimated.
If you notice any side effects, contact your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects that are not specified.
Storing
Store. Medicines out of reach of children
Disposal
For the disposal of drugs, there are regional differences in recommendations. Ask. In the pharmacy according to current regulations in your region
