Anbesol Teething Gel - 10g

Anbesol Teething Gel – 10g

£2.00

Anbesol Teething Gel – 10g can help to soothe and relieve your child’s gums which may be sore from teething – Teething is a painful part of growing up.

Following the updated GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) guidelines, we are required to restrict the amount of Pharmacy Medicines, we dispense to one box per household per month.

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What Anbesol Teething Gel is and what it is used for?

Anbesol Teething Gel – 10g is used to help relieve pain and discomfort associated with teething, in children from 5 months of age, when other non-medicinal methods such as massaging of the gums or use of teething rings do not provide the necessary relief. It is also be used for the temporary relief of pain caused by recurrent mouth ulcers and denture irritation.
Anbesol Teething Gel – 10g contains 1.0%w/w of lidocaine hydrochloride, 0.1%w/w of chlorocresol, and 0.02%w/w of cetylpyridinium chloride. Lidocaine hydrochloride is a local anesthetic that works by stopping the sensation of pain. Chlorocresol and cetylpyridinium chloride kill bacteria.

What you need to know before you use Anbesol Teething Gel

Do not use Anbesol Teething Gel:

  • If you are allergic to lidocaine hydrochloride, chlorocresol, cetylpyridinium chloride, other anaesthetics similar to lidocaine or any of the other ingredients in this medicine
  • You have porphyria (a disease which causes stomach pain, constipation, changes in the colour of urine, skin rashes and disturbed behaviour).
  • If your child is under 5 months old.
  • At the same time as other products containing lidocaine.

Do not use more Anbesol Liquid than recommended (as listed in Section 3) as this may result in the active ingredients being absorbed into the body causing serious side effects, such as convulsions (fits).

Other medicines and Anbesol Liquid

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken, or might take any of the following medicines as they may interfere with Anbesol Liquid:

  • Other anaesthetics or medicines similar to lidocaine for example antiarrhythmic drugs such as mexiletine which are used to control abnormal heartbeats
  • Erythromycin a type of antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections
  • Itraconazole a type of antifungal medicine used to treat fungal infections
  • Antiarrhythmic drugs such as amiodarone which are used to control abnormal heartbeats
  • Cimetidine used to treat stomach ulcers or heartburn
  • Beta-blockers used to treat heart conditions, high blood pressure or migraine
  • Calcium chloride used for the treatment of hypocalcaemia or as a food additive
  • Codeine phosphate used to treat pain, diarrhoea or relieve coughs
  • Diamorphine hydrochloride a painkiller used to treat severe pain
  • Paveretum used to treat moderate to severe pain and to calm you before an operation
  • Quinine hydrochloride used to treat malaria or leg cramps
  • Methylcellulose used to treat constipation
  • Non-ionic surfactants such as Cetomacrogol 1000 and polysorbate 80 which are used in medicines, foods and cosmetics

How to use Anbesol Teething Gel?

Adults and the elderly:

  • Apply a small amount of gel to a clean fingertip and spread gently onto the affected area.
  • Two applications straight away will normally be enough for temporary pain relief.
  • Do not apply more frequently than every 3 hours.

Babies teething and children:

  • Apply a pea sized blob of gel (see circle shown here), to a clean fingertip and spread gently onto the affected area.
  • If necessary, repeat the dose after 3 hours.
  • Do not use more than 6 times in one day (24 hour period).
  • Stop treatment when your child’s symptoms settle.
  • Do not use for more than 7 days for each teething episode.
  • If your child’s symptoms worsen, do not improve after 7 days of treatment or you are concerned that your child is unwell, talk to a health care professional.
  • If your child vomits, spits or swallows the medicine, do not use any more product immediately. Wait 3 hours before using the medicine again.
  • Always take this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist has told you to. Do not give more medicine than the label tells you to.
  • You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

What Anbesol Liquid contains

Anbesol Liquid contains the active ingredients; lidocaine hydrochloride 0.90%w/w, chlorocresol 0.10%w/w and cetylpyridinium chloride 0.02%w/w.
It also contains alcohol (96%), menthol, glycerol, caramel colouring (comprised of quinoline yellow (E104), amaranth (E123), sunset yellow (E110) and green S(E142) and purified water.

Important information about some of the ingredients
This medicine contains chlorocresol and the azo dyes amaranth (E123) and sunset yellow (E110) which may cause allergic reactions.

This medicine contains 151 mg of alcohol (ethanol) in each dose (0.25 ml), which is equivalent to 604 mg/ ml (65.6% w/v). The amount in 0.25 ml of this medicine is equivalent to 4 ml beer or 2 ml wine.

The amount of alcohol in this medicine is not likely to have an effect in adults and adolescents, and its effects in children are not likely to be noticeable. It may have some effects in younger children, for example feeling sleepy.
The alcohol in this medicine may alter the effects of other medicines. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking other medicines.

Like all medicines, this medicine may cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

  • Allergic reactions (eg difficulty breathing, rash or itch).
  • Some people have reported suffering from mouth ulcers.
  • Dermatitis (inflammation of the skin that can cause red, itchy and scaly skin).

This product is typically dispatched within 1-2 working days from date of order

Please note that we do not operate at the weekends. Orders placed after 2pm Friday will not get processed until the following Monday morning.

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