The active ingredient benzydamine hydrochloride is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
What Difflam Oral Spray is and what it is used for
Difflam Oral Spray contains the active substance benzydamine hydrochloride and belongs to a group of medicines called non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs.
Difflam Oral Spray works by stopping pain and swelling (inflammation). It is used to treat many painful conditions of the mouth or throat including:
• Mouth ulcers
• Sore throat
• Discomfort associated with dentures or dental work.
Other medicines and Difflam Oral Spray
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines.
Ingredients
What Difflam Oral Spray contains
The active substance is benzydamine hydrochloride. Each 15 ml contains 22.5 mg benzydamine hydrochloride.
The other ingredients are ethanol, glycerol, saccharin, sodium hydrogen carbonate, mouthwash flavour 52 503/T, polysorbate 20, methyl parahydroxybenzoate, quinoline yellow (E104)and patent blue V (E131), purified water.
Side effects
Like all medicines Difflam Oral Spray can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Some side effects could be serious. If you have any of the side effects listed below, seek immediate medical help:
• Serious allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock), signs of which may include difficulty breathing, chest pain or chest tightness, and/or feeling dizzy/faint, severe itching of the skin or raised lumps on the skin, swelling of the face, lips, tongue and/or throat, and which may be potentially life threatening.
Other side effects include the following, if they get serious, please tell your doctor:
Uncommon(affects 1 in 1,000 people):
• Numbness and/or stinging in the mouth and/or throat.
Very rare
(affects less than 1 in 10,000 people):
• Difficulty breathing and wheezing
• Itching
• Skin rash.
Not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data)
• Skin redness or swelling
• Allergic reaction (Hypersensitivity).
If this solution stings your mouth, the next dose can be diluted with some water to reduce this effect.
Some people may react after using the product with a severe allergic reaction experiencing symptoms as described above (a so called anaphylactic reaction) which may be potentially life-threatening. In this case you should seek immediate medical assistance.
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before using Difflam spray:
- If you have a history of asthma.
- If you are allergic to acetylsalicylic acid or other non- steroidal anti- inflammatory (NSAID) drugs.
If any of these apply, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
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.
Standard Delivery
Our standard delivery charge is £2.90.
We use a tracked 48 Hour service for our standard delivery.
Next Day Delivery
Due to COVID-19 we are not currently offering Next Day Delivery as our couriers are not always adhering to the delivery timescales, we will introduce this again in the future.
Prescriptions
Private prescription medicines are sent by courier, tracked 24hr delivery, free of charge (all private prescription items have a minimum order value of £5.00). NHS prescription medicines are sent by courier, tracked 24hr delivery.
Normal delivery charges will apply for non-prescription items in the same basket.
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