Care Ibuprofen 200mg Coated Tablets. Contains ibuprofen. For headaches, rheumatic and muscular pain, backache, feverishness, migraine, period pain, dental pain and neuralgia, even cold and flu symptoms. Always read the label.
For oral use
Recommended Dose unless directed otherwise by your doctor.
Adults and children over 12 years:
One or two tablets up to three times a day as required, preferably with or after food.
The dose should not be repeated more frequently than every four hours and not more than three times in any 24 hour period. Do not take for more than ten days without consulting your doctor.
Children under 12 years: Do not give to children under 12 years of age except on the advice of your doctor.
See the product label for more information or view the Patient Information Leaflet.
Most headaches will go away on their own and are not a sign of something more serious. Headaches can last between 30 minutes and several hours. When you should visit your GP:
If a headache keeps coming back
Painkillers do not help and the headache gets worse
You have a bad throbbing pain at the front or side of your head – this could be a migraine or, more rarely, a cluster headache
You feel sick, vomit and find light or noise painful
You get other symptoms – for example, your arms or legs feel numb or weak
Who can use this product?
It can be used by children 12 years plus and adults. Do not use in pregnancy and breast feeding. Always talk to a healthcare professional before taking any medicines in pregnancy.
Do not take ibuprofen tablets if you:
Are allergic (hypersensitive), or have had an allergic reaction to, ibuprofen, any other NSAID, aspirin, or to any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
Have ever had a worsening of symptoms of asthma, hayfever, urticaria or angioedema when taking ibuprofen, aspirin, or similar painkillers
Currently have or have had a stomach ulcer or bleeding in the stomach on two previous occasions
Have ever had perforation or bleeding of the gut when taking any NSAID
Suffer from severe liver, kidney, or heart problems
Are in the last 3 months of pregnancy
Have abnormal bleeding or problems with abnormal bruising
Are currently taking mifamurtide
