Description

• Effective relief from the symptoms of heartburn and acid indigestion
• Fast acting and gives relief up to 12 hours
• Film coated tablets
• Contains ranitidine which belongs to a class of medicines called H2 antagonists, which work by reducing the amount of acid in the stomach

Active Ingredients

Tablet contains

• Ranitidine 75 mg (as the hydrochloride)

Directions

• Adults, the elderly and young persons over 16 years of age - swallow one tablet whole, with a drink of water, as soon as you have the symptoms
• If symptoms persist for more than one hour or return, take another tablet
• Not more than two tablets in any 24 hour period in divided doses
• Children under 16 - not to be given
  

Caution

• Do not take for more than 6 days continuously
• If your symptoms last far more than 6 days or get worse, stop taking Gavilast and consult your doctor who will be able to advise you
• If you are currently taking Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory medicines, especially if you are elderly, speak to your doctor or pharmacist before taking these tablets
• Do not take these tablets if you may be allergic to any of the ingredients, especially the colouring agent E110 (Sunset Yellow). E110 can cause allergic type reactions including asthma
• This allergy is more likely if you are allergic to Aspirin

Side Effects

• Can include sudden wheeziness or tightness of the chest, swelling of the eyelids, face or lips, with or without a lumpy-skin rash (hives) anywhere on the body; unexplained fever or feeling faint, especially on standing up
• Rarely a skin rash (red spots); nausea (feeling sick), loss of appetite with or without jaundice (yellow colour of the skin and whites of the eyes), confusion, slow or irregular heart beat, unusual tiredness, shortness of breath, a tendency to have infections, bruising (which can be caused by changes to your blood count), severe stomach pain rarely caused by an inflamed pancreas, headaches or dizziness
• Very occasionally pains in muscles or joints,  feelings of depression, hallucinations, breast tenderness and/or enlargement in men, interference with sexual function (impotence) has also rarely been reported, which is normally reversible and should get better once you stop taking the medicine, hair loss, uncontrolled movements and inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis)