MEGAMYLASE Syrup

For the treatment of mild-intensity sore throat without fever.

Dosage

Syrup:

Adults: 15mL 3 times daily

Children aged over 3 years (more than 15kg): 10mL 3 times daily.

Infants and children aged 6 months to 3 years (7-15kg): 5mL 3 times daily.

Method of Administration

This medicine should be taken by mouth.

Tablets: Swallow the tablet with a glass of water, without chewing.

Duration of treatment

Do not continue treatment for more than 5 days without medical advice.

If symptoms worsen or do not improve, seek medical advice.

- if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to alpha-amylase or any of the other ingredients of this medicine

- if you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to certain sugars, contact him or her before taking this medicine.

Rare allergy-like reactions, generally affecting the skin, and in particular itching and swelling of the face and neck with respiratory discomfort (angioedema). In this case, stop treatment.

Pregnancy

Use of this medicine should preferably be avoided during pregnancy.

Breast-feeding

This medicine should not be used while breast-feeding.

Patients with fructose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption or sucrose-isomaltase deficiency should not take this medicine.

Syrup: This medicine contains 2.8g of sucrose/5mL and 8.4g of sucrose/15mL. This should be taken into account as part of the daily intake in patients on a low-sugar diet or with diabetes.

This medicine contains sodium methyl parahydroxybenzoate (E219) and sodium propyl parahydroxybenzoate (E217) and may cause allergic reactions.

In the event of systemic signs of infection such as:

- persistent high fever (>35℃for more than 3 days)

- appearance of other symptoms such as; severe sore throat or headache, nausea, vomiting, eye pain or discharge, or pain in the face,

- or persistence of symptoms beyond 5 days, see your doctor.