Boots Aspirin and Codeine Tablets BP

Please read this leaflet carefully. It contains important information for you.

• Keep this leaflet you may need it again
• Ask your pharmacist if you need more advice
• This medicine is for minor conditions, if symptoms do not get better in 3 days see your doctor or pharmacist

Do not take:

• If you are allergic to any of the ingredients
• If you have ever had a bad reaction after taking aspirin or any other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. asthma, swelling of the lips or face, itchy skin, runny nose
• If you have a stomach ulcer, or have had one
• If you have severe problems with: your liver or kidneys, your breathing
• If you have: a blood clotting disorder, gout, head injury, increased or raised pressure in the head, alcoholism
• If you have a bowel or abdominal problem, or have had one (unless your doctor agrees)
• If you are pregnant or breastfeeding

Talk to your pharmacist or doctor:

• If you have mild liver or kidney problems (see above)
• If you have an underactive thyroid, low blood pressure, breathing problems, convulsive disorders
• If you are in shock, or have bowel disease, myasthenia gravis, or hormone imbalance
• If you have asthma, allergic disease, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, are dehydrated or are elderly
• If you are a man with prostate problems
• If you take other medicines - methotrexate, blood thinners (e.g warfarin), oral antidiabetic drugs, steroids, mexiletine, sedatives, sleeping tablets, tricyclic antidepressants, phenothiazine tranquillisers, metoclopramide, domperidone, probenecid, sulphinpyrazone

If you get any of these, stop taking the tablets. See a doctor at once:

• You have black tarry stools, severe stomach pain, are sick and there is blood in it
• Rash, swelling of the face, runny nose, tight chest, wheezing (symptoms of a severe allergic reaction)

These other effects may not bother you. If they do, talk to a pharmacist.

• Indigestion, feeling sick, being sick, constipation, abdominal pain
• Increased bleeding time if you cut yourself
• Drowsiness, dizziness - do not drive or use machines if you feel drowsy or dizzy
• Confusion, restlessness, changes in mood, headache, hallucinations
• Fast, slow or irregular heartbeat, fainting on standing up, low body temperature
• A feeling of discomfort, reduced sex drive, impotence
• Dry mouth, sweating, facial flushing, difficulty in passing urine, itchy skin
• Difficulty focusing, difficulty breathing
• Rarely, liver problems, water retention and worsening of existing kidney problems
• Sodium metabisulphite (E223) may rarely cause severe allergic reactions and difficulty breathing

If any side effect becomes severe, or if you notice any side effect not listed here, please tell your pharmacist or doctor.