Pantecta 20 mg gastro-resistant tablets

Package Leaflet: Information for the User

Introduction

Package Leaflet: Information for the User

Pantecta 20 mg gastro-resistant tablets

pantoprazole

Read the entire leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.

• Keep this leaflet as you may need to read it again.
• If you have any questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
• This medicine has been prescribed for you only and must not be given to other people, even if they have the same symptoms as you, because it could harm them.
• If you experience any adverse effects, consult your doctor, pharmacist or nurse, even if the adverse effects are not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.

Leaflet Contents:

1. What Pantecta is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before taking Pantecta
3. How to take Pantecta
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Pantecta
6. Contents of the pack and other information

1. What Pantecta is and what it is used for

Pantecta contains the active substance pantoprazole. Pantecta is a selective proton pump inhibitor, a medicine that reduces the amount of acid produced in the stomach. It is used to treat conditions related to stomach and intestinal acid.

Pantecta is used in adults and adolescents from 12 years of age to treat:

• Symptoms (e.g., heartburn, acid regurgitation, pain when swallowing) associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease caused by acid reflux from the stomach.

• Long-term treatment of reflux esophagitis (inflammation of the esophagus accompanied by acid regurgitation from the stomach) and prevention of relapses.

Pantecta is used in adults to treat:

Prevention of gastroduodenal ulcers induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, e.g., ibuprofen) in at-risk patients who require ongoing treatment with these medicines.

2. What you need to know before taking Pantecta

Do not take Pantecta

• If you are allergic to pantoprazole or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
• If you are allergic to medicines containing other proton pump inhibitors.

Warnings and precautions

Talk to your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse before starting to take Pantecta:

• If you have severe liver problems. Inform your doctor if you have ever had liver problems in the past. Your doctor may monitor your liver enzymes more frequently, especially if you are on long-term treatment with Pantecta. If liver enzyme levels increase, treatment should be discontinued.
• If you need to take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) continuously while taking Pantecta, as this may increase the risk of stomach and intestinal complications. Any increase in risk will be assessed according to personal risk factors such as age (65 years or older), history of stomach or duodenal ulcer, or gastrointestinal bleeding. If you have low body stores of vitamin B12 or risk factors for this, and are receiving long-term treatment with pantoprazole. Like all medicines that reduce acid, pantoprazole may reduce the absorption of vitamin B12. Consult your doctor if you notice any of the following symptoms, as they may indicate vitamin B12 deficiency:
  • Extreme tiredness or lack of energy
  • Tingling sensations
  • Tongue pain or red tongue, mouth ulcers
  • Muscle weakness
  • Vision disturbances
  • Memory problems, confusion, depression
• Talk to your doctor if you are taking HIV protease inhibitors such as atazanavir (for treatment of HIV infection) at the same time as pantoprazole.
• Taking a proton pump inhibitor such as pantoprazole, particularly for more than one year, may increase the risk of fractures of the hip, wrist, or spine. Inform your doctor if you have osteoporosis (reduced bone density) or have been told you are at risk of osteoporosis (for example, if you are taking corticosteroids).
• If you are taking Pantecta for more than three months, your blood magnesium levels may decrease. Low magnesium levels can cause fatigue, involuntary muscle contractions, confusion, seizures, dizziness, and increased heart rate. If you experience any of these symptoms, contact your doctor immediately. Low magnesium levels may also lead to decreased levels of potassium and calcium in the blood. Your doctor may decide to perform periodic blood tests to monitor your magnesium levels.
• If you have ever had a skin reaction after treatment with a medicine similar to Pantecta used to reduce stomach acid.
• If you develop a skin rash, especially in areas of skin exposed to sunlight, consult your doctor as soon as possible, as it may be necessary to discontinue treatment with Pantecta. Remember to mention any other symptoms you may notice, such as joint pain.
• If you are scheduled to have a specific blood test (chromogranin A).

Contact your doctor immediately, before or after taking this medicine, if you notice any of the following symptoms, which may be signs of more serious conditions:

• Unintentional weight loss
• Vomiting, especially if repeated
• Blood in vomit: this may appear as dark, coffee-ground-like material in your vomit
• Blood in your stools, which may appear black or dark in color
• Difficulty swallowing, or pain when swallowing
• Pale appearance and feeling weak (anemia)
  • Chest pain
  • Stomach pain
  • Severe or persistent diarrhea, as Pantecta has been associated with a small increased risk of infectious diarrhea.
  • Serious skin reactions have been reported with Pantecta treatment, including Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), and erythema multiforme. Stop taking Pantecta and contact your doctor immediately if you experience any symptoms related to serious skin reactions described in section 4.

Your doctor will decide whether you need additional tests to rule out serious diseases, as pantoprazole may relieve symptoms of cancer and could delay diagnosis. If your symptoms persist despite treatment, further investigations will be carried out.

If you take Pantecta for a prolonged period (more than one year), your doctor may monitor you regularly. You should inform your doctor of any new or unexpected symptoms or events at each visit.

Children and adolescents

The use of Pantecta is not recommended in children, as it has not been studied in children under 12 years of age.

Taking Pantecta with other medicines

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken, or might need to take any other medicines, including those obtained without a prescription.

Pantecta may affect the effectiveness of other medicines. Inform your doctor if you are taking:

• Medicines such as ketoconazole, itraconazole, and posaconazole (used to treat fungal infections) or erlotinib (used for certain types of cancer), as Pantecta may reduce the effectiveness of these and other medicines.
• Warfarin and fenprocoumon, which affect blood clotting. You may require additional monitoring.
• Medicines used to treat HIV infection, such as atazanavir.
• Methotrexate (used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and cancer). If you are taking methotrexate, your doctor may temporarily stop treatment with Pantecta, as pantoprazole may increase methotrexate blood levels.
• Fluvoxamine (used to treat depression and other psychiatric conditions). If you are taking fluvoxamine, your doctor may reduce your dose.
• Rifampicin (used to treat infections).
• St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) (used to treat mild depression).

Talk to your doctor before taking Pantecta if you need to undergo a specific urine test (for THC, tetrahydrocannabinol).

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, and fertility

There are insufficient data on the use of pantoprazole in pregnant women. It has been reported that pantoprazole is excreted in human breast milk.

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant, or plan to become pregnant, consult your doctor or pharmacist before using this medicine.

This medicine should only be used if your doctor considers that the benefit to you outweighs the potential risk to the fetus or baby.

Driving and using machines

Pantecta has no effect or only a negligible effect on the ability to drive or operate machinery.

You should not drive or operate machinery if you experience adverse effects such as dizziness or blurred vision.

Pantecta contains sodium

This medicine contains less than 23 mg of sodium (1 mmol) per tablet; this is essentially “sodium-free.”

3. How to take Pantecta

Follow exactly the instructions for use of this medicine as given by your doctor or pharmacist. If in doubt, consult your doctor or pharmacist again.

Method of administration:

Take the tablets 1 hour before meals without chewing or breaking them. Swallow them whole with water.

The recommended dose is:

Adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older:

To treat symptoms associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (heartburn, acid regurgitation, pain when swallowing)

The usual dose is one tablet daily.

This dose generally provides relief within 2–4 weeks, and if not, within a maximum of 4 weeks. Your doctor will advise you on how long you should continue taking the medicine. Thereafter, any recurring symptoms may be managed as needed by taking one tablet per day.

For long-term treatment and prevention of relapses of reflux esophagitis

The usual dose is one tablet daily. If the disease recurs, your doctor may double your dose, in which case you may take Pantecta 40 mg once daily. After healing, the dose may be reduced again to one 20 mg tablet daily.

Adults:

For prevention of duodenal and gastric ulcers in patients requiring long-term treatment with NSAIDs

The usual dose is one tablet daily.

Patients with liver problems:

If you have severe liver problems, you must not take more than one 20 mg tablet per day.

Use in children and adolescents:

This tablet is not recommended for use in children under 12 years of age.

If you take more Pantecta than you should

Inform your doctor or pharmacist or call the Toxicology Information Service at telephone number 91 562 04 20, indicating the medicine and the amount ingested, indicating the medicine and the amount ingested. Symptoms of overdose are not known.

If you forget to take Pantecta

Do not take a double dose to make up for forgotten doses. Take your next dose as usual.

If you stop taking Pantecta

Do not stop taking these tablets without first consulting your doctor or pharmacist.

If you have any further questions about the use of this medicine, ask your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse.

4. Possible adverse effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause adverse effects, although not everyone will experience them.

If you experience any of the following adverse effects, stop taking these tablets immediately and contact your doctor or go to the nearest hospital emergency department straight away:

• Severe allergic reactions (rare frequency ; may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people): swelling of the tongue and/or throat, difficulty swallowing, rash (urticaria), difficulty breathing, allergic swelling of the face (Quincke's edema/angioedema), severe dizziness with very rapid heartbeat and excessive sweating.

• Severe skin disorders (frequency not known : frequency cannot be estimated from available data): you may notice one or more of the following – blisters on the skin and rapid deterioration in general condition, erosion (including slight bleeding) of eyes, nose, mouth/lips or genitals, or skin sensitivity/rash, particularly in areas of skin exposed to light/sun. You may also experience joint pain or flu-like symptoms, fever, swollen glands (e.g. in the armpit), and blood tests may show changes in certain white blood cells or liver enzymes. (Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Lyell's syndrome, Erythema multiforme, Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS), Photosensitivity). Circular or target-shaped slightly reddish spots on the trunk, often with blisters in the center, peeling, ulcers in mouth, throat, nose, genitals and eyes. These severe rashes may be preceded by fever and flu-like symptoms (Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis). Generalized rash, high body temperature, and swollen lymph nodes (DRESS or drug hypersensitivity).

• Other serious conditions (frequency not known): yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes (severe liver cell damage, jaundice), or fever, rash, enlarged kidneys with occasional pain when urinating and lower back pain (severe kidney inflammation), which could possibly lead to kidney failure.

Other adverse effects include:

• Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people): benign gastric polyps.
  • Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)

Headache; dizziness; diarrhoea; feeling faint, vomiting; bloating and flatulence (gas); constipation; dry mouth; pain and discomfort in the abdomen; skin rash, exanthema, eruption; tingling; feeling of weakness, fatigue or general malaise; sleep disturbances; hip, wrist and spinal fractures.

• Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)

Altered or complete loss of taste sensation; vision disorders such as blurred vision; urticaria; joint pain; muscle pain; weight changes; increased body temperature; high fever; swelling in the limbs (peripheral oedema); allergic reactions; depression; breast enlargement in men.

• Very rare (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people)

Disorientation.

• Frequency not known (cannot be estimated from available data)

Hallucinations, confusion (especially in patients with a history of these symptoms), sensations of tingling, pricking, numbness, burning or deadness; skin rash, possibly with joint pain; inflammation of the large intestine causing persistent watery diarrhoea.

Adverse effects identified through blood tests:

• Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)

Increased liver enzymes.

• Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)

Increased bilirubin; increased levels of blood lipids; sudden drop in granular white blood cells, associated with high fever.

• Very rare (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people)

Reduction in the number of platelets, which could lead to bleeding or increased bruising; reduction in the number of white blood cells, which could lead to more frequent infections; abnormal decrease in the balance between red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

• Frequency not known (cannot be estimated from available data)

Decreased levels of sodium, magnesium, calcium or potassium in the blood (see section 2).

Reporting of adverse effects

If you experience any adverse effect, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse, even if it is a possible adverse effect not listed in this leaflet. You can also report them directly via the Spanish Pharmacovigilance System for Human Medicines: www.notificaRAM.es

By reporting adverse effects, you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

5. Storage of Pantecta

Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.

Do not use this medicine after the expiry date stated on the packaging after EXP. The expiry date refers to the last day of the month indicated.

This medicine does not require any special storage conditions.

Medicines must not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Dispose of unused medicines and their containers at the SIGRE Point in your pharmacy. If you have any doubts, ask your pharmacist how to properly dispose of medicines and containers you no longer need. This will help protect the environment.

6. Contents of the pack and other information

Composition of Pantecta

The active substance is pantoprazole. Each gastro-resistant tablet contains 20 mg of pantoprazole (as sodium sesquihydrate).

The other components are:

Core: sodium carbonate (anhydrous), mannitol, crospovidone, povidone K90, calcium stearate.

Coating: hypromellose, povidone K25, titanium dioxide (E171), yellow iron oxide (E172), propylene glycol (E1520), ethyl acrylate-methacrylic acid copolymer (1:1), polysorbate 80, sodium lauryl sulfate, triethyl citrate.

Printing ink: shellac, red, black and yellow iron oxide (E172), concentrated ammonia solution.

Appearance of the product and contents of the pack of Pantecta

Yellow, oval, biconvex gastro-resistant tablet (tablet) with the imprint “P20” on one side.

Packaging: bottles (high-density polyethylene bottle with low-density polyethylene screw cap) and blisters (Alu/Alu blisters), either without cardboard outer, or with cardboard carton (pocket pack).

Pantecta is available in the following pack sizes:

Bottles containing 7, 10, 14, 15, 24, 28, 30, 48, 49, 56, 60, 84, 90, 98, 98 (2x49), 100, 112 gastro-resistant tablets.

Hospital packs containing 50, 56, 84, 90, 112, 140, 140 (10x14 or 5x28), 150 (10x15), 280 (20x14 or 10x28), 500, 700 (5x140) gastro-resistant tablets.

Blister packs containing 7, 10, 14, 15, 24, 28, 30, 48, 49, 56, 60, 84, 90, 98, 98 (2x49), 100, 112, 168 gastro-resistant tablets.

Hospital packs containing 50, 56, 84, 90, 112, 140, 50 (50x1), 140 (10x14 or 5x28), 150 (10x15), 280 (20x14 or 10x28), 500, 700 (5x140) gastro-resistant tablets.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing Authorization Holder

Takeda GmbH

Byk Gulden Strasse, 2 (Konstanz) - 78467

Germany

Manufacturer responsible

TAKEDA GMBH
Lehnitzstrasse 70 - 98 (Oranienburg) - 16515 – Germany

For further information about this medicinal product, please contact the local representative of the Marketing Authorization Holder:

Local representative:

Takeda Farmacéutica España, S.A.

Calle Albacete, 5, 9th floor,

Edificio Los Cubos

28027 Madrid

Spain

Tel: +34 91 790 42 22

This medicinal product is authorized in the Member States of the European Economic Area under the following names:

Date of the most recent review of this leaflet: 04/2023

Detailed information on this medicinal product is available on the website of the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS) http://www.aemps.gob.es/