Pregabalin Tarbis Farma 75 mg hard capsules EFG

Package leaflet: Information for the user

Introduction

Package leaflet: information for the user

Pregabalin Tarbis Farma 75 mg hard capsules EFG

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

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

Contents of the leaflet

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

1. What Pregabalin Tarbis Farma is and what it is used for

Pregabalin Tarbis Farma belongs to a group of medicines used to treat epilepsy, neuropathic pain, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adults.

Peripheral and central neuropathic pain: Pregabalin is used to treat chronic pain caused by nerve damage. Various diseases can cause peripheral neuropathic pain, such as diabetes or herpes. The sensation of pain may be described as heat, burning, throbbing, shooting, stabbing, sharp, spasms, continuous pain, tingling, numbness, and prickling sensations. Peripheral and central neuropathic pain may also be associated with mood changes, sleep disturbances, fatigue (tiredness), and may affect physical and social activity and overall quality of life.

Epilepsy: Pregabalin is used in the treatment of certain types of epilepsy (partial seizures with or without secondary generalization) in adults. Your doctor will prescribe pregabalin if your current treatment does not adequately control your condition. You should take pregabalin in addition to your current treatment. Pregabalin must not be used as monotherapy, but should always be used in combination with other antiepileptic treatments.

Generalized anxiety disorder: Pregabalin is used to treat generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Symptoms of GAD include excessive and prolonged anxiety and worry that are difficult to control. GAD may also cause restlessness or a feeling of being keyed up or on edge, easy fatigue, difficulty concentrating or mind going blank, irritability, muscle tension, or sleep disturbance. This is different from the everyday stresses and strains of normal life.

2. What you need to know before taking Pregabaline Tarbis Farma

Do not take Pregabaline

If you are allergic to pregabalin or to any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).

Warnings and precautions

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting to take Pregabaline.

• Some patients treated with Pregabaline have reported symptoms suggesting an allergic reaction. These symptoms include swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and throat, as well as widespread skin rash. If you experience any of these symptoms, you must seek medical attention immediately.

• Serious skin rashes, including Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis, have been reported with pregabalin. Stop using pregabalin and seek immediate medical help if you notice any symptoms related to these serious skin reactions described in section 4.

• Pregabalin has been associated with dizziness and drowsiness, which may increase the risk of accidental injuries (falls) in elderly patients. Therefore, you should exercise caution until you become familiar with the effects this medicine may have on you.

• Pregabalin may cause blurred vision, vision loss, or other changes in eyesight, many of which are transient. If you experience any changes in your vision, you must inform your doctor immediately.

• Diabetic patients who gain weight while taking pregabalin may require adjustments in their diabetes medications.

• Cases of heart failure have been reported in some patients treated with Pregabaline. Most of these patients were elderly with cardiovascular diseases. Before using this medicine, you must inform your doctor if you have a history of heart disease.

• Cases of kidney failure have been reported in some patients treated with Pregabaline. If during treatment with Pregabaline you notice a decrease in your ability to urinate, inform your doctor, as discontinuing the treatment may improve this condition.

• Some patients taking antiepileptic medicines such as Pregabaline have had thoughts of harming themselves or of suicide, or have exhibited suicidal behaviour. If at any time you experience such thoughts or behaviour, contact your doctor as soon as possible.

• When Pregabaline is taken together with other medicines that may cause constipation (such as certain types of pain medications), gastrointestinal problems (e.g., constipation, intestinal blockage, or intestinal paralysis) may occur. Inform your doctor if you suffer from constipation, especially if you are prone to this problem.

• Before taking this medicine, inform your doctor if you have ever abused or been dependent on alcohol, prescription medicines, or illegal drugs; this may mean you have a higher risk of becoming dependent on Pregabaline.

• Seizures have been reported during treatment with Pregabaline or shortly after stopping treatment. If you experience seizures, contact your doctor immediately.

• Cases of reduced brain function (encephalopathy) have been reported in some patients taking Pregabaline who also had other medical conditions. Inform your doctor if you have a history of serious illness, including liver or kidney disease.

• Cases of difficulty breathing have been reported. If you have nervous system disorders, respiratory disorders, kidney failure, or are over 65 years of age, your doctor may prescribe a different dose. Contact your doctor if you experience breathing difficulties or shallow breathing.

Dependence

Some people may become dependent on Pregabaline Tarbis Farma (a need to keep taking the medicine). They may experience withdrawal symptoms when they stop using Pregabaline Tarbis Farma (see section 3, “How to take Pregabaline Tarbis Farma” and “If you stop taking Pregabaline Tarbis Farma”). If you have concerns about possibly becoming dependent on Pregabaline Tarbis Farma, it is important to consult your doctor.

If you notice any of the following signs while taking Pregabaline Tarbis Farma, it could be a sign that you have become dependent:

• You need to take the medicine for longer than recommended by your doctor
• You feel you need to take more than the prescribed dose
• You are using the medicine for reasons other than those prescribed
• You have made repeated unsuccessful attempts to stop or control your use of the medicine
• You feel unwell when you stop taking the medicine and feel better once you resume taking it

If you notice any of these symptoms, talk to your doctor to discuss the best treatment approach for you, including when it is appropriate to stop and how to do so safely.

Children and adolescents

The safety and efficacy of pregabalin have not been established in children and adolescents (under 18 years of age), so pregabalin should not be used in this age group.

Taking Pregabaline Tarbis Farma with other medicines

Inform your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken, or might need to take any other medicines.

Pregabaline Tarbis Farma and certain medicines may affect each other (interactions). When Pregabaline is used together with certain medicines that have sedative effects (including opioids), these effects may be enhanced, leading to respiratory failure, coma, and death. The degree of dizziness, drowsiness, and reduced concentration may increase if Pregabaline is taken together with other medicines containing:

Oxycodone – (used as an analgesic)
Lorazepam – (used to treat anxiety)
Alcohol

Pregabalin can be taken with oral contraceptives.

Taking Pregabaline Tarbis Farma with food, drinks, and alcohol

Pregabalin capsules may be taken with or without food.

Alcohol consumption is not recommended during treatment with Pregabalin.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Do not take Pregabalin during pregnancy or breastfeeding unless your doctor has instructed you to do so. Using pregabalin during the first 3 months of pregnancy may cause birth defects in the fetus that require medical treatment. In a study reviewing data from women in Nordic countries who took pregabalin during the first 3 months of pregnancy, 6 out of every 100 babies had such congenital defects. This compares with 4 out of every 100 babies born to women not treated with pregabalin in the study. Facial abnormalities (orofacial clefts), eyes, nervous system (including the brain), kidneys, and genitals have been reported.

An effective method of contraception should be used in women of childbearing age. 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.

Driving and using machines

Pregabalin may cause dizziness, drowsiness, and reduced concentration. Do not drive, operate heavy machinery, or engage in other potentially dangerous activities until you know whether this medicine affects your ability to perform these tasks.

3. How to take Pregabalin Tarbis Farma

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

Your doctor will determine the appropriate dose for you.

Pregabalin Tarbis Farma is for oral use only.

Peripheral and central neuropathic pain, epilepsy, or generalized anxiety disorder:

• Take the number of capsules indicated by your doctor.
• The dose, which has been adjusted for you and your condition, is generally between 150 mg and 600 mg daily.
• Your doctor will instruct you to take Pregabalin Tarbis Farma two or three times a day. If twice daily, take Pregabalin Tarbis Farma once in the morning and once at night, approximately at the same time each day. If three times daily, take Pregabalin Tarbis Farma in the morning, at midday, and at night, approximately at the same time each day.

If you feel that the effect of Pregabalin Tarbis Farma is too strong or too weak, inform your doctor or pharmacist.

If you are an elderly patient (over 65 years of age), you should take Pregabalin Tarbis Farma as usual, unless you have kidney problems.

Your doctor may prescribe a different dosing regimen or different doses if you have kidney problems.

Swallow the capsule whole with water.

Continue taking Pregabalin Tarbis Farma until your doctor tells you to stop.

If you take more Pregabalin Tarbis Farma than you should

In case of overdose or accidental ingestion, contact your doctor or pharmacist immediately, go to the nearest hospital emergency department, bringing the container with you, or call the Toxicology Information Service at 91 562 04 20, indicating the medicine and the amount ingested.

As a result of taking more Pregabalin Tarbis Farma than you should, you may feel drowsy, confused, agitated, or restless. Seizures have also been reported.

If you forget to take Pregabalin Tarbis Farma

It is important that you take Pregabalin Tarbis Farma capsules regularly at the same time each day. If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember, unless it is almost time for your next dose. In that case, skip the missed dose and take the next dose at the regular time. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed dose.

If you stop taking Pregabalin Tarbis Farma

Do not stop taking Pregabalin Tarbis Farma unless your doctor tells you to. If you are going to stop treatment, it should be done gradually over a minimum of one week.

After stopping long-term or short-term treatment with Pregabalin Tarbis Farma, you should be aware that you may experience certain adverse effects. These include sleep disturbances, headache, nausea, feeling of anxiety, diarrhea, flu-like symptoms, seizures, restlessness, depression, pain, sweating, and dizziness. These symptoms may occur more frequently or severely if you have been taking Pregabalin Tarbis Farma for a longer period of time.

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

4. Possible adverse effects

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

Very common: may affect more than 1 in 10 people:

• Dizziness, drowsiness, headache

Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people:

• Increased appetite
• Feeling of euphoria, confusion, disorientation, changes in sexual desire, irritability
• Attention disturbance, lack of coordination, memory impairment, memory loss, tremor, difficulty speaking, tingling sensation, numbness, sedation, lethargy, insomnia, fatigue, abnormal sensation
• Blurred vision, double vision
• Dizziness, balance problems, falls
• Dry mouth, constipation, vomiting, flatulence, diarrhea, nausea, bloated abdomen
• Difficulty in achieving erection
• Swelling of the body including limbs
• Feeling of drunkenness, disturbances in gait
• Weight gain
• Muscle cramp, joint pain, back pain, limb pain
• Sore throat

Uncommon: may affect up to 1 in 100 people:

• Loss of appetite, weight loss, low blood sugar levels, high blood sugar levels

• Altered perception of self, restlessness, depression, agitation, mood changes, difficulty finding words, hallucinations, strange dreams, panic attacks, apathy, aggressiveness, elevated mood, mental deterioration, difficulty thinking, sexual problems including inability to reach climax, delayed ejaculation

• Changes in vision, unusual eye movements, visual disturbances including tunnel vision, flashes of light, spasmodic movements, reduced reflexes, hyperactivity, dizziness upon standing, sensitive skin, loss of taste, burning sensation, movement-related tremor, decreased consciousness, loss of consciousness, fainting, increased sensitivity to noise, general malaise

• Dry eyes, eye swelling, eye pain, tired eyes, watery eyes, eye irritation

• Heart rhythm disturbances, increased heart rate, low blood pressure, high blood pressure, changes in heart rhythm, heart failure

• Flushing, hot flushes

• Difficulty breathing, dry nose, nasal congestion

• Increased saliva production, burning sensation, numbness around the mouth

• Sweating, rash, chills, fever

• Muscle spasms, joint swelling, muscle stiffness, pain including muscle pain, neck pain

• Breast pain

• Difficulty or pain when urinating, inability to control urine

• Weakness, thirst, chest tightness

• Changes in blood and liver test results (elevated blood creatine phosphokinase, elevated alanine aminotransferase, elevated aspartate aminotransferase, decreased platelet count, neutropenia, increased blood creatinine, decreased blood potassium)

• Hypersensitivity, facial swelling, itching, urticaria, runny nose, nosebleeds, cough, snoring

• Painful menstrual periods

• Feeling of coldness in hands and feet

• Rare: may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people:

• Altered sense of smell, flickering vision, altered depth perception, visual brightness, vision loss

• Dilated pupils, squint

• Cold sweat, throat tightness, tongue swelling

• Pancreatitis

• Difficulty swallowing

• Slowed or reduced body movement

• Difficulty writing properly

• Increased fluid in the abdominal area

• Fluid in the lungs

• Seizures

• Changes in electrocardiogram (ECG) corresponding to heart rhythm disturbances

• Muscle damage

• Milk secretion, abnormal breast growth, breast enlargement in men

• Interruption of menstrual periods

• Kidney failure, reduced urine output, urine retention

• Decreased white blood cell count

• Inappropriate behavior, suicidal behavior, suicidal thoughts

• Allergic reactions which may include difficulty breathing, eye inflammation (keratitis), and a severe skin reaction characterized by flat red patches, or circular or coin-shaped patches on the chest, often with central blisters, skin peeling, mouth ulcers, and sores in the throat, nose, genitals, and eyes. These serious skin rashes may be preceded by fever and flu-like symptoms (Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis).

• Jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes).

• Parkinsonism, symptoms resembling Parkinson's disease such as tremor, bradykinesia (reduced ability to move), and muscle rigidity.

Very rare: may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people:

• Liver failure
• Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver).

Frequency not known: cannot be estimated from the available data.

• Becoming dependent on Pregabalina Tarbis Farma ('drug dependence').

After stopping short-term or long-term treatment with Pregabalina Tarbis Farma, you should be aware that you may experience certain side effects, known as withdrawal effects (see “If you stop taking Pregabalina Tarbis Farma”).

If you experience swelling of the face or tongue, or if your skin becomes red with blisters or peeling, you should seek immediate medical attention.

Certain adverse effects may be more common, such as somnolence, because patients with spinal cord injury may be taking other medications to treat, for example, pain or spasticity, which have adverse effects similar to pregabalin, and the severity of these effects may increase when taken in combination.

The following adverse reaction has been reported in post-marketing experience: difficulty breathing, shallow breathing.

• Reporting of adverse reactions

If you experience any type of adverse reaction, consult your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse, even if it is a possible adverse reaction not listed in this leaflet. You may also report them directly through the Spanish Pharmacovigilance System for Human Medicinal Products: https://www.notificaram.es . By reporting adverse reactions, you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

5. Storage of Pregabalin Tarbis Farma

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

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

Once the bottle has been opened, the medicine should be used within 3 months.

This medicine does not require any special storage conditions.

Medicines must not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Dispose of empty containers and unused medicines at the SIGRE collection point at your pharmacy. If in doubt, ask your pharmacist how to dispose of unused medicines and their packaging. This will help protect the environment.

6. Contents of the pack and other information

Composition of Pregabaline Tarbis Farma

The active substance is pregabalin. Each hard capsule contains 25 mg of pregabalin.

The other components are: mannitol, corn starch, talc, gelatin, titanium dioxide (E171), shellac, black iron oxide (E172), propylene glycol and potassium hydroxide.

Appearance of Pregabaline Tarbis Farma and contents of the pack

Hard gelatin capsules containing a white to off-white powder.

The hard capsules are white, approximately 14.4 mm x 5.3 mm, with "138" printed on the capsule cap and "J" on the body.

This medicine is available in PVC/Aluminum or Aluminum/Aluminum blister packs containing 7, 14, 21, 28, 50, 56, 84, 98, 100, 100x1, 112, 168, 200 and 500 capsules.

It is also available in HDPE bottles of 60, 200 and 500 capsules.

Only certain pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing Authorization Holder and Manufacturer

Marketing Authorization Holder

Tarbis Farma, S.L.U.

Gran Vía Carlos III, 94

08028 Barcelona

Spain

Manufacturer

Amarox Pharma B.V.

Rouboslaan 32

2252 TR Voorschoten

The Netherlands

Pharmadox Healthcare Ltd.

KW20A Kordin Industrial Park, Paola, PLA 3000

Malta

This medicinal product is authorized in the European Economic Area (EEA) member states under the following names:

NL Pregabaline Amarox 25 mg capsule hard

DE Pregabalin Amarox 25 mg hartkapseln

ES Pregabalina Tarbis Farma 25 mg cápsulas duras EFG

Date of the most recent review of this leaflet: May 2024

Detailed information on this medicine is available on the website of the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) http://www.aemps.gob.es/