Ibuprofen B. Braun Melsungen

Package leaflet: Information for the patient

Ibuprofen B. Braun Melsungen 600 mg solution for infusion

ibuprofen
Read this leaflet carefully before taking this medicine because it contains
important information for you

• Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
• If you have any questions, ask your doctor or nurse.
• If you experience any side effects, including those not listed in this leaflet, tell your doctor or nurse. See section 4.

Contents of this leaflet:

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

1. What Ibuprofene B. Braun Melsungen is and what it is used for

Ibuprofen belongs to a group of medicines known as "non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs" or
(NSAIDs).
This medicine is used in adults for the short-term symptomatic treatment of moderate acute pain,
when intravenous administration is clinically justified and when other routes of administration are not possible.

2. What you need to know before taking Ibuprofene B. Braun

Ibuprofene B. Braun Melsungen must not be given:

• if you are allergic to ibuprofen or to any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6)
• if you have previously experienced shortness of breath, asthma, skin rash, runny nose, itching or facial swelling after taking ibuprofen, acetylsalicylic acid or other similar painkillers (NSAIDs)
• if you have a condition that increases the tendency to bleed or have active bleeding
• if you currently have or have had a history of recurrent stomach ulcer or gastrointestinal bleeding (two or more episodes)
• if you have previously experienced bleeding or perforation of the stomach or intestine while taking NSAIDs
• if you have bleeding in the brain (cerebrovascular hemorrhage) or other ongoing hemorrhages
• if you have severe kidney, liver or heart problems
• if you are severely dehydrated (caused by vomiting, diarrhea or insufficient fluid intake)
• if you are in the last trimester of pregnancy

Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or nurse before using this medicine.
Anti-inflammatory/pain-relieving medicines such as ibuprofen may be associated with a small
increased risk of heart attack or stroke, particularly when used at high doses. Do not exceed
the recommended dose or duration of treatment.
Skin reactions
Serious skin reactions have been reported with ibuprofen treatment. Stop using Ibuprofene B. Braun and consult your doctor immediately if you develop a rash, mucosal lesions, blisters or other signs of allergy, as these may be early signs of a very serious skin reaction. See section 4.
Before taking Ibuprofene B. Braun Melsungen, discuss with your doctor:

• If you have heart problems including heart failure, angina (chest pain), or if you have had a heart attack, bypass surgery, peripheral arterial disease (poor circulation in legs or feet due to narrowed or blocked arteries), or any type of stroke (including "mini-stroke" or transient ischemic attack "TIA").
• If you have high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, a family history of heart disease or stroke, or if you are a smoker.
• If you have recently undergone major surgery.
• If you have had or develop an ulcer, bleeding or perforation of the stomach or duodenum. In such cases, your doctor may consider prescribing a stomach-protective medicine.
• If you have asthma or other respiratory disorders.
• If you have an infection – see section “Infections” below.
• If you have kidney or liver disease, are over 60 years old, or are taking ibuprofen for long-term treatment, your doctor may need to perform regular check-ups. Your doctor will advise you on how often these checks should be done.
• If you are dehydrated, for example due to diarrhea, drink plenty of fluids and contact your doctor immediately, as ibuprofen in this case may cause kidney failure as a result of dehydration.
• If you have Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, because ibuprofen may worsen these conditions.
• If you notice any skin lesions, swelling or redness, or experience breathing difficulties (asphyxia), stop treatment immediately and contact your doctor or nurse.
• If you have chickenpox, as complications may occur.
• If you have a congenital disorder of porphyrin metabolism (e.g., acute intermittent porphyria).
• If you consume alcohol at the same time as taking this medicine, side effects related to the stomach, intestine and nervous system may increase.
• If you have hay fever, nasal polyps or chronic obstructive respiratory disorders, you are at high risk of allergic reactions. Allergic reactions may present as asthma attacks (so-called analgesic-induced asthma), rapid swelling (Quincke’s edema) or skin rash.
• It is important that you take the lowest effective dose that relieves and controls your pain and that you do not take this medicine longer than necessary to control your symptoms.
• Allergic reactions may occur with this medicine, mainly at the beginning of treatment. In such cases, treatment must be discontinued.
• There have been some cases of aseptic meningitis with the use of this medicine. The risk is higher if you have systemic lupus erythematosus or related connective tissue diseases.
• Concomitant use of NSAIDs, including selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors, should be avoided.

Infections
Ibuprofen may mask symptoms of infections such as fever and pain. Therefore, this medicine may delay appropriate treatment of the infection, potentially increasing the risk of complications. This has been observed in bacterial pneumonia and bacterial skin infections associated with chickenpox. If you take this medicine while having an infection and infection symptoms persist or worsen, consult your doctor immediately.
In general, habitual use of (various types of) painkillers may lead to serious and long-lasting kidney problems.
After prolonged use of painkillers, headache may occur, which should not be treated with higher doses of the medicine.
With prolonged administration of ibuprofen, regular monitoring of liver function, kidney function and blood cell counts is necessary.
Ibuprofen may alter the following laboratory tests:

• Bleeding time (may be prolonged for 1 day after treatment ends)
• Blood glucose levels (may be decreased)
• Creatinine clearance (may be decreased)
• Hematocrit or hemoglobin (may be decreased)
• Blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine and serum potassium (may be increased)
• Liver function tests: increased transaminase levels
  Inform your doctor if you are due to undergo clinical tests and are currently using or have recently used ibuprofen.

Children and adolescents
The safety and efficacy of Ibuprofene B. Braun Melsungen in children and adolescents has not been established. This medicine must not be used in children and adolescents (under 18 years of age).

Other medicines and Ibuprofene B. Braun
Inform your doctor or nurse if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines.
Ibuprofene B. Braun Melsungen may affect or be affected by certain other medicines. For example:

• Other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including COX-2 selective inhibitors (e.g., celecoxib), may increase the risk of gastrointestinal ulcers and bleeding due to an additive effect.

• Medicines that are anticoagulants (i.e., that thin the blood or prevent clotting, such as acetylsalicylic acid, warfarin, ticlopidine).

• Cardiac glycosides such as digoxin (used to treat heart failure), phenytoin (used to treat epilepsy) or lithium (used to treat depression) may have increased blood levels when taken together with ibuprofen.

• Methotrexate (used to treat certain types of cancer or rheumatism) taken concurrently with ibuprofen (within 24 hours) may increase methotrexate blood levels and the risk of methotrexate toxicity.

• Mifepristone (a medicine used to terminate pregnancy)

• SSRIs (antidepressants), such as fluoxetine, which may also increase the risk of stomach and intestinal bleeding.

• Medicines that lower high blood pressure (ACE inhibitors such as captopril, beta-blockers such as atenolol, angiotensin-II receptor antagonists such as losartan).

• Corticosteroids (such as hydrocortisone) (used for inflammation), as they increase the risk of stomach or intestinal ulcers or bleeding.

• Diuretics (medicines used to increase urination, such as bendroflumethiazide), because NSAIDs may reduce the effectiveness of these medicines and increase the risk of kidney problems (use of potassium-sparing diuretics with ibuprofen may lead to high potassium levels in the blood).

• Medicines containing probenecid and sulfinpyrazone may delay the excretion of ibuprofen.

• Cyclosporine and Tacrolimus (used to prevent transplant rejection) may increase the risk of kidney damage.

• Sulfonylureas, such as glibenclamide (medicines used for diabetes). Monitoring of blood glucose levels is recommended when these medicines are used together.

• Quinolone antibiotics, such as ciprofloxacin, due to an increased risk of developing convulsions (epileptic seizures).

• Voriconazole, Fluconazole (CYP2C9 inhibitors) (used for fungal infections) may increase ibuprofen blood levels.

• Zidovudine (used for HIV infection) due to increased risk of blood accumulation in joints and bruising.

• Aminoglycosides (a type of antibiotic). NSAIDs may reduce the excretion of aminoglycosides.

• Ginkgo Biloba (a herbal medicine often used in dementia) may increase the risk of bleeding.

Other medicines may also affect or be affected by treatment with ibuprofen.
Therefore, you should always consult your doctor or nurse before taking ibuprofen with other medicines.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility
If you are pregnant, suspect you may be pregnant, planning a pregnancy, or breastfeeding, consult your doctor or nurse before taking this medicine.
You must not take this medicine during the third trimester (last 3 months) of pregnancy.
This medicine passes into breast milk, but may be used during breastfeeding if taken at the recommended dose and for the shortest possible time. However, if used at doses higher than 1200 mg per day or for longer periods, your doctor may advise you to stop breastfeeding.
Ibuprofen may make it more difficult to become pregnant. You should inform your doctor if you are planning a pregnancy or have difficulty becoming pregnant.

Driving and using machines
This medicine, when used single or short-term, does not impair or impairs negligibly the ability to drive vehicles or operate machinery. However, the occurrence of relevant adverse effects such as fatigue and dizziness may impair reaction ability, and the ability to drive a vehicle and/or use machinery may be reduced. This is particularly true when combined with alcohol.

Ibuprofene B. Braun Melsungen contains sodium. This medicinal product contains 360 mg of sodium (the main component of table salt) per vial. This corresponds to 18.0% of the maximum daily dietary intake recommended for an adult.

3. How to take Ibuprofen B. Braun Melsungen

This medicine is prescribed to you only by a physician and is administered to you by a doctor or nurse
only in a setting equipped with appropriate facilities.
The recommended dose for adults is 600 mg intravenously (by intravenous infusion), and another dose of 600
mg may be administered after 6–8 hours, depending on the severity of the condition and the response to therapy.
The maximum daily dose of 1200 mg must not be exceeded.
The lowest effective dose should be used for the shortest duration necessary to relieve symptoms.
If you have an infection, contact your doctor immediately if symptoms (such as fever and
pain) persist or worsen (see section 2). Your doctor will also ensure that you receive
adequate fluids, in order to minimize the risk of kidney-related side effects.
Use should be limited to situations where oral administration is inappropriate. Patients
should switch to oral treatment as soon as possible.
This medicinal product is indicated only for short-term acute treatment and must not be
used for longer than 3 days.
Method of administration
For intravenous use. The solution must be administered by intravenous infusion over 30
minutes. This medicinal product is intended for single-dose use. Inspect the solution
before use. If particles or discoloration are observed, discard the solution.
If you take more Ibuprofen B. Braun Melsungen than you should
If you think you have been given more ibuprofen than you should have, contact your
doctor or nurse immediately.
Symptoms may include nausea, stomach ache, vomiting (possibly with traces of
blood), headache, ringing in the ears, confusion, and uncontrolled eye movements. At
high doses, drowsiness, chest pain, palpitations, loss of consciousness,
seizures (especially in children), inability to coordinate muscular movements, weakness,
dizziness, blood in the urine, feeling cold, and breathing difficulties have been reported.
You may also experience low blood pressure, bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous
membranes (cyanosis), gastrointestinal or intestinal bleeding, as well as impaired liver
and kidney function.
If you have any further questions about the use of this medicine, consult your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse.

4. Possible side effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everyone gets them.
Side effects can be minimized by using the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time needed to treat symptoms. You may experience one or more of the known side effects of NSAIDs (see below). If you experience any of these side effects, you must stop using this medicine and consult a doctor as soon as possible. Elderly patients using this medicine are at higher risk of developing problems associated with side effects.
The most commonly observed adverse events are gastrointestinal side effects affecting the stomach and intestines. Peptic ulcers (stomach or intestinal ulcers), perforation (a hole in the wall of the stomach or intestine), or bleeding from the stomach or intestine, sometimes fatal, particularly in the elderly, may occur. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, flatulence, constipation, indigestion, abdominal pain, tarry stools, vomiting blood, ulcerative stomatitis (inflammation of the oral mucosa with ulceration), exacerbation of colitis (inflammation of the large intestine) and Crohn's disease may also occur. Less frequently, gastritis (inflammation of the stomach) has been observed. In particular, the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding is dose- and duration-dependent. Oedema (fluid accumulation in tissues), high blood pressure and heart failure have been reported in association with NSAID treatment. Medicines such as ibuprofen may be associated with a small increased risk of heart attack ("myocardial infarction") or stroke.
Very rarely, severe allergic reactions (including reactions at the infusion site, anaphylactic shock) and serious skin side effects such as blistering reactions (skin rashes with blisters), including Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis (Lyell's syndrome), erythema multiforme, alopecia (hair loss), photosensitivity (skin becoming sensitive to light), and allergic vasculitis (inflammation of a blood vessel) have been reported.
Exacerbation of infection-related inflammation (e.g. development of necrotizing fasciitis) associated with the use of NSAIDs has been very rarely described.
In exceptional cases, severe skin infections and soft tissue complications may occur during a varicella infection.

Very common side effects (may affect more than 1 in 10 people):

• Tiredness or insomnia, headache and dizziness.
• Gastric acidity, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, flatulence, diarrhoea, constipation and minor gastrointestinal bleeding which may cause anaemia in exceptional cases.

Common side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):

• Dizziness.
• Skin rash.
• Pain and burning sensation at the site of administration.
• Gastrointestinal ulcer, potentially with bleeding and perforation. Ulcerative stomatitis, exacerbation of colitis and Crohn's disease.

Uncommon side effects (may affect up to 1 in 100 people):

• Insomnia (sleep problems), restlessness, irritability or fatigue, anxiety and lack of rest.
• Visual disturbances.
• Tinnitus (ringing or buzzing in the ears).
• Inflammation of the gastric mucosa.
• Reduced urine output and oedema formation, particularly in patients with high blood pressure or kidney problems, nephrotic syndrome, interstitial nephritis, which may be accompanied by acute renal failure.
• Urticaria, pruritus, purpura (including allergic purpura), skin rash.
• Allergic reactions with skin rash and pruritus, as well as asthma attacks (possibly with low blood pressure).

Rare side effects (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people):

• Reversible toxic amblyopia (double vision).
• Hearing difficulties.
• Oesophageal stricture (blood vessels in the oesophagus), complications of colonic diverticula, non-specific haemorrhagic colitis. If there is bleeding in the stomach or intestine, it may cause anaemia.
• Kidney tissue damage (papillary necrosis), particularly with long-term treatment, increased serum uric acid concentration in blood.
• Yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, liver dysfunction, liver damage, particularly with long-term treatment, acute hepatitis (liver inflammation).
• Psychotic reactions, nervousness, irritability, confusion or disorientation, and depression.
• Neck stiffness.

Very rare side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people):

• Disorders in blood cell formation (anaemia, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, pancytopenia, agranulocytosis). Initial symptoms include: fever, sore throat, superficial mouth ulcers, flu-like symptoms, severe fatigue, nosebleeds and skin bleeding.
• Palpitations (rapid heartbeat), heart failure, myocardial infarction.
• Arterial hypertension.
• Aseptic meningitis (stiff neck, headache, nausea, vomiting, fever or confusion). Patients with autoimmune disorders (SLE, mixed connective tissue disease) appear to be predisposed.
• Inflammation of the oesophagus (oesophagitis) or pancreas, intestinal stricture.
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• Asthma, breathing difficulties (bronchospasm), shortness of breath and noisy breathing.
• Systemic lupus erythematosus (an autoimmune disease), severe allergic reaction (facial swelling, tongue swelling, throat swelling with airway constriction, breathing difficulties, rapid heartbeat, drop in blood pressure and life-threatening shock).

Side effects not known (frequency cannot be estimated from available data):

• Liver failure.
• Reactions at the injection site, such as swelling, lesions or bleeding.
• A serious skin reaction known as DRESS syndrome may occur. Symptoms of DRESS include: skin rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes and elevated eosinophils (a type of white blood cells).
• A widespread, red, scaly rash, with pustule formation under the skin and blisters localized mainly in skin folds, trunk and upper limbs, accompanied by fever at the beginning of treatment (generalized pustular exanthema). Stop using Ibuprofen B. Braun if you develop these symptoms and contact your doctor immediately. See also section 2.

Reporting of side effects
If you experience any side effect, talk to your doctor. This includes any possible side effect not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the national reporting system at:
https://www.aifa.gov.it/content/segnalazioni-reazioni-avverse
By reporting side effects, you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

5. How to store Ibuprofen B. Braun Melsungen

Keep this medicine out of the reach and sight of children.
This medicine does not require any special storage conditions.
The product must be used immediately after opening.
For single use only. Any unused solution must be discarded.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date stated on the label after EXP.
The expiry date refers to the last day of the stated month.
Do not use this medicine if you notice particles or discoloration.

6. Pack contents and other information

What Ibuprofene B. Braun Melsungen contains

• The active substance is ibuprofen. Each 100 ml vial contains 600 mg of ibuprofen.
• The other ingredients are L-arginine, sodium chloride, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, water for injections.

Description of the appearance of Ibuprofene B. Braun Melsungen and pack contents
Clear, particle-free solution for infusion, ranging from colourless to pale yellow.
The solution is contained in 100 ml LDPE vials with an outer cap, packed in cartons of
10 vials and 20 vials.
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
Marketing Authorisation Holder
B. Braun Melsungen AG
Carl-Braun-Straße 1
34212 Melsungen (Germany)
Manufacturer
B. Braun Medical, S.A.
Ctra. Terrasa, 121
Rubí
08191 Barcelona, Spain
For further information on this medicinal product, please contact the local representative of the Marketing Authorisation Holder.
This medicinal product is authorised in the Member States of the European Economic Area
under the following names:

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