Benylin Mucus Cough Plus Decongestant - 100ml

Benylin Mucus Cough plus Decongestant Syrup is a medicine which is used to relieve chesty coughs, help clear the stuffy, blocked-up feeling in your nose and sinuses and reduce catarrh.

The syrup contains pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, which is a decongestant that relieves nasal and sinus congestion, and guaifenesin, which is an expectorant that helps to loosen the mucus in your throat and chest.

Usage Instructions

• For oral use only.
• Always shake the bottle thoroughly before use.
• Do not take more medicine than the label tells you to.
• Do not overfill the spoon.

Children under 12 years - Do not give to children under 12 years.

Ingredients

The active ingredients in Benylin Mucus Cough plus Decongestant Syrup are 100 mg Guaifenesin and 30 mg Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride in each 5 ml spoonful.

Other ingredients are: Sucrose, glycerol, methyl hydroxybenzoate (E218), propyl hydroxybenzoate (E216), ethanol (alcohol), Ponceau 4R (E124), flavoring (wild
cherry (sodium, benzyl alcohol) and menthol), Sunset Yellow (E110) and purified water.

Warnings

Do not take this medicine…

• If you have ever had a bad reaction to any of the ingredients of this medicine.
  
• If you have high blood pressure or heart disease.
  
• If you are taking beta-blockers (used to treat high blood pressure).
  
• If you have diabetes.
  
• If you have an overactive thyroid gland.
  
• If you have glaucoma (increased pressure in the eye).
  
• If you have phaeochromocytoma (a rare tumor which affects your heart rate and blood pressure).
  
• If you have severe acute (sudden) or chronic (long-term) kidney disease or kidney failure If you are taking, or have taken in the last two weeks, drugs for depression known as Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) or Reversible Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidase (RIMAs).
• If you are taking stimulants appetite suppressants or drugs used to treat congestion and asthma (Sympathomimetic drugs).
  
• If you have had a cough for a few weeks, or a cough that brings up any blood or a lot of mucus that may be caused by asthma or emphysema.
  
• If you are taking any other cough and cold medicine.
  
• For a child under 12 years old.
  

https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.6961.pdf