Flarin Lipid Capsules - 30 Capsules

Like all medicines, Flarin 200 mg Soft Capsules can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. If you experience any of the following side effects, or anything unusual happens, stop taking the medicine immediately, and see your doctor or pharmacist. If you suffer from any of the following, at any time, during your treatment STOP TAKING the medicine and seek immediate medical help:

• pass blood in your faeces (stools/motions)
• pass black tarry stools
• vomit any blood or dark particles that look like coffee grounds
• severe hypersensitivity reactions – signs could include swelling of the face, tongue and throat, causing difficulty in swallowing or breathing; breathing problems e.g. unexplained wheezing, shortness of breath, worsening of asthma, accelerated heart rate, low blood pressure, severe shock.
• severe forms of skin reactions including rash, itching, hives, redness, blistering and peeling of the skin (Stevens Johnson syndrome). STOP taking the medicine and tell your doctor if you experience:
• indigestion or heartburn
• abdominal pain (pains in your stomach) or other abnormal stomach symptoms. Uncommon: may affect up to 1 in 100 people:
• Hypersensitivity reactions such as urticaria (hives) and pruritus (itchy skin)
• Abdominal pain, nausea (feeling sick) and dyspepsia (indigestion)
• Headache
• Various skin rashes. Rare: may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people:
• Diarrhoea, flatulence (wind), constipation and vomiting. Very rare: may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people:
• Problems in blood cell production: the first signs are tiredness and lethargy (lack of energy), shortness of breath, pale skin, fever, sore throat, mouth ulcers, flu-like symptoms, unexplained bleeding and bruising.
• Peptic ulcer, perforation or gastrointestinal haemorrhage, melaena (black tarry stools), vomit of blood or dark particles, ulcerative stomatitis (inflammation of the mouth), gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining), worsening of existing bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease).
• Meningitis symptoms such as fever and chills, severe headache, nausea and vomiting and stiff neck (in patients with inflammatory disease of connective tissue in the skin or joints [systemic lupus erythematosus]).
• Kidney failure, liver problems. Not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data
• Cardiac failure (heart problem), hypertension (high blood pressure), oedema (fluid retention).
• A severe skin reaction known as DRESS syndrome can occur. Symptoms of DRESS include: skin rash, fever, swelling of lymph nodes and an increase of eosinophils (a type of white blood cells).
• A red scaly widespread rash with bumps under the skin and blisters mainly localized on the skin folds, trunk, and upper extremities accompanied by fever at the initiation of treatment (acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis). Stop using Flarin 200 mg Soft Capsules if you develop these symptoms and seek medical attention immediately. If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.