Calcium dobesilate Hasco

Package Leaflet: Information for the Patient

Calcium Dobesilate Hasco

500 mg, tablets

Calcii dobesilas monohydricum

Read the package leaflet carefully before taking the medicine, as it contains important information for the patient.

• Keep this leaflet, you may need to read it again.
• If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse.
• This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours.
• If you experience any side effects, including those not listed in this leaflet, tell your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse. See section 4.

Table of Contents of the Leaflet:

• 1. What is Calcium Dobesilate Hasco and what is it used for
• 2. Important information before taking Calcium Dobesilate Hasco
• 3. How to take Calcium Dobesilate Hasco
• 4. Possible side effects
• 5. How to store Calcium Dobesilate Hasco
• 6. Contents of the pack and other information

1. What is Calcium Dobesilate Hasco and what is it used for

The active substance of the medicine is calcium dobesilate monohydrate, which improves venous circulation and has a protective effect on blood vessels. It reduces the permeability of their walls and excessive blood and plasma viscosity.

Indications for use

Clinical symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limbs: pain, cramps, paresthesia (numbness, tingling), swelling, skin changes due to blood stasis. Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (damage to the blood vessels of the retina in diabetes).

2. Important information before taking Calcium Dobesilate Hasco

When not to take Calcium Dobesilate Hasco:

• if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to the active substance (calcium dobesilate monohydrate) or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
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Warnings and precautions

Before taking Calcium Dobesilate Hasco, discuss it with your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse. You should be careful when taking the medicine if you have stomach or duodenal ulcer disease, or kidney failure.

Calcium Dobesilate Hasco and other medicines

Tell your doctor or pharmacist about all the medicines you are taking, or have recently taken, and any you plan to take.

Calcium Dobesilate Hasco with food and drink

Take the medicine after meals to avoid or reduce gastrointestinal side effects.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant, or plan to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine. PregnancyDo not take the medicine during the first trimester of pregnancy. The medicine may be taken during pregnancy only if the doctor considers that the benefits to the mother outweigh the potential risks to the fetus. BreastfeedingDo not take the medicine while breastfeeding.

Driving and using machines

The medicine does not affect the ability to drive or use machines.

Calcium Dobesilate Hasco contains lactose

If you have been told you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking the medicine.

3. How to take Calcium Dobesilate Hasco

Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. If you are not sure, ask your doctor or pharmacist. AdultsThe dose will be determined individually, depending on the severity of the disease. Treatment may last from several weeks to several months, depending on the indications. Take the medicine after meals. Venous insufficiency: 500 mg to 1000 mg (1 to 2 tablets) per day. Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy: 1000 mg to 1500 mg (2 to 3 tablets) per day. The medicine is taken orally.

Overdose of Calcium Dobesilate Hasco

If you take more than you should, talk to a doctor or pharmacist. There are no known symptoms of overdose.

Missed dose of Calcium Dobesilate Hasco

Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose. If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

4. Possible side effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. The listed side effects usually disappear on their own after stopping treatment. Rare (affecting 1 to 10 in 10,000 patients):nausea, diarrhea, skin reactions, joint pain. Very rare (affecting less than 1 in 10,000 patients):agranulocytosis - an acute condition that may manifest as high fever, infections in the mouth, sore throat, inflammatory changes in the anus and genital area.

If you experience any of these symptoms or other signs of infection, stop taking the medicine and consult a doctor.

Reporting side effects

If you experience any side effects, including those not listed in this leaflet, tell your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse. Side effects can be reported directly to the Department of Drug Safety Monitoring of the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices, and Biocidal Products: Aleje Jerozolimskie 181C, 02-222 Warsaw, tel.: +48 22 49 21 301, fax: +48 22 49 21 309, e-mail: ndl@urpl.gov.pl. Side effects can also be reported to the marketing authorization holder. By reporting side effects, you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

5. How to store Calcium Dobesilate Hasco

Store in the original package, at a temperature below 25°C. Keep the medicine out of the sight and reach of children. Do not use this medicine after the expiry date stated on the packaging. The expiry date refers to the last day of the month stated. Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer required. This will help protect the environment.

6. Contents of the pack and other information

What Calcium Dobesilate Hasco contains

• The active substance is calcium dobesilate monohydrate (Calcii dobesilas monohydricum). One tablet contains 500 mg of calcium dobesilate monohydrate.
• The other ingredients are: microcrystalline cellulose, potato starch, lactose monohydrate, talc, magnesium stearate, anhydrous colloidal silica.

What Calcium Dobesilate Hasco looks like and contents of the pack

Uncoated tablets, oval, biconvex, smooth, uniform, white, and odorless. One pack contains 2 blisters of 15 tablets, placed in a cardboard box.

Marketing authorization holder and manufacturer

“HASCO-LEK” S.A., 51-131 Wrocław, ul. Żmigrodzka 242 E

Information about the medicine

tel.: (22) 742 00 22, e-mail: informacjaoleku@hasco-lek.pl

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