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Luivac

Luivac

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  • Respiratory conditions: colds, flu, acute and chronic bronchitis, mild to moderate pneumonia, bronchial asthma.
  • ENT and eye conditions: sinusitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, otitis, infectious and allergic conjunctivitis.
  • Digestive issues: gastritis, acid reflux (GERD), IBS, dyspepsia, bloating, constipation, diarrhoea, functional bowel symptoms, intestinal infections.
  • Urological and infectious diseases: acute and recurrent cystitis, bladder and kidney infections, prevention of recurrent UTIs, asymptomatic bacteriuria.
  • Chronic conditions: hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, metabolic syndrome, thyroid disorders, excess weight.
  • Neurological and general symptoms: headache, migraine, dizziness, fatigue, sleep disturbances, reduced concentration, anxiety, asthenia.
  • Chronic pain support: back, neck, joint, and muscle pain, tension syndromes, pain associated with osteochondrosis and chronic conditions.

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  • Medical advice and follow-up consultations.
  • Test interpretation and diagnostic guidance.
  • Structured support for undiagnosed complaints.
  • Second opinion on diagnoses and treatment plans.
  • Nutritional and lifestyle support for vitamin deficiencies, anaemia, metabolic issues.
  • Post-operative recovery support and pain management.
  • Preconception counselling and postpartum support.
  • Immunity support and strategies to reduce frequency of infections.

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About the medicine

How to use Luivac

Package Leaflet: Information for the Patient

Warning! Keep the leaflet! Information on the immediate packaging in a foreign language.

Luivac

3 mg, tablets

You should carefully read the contents of the leaflet before using the medicine, as it contains

important information for the patient.

  • You should keep this leaflet, so that you can read it again if you need to.
  • If you have any doubts, you should consult a doctor or pharmacist.
  • This medicine has been prescribed specifically for you. Do not pass it on to others. The medicine may harm another person, even if their symptoms are the same.
  • If you experience any side effects, including any not listed in this leaflet, you should tell your doctor or pharmacist. See section 4.

Table of Contents of the Leaflet:

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

1. What is Luivac and what is it used for

Luivac is an immunostimulating medicine used orally.
Antigenic structures present in Luivac are absorbed by the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract and enter the cells of the immune system in the gastrointestinal tract area. This leads to the stimulation of defense mechanisms throughout the immune system of the mucous membranes, including the bronchial tree.
Indications for use:
Adults
Prevention of recurrent respiratory tract infections (RTI) in adults.
Children and adolescents
Prevention of recurrent respiratory tract infections (RTI) in children from 4 years of age.

2. Important information before taking Luivac

When not to take Luivac

  • if the patient is allergic to the active substances or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
  • in patients with acute gastrointestinal inflammation, as the action of the preparation is disturbed in the case of accelerated intestinal passage.

Due to insufficient experience and the possibility of complex interactions, the medicine should not be used
in people with autoimmune diseases.

Warnings and precautions

Before starting to take Luivac, you should discuss it with your doctor or pharmacist.
It is not recommended to take Luivac to prevent pneumonia, as there are no data from clinical trials confirming such an effect.
As with any non-specific immunotherapy, it is not recommended to use specific vaccinations at the same time.

Children and adolescents

Luivac should not be given to children under 4 years of age.

Luivac and other medicines

You should tell your doctor or pharmacist about all medicines the patient is taking or has recently taken, as well as any medicines the patient plans to take.
No interactions with other medicines have been found.
In patients undergoing immunosuppressive treatment, the response to vaccination may be weakened.

Luivac with food and drink

Tablets should be swallowed on an empty stomach, with a small amount of liquid.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

If the patient is pregnant or breastfeeding, thinks she may be pregnant, or plans to have a child, she should consult a doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine. Due to the lack of data, the medicine should not be used in pregnant women.
No contraindications to the use of Luivac during breastfeeding.

Driving and using machines

Luivac does not affect the ability to drive and use machines.

3. How to take Luivac

This medicine should always be taken according to the doctor's or pharmacist's recommendations. In case of doubts, you should consult a doctor or pharmacist.
The recommended dose is
Luivac should be taken for 28 consecutive days in two cycles separated by a 28-day break.
Tablets should be swallowed on an empty stomach, with a small amount of liquid.
Taking Luivac usually starts during a period free from infection. In the case of an acute infection, Luivac may be used at the same time as antibiotics, but it cannot replace anti-inflammatory treatment.

Taking a higher dose of Luivac than recommended

No cases of overdose have been reported.

Missing a dose of Luivac

You should not take a double dose to make up for a missed dose of Luivac.

Stopping the use of Luivac

If you have any further doubts about the use of this medicine, you should consult a doctor or pharmacist.

4. Possible side effects

Like all medicines, Luivac can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)

  • mild gastrointestinal disorders
  • skin reactions.

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

  • thrombocytopenia
  • joint pain.

Reporting side effects

If you experience any side effects, including any not listed in this leaflet, you should tell your doctor or pharmacist. Side effects can be reported directly to the Department of Monitoring of Adverse Reactions to Medicinal Products of the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices, and Biocidal Products,
Al. Jerozolimskie 181C, 02-222 Warsaw, tel.: +48 22 49 21 301, fax: +48 22 49 21 309,
website: https://smz.ezdrowie.gov.pl.
By reporting side effects, you can help gather more information on the safety of the medicine.

5. How to store Luivac

The medicine should be stored out of sight and reach of children.
Protect from light.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date stated on the packaging.
The expiry date refers to the last day of the specified month.
Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste containers. You should ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines that are no longer needed. This will help protect the environment.

6. Contents of the package and other information

What Luivac contains

1 tablet contains:
bacterial lysate of each of the following strains 3 mg
(each strain at least 1 x 10 microorganisms)
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus mitis
Streptococcus pyogenes
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis
Haemophilus influenzae
Other ingredients are: mannitol, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose (type A),
magnesium stearate, anhydrous colloidal silica.

What Luivac looks like and what the package contains

PVC-Al-PVC/Al blisters in a cardboard box.
Packages contain 28 tablets (2 blisters) or 56 tablets (4 blisters).
To obtain more detailed information, you should contact the marketing authorization holder or the parallel importer.

Marketing authorization holder in Romania, the country of export:

Labormed Pharma S.A.
Bd. Theodor Pallady nr. 44B, Sector 3
Bucharest, Romania

Manufacturer:

DAIICHI SANKYO EUROPE GmbH
Luitpoldstrasse 1, 85276 Pfaffenhofen/iim
Germany

Parallel importer:

InPharm Sp. z o.o.
ul. Strumykowa 28/11
03-138 Warsaw

Repackaged by:

InPharm Sp. z o.o. Services sp. k.
ul. Chełmżyńska 249
04-458 Warsaw
Authorization number in Romania, the country of export:4595/2012/01
4595/2012/02
Parallel import authorization number:79/24
Translation of day of the week symbols on each tablet on the immediate packaging:
Lu -Monday
Ma -Tuesday
Mi -Wednesday
Jo -Thursday
Vi -Friday
Sâ -Saturday
Du –Sunday.

Date of leaflet approval: 25.04.2024

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