Active Ingredient
Dextromethorphan Polistirex
The following Structured Product Label (SPL) was submitted to the FDA by Rebel Distributors Corp for the product Delsym (NDC 21695-518). This document serves as the official prescribing information, containing essential scientific data and clinical materials required for healthcare providers and patients.
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Dextromethorphan Polistirex
Use(s)
temporarily relieves
• cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation as may occur with the common cold or inhaled irritants
• the impulse to cough to help you get to sleep
Use(s)
temporarily relieves
• cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation as may occur with the common cold or inhaled irritants
• the impulse to cough to help you get to sleep
Warnings
Do not use
Do not use if you are now taking a prescription monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (certain drugs for depression, psychiatric or emotional conditions, or Parkinson's disease), or for 2 weeks after stopping the MAOI
drug. If you do not know if your prescription drug contains an MAOI, ask a doctor or pharmacist before taking this product.
Ask a doctor before use if you have
• chronic cough that lasts as occurs with smoking, asthma or emphysema
• cough that occurs with too much phlegm (mucus)
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are
When using this product
Stop use and ask a doctor if
Stop use and ask a doctor if cough lasts more than 7 days, cough comes back, or occurs with fever, rash or headache that lasts. These could be signs of a serious condition.
If pregnant or breast-feeding
Keep out of reach of children
Keep out of reach of children. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.
Directions
• shake bottle well before use
• measure only with dosing cup provided. Do not use dosing cup with other products.
• dose as follows or as directed by a doctor
adults and children 12 years of age and over
10 mL every 12 hours,
not to exceed 20 mL in 24 hours
children 6 to under 12 years of age
5 mL every 12 hours,
not to exceed 10 mL in 24 hours
children 4 to under 6 years of age
2.5 mL every 12 hours,
not to exceed 5 mL in 24 hours
children under 4 years of age do not use
Other information
• each 5 mL contains: sodium 7 mg
• store at 20°-25°C (68°-77°F)
• dosing cup provided
Drug Facts
Distributed by: Reckitt Benckiser Inc., Parsippany, NJ 07054-0224 ©RBI 2009
Inactive ingredients
citric acid anhydrous, D&C Red #33, edetate disodium, ethylcellulose, FD&C Blue #1, flavor, high fructose corn syrup, methylparaben, polyethylene glycol 3350, polysorbate 80, propylene glycol, propylparaben,
purified water, sucrose, tragacanth, vegetable oil, xanthan gum
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