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Boehringer Ingelheim Limited

Boehringer Ingelheim Limited
Corrig Court, Corrig Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18,
Telephone: +353 1 2959620
Fax: +353 1 2959624
Medical Information e-mail: Medinfo@dbl.boehringer-ingelheim.com
Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on medicines.ie: 04/10/2010
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Updated on 04/10/2010 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
  • Change to section 4.6 - Pregnancy and lactation
  • Change to section 4.7 - Effects on ability to drive and use machines
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
  • Change to section 4.9 - Overdose
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic properties
  • Change to section 5.2 - Pharmacokinetic properties
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   01-Aug-2010
Legal Category:   Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company



Section 4.2


Revision of the information on procedures for drying the mouthpiece.

 

Section 4.4

Paragraph relating to ‘Immediate hypersensitivity reactions…’ has been moved to the beginning of the section to improve prominence of this important information.

 

Additional statement added relating to ‘pre-existing urinary outflow tract obstruction’

 

Section 4.6

Statement added to advise about the availability of data relating to the effects on human fertility


Section 4.7

Addition of information taking into account the listed side effects which may impair ability to drive and use machines

 

Section 4.8

Summary of safety profile added. List of adverse events mapped according to appropriate MedDRA preferred terms. Frequencies updated according to available data. Addition of side effect ‘stomatitis’ plus ‘dry throat’

 

Section 4.9

Change of ‘accommodation disturbances’ to ‘accommodation disorder’

 

Section 5.1

Mechanism of action corrected. Addition information on local nature of effect of ipratropium and other amendments to take into account available data.

 

Section 5.2

Section revised based on existing references, reworded and restructured according to ADME. Additional information included to provide more comprehensive information.


Section 10

Revision date changed to August 2010

Updated on 04/03/2009 and displayed until 04/10/2010
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
  • Change to section 3 - Pharmaceutical form
  • Change to section 6.5 - Nature and contents of container
  • Change to section 7 - Marketing authorisation holder
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   02/2009
Legal Category:   prescription only

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

Section 2: Editorial Change

Section 3: Removal of reference to new propellant

Section 6.5: Addition of information on volume of solution

Section 6.6: Editorial Change

Updated on 27/06/2006 and displayed until 04/03/2009
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   04/2006
Legal Category:   prescription only

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

Section 4.8 (undesirable effects): Updated to include information on the frequency of adverse events.  Dizziness and pruritis have been added to the list of undesirable events.

Updated on 09/02/2006 and displayed until 27/06/2006
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 6.3 - Shelf life
  • Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Updated on 02/09/2004 and displayed until 09/02/2006
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • New SPC for new product

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Active Ingredients

 
   Ipratropium Bromide

Versions

 
04/10/2010 to Current
04/03/2009 to 04/10/2010
27/06/2006 to 04/03/2009
09/02/2006 to 27/06/2006
02/09/2004 to 09/02/2006
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Registered Address: Franklin House, 140 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4, Ireland
Registered Number: 254776
Tel: (353 1) 6603350 Fax: (353 1) 6686672 Email: info@ipha.ie

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