Movicol Liquid Orange Flavour
- Name:
Movicol Liquid Orange Flavour
- Company:
Norgine Limited
- Active Ingredients:
Macrogol 3350, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate
- Legal Category:
Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
Patient Information Leaflet Patient Information Leaflet last updated on medicines.ie: 20/05/20

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Package Leaflet: Information for the patient
Package Leaflet: Information for the patient
1. What Movicol Liquid Orange flavour is and what it is used for
1. What Movicol Liquid Orange flavour is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Movicol Liquid Orange flavour
2. What you need to know before you take Movicol Liquid Orange flavour
3. How to take Movicol Liquid Orange flavour
3. How to take Movicol Liquid Orange flavour
4. Possible side effects
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Movicol Liquid Orange Flavour
5. How to store Movicol Liquid Orange Flavour
6. Contents of the pack and other information
6. Contents of the pack and other information
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Updated on 20 May 2020 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 6 - date of revision
- Change to other sources of information section
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This medicinal product is authorised in the Member States of the EEA under the following names:
Austria |
MOVICOL-Pulver |
Belgium |
MOVICOL |
Denmark |
MOVICOL |
Germany |
MOVICOL V |
Finland |
MOVICOL |
France |
MOVICOL |
Iceland |
MOVICOL |
Ireland |
MOVICOL |
Italy |
MOVICOL 13,8 g polvere per soluzione orale |
Luxembourg |
MOVICOL |
Malta |
MOVICOL |
Netherlands |
MOVICOLON |
Norway |
MOVICOL |
Portugal |
MOVICOL |
Spain |
MOVICOL |
Sweden |
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United Kingdom |
MOVICOL |
This leaflet was last revised in 05/2020
Updated on 19 November 2019 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
- Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
- Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
Updated on 19 November 2019 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 2 - what you need to know - warnings and precautions
- Change to section 6 - what the product contains
Updated on 9 May 2019 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 2 - excipient warnings
- Change to section 6 - what the product looks like and pack contents
- Change to section 6 - date of revision
Updated on 8 May 2019 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
- Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
Updated on 5 April 2019 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 6 - marketing authorisation holder
Updated on 5 April 2019 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 7 - Marketing authorisation holder
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
Updated on 19 January 2016 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
- Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
- Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for use
- Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable effects
- Change to section 4.9 - Overdose
- Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
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2. Qualitative and Quantitative Composition
The word ‘ingredients’ has been replaced by the word ‘substances’ as follows:
Each 25 ml of MOVICOL Liquid Orange flavour contains the following active substances:
4.2 Posology and method of administration
The insertion of the title ‘Posology’ as a heading beneath the main heading above.
The wording ‘the elderly’ has been replaced by ‘older people’ as follows:
Adults, adolescents and older people: 25 ml diluted in 100 ml of water 1-3 times daily in divided doses, according to individual response.
4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
The following sentence has been added:
The fluid content of MOVICOL Liquid when re-constituted with water does
not replace regular fluid intake and adequate fluid intake must be maintained.
4.8 Undesirable Effects
Updated as follows for the 1st two Classes:
System Organ Class |
Adverse Event |
Immune system disorders |
Allergic reactions, including anaphylactic reaction, dyspnoea and skin reactions (see below). |
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders |
Allergic skin reactions including angioedema, urticarial, pruritus, rash, erythema. |
4.9 Overdose
The word ‘abdominal’ has been added as follows:
Severe abdominal pain or distension can be treated by nasogastric aspiration. Extensive fluid loss by diarrhoea or vomiting may require correction of electrolyte disturbances.
10 DATE OF REVISION OF THE TEXT
January 2016
Updated on 19 January 2016 SPC
Reasons for updating
- New SPC for new product
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
Updated on 19 January 2016 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Change to warnings or special precautions for use
- Change to date of revision
Updated on 19 January 2016 PIL
Reasons for updating
- New PIL for new product
Updated on 20 May 2015 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
- Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
- Change to section 4.3 - Contraindications
- Change to section 4.6 - Pregnancy and lactation
- Change to Section 4.8 – Undesirable effects - how to report a side effect
- Change to section 6.6 - Special precautions for disposal and other handling
- Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
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Changes have been made to the following sections:
Section 2 – addition to the statement - For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
Section 4.2 – addition of the title - Method of administration
Section 4.3- addition to the statement re hypersensitivity. Hypersensitivity to the active substances or to any of the excipients listed in section 6.1.
Section 4.6 – Lowercase text used for the word ‘pregnancy’.
Section 4.8- addition of the subheading - Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders- Erythema has been added .
Information regarding the methods of reporting side effects has been added.
Section 6.6 – Addition of to the title - Special precautions for disposal
Section 10- Revision of the date text
Updated on 14 May 2015 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Change to warnings or special precautions for use
- Change of contraindications
- Change to instructions about missed dose
- Change to instructions about overdose
- Change to storage instructions
- Change to side-effects
- Change to drug interactions
- Change to information about pregnancy or lactation
- Change to dosage and administration
- Addition of information on reporting a side effect.
- Correction of spelling/typing errors
Updated on 4 July 2013 SPC
Reasons for updating
- Change to section 4.6 - Pregnancy and lactation
- Change to section 5.3 - Preclinical safety data
- Change to section 10 - Date of revision of the text
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)
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Section 4.6:
The paragraphs on ‘Pregnancy, Lactation and Fertility’ were replaced, as follows:
Pregnancy
There are limited amount of data from the use of MOVICOL in pregnant women. Studies in animals have shown indirect reproductive toxicity (see section 5.3). Clinically, no effects during pregnancy are anticipated, since systemic exposure to macrogol 3350 is negligible.
MOVICOL can be used during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding
No effects on the breastfed newborn/infant are anticipated since the systemic exposure of the breast-feeding woman to Macrogol 3350 is negligible.
MOVICOL can be used during breast-feeding.
Fertility
There are no data on the effects of MOVICOL on fertility in humans. There were no effects on fertility in studies in male and female rats (see section 5.3).
Previous information in section 4.6:
Pregnancy
There is no experience of the use of MOVICOL Liquid Orange flavour during pregnancy. Animal studies are insufficient with respect to reproductive toxicity (see section 5.3).
MOVICOL Liquid Orange flavour should not be used during pregnancy unless clearly necessary.
Lactation
It is unknown whether MOVICOL Liquid Orange flavour is excreted in human milk.
A risk to the suckling child cannot be excluded.
A decision must be made whether to discontinue breast-feeding or to discontinue/abstain from MOVICOL Liquid Orange flavour therapy taking into account the benefit of breast feeding for the child and the benefit of therapy for the woman.
Fertility
There are no data on the effects of MOVICOL on fertility.
Section 5.3
The 2 paragraph was added and 3 paragraph was replaced (as highlighted in red), as follows:
‘Preclinical studies provide evidence that macrogol 3350 has no significant systemic toxicity potential, based on conventional studies of pharmacology, repeated dose toxicity and genotoxicity.
There were no direct embryotoxic or teratogenic effects in rats even at maternally toxic levels that are a multiple of 66 x the maximum recommended dose in humans for chronic constipation and 25 x for faecal impaction. Indirect embryofetal effects, including reduction in fetal and placental weights, reduced fetal viability, increased limb and paw hyperflexion and abortions, were noted in the rabbit at a maternally toxic dose that was 3.3 x the maximum recommended dose in humans for treatment of chronic constipation and 1.3 x for faecal impaction. Rabbits are a sensitive animal test species to the effects of GI-acting substances and the studies were conducted under exaggerated conditions with high dose volumes administered, which are not clinically relevant. The findings may have been a consequence of an indirect effect of MOVICOL related to poor maternal condition as the result of an exaggerated pharmacodynamic response in the rabbit. There was no indication of a teratogenic effect.
There are long-term animal toxicity and carcinogenicity studies involving macrogol 3350. Results from these and other toxicity studies using high levels of orally administered high molecular weight macrogols provide evidence of safety at the recommended therapeutic dose.’
Previous information in section 5.3:
‘Preclinical studies provide evidence that macrogol 3350 has no significant systemic toxicity potential, although no tests of its effects on reproduction or genotoxicity have been conducted.
There are no long-term animal toxicity or carcinogenicity studies involving macrogol 3350, although there are toxicity studies using high levels of orally administered high molecular weight macrogols that provide evidence of safety at the recommended therapeutic dose.’
Section 10:
’6th January 2012’ was changed to ‘May 2013’
Updated on 19 June 2013 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Change to information about pregnancy or lactation
Updated on 17 June 2013 PIL
Reasons for updating
- Change to information about pregnancy or lactation
Updated on 21 November 2012 PIL
Reasons for updating
- New PIL for medicines.ie
Updated on 30 October 2012 SPC
Reasons for updating
- New SPC for medicines.ie
Legal category: Product subject to medical prescription which may be renewed (B)