Please read this leaflet carefully before you start to take your medicine. It does not contain all the information about your medicine that you may need to know so if you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. This leaflet only applies to Doloxene capsules.

Your medicine is called Doloxene. Its active ingredient is dextropropoxyphene napsylate. Each pink capsule contains 100mg dextropropoxyphene napsylate BR They are marked Lilly H64, and come in blister packs of 100. The capsules also contain the inactive ingredients maize starch and silicone fluid. The gelatin capsules are coloured with E171 and E172.

Doloxene is one of a group of medicines called analgesics that help to ease pain.

Doloxene is made by Lilly S.A., Avda. De La Industria, 30, 28100, Alcobendas, Spain. The product licence is held by Eli Lilly and Company Limited, Dextra Court, Chapel Hill, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 5SY.

Doloxene is given to help reduce mild to moderate pain.

Do not drink alcohol while taking Doloxene. It can be very dangerous. Discuss this with your doctor if you have any questions.

If you take drugs such as antihistamines, tranquillisers or sleeping tablets when you are taking Doloxene, you may become extremely sleepy.

Doloxene on its own makes some people very sleepy, especially when they first start taking it.

Do not drive or use dangerous machinery if you feel sleepy.

• Follow your doctor's instructions. Check the label to see how many capsules to take and how often to take them.

• Usual dose: take 1 capsule three or four times a day.

• Swallow the capsules with a drink of water.

• Do not take more capsules than your doctor tells you to. You can become addicted to these capsules if you take too many for a long time.

• If you miss a dose, take another dose as soon as you can. Then go on as before. Never double up on the next dose to make up for the one missed.

• OVERDOSE: It you, or anyone else, ever take too many Doloxene capsules, dial 999 for an ambulance straight away. Then phone your doctor. An overdose can cause coma, convulsions or death.

• Doloxene may cause side-effects. These include feeling dizzy or tired, feeling sick and vomiting. They will often go away if you lie down. Tell your doctor if they are troublesome.

• Very occasionally, Doloxene may give you a rash, headaches or stomach ache. It might also make you constipated or moody, or give you problems with your sight, hallucinations or jaundice. If you have these or any other ill-effects that are troublesome, tell your doctor.

• Do not use Doloxene after the 'Use before' date.

• Keep your capsules at room temperature (below 25°C), in a dry, safe place where children cannot see or reach them. Your capsules could harm them.

• When your treatment is over, we suggest that you take any capsules you have left back to the pharmacist who will dispose of them safely.

REMEMBER: This medicine is for you. Only a doctor can prescribe it. Never give it to others. It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours.

'Doloxene' is a registered trademark of Eli Lilly and Company Limited

Date this leaflet was written: November 1995

© Eli Lilly and Company Limited, 1995