Medicine pack check sheet

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• The current label carries a boxed warning about suicidal thoughts and behaviours in children, adolescents and young adults. With self-harm/suicide thoughts, marked behaviour change or an urgent safety concern, use local emergency or crisis support immediately; do not wait for a website assessment or self-stop, increase or switch.
• Drowsiness, dizziness, unsteadiness on standing, blurred vision, dry mouth, constipation or urinary difficulty should be reviewed against the exact pack and complete medicine list. Older adults, people at dementia or fall risk, those with glaucoma or urinary problems, and people using alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, antihistamines or another sedative especially need professional review.
• An MAOI, another serotonergic medicine, tramadol, linezolid, intravenous methylene blue, some rhythm medicines, or a product affecting the central nervous system or cardiac rhythm on the same list requires professional interaction and rhythm-risk review. Do not self-combine, separate, alternate or substitute leftovers.
• Fainting, marked palpitations, seizure, severe altered awareness, breathing difficulty, face/lip/tongue/throat swelling or inability to remain safe requires local emergency services immediately with every medicine pack; the site does not decide interruption, make-up use or an increase.