Panafcort®

Panafcort®

Consumer Medicine Information (CMI)
What is in this leaflet
Do not take Panafcort after the
expiry date (EXP) printed on the
Do not take it if the bottle shows
signs of having been tampered
Do not take this medicine to
Ask your doctor if you have any
complaints
questions about why Panafcort
has been prescribed for you.
instructed you to do so.
Do not give this medicine to
If you have any concerns about
anyone else.
taking this medicine ask your
doctor or pharmacist.
Before you start to take it
Keep this leaflet with the
medicine.
Tell your doctor if you are
allergic to any other medicines
preservatives.

Tell your doctor if you have or
Before you take it
have had any of the following
What Panafcort is used
medical conditions:
When you must not take it
Do not take Panafcort if you
have ever had an allergic
reaction to:
Do not take it if you have a
current serious or uncontrolled
infection,
including
infections.
Do not take Panafcort if you are
pregnant or plan to become
pregnant unless you and your
doctor have discussed the risks
and benefits involved.
How long to take it
Do not take it if you are breast
Continue taking Panafcort for as
feeding or plan to breast feed.
long as your doctor tells you.
If you have not told your doctor
about any of these things, tell
them before you take Panafcort.
Do not miss any doses and do
Taking other medicines
not stop taking the medicine
even if you feel better.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if
Use in elderly
you are taking any other
medicines, including any that
you get without a prescription
from a pharmacy, supermarket
What to expect
or health food shop.
How to take it
How much to take
If you forget to take it
How to take it
Swallow the tablet whole with a
glass of water.
When to take it
Use in children
Take special care when giving
Panafcort to children. It should
only be given under your
doctor's supervision.
Panafcort. They may suffer from
Tell any other doctors, dentists
and pharmacists who are
treating you that you are taking
Panafcort, especially if you are
being started on any new
medicines.
Do not have any immunisations
(particularly with "live" vaccines
Tell your doctor, surgeon or
such as measles, oral polio or
dentist that you are taking
yellow fever) without your
Do not try to make up for
Panafcort if you are about to
doctor's approval while you are
missed doses by taking more
undergo surgery or an
being treated with Panafcort.
than one dose at a time.
operation.
Things to be careful of
Avoid close contact with
anyone who has a contagious
disease such as measles or
If you take too much (overdose)
Tell your doctor straight away if
chickenpox.
you are a diabetic, and you
Immediately telephone your
notice a change in the results of
doctor or the Poisons
your blood or urine sugar tests.
Information Centre (telephone
13 11 26) for advice, or go to
Accident and Emergency at
your nearest hospital if you
think that you or anyone else
Tell your doctor straight away if
may have taken too much
you think you have been
Panafcort. Do this even if there
exposed to chickenpox or
are no signs of discomfort or
measles.
poisoning.
Things to be aware of
Ask your doctor, when and how
you should stop taking
Panafcort.
While you are taking it
Check with your doctor or
pharmacist before drinking
alcohol while you are taking
Things you must do
Panafcort.
Take Panafcort exactly as your
doctor has prescribed.
Things you must not do
Do not give this medicine to
anyone else even if their
symptoms seem similar to
Tell your doctor if your
condition returns or becomes
worse after your dose of
Do not stop taking Panafcort
Panafcort has been reduced or
suddenly unless advised by
treatment has been stopped.
your doctor.
Side effects
Tell your doctor immediately if
you become pregnant while
taking Panafcort.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist
as soon as possible if you do
not feel well while you are
changes to the skin:
taking Panafcort.
changes to the immune system:
Ask your doctor or pharmacist
to answer any questions you
may have.
system which may affect the way your nerves work Short term use
changes in behaviour:
Tell your doctor if you notice

Tell your doctor if you notice
any of the following side effects
anything else that is making
and they worry you:
changes in eyes:
you feel unwell.
anorexia (which may result in weight loss) Tell your doctor immediately or
Do not be alarmed by this list of possible side effects. You may not go to Accident and Emergency
increased appetite (which may result in weight gain) at your nearest hospital if you
notice any of the following
symptoms:
Long term use
After taking it
Storage
dizziness, fainting, weakness, chest pain or irregular heart Keep Panafcort tablets in a cool
Tell your doctor if you notice
dry place, protected from light,
any of the following and they
where the temperature stays
worry you:
below 30 degrees Celsius.
general changes to the body:
Do not store it or any other
medicine in the bathroom or
near a sink or stove. Do not
leave it in the car on hot days.
Keep it where young children
cannot reach it.
Disposal

Dispose of the tablets where
children cannot reach them.
If your doctor tells you to stop
taking Panafcort or you find that
the expiry date has passed, ask
your pharmacist what to do with
any tablets you may have left.
Australia Australian Registration Numbers: Product description
1 mg– AUST R 39879 5 mg– AUST R 27974 What it looks like

The 1 mg tablets are white,
scored, round and biconvex. They
are marked with “PN/1” on one
side. Available in bottles of 100.
The 5 mg tablets are white,
scored, round and biconvex. They
are marked with “PN/5” on one
side. Available in bottles of 60.
The 25 mg tablets are white,
scored, round and biconvex. They
are marked with “PN/25” on one
side. Available in bottles of 30.

Ingredients

Active ingredient:

Panafcort 1 mg – 1 mg prednisone
per tablet

Panafcort 5 mg – 5 mg prednisone
per tablet

Panafcort 25 mg – 25 mg
prednisone per tablet.
Inactive ingredients:


Panafcort tablets do not contain
gluten, sucrose, tartrazine or any
other azo dyes.

Source: http://www.tcadventist.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CMI_Panafcort.pdf