• tickly cough
• shivers, aches and pains
• blocked or runny nose
• sore throat pain
• headache

How does Day Nurse work?
Paracetamol is analgesic (a pain killer) and antipyretic (it reduces body temperature when you have a fever). Pseudoephedrine is a decongestant which opens the airways, helping you breathe more easily. Pholcodine is a cough suppressant which relives dry or tickly coughs. The syrup base also helps relieve a sore throat.

What is Day Nurse for?
Day Nurse liquid is for the daytime relief of the symptoms of colds, chills and influenza. These symptoms include headache, shivers, aches and pains, blocked or runny nose, sore throat pain, and a dry, tickly, non-productive cough.

Pseudoephedrine Restrictions: Products containing pseudoephedrine are legally limited to one item per order, because this has in some cases been used to manufacture illegal drugs

How should you take Day Nurse?
This Day Nurse bottle has a child resistant cap. To remove, press down on the cap and then unscrew. Every time you use the product, wipe the neck of the bottle clean and replace the cap securely, without overtightening it. The cap will be properly closed if it clicks when you try to undo it without pressing down first.

Take during the day

• Adults (including the elderly) and children aged 12 years and over: 30 ml (1 measure cupful) every 4 hours up to a maximum of 4 times in 24 hours, if needed. Only take 3 doses in 24 hours if you also intend to take a night-time paracetamol-containing product at bedtime.

• Children 6-12 years: 15ml (1/2 measure cupful) every 4 hours up to a maximum of 3 doses within 24 hours, if needed.

• Use the measure cup provided and clean after use
• Not to be given to children under 6 years of age except on medical advice.
• If symptoms persist consult your doctor
• Do not exceed the stated dose

What should you do if you take too much?
It would be harmful to take more than the doses stated on the pack and in this leaflet.

Immediate medical advice should be sought in the event of an overdose, even if you feel well, because of the risk of delayed, serious liver damage.

What is in Day Nurse?
Each 30 ml dose contains Paracetamol 1000mg, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride 60mg and pholcodine 10mg as the active ingredients.

It also contains glycerol (E 422), propylene glycol, sucrose, purified water, ethanol, glucose, citric acid (E330), sodium citrate, sodium benzoate (E 211), acesulfame K, colour (E101a) and flavours (peach, peardrop, levomenthol, lime).

The product contains 5% alcohol (ethanol), each dose (30ml) is equivalent to 30ml beer or 12.5ml wine. Harmful for those suffering from alcoholism. To be taken into account in pregnant or lactating women, children and high-risk groups.

Each 30ml dose contains 4g sucrose. In addition it contains 0.8g sugars. Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption or sucrase-isomaltase insufficiency should not take this medicine.

Glycerol may cause headache, upset stomach and diarrhoea.

Check before you take this medicine
Important:

• Day Nurse liquid is a complete daytime cold treatment.
• Do not take with any other paracetamol-containing products.

Do not take Day Nurse liquid:

• if you are pregnant or breast feeding
• for longer than 7 days unless your doctor agrees
• if you are allergic to any of the ingredients, or you have high blood pressure (particularly if due to a tumour near the kidney), suffer from hyperexcitability, overactive thyroid, enlarged prostate, heart, liver or kidney disease, closed-angle glaucoma (high eye pressure), chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis (widening of the airways) or diabetes.
• if you are receiving monoamine oxidase inhibitors for depression or have taken them within the last 14 days

Day Nurse liquid may increase the sedative effects of alcohol, barbiturates, sleeping tablets, strong pain killers, sedatives and tranquillisers. It may reduce the effects of drugs which control blood pressure and may also increase the possibility of an irregular heart rhythm in patients taking digoxin.

Talk to your doctor first if:
you are asthmatic, under the care of your doctor or are receiving prescribed medicines.

If you are pregnant or breast feeding:
Do not take this product if you are pregnant or breast feeding.

Will Day Nurse suit you?
Most people taking Day Nurse find they cause them no problems. However rarely they may cause nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhoea or constipation, headache, blurred vision, ringing in the ears, irritability, sleep disturbance, loss of appetite, difficulty in passing urine, rapid heart rate, shaking and skin rashes, sputum retention and sweating.

If you are concerned about these effects, or if Day Nurse liquid affects you in any other way, stop taking the medicine and talk to your doctor or pharmacist.