Tell your doctor if you are taking,

• other pain killers including aspirin or other NSAIDs
• medicines used to treat bacterial infections
• medicines that are anti-coagulants (i.e. thin blood/prevent clotting e.g. aspirin/acetylsalicylic acid, warfarin, ticlopidine)
• medicines used to treat depression, such as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and lithium
• medicines used to treat diabetes
• medicines used to treat epilepsy
• medicines that reduce high blood pressure (ACE-inhibitors such as captopril, beta-blockers such as atenolol medicines, angiotensin-II receptor antagonists such as losartan)
• medicines used to treat viral infections, such as zidovudine and ritonavir
• medicines used to treat various illnesses that involve inflammation in the body (corticosteroids)
• medicines used to treat cancer, such as methotrexate and mifamurtide
• medicines used during abortion, such as mifepristone
• pentoxyfylline, used to treat blood circulation problems
• diuretics, medicines used to help you pass water (urine)
• medicines used to suppress the immune system in patients who have had a transplant, such as ciclosporin and tacrolimus
• penicillamine, used to treat a number of conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, Wilson's disease
• cardiac glycosides, such as digoxin, used to treat heart conditions
• antibiotics called quinolones such as ciprofloxacin
• aminoglycosides (a type of antibiotic)
• cholestyramine (a drug used to lower cholesterol)
• medicines known as sulphonylureas such as glibenclamide (used to treat diabetes)
• voriconazole or fluconazole (type of anti-fungal drugs)

• Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you
• This medicine is for oral use only
• Do not crush or chew the medicine
• It should be taken with a glass of water

If you take more GESIC

• If you take more than the prescribed dose, contact your doctor or go to nearest hospital
• Symptoms of overdose: nausea, stomach pain, vomiting (may be blood streaked), headache, ringing in the ears, confusion and shaky eye movement, drowsiness, chest pain, palpitations, loss of consciousness, convulsions (mainly in children), weakness and dizziness, blood in urine, cold body feeling, and breathing problems

If you forget to take GESIC

• If you forget to take this medicine, take it as soon as you remember
• Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose

If you stop taking GESIC

• Do not stop taking this medicine unless your doctor tells you to do so