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Uses:
CALGEL® Teething Gel is used to relieve the pain of teething and soothe your baby's sore gums. It has mild antiseptic properties to help fight infection and so help care for gums and also contains a mild anaesthetic to help numb the gums.
Formats:
Dosage:
Infants over 3 months
- Rub 7.5mm of gel onto affected area of gum up to 6 times a day.
- Do not reapply within 20 minutes.
For further advice always read the label.
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Topical gel
CALGEL TEETHING GEL is indicated for use in teething. CALGEL TEETHING GEL acts quickly to help relieve teething pain and soothe infants' gums. It also has mild antiseptic properties.
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CALGEL TEETHING GEL is suitable for babies from the age of 3 months.
A small quantity of CALGEL TEETHING GEL, approximately one third of an inch (7.5 mm), should be squeezed onto the tip of a clean finger and rubbed gently onto the affected area of the gum.
Application may be repeated after an interval of 20 minutes if necessary, with up to six applications in one day.
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Contraindications
CALGEL TEETHING GEL is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to the product or any of its ingredients.
Special warnings and precautions for use
The recommended dose should not be exceeded. Keep out of the reach and sight of children.
Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance should not use this medicine.
Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
No drug interactions with CALGEL TEETHING GEL are known.
Drug interactions between intravenously administered lidocaine and oral procainamide, oral phenytoin alone or in combination with phenobarbital, primidone or carbamazepine, oral propanolol and non-potassium sparing diuretics including bumetanide, furosemide and thiazide have been reported. These drug effects are unlikely to be relevant to the use of CALGEL TEETHING GEL.
Undesirable effects
When used according to instructions side effects would not be expected. However, isolated cases of hypersensitivity to lidocaine hydrochloride have been reported in adults and in a child over 12 years following local injection. Hypersensitivity presented in these cases as localised oedema with slight difficulty in breathing or as generalised rash.
Chamomile, a minor ingredient in the herbal flavouring agent, has been documented as causing allergic reactions. Hypersensitivity to chamomile normal manifests as breathing difficulties in atopic individuals. Anaphylactic reactions have been reported in individuals drinking herbal tea infusions containing chamomile (herbal tea asthma). Sensitised individuals may demonstrate positive skin reactions to preparations containing chamomile.
In the event of any unwanted side effects, use should be discontinued and a doctor consulted.
Overdose
Suppression of pharyngeal sensation with concomitant effects on swallowing may theoretically result from excessive topical oral use of CALGEL TEETHING GEL. Such an effect has been reported in an adult who gargled and swallowed 5 ml of a 2% lidocaine hydrochloride solution (equivalent to 100 mg lidocaine). However, assuming proportionality of body surface area and pharyngeal surface area, this dose would be equivalent to a single dose of 5.4 g of CALGEL TEETHING GEL for a 3 month old child.
It is most unlikely that, even with misuse or excessive application of CALGEL TEETHING GEL, the large amounts of lidocaine hydrochloride or cetylpyridinium chloride required to produce clinically-relevant toxic effects should be reached.
In the event of overdose, use should be discontinued and a doctor consulted.
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The recommended dose should not be exceeded. Keep out of the reach and sight of children.
Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance should not use this medicine.
No drug interactions with CALGEL TEETHING GEL are known.
Drug interactions between intravenously administered lidocaine and oral procainamide, oral phenytoin alone or in combination with phenobarbital, primidone or carbamazepine, oral propanolol and non-potassium sparing diuretics including bumetanide, furosemide and thiazide have been reported. These drug effects are unlikely to be relevant to the use of CALGEL TEETHING GEL.
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