Chlorphenamine 10 mg/ml Solution for Injection (i.e. injection) contains the active ingredient.
chlorphenamine maleate which is an antihistamine.
Chlorphenamine is indicated in adults, and children (aged 1 month to 18 years) for the treatment of:
Acute allergic reactions.
These medicines inhibit the release of histamine into the body that occurs during an allergic reaction.
This product relieves some of the main symptoms of a severe allergic reaction.
Chlorphenamine injection is indicated for acute urticaria, control of allergic reactions to insect bites and stings, angioneurotic oedema, drug and serum reactions, desensitisation reactions, hay fever, vasomotor rhinitis, severe pruritus of non-specific origin.

How To Use:

This injection is usually given to you by your doctor or someone else trained to give it to you.
You will be given the injection beneath your skin, into a muscle, or directly into a vein.
Adults: the usual dose is 10 mg – 20 mg (1 or 2 ampoules), up to a maximum of 40 mg (4 ampoules)in 24 hours.
Children: the dose will be calculated by the doctor, according to the child’s age or body weight:

Age Dose:

1 month to 1 year 0.25 mg/kg.
1 to 5 years 2.5 mg to 5 mg OR 0.20 mg/kg.
6 to 12 years 5 mg to 10 mg OR 0.20 mg/kg.
12 to 18 years 10 mg to 20 mg OR 0.20 mg/kg.
The doctor may dilute Chlorphenamine with sodium chloride 0.9% to make it easier to measure and inject the small amounts required for children.
When administered into a vein, the injection should be given slowly over a period of one minute to avoid a fall in blood pressure (hypotension) or central nervous system stimulation (giddiness).

Warnings and precautions:

Talk to your doctor or nurse before you are given this medicine if you:

Are being treated for an overactive thyroid or enlarged prostate gland.
Have epilepsy.
Raised pressure within the eye or glaucoma, very high blood pressure, heart
disease, liver disease, asthma or other chest diseases.

Ingredients:

Allerfin 10 mg/ml Ampoule 5pcs