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Piracetam 800 mg film-coated tablets

What Piracetam is used for

Piracetam is used in combination with other medicines to treat myoclonus. This is a condition in which the nervous system causes muscles, particularly in the arms and legs, to start to jerk or twitch uncontrollably.
Do not take Piracetam
• if you are allergic to Piracetam or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
• if you have ever had serious kidney problems
• if you suffer from Huntington’s Disease (also known as Huntington’s Chorea)
• if you have ever experienced a brain haemorrhage

Warnings and precautions

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Piracetam if you:

• if you think your kidneys may not be working perfectly.
• if you have ever had any kind of bleeding problem.
Possible side effects
These include an allergic reaction, swelling, fever, spontaneous bleeding caused by defects in your blood clotting mechanism, worse fits, hallucinations, difficulty balancing and unsteadiness when standing, anxiety and agitation, confusion, restlessness, nervousness, sleepiness, depression, weakness, vertigo, weight increase, stomach pain, diarrhoea, feeling or being sick and headache.

Other medicines and Piracetam

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking:

• Thyroid extract or thyroxine
• Anticoagulants such as warfarin or acenocoumarol
• Low dose aspirin
• Any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.

How to take Piracetam

Adults

• The recommended starting dose is 7.2 g each day (nine tablets).
• It is best to split the dose so that the tablets are taken on two or three separate occasions during the day (3 tablets in the morning, 3 at midday and 3 in the evening).
• When you start taking this medicine your doctor may tell you to gradually increase the dose to ensure that you receive the best dose to treat your condition.
• Follow your doctor’s instructions carefully.


How to take your medicine

• Swallow the tablets whole with a glass of water.
• Do not break or chew the tablets as Piracetam has a very bitter taste.
• If you find it difficult to swallow the tablets tell your doctor as soon as possible as they can prescribe Piracetam in the form of a solution.

Elderly and patients with kidney problems
If you are elderly or have kidney problems your doctor may reduce your dose.

How to store Piracetam

• Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
• Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
• Do not use Piracetam after the expiry date which is stated on the carton after EXP. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.