Travelgum 20 mg - chewing gum lozenges

Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees are a remedy against travel sickness with the active ingredient dimenhydrinate.

Application

What are Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees and what are they used for?

Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees are a remedy against travel sickness with the active ingredient dimenhydrinate.

Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees reduce nausea and vomiting. The active ingredient is released by chewing the dragees and absorbed via the oral mucosa. This means that the medication does not have to be swallowed, which is why the active ingredient chewing gum can still be used even if nausea and vomiting have already occurred.

Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees are used to treat travel sickness (nausea and vomiting when travelling by car, train, plane or boat).

How is it used?

What are Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees and what are they used for?

Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees are a remedy against travel sickness with the active ingredient dimenhydrinate.

Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees reduce nausea and vomiting. The active ingredient is released by chewing the dragees and absorbed via the oral mucosa. This means that the medication does not have to be swallowed, which is why the active ingredient chewing gum can still be used even if nausea and vomiting have already occurred.

Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees are used to treat travel sickness (nausea and vomiting when travelling by car, train, plane or boat).

What should you consider before taking it?

What should you consider before taking Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees?

Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees must not be taken,

• if you are allergic to dimenhydrinate or any of the other ingredients of Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees listed in section 6
• if you have phenylketonuria
• if you are suffering from an acute asthma attack
• if you have a narrowing of the gastrointestinal tract
• if you have an intestinal obstruction
• during therapy or at least one to two weeks after therapy with MAO inhibitors (antidepressants)
• if you suffer from epilepsy or eclampsia
• if you suffer from glaucoma
• if you have an enlarged prostate
• if you have a certain tumour (phaeochromocytoma)
• if you suffer from disorders of blood pigment formation
• at the onset of labour

Warnings and precautions

Please talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees.
Special care must be taken when taking Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees:

• in case of impaired liver function
• heart rhythm disorders
• potassium deficiency
• magnesium deficiency
• in case of slowed heart rate
• in case of severe heart disease (especially in case of coronary artery disease)
• when using medications that alter the heartbeat (e.g. antiarrhythmics of classes IA or III, antibiotics, malaria treatments, antihistamines, neuroleptics) or that trigger a stage with potassium deficiency
• in case of chronic respiratory problems and asthma
• in case of a narrowing of the stomach outlet

The first signs of side effects should be reported to the doctor immediately.

Taking Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees together with other medicines

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking/using, have recently taken/used or intend to take/use any other medicines.

The simultaneous use of Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees can enhance the effect of the following medications:

• sedatives, painkillers, sleeping pills
• agents that suppress the effect of acetylcholine (e.g. atropine,
  biperiden or tricyclic antidepressants)

The simultaneous intake of Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees and blood pressure lowering medications can trigger tiredness and low blood pressure.Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees can falsify allergy tests.

Taking Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees together with food and drinks

No alcohol should be consumed during treatment with Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees, as alcohol can alter and enhance the effect of Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees in an unpredictable manner.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding

If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, or if you suspect you may be pregnant or intend to become pregnant, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.

In the first 6 months of pregnancy, the active ingredient chewing gum should only be used if non-medicinal measures remain ineffective. During the last weeks of pregnancy, Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees must not be used, as they could trigger premature labour.

Use during labour can intensify the labour, which is why Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees must not be used.

During breast-feeding, either breast-feeding should be stopped or Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees should be discontinued if there are signs of increased restlessness in the infant.

Driving and operating machinery
If you are using Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees, you must not drive a vehicle or operate machinery, as your reactions may be impaired.

For diabetics:
Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees contain sugar corresponding to 0.04 bread units.

Please only take Travelgum after clarifying the following points with your doctor:
- Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees contain a phenylalanine source (aspartame) and are therefore harmful to people with phenylketonuria.
- Patients with the rare problem of hereditary fructose intolerance should not use this medication.
- Patients with rare glucose-galactose malabsorption should not use this medication.

How should the medication be taken?

How should Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees be taken?

In the case of known travel sickness, an active ingredient chewing gum should be chewed for about 10 minutes 15 - 30 minutes
before the start of the journey. If, despite the use of an active ingredient chewing gum, initial symptoms (nausea and vomiting) occur, a second active ingredient chewing gum can be used.

Children from 6 to 14 years: The recommended dose is a maximum of 3 active ingredient chewing gums per day. The time interval between the individual doses of one chewing gum should be about 8 hours.

Adults and adolescents from 14 years: The recommended dose is a maximum of 6 active ingredient chewing gums per day. The time interval between the individual doses of 1 - 2 chewing gums should be about 8 hours.

Please talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have the impression that the effect of Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees is too strong or too weak.

If you have taken a larger amount of Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees
than you should

Possible overdose symptoms may include:
Clouding of consciousness, visual disturbances, rapid heartbeat, feeling of heat, hot and flushed skin, constipation, restlessness, muscle twitching and delusions.

Very high doses can lead to seizures, respiratory problems and cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrhythmias can also occur.
Please inform your doctor immediately if the signs described above occur.

If you forget to take Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees

If you have forgotten to take it, please continue the therapy scheme unchanged.

If you stop taking Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees

If you want to stop taking this medication, please ask your doctor how to stop taking this medication.

What side effects are possible?

How should Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees be stored?

Do not store above 25 °C.
Store in the original packaging.
Keep this medicine out of the reach of children.
You must not take the medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the carton after "Use by"
indicated.

Dispose	of
pharmacist,	as
thereby contributing to the protection of the environment.

Special storage instructions

How should Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees be stored?

Do not store above 25 °C.
Store in the original packaging.
Keep this medicine out of the reach of children.

You must not take the medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the carton after "use by"
indicated.

Dispose	of
pharmacist,	as
thereby contributing to the protection of the environment.

Special information on the content

Contents of the pack and further information

What Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees contain

The active ingredient is: dimenhydrinate.

The other ingredients are:
Chewing gum core:
Aspartame, dextrin, chewing gum base (isobutylene/isoprene copolymer, petroleum wax, polyvinyl acetate, polyethylene, polyisobutylene, synthetic terpene resins,
glycerin monostearate, calcium carbonate, butylhydroxytoluene, traces of soy lecithin), hardened fat, magnesium oxide, magnesium stearate, levomenthol, Eudragit S 100, Eudragit S 12.5, natural peppermint flavour, saccharin sodium, silica, sorbitol, sucrose, talc, titanium dioxide, white beeswax.

Chewing gum coating:
Calcium carbonate, Eudragit E 12.5, glucose syrup, macrogol 35,000, magnesium stearate, levomenthol, montanglycol wax, natural peppermint flavour,
potassium dihydrogen phosphate, povidone 25, sucrose, titanium dioxide.

How Travelgum 20 mg - Chewing Gum Dragees look like and contents of the pack

Round, biconvex, white active ingredient chewing gums with a smooth surface.
One pack contains a blister with 10 active ingredient chewing gums.