ACTIFED Cold & Sinus MS Caplets (Pfizer Consumer Healthcare)
Maximum Strength

Drug Facts:

Active Ingredients:
(in each caplet) ^**/*                                      Purposes:

Acetaminophen
500 mg .................................. Pain reliever/fever reducer

Chlorpheniramine
maleate 2 mg ............................................ Antihistamine

Pseudoephedrine
HCl 30 mg ..................................... Nasal decongestant

^**/* Dissolution differs from USP specification

Uses:

• temporarily relieves sinus congestion and pressure
• temporarily relieves these symptoms of hay fever:
  
  • itchy, watery eyes
  • sneezing
  • itching of the nose or throat
  • runny nose
• temporarily relieves these symptoms due to the common cold:
  
  • nasal congestion
  • headache
  • minor aches and pains
  • fever

Warnings:

Alcohol warning: If you consume 3 or more alcoholic drinks every day, ask your doctor whether you should take acetaminophen or other pain relievers/fever reducers. Acetaminophen may cause liver damage.

Do not use:

• with another product containing any of these active ingredients
• if you are now taking a prescription monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (certain drugs for depression, psychiatric, or emotional conditions, or Parkinson's disease), or for 2 weeks after stopping the MAOI drug. If you do not know if your prescription drug contains an MAOI, ask a doctor or pharmacist before taking this product.

Ask a doctor before use if you have:

• heart disease
• glaucoma
• diabetes
• thyroid disease
• high blood pressure
• trouble urinating due to an enlarged prostate gland
• a breathing problem such as emphysema or chronic bronchitis

Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are taking sedatives or tranquilizers

When using this product:

• do not use more than directed
• drowsiness may occur
• excitability may occur, especially in children
• avoid alcoholic drinks
• alcohol, sedatives, and tranquilizers may increase drowsiness
• be careful when driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery

Stop use and ask a doctor if:

• you get nervous, dizzy, or sleepless
• new symptoms occur
• symptoms do not improve
• you need to use more than 10 days
• fever occurs and lasts more than 3 days
• redness or swelling is present

If pregnant or breast-feeding, ask a health professional before use.

Keep out of reach of children.

Overdose warning:   Taking more than the recommended dose may cause liver damage. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away. Quick medical attention is critical for adults as well as for children even if you do not notice any signs or symptoms.

Directions:

• do not use more than directed (see overdose warning)
• adults and children 12 years of age and over: 2 caplets
• take every 6 hours while symptoms persist
• do not take more than 8 caplets in 24 hours, or as directed by a doctor
• children under 12 years of age: ask a doctor

Other Information:

• store at 59° to 77°F in a dry place

Inactive Ingredients:   Calcium stearate, candelilla wax, croscarmellose sodium, crospovidone, D&C yellow no. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C yellow no. 6 aluminum lake, hypromellose, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80, povidone, pregelatinized starch, stearic acid, and titanium dioxide

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How Supplied

Boxes of 20

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