WILKO ENERGY EXTRA is a brand name for Caffeine. The medicine, its uses, side effects and dosage are the same regardless of brand.
Used for: For the fast relief of temporary fatigue and drowsiness
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Adults: 1 to 2 tablets before meals three times a day. (Maximum dose 300mg of caffeine or 6 tablets) Children: do not give to children under the age of 12 years. As caffeine is found naturally in tea, coffee and chocolate, and in some carbonated drinks there is the potential for users to take more than the recommended 400mg of caffeine per day.
Therefore users should take account of dietary sources of caffeine and ensure that they do not exceed the stated dose.
Typical amounts of caffeine available in dietary sources are:
Brewed coffee: 50 – 100mg/ml* Instant coffee and tea: 20 – 73mg/ml* Carbonated drinks (cola): 9 – 19mg/ml* Chocolate: 5 – 20mg/ml* * 100ml is equivalent to about 1 small cup of fluid
At doses up to 300mg per day undesirable effects are not normally observed in healthy individuals. However, some users who are caffeine naive, have abstained from caffeine for a period or who are more sensitive to caffeine may experience effects more commonly seen at higher doses.
These include tremor, insomnia, nervousness, irritability, anxiety, headache, tinnitus, arrhythmia, and tachycardia, diuresis, gastrointestinal disturbances and elevated respiration. Individuals who experience these effects must stop taking this product and any other dietary caffeine.
Following regular use of caffeine, cessation of intake may lead to withdrawal symptoms which may last for up to a week and which include headache, tiredness and decreased alertness. Reporting of suspected adverse reactions. Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important.
It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. uk/yellowcard.
Keep away from children. If symptoms worsen or do not improve within 7 days, seek medical advice.
Hypersensitivity to caffeine or any of the ingredients. This product should not be used by people who have been diagnosed with hypertension or who are receiving antihypertensive medication, or who have a history of cardiac arrhythmia.
This product should not be used by patients recovering from chronic alcoholism who are taking disulfiram. This product should not be used if antidepressants (including lithium carbonate), clozapine, anxiolytics or sedatives are being used, or by persons with anxiety disorders.
This product should not be used by any persons who are also taking ephedrine Caffeine shares the same metabolic pathway as theophylline and therefore, this product should not be used concurrently with theophylline. 5).
Not medical advice. Always read the patient information leaflet and follow your prescriber or pharmacist.
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