Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine.
• Keep this leaflet, you may need to read it again.
• - If you have further questions, please ask your doctor or your pharmacist.
• - This medicine has been prescribed to you personally and you should not pass it on to others, it may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours.

In this leaflet:

  1. What Venolep is and what it is used for
  2. Before you take Venolep
  3. How to take Venolep
  4. Possible side effects
  5. Storing Venolep

Venolep 200 mg, cápsulas
Hidrosmin

Each capsule contains 200 mg of hidrosmin as active substance.
The other ingredients are: magnesium stearate as excipient.
The gelatine capsule is comprised of: gelatine, erythrosine (E127), sunset yellow S (E110), quinoline yellow (E104) and titanium dioxide (E171).
Each box contains 60 capsules.

Marketing authorisation holder: FARMA-LEPORI, S.A. C. Osi, 7 - 08034 Barcelona

Manufacturer: FAES FARMA, S.A. C/ Máximo Aguirre, 14 48940 Lamiaco (Lejona) - Vizcaya

1. WHAT Veneolep IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Hidrosmin is a drug of the chemical family of the flavonoids that acts on the consequences of blood stagnation in the veins of the lower extremities when the latter cannot perform their function, which we call venous insufficiency and which is generally due to varicose veins or former thrombolyses.
Venolep is used in the short-term relief (for two-three months) of oedema and symptoms related to chronic venous insufficiency (pain, heavy sensation of the legs, swelling, etc.).

2. BEFORE YOU TAKE Venolep
Tell your doctor, since special care must be taken in the use of Venolep if any of the following situations arise:
• On some occasions a hypersensitivity reaction has occurred with this medicine or with some of its ingredients.
• If you have or have had asthma or are allergic to aspirins.

Pregnancy
If you are pregnant or think that you might be, see your doctor before taking this medicine.
Since there is no appropriate experience on the safety of Venolep in pregnancy, its use should be avoided during pregnancy.

Lactation:
It is not known whether hidrosmin is eliminated in the mother's milk, whereby it is not recommended for breastfeeding mothers.

Taking other medicines
Inform your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicine, including those not prescribed.
No interactions with food or with other medicines are known, in any event you should never take another medicine on your own initiative without your doctor's recommendation.

Warning on excipients
This medicine contains sunset yellow S (E110) as excipient. It may cause allergic-type reactions, including asthma, particularly in patients allergic to acetyl salicylic acid.

3. HOW TO TAKE Venolep
Follow your doctor's recommendations in when and how to take this medicine.
Oral only.

Adults:
The usual dose of Venolep is one 200 mg capsule three times a day, generally with the main meals.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CORRECT ADMINISTRATION OF THE PREPARATION
Once removed from the blister, the capsule should be taken directly. It may be taken with water or another drink to make it easier to swallow.

If you have taken more Venolep than you should:
In this case call the Toxicology Information Service. Phone number 91 562 04 20 or see your doctor.

4. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Generally speaking, this medicine is well-tolerated.
The most frequently observed undesirable effects are of a digestive (gastric pain, nausea) related to the nervous system (dizziness, headache) and dermatological nature (rash, itch).
If you notice any side effects not mentioned in this leaflet, please inform your doctor or pharmacist.

5. STORING Venolep
No special storage measure is needed.

Expiry
This medicine should not be used after the expiry date indicated on the box.

Keep Venolep out of the reach and sight of children.

This leaflet was approved in February 2003.



Farma-Lepori
C. Osi, 7 - 08034 Barcelona


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