60 Tablets

Brocafect® Tablets contains herbs used in western herbal medicine to decrease the symptoms of common cold and for the relief of mild bronchial coughs. 

This product may not be right for you / your patient. Read the warnings before purchase. Refer to the Warnings, Contraindications and Cautions tab in the product information below.

Indications

• Echinacea root are used in traditional Western herbal medicine to decrease the symptoms of common cold including sneezing, cough, runny nose and general malaise.
• Licorice root, Pleurisy root and Thyme are used in traditional Western herbal medicine for the relief mild bronchial coughs and to reduce excess chest phlegm.
• Licorice root is used in traditional Western herbal medicine as a demulcent, antitussive and antispasmodic.
• Licorice root, Pleurisy root and Thyme are traditionally used in Western herbal medicine to support lung health.

Warnings, Contraindications and Cautions

• Caution in pregnancy

• Contraindicated in hypertension (including women who are prone to hypertension during pregnancy), oedema and in those taking thiazide or loop diuretics

• Caution is advised in patients receiving prednisolone by injection

• Contraindicated in patients taking nifedipine

• Daily doses of dried Ginger in excess of 4 g are contraindicated in patients who are already taking blood thinning drugs such as warfarin or aspirin or who have increased risk of haemorrhage. In these patients, at doses of Ginger below this exercise caution

• Ginger should be used cautiously in patients taking antacids (it may decrease the effectiveness as ginger increases gastric secretory activity)

• Echinacea is contraindicated for long-term use in patients taking immunosuppressant medication (eg transplant patients) - short-term therapy only is suggested in this instance. The risk of allergic reaction to Echinacea is very small, especially if preparations of the root are used since these are free of pollens

• Avoid long-term use in patients taking antihypertensive medications, digoxin and other potassium-depleting drugs and place patients on a high potassium diet

• Caution is advised in patients taking cilostazol or phenprocoumon

• Caution is advised in patients receiving midazolam by injection

• Not to be used in children under two years of age without medical advice

• Discontinue 7 days prior to general anaesthesia

• This product is intended for short-term use

• The duration of use should not exceed 8 weeks

• If patient symptoms persist, seek additional professional advice