Meijer® Maximum Strength Nighttime Cough DM
SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION
Drug Facts
OTC - PURPOSE SECTION
| Dextromethorphan HBr, USP 30 mg | Cough suppressant |
| Doxylamine Succinate, USP 12.5 mg | Antihistamine |
Uses
- ▪temporarily relieves cough due to minor throat and bronchial irritation as may occur with a cold
- ▪temporarily relieves these symptoms due to hay fever or other upper respiratory allergies:▪runny nose▪sneezing▪itchy, watery eyes▪itching of the nose or throat
- ▪controls the impulse to cough to help you sleep
Warnings
Do not use
- ▪to sedate a child or to make a child sleepy
- ▪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
- ▪trouble urinating due to an enlarged prostate gland
- ▪glaucoma
- ▪a cough that occurs with too much phlegm (mucus)
- ▪a breathing problem or chronic cough that lasts or as occurs with smoking, asthma, chronic bronchitis or emphysema
OTC - ASK DOCTOR/PHARMACIST SECTION
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are taking sedatives or tranquilizers
When using this product
- ▪do not use more than directed
- ▪marked drowsiness may occur
- ▪avoid alcoholic drinks
- ▪alcohol, sedatives, and tranquilizers may increase drowsiness
- ▪be careful when driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery
- ▪excitability may occur, especially in children
OTC - STOP USE SECTION
Stop use and ask a doctor if cough lasts more than 7 days, comes back, or is accompanied by fever, rash, or persistent headache. These could be signs of a serious condition.
OTC - PREGNANCY OR BREAST FEEDING SECTION
If pregnant or breast-feeding, ask a health professional before use.
OTC - KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN SECTION
Keep out of reach of children. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away at 1-800-222-1222.
Directions
| adults and children 12 years and over | 20 ml every 6 hours |
| children under 12 years | do not use |
- •measure only with dosing cup provided
- •keep dosing cup with product
- •mL = milliliter
- •do not take more than 4 doses in any 24-hour period
- •this adult product is not intended for use in children under 12 years of age
Other information
- ▪each 20 ml contains: sodium 14 mg
- ▪store at room temperature.
Inactive ingredients
anhydrous citric acid, FD&C Red #40, flavor, menthol, propylene glycol, purified water, sodium benzoate, sorbitol, sucralose, xanthan gum.