Galpseud (pseudoephedrine)

How can this medicine affect other medicines?

If you are taking any other medicines, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, you should check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine, to ensure that the combination is safe.

You should not take this medicine if you are currently taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) antidepressant (eg phenelzine, isocarboxazid, tranylcypromine or moclobemide), or if you have taken one of these medicines in the last 14 days. This is because the combination could cause a dangerous rise in blood pressure.

If pseudoephedrine is taken with any of the following, the combination may cause an increase in blood pressure:

- other decongestants
- tricyclic antidepressants, eg amitriptyline
- appetite suppressants
- amphetamine-like stimulants.

Pseudoephedrine may reduce the effects of medicines to treat high blood pressure (antihypertensives). If you are taking medicines for high blood pressure you should not take this medicine.

Other medicines containing the same active ingredient

Contac	Sudafed 12 hour relief	Sudafed children's syrup
Sudafed decongestant tablets/elixir

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