Full description:
Panto-Denk 40 is a selective “proton pump inhibitor”, a medicine which reduces the amount of acid produced in your stomach. It is used for treating acid-related diseases of the stomach and intestine.
What Panto-Denk 40 contains:
- The active substance is pantoprazole. Each gastro-resistant tablet contains 40 mg pantoprazole, equivalent to 45.15 mg pantoprazole sodium sesquihydrate.
- The other ingredients are maltitol, crospovidone, carmellose sodium, sodium carbonate, calcium stearate, poly(vinyl alcohol), talc, titanium dioxide, macrogol 3350, lecithin from soya beans, iron oxide yellow, methacrylic acid-ethyl acrylate copolymer (1:1), triethyl citrate.
Possible side effects:
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
If you get any of the following side effects, stop taking these tablets and tell your doctor immediately, or contact the casualty department at your nearest hospital:
Serious allergic reactions (frequency rare: may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people):
Swelling of the tongue and/or throat, difficulty in swallowing, hives (nettle rash), difficulties in breathing, allergic facial swelling (Quincke’s oedema/angioedema), severe dizziness with very fast heartbeat and heavy sweating.
Serious skin conditions (frequency not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data):
Blistering of the skin and rapid deterioration of your general condition, erosion (including slight bleeding) of eyes, nose, mouth/lips or genitals (Stevens-Johnson-Syndrome, Lyell- Syndrome, Erythema multiforme), and sensitivity to light.
Other serious conditions (frequency not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data):
Yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes (severe damage to liver cells, jaundice) or fever, rash, and enlarged kidneys sometimes with painful urination, and lower back pain (serious inflammation of the kidneys), possibly leading to kidney failure.
Other side effects are:
Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)
Benign polyps in the stomach.
Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
Headache, dizziness, diarrhoea, feeling sick, vomiting, bloating and flatulence (wind), constipation, dry mouth, abdominal pain and discomfort, skin rash, exanthema, eruption, itching, feeling weak, exhausted or generally unwell, sleep disorders, fracture in the hip, wrist or spine.
Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)
Distortion or complete lack of the sense of taste, disturbances in vision such as blurred vision, hives, pain in the joints, muscle pains, weight changes, raised body temperature, high fever, swelling of the extremities (peripheral oedema), allergic reactions, depression, breast enlargement in males.
Very Rare (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people)
Disorientation.
Very rarely, lecithin from soya beans may cause allergic reactions.
Not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data)
Hallucination, confusion (especially in patients with a history of these symptoms), decreased sodium level in blood, decreased magnesium level in blood (see section 2), feeling of tingling, prickling, pins and needles, burning sensation or numbness, rash, possibly with pain in the joints, inflammation in the large bowel, that causes persistent watery diarrhea.
Side effects identified through blood tests:
Uncommon (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
Increase in liver enzymes.
Rare (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people)
Increase in bilirubin, increased fat levels in blood, sharp drop in circulating granular white blood cells, associated with high fever.
Very Rare (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people)
A reduction in the number of blood platelets, which may cause you to bleed or bruise more than normal; a reduction in the number of white blood cells, which may lead to more frequent infections; coexisting abnormal reduction in the number of red and white blood cells, as well as platelets.
How to take:
Take the tablets 1 hour before a meal without chewing or breaking them and swallow them whole with some water.
