Cleenema Phosphate Enema For Constipation Or Bowel Cleansing

Adults and children 12 years old and over

• The recommended dose is one bottle (118ml delivered dose) no more than once daily

Children over 3 years to under 12 years old: Use only as directed by your doctor

Do not use Cleenema Enema and tell your doctor if you:

• Are allergic (hypersensitive) to sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate, disodium phosphate dodecahydrate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine
• Have a swollen large bowel (also know as megacolon)
• Have a narrowing or incomplete opening of the anus or rectum
• Have a blockage of the lower colon (Hirschsprung’s disease)
• Have a suspected blockage of the gut
• Have blockage of the gut or failure of normal bowel movements (sometimes called paralytic ileus).

Do not use Cleenema  Enema If You Have been told by your doctor that you may have:

• Appendicitis
• A pierced/damaged or blocked gut
• Active inflammatory bowel disease (such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis)
• Undiagnosed bleeding of the back passage
• Kidney problems
• Congestive heart failure (your heart is unable to properly pump blood around the body)
• Recently been sick or feel sick or thirsty
• Have a pain in your stomach (abdominal pain)

Warnings and precautions: Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using Cleenema Enema if:

• You are frail or elderly
• You have uncontrolled blood pressure
• You have a heart or kidney condition
• You suffer from ascites (excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity)
• You suffer from rectal ulceration (ulceration of the back passage) or fissures (tears in the skin of the back passage)
• You have had a colostomy
• You suffer from electrolyte disturbances (changes in the salt levels in the body such as low calcium, low potassium, high phosphate or high sodium levels)

Pregnancy and breast-feeding

• If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine
• As the main ingredients contained in Cleenema Enema may pass into breast milk, it is advised that breast milk is expressed and discarded for at least 24 hours after receiving the Cleenema Enema

Active substances: Each 118ml dose delivers the equivalent of 21.4g (18.1% w/v) Sodium Dihydrogen Phosphate Dihydrate and 9.4g (8.0% w/v) Disodium phosphate Dodecahydrate.

• Contains 4.4g sodium per delivered dose.The other ingredients (excipients) are Benzalkonium Chloride, Disodium Edetate, Purified Water.

• Contains 70mg benzalkonium chloride per delivered dose.

Cleenema Phosphate Enema Patient Information Leaflet