Erwo Pharma Eucarbon 100 tablets

Eucarbon contains only herbal active ingredients and has a bowel-regulating and slightly laxative effect. Vegetable charcoal has the ability to bind various metabolic products that are excreted by the laxative effect of senna leaves and rhubarb root.
Eucarbon also has a slightly disinfecting effect on the digestive tract. The slightly laxative effect of Eucarbon begins about 8 - 10 hours after ingestion. 

field of use

Traditional herbal medicine used to treat occasional constipation.
This medicinal product is a traditional herbal medicinal product that is only registered for the stated area of ​​application because it has been used for many years.
If you do not feel better or worse after 7 days, contact your doctor.
Eucarbon is used in adolescents from the age of 12 and in adults. 

Contraindications

Eucarbon must not be taken

• if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to senna leaves, rhubarb extract, charcoal, sulfur or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
• if you have an intestinal obstruction or known narrowing of the intestine (stenosis),
• in intestinal inflammation, Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
• abdominal pain of unknown cause
• in case of serious disturbances of the water and mineral balance,
• by children under the age of 12 

interactions

Interactions can occur especially with certain heart medications and medications that affect the water and electrolyte balance, such as cortisone, diuretics or licorice root.

Taking Eucarbon with food and drink
Eucarbon can be taken with or after meals.

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.
Taking Eucarbon during pregnancy and breastfeeding is not recommended.

Eucarbon contains sucrose and milk sugar
1 tablet contains 43.4 mg sugar (sucrose) and 0.25 - 11.25 mg milk sugar (lactose). Please only take Eucarbon after consulting your doctor if you know that you suffer from a sugar intolerance.

application

Always take this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

The recommended dose is

For adults and adolescents from 12 years:
1 - 2 tablets up to 3 times a day to achieve a mild laxative effect. The dose required for a safe effect can vary from person to person. If a stronger laxative effect is desired, the evening dose can be increased to 3-4 tablets. You should not exceed a maximum dose of 8 tablets per day. The occurrence of diarrhea is the first sign of too high a dosage. In this case, the dose should be reduced or the intake should be stopped.

Use in children
Eucarbon tablets are not intended for children under 12 years of age.

Eucarbon tablets should be taken with plenty of liquid (at least a glass of water) with or after meals. 

side effects

Like all medicines, Eucarbon can cause side effects, although not everyone gets them. Occasional abdominal pain and diarrhea have been observed, especially in patients with irritable bowel syndrome or those who have taken too high a dose. Very rarely (less than 1 person in 10,000) nausea or vomiting may occur.
Rarely allergic reactions can occur.

As with other laxatives, long-term use of high doses can lead to mineral depletion, particularly potassium depletion, which can increase constipation. This can manifest itself as muscle weakness and constipation due to restricted bowel movements.

A faint red coloration of the urine is irrelevant and can occasionally be observed in its alkaline reaction.

composition

The active ingredients in 1 tablet are:
Senna leaves (Sennae folium) 105 mg
Adjusted rhubarb root extract (Extractum Rhei) 25 mg consisting of dry extract of rhubarb root (Rhei radix) (extractant ethanol 70% V/V) 13.75 - 24.75 mg and 0 .25 – 11.25 mg Lactose monohydrate
Charcoal (Carbo ligni) 180 mg
Purified sulfur (Sulfur depuratum) 50 mg
Standardized total anthraquinone content of 2.65-3.95 mg (calculated as rhein)

The other ingredients are:
Peppermint Oil, Bitter Fennel Oil, Sucrose, Lactose Monohydrate, Corn Starch, Gum Arabic, Heavy Kaolin, Talc