• 40 mg ginkgo leaf dry extract, extracted with acetone water (35-67:1)

• Croscarmellose sodium
• Silica, colloidal
• lactose-1 water
• lactose-1 water
• Magnesium stearate (vegetable)
• cellulose, microcrystalline
• Glucose syrup, spray dried
• Glucose syrup, spray dried
• Macrogol 3350
• poly(vinyl alcohol)
• talc
• titanium dioxide
• Iron(III) oxide hydrate, yellow

GINGOBETA 40 mg, mild forms of dementia, ginkgo leaf indication

• The medicine contains a dry extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves.
• It is a herbal medicine used to improve age-related cognitive impairment and quality of life in mild dementia.

GINGOBETA 40 mg, mild forms of dementia, ginkgo leaf dosage

• Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
• dosage
  • The recommended dose for adults and elderly patients is three film-coated tablets twice a day.
  • The twice daily intake should be in the morning and evening.
• Use in children and adolescents
  • There is no relevant indication for children and adolescents.
• Special patient groups
  • There are no data on dosing in case of impaired renal or hepatic function.

• Duration of use
  • The treatment should last at least 8 weeks.
  • If the symptoms have not improved after 3 months or if the symptoms of the disease worsen, the doctor must check whether the continuation of the treatment is still justified.

• If you take more than you should
  • There are no known cases of overdose. You may experience increased symptoms as described in the "Side Effects" category.
  • If you have taken an overdose contact your doctor or seek medical advice as you may need medical treatment.

• If you forget to take a dose
  • Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.

• If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

GINGOBETA 40 mg, mild forms of dementia, ginkgo leaf way

• The drug should be taken orally. Do not take the tablets lying on your back. The tablets should be swallowed whole (not chewed) with liquid, preferably a glass of water. It can be taken independently of meals.

side GINGOBETA 40 mg, mild forms of dementia, ginkgo leaf effects

• Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
• Very common (may affect more than 1 in 10 people):
  • headache
• Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):
  • Dizziness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting
• Not known (cannot be estimated from the available data):
  • Bleeding in individual organs (eyes, nose, cerebral and gastrointestinal bleeding), hypersensitivity reactions (allergic shock), allergic skin reactions (skin redness, edema, itching and rash)
• If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This also applies to side effects that are not specified

GINGOBETA 40 mg, mild forms of dementia, ginkgo leaf interactions

• Taking with other medicines
  • Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are using, have recently used or might use any other medicines. This also includes medicines bought without a prescription.
  • Ginkgo can affect the way other medicines work. Therefore, do not take this medication before consulting your doctor,
    • if you are taking anticoagulant medicines (e.g. phenprocoumon and warfarin) or antiplatelet medicines (e.g. clopidogrel, acetylsalicylic acid and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs).
    • if you are taking dabigatran.
    • if you are taking nifedipine.
  • Concomitant use of Ginkgo biloba preparations and efavirenz is not recommended; Efavirenz plasma concentrations may be decreased.

Contraindications

• The drug must not be taken
  • if you are allergic to ginkgo biloba extract or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
  • during pregnancy.

pregnancy and breast feeding period

• 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.
• pregnancy
  • Since there is some evidence that ginkgo-containing preparations could increase the tendency to bleed, this medicine should not be taken during pregnancy.
• lactation
  • This medicine should not be used during breast-feeding as there are insufficient studies. It is not known whether the components of the extract are excreted in breast milk.

patient GINGOBETA 40 mg, mild forms of dementia, ginkgo leaf notes

• Warnings and Precautions
  • Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine
    • if you have a pathologically increased tendency to bleed (haemorrhagic diathesis) and if you are being treated with blood-thinning medication.
    • if you have a history of seizures (epilepsy).
    • if an operation is planned in the next 3 to 4 days.
    • if you are taking efavirenz.
  • Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if symptoms worsen with treatment.
  • children and young people
    • There is no relevant indication for children and adolescents.

• Ability to drive and use machines
  • Your doctor will tell you if your illness allows you to drive and use machines.
  • No adequate studies on the effects on the ability to drive and use machines have been performed.