Without Prejudice ...

Dear Bloominjools

Without Prejudice

Feminax

Thank you for  your enquiry regarding the above.  I am sorry to hear about your disappointment  with your purchase of our new Feminax Period Pain Capsules.

At the direction of the UK medicines licence authority (the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)), the active ingredient, Hyoscine Hydrobromide has been removed from Feminax.

The MHRA reviewed all Hyoscine Hydrobromide-containing products and decided that it was unclear whether the quantity present in Feminax performed a relevant function. [well they should have asked me – I could have told them!] Bayer therefore took this opportunity to review the current formulation and decided that an optimal formulation was 500mg Paracetamol and 8mg Codeine Phosphate. [Pah!] Bayer also took this opportunity to change the pharmaceutical form from hard tablets to a more favourable soft capsule.

I hope this information is helpful to you and apologise for any inconvenience you have been caused.

Yours sincerely

Feminax Lady
Medical Affairs Administrator