Aleric Spray 50 mcg/dose, nasal spray, suspension, 140 doses

Aleric Spray is a medicine containing mometasone furoate, which belongs to a group of medicines called corticosteroids.

Mometasone furoate administered intranasally relieves the symptoms of inflammation (swelling and irritation of the nasal mucosa), sneezing, itching and the feeling of nasal congestion and reduces the amount of nasal discharge.

Aleric Spray reduces swelling and irritation of the nasal mucosa and thus relieves sneezing, itching, nasal congestion or nasal discharge caused by hay fever.

Aleric Spray is used to treat the symptoms of doctor-diagnosed seasonal allergic rhinitis (also known as hay fever) in adults aged 18 years and over.

The active substance is mometasone furoate. Each delivered dose contains 50 micrograms of mometasone furoate, as mometasone furoate monohydrate.

The other ingredients are: benzalkonium chloride, solution, glycerol, polysorbate 80, microcrystalline cellulose and carmellose sodium, citric acid monohydrate, sodium citrate, purified water.

Use in adults (over 18 years of age):

• The usual dose is two sprays into each nostril once daily.
• Once improvement is achieved, the dose can be reduced to one spray in each nostril once daily. This dose should be effective for maintenance treatment.
• Some patients experience symptom relief within 12 hours of the first dose of Aleric Spray, but the full benefit of treatment may not be achieved within the first two days of treatment. Therefore, regular use should be continued to obtain the full benefit of treatment.
• If after a maximum of 14 days of using the medicine the patient does not feel any improvement or feels worse, contact your doctor.
• The maximum duration of use of Aleric Spray without consulting a doctor is 3 months.
• Do not use a higher dose or use this medicine more often or for a longer period than recommended in this leaflet.
• Aleric Spray should not be used in children and adolescents under 18 years of age.

Always use Aleric Spray exactly as described in this leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. If you are not sure, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

• if you are allergic to mometasone furoate or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.
• if you have an untreated nasal infection. Using Aleric Spray during an untreated infection in the nasal cavity, e.g. herpes, may worsen the symptoms of the infection. You should wait until the infection has been treated before using the nasal spray.
• If you have recently had a nose surgery or a nose injury. You should not use the nasal spray until the wounds have healed.
• in children and adolescents under 18 years of age.

The Aleric Spray package contains 140 doses (18 g of suspension) and a leaflet.