Dicetel Dosage/Direction for Use

Always take Dicetel exactly as the doctor has prescribed. For any questions, contact a doctor or pharmacist.
If the patient forgets to take the tablet(s), do not take a double dose to compensate for it. For further information, ask a doctor or pharmacist for advice.
Posology: Dicetel 50 mg, film-coated tablets: Adults: The recommended dosage is one tablet three times a day up to two tablets twice a day.
If necessary, this dosage may be increased to 2 tablets three times a day.
In preparation for a barium enema, the dosage is 2 tablets twice a day, for the 3 days before the examination.
Method of administration: The tablet must be swallowed without being chewed or sucked, with a glass of water in the middle of a meal in order to avoid contact of pinaverium with oesophageal mucosa (risk of oesophageal lesion, see Adverse Reactions).
Paediatric population: The safety and efficacy of Dicetel have not sufficiently been established in children and experience is limited (see Precautions).
Currently available data are described in Pharmacology: Pharmacodynamics under Actions but no recommendation on a posology can be made.