Dioscomb® 500 mg

Dioscomb 500 mg

What is Dioscomb and what is it used for?
Dioscomb is a medicine for vascular protection (vasoprotector). It increases venous tone and the resistance of small blood vessels.

Dioscomb is used in adults:

• to treat symptoms associated with chronic venous disease of the legs:
  heavy legs, swollen legs, pain, nocturnal leg cramps.
• to treat functional symptoms associated with acute hemorrhoidal conditions,
  such as pain, bleeding and swelling in the anal region.
  

How to take Dioscomb?
Always take this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet or exactly as directed by your doctor or pharmacist. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

Chronic venous disease (venous insufficiency):
The recommended dose for adults is two film-coated tablets daily, preferably one
film-coated tablet at lunchtime and one film-coated tablet in the evening, each with meals.

Please consult your doctor or pharmacist if you do not feel better or even worse after 6 weeks of taking Dioscomb to treat the symptoms of chronic venous disease.
If you need to continue taking Dioscomb, the duration of your treatment will be decided by your doctor. Acute hemorrhoidal symptoms:

The recommended dose for adults for the first 4 days of treatment is 3 film-coated tablets twice daily (6 tablets per day). For the following 3 days, the dose is 2 film-coated tablets twice daily (4 tablets per day). The dose for maintenance treatment is 1 film-coated tablet twice daily. The film-coated tablets should be taken with meals.

For this indication, you should only take Dioscomb for a limited period of 15 days.

If you are taking Dioscomb to treat symptoms of acute hemorrhoidal disease,
you must talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you do not feel better or even worse after 7 days.

The score line is for breaking the film-coated tablet only if you have difficulty swallowing it whole.

If you have taken more Dioscomb than you should
If you have taken more film-coated tablets than you should, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. So far, no cases of overdose with Dioscomb have been reported.

If you forget to take Dioscomb
Do not take a double dose if you have forgotten to take the previous dose.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Contents of the pack and other information
What Dioscomb contains

• The active ingredients are micronized flavonoids containing diosmin and other flavonoids
  called hesperidin. Each film-coated tablet contains 500 mg of micronized flavonoids,
  containing 450 mg of diosmin and 50 mg of other flavonoids called hesperidin.
  
• The other ingredients are:
  Core: magnesium stearate, talc, corn starch, gelatin, microcrystalline cellulose (Type 102).
  Coating: red iron oxide (E172), yellow iron oxide (E172), macrogol 3350, partially
  hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide (E171), talc.

What is Dioscomb and what is it used for?
Dioscomb is a medicine for vascular protection (vasoprotector). It increases venous tone and the resistance of small blood vessels.