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PACKAGE LEAFLET

Package leaflet: Information for the user


Diabact UBT 50mg tablets

13C-urea


Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.


In this leaflet:

1. What Diabact UBT is and what it is used for

2. What you need to know before you take Diabact UBT

3. How to take Diabact UBT

4. Possible side effects

How to store Diabact UBT

6. Contents of the pack and other information


What Diabact UBT is and what it is used for


This medicine is for diagnostic use only to determine the presence of Helicobacter pylori.

Diabact UBT is a breath test that can be used to determine whether or not you have a primary or remaining infection in the stomach caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori.


What you need to know before you take Diabact UBT


Do not take Diabact UBT


Other medicines and Diabact UBT

Diabact UBT may be affected by other medicines. Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.

The risk for obtaining wrong diagnosis is increased if the test is performed within four (4) weeks after using antibiotics and within two (2) weeks after the last dose of acid reduction treatments.


Diabact UBT with foodand drink and alcohol


You should not eat for at least 6 hours before the test is performed. You may drink some water up to the time the test is performed.


Pregnancy andbreast-feeding and fertility

Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine. It is not expected that performing the breath test during pregnancy and lactation has a damaging effect.


Driving and using machines

Diabact UBT has no known effects on the ability to drive or to use machines.


How to take Diabact UBT

Always take Diabact UBT exactly as your doctor has told you. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

You should be fasting for at least 6 hours before the test is performed. The usual dose is one tablet as single dose. The tablet should be swallowed as whole with a glass of water. If the tablet is chewed, the test must be performed again as the risk of false results increase. A new test may be performed at the earliest the following day.


Stepwise description of the test procedure

To perform the test, 4 test tubes with stoppers and a straw are used.


1. You should begin the procedure with the two 00-MINUTES test tubes with blue stopper.

2. Swallow the tablet with a glass of water.

3. Wait for 10 minutes in an upright position (standing or sitting)

4. Blow into the two 10-MINUTES tubes with red stoppers in the way described above.


After the test has been performed, the tubes should be placed in the box, if the Diabact UBT kit is used. The address of the testing laboratory is to be filled in on the designated place on the underside of the box.


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


If you take more Diabact UBT than you should

Because only 1 tablet is provided in each kit, no overdose is expected. If you are uncertain, please contact your doctor.


Possible side effects


Like all medicines Diabact UBT can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.


Stomach pain, fatigue and distortion of the sense of smell (parosmia) have been reported.

If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.

Reporting of side effects

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the national reporting system listed in Appendix V*. By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.



5. How to store Diabact UBT


Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.


Do not use Diabact UBT after the expiry date which is stated on the label and carton after EXP. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.


Store in the original package in order to protect from light.

Do not store above 25°C.


Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help to protect the environment.


6. Contents of the pack and other information


What Diabact UBT contains



What Diabact UBT looks like and contents of the pack

Diabact UBT is a white round convex tablet.


Pack sizes:

1 tablet (kit)

10 x 1 tablets (without sample tubes and disposable straw).



Component

1 tablet (kit)

10 x 1 tablet

Tablet in a blister

1

10

Sample tubes for 00 minute breath sample (blue stopper)

2


Sample tubes for 10 minute breath sample (red stopper)


2


Disposable straw

1


Patient information

1

1

Extra bar code labels

2



Marketing Authorisation Holder


Kibion AB

Box 303

SE-751 05 Uppsala

Sweden

Phone: +46 18 780 88 00


Manufacturer

Idifarma Desarrollo Farmacéutico, S.L

Polígono Mocholí.

Calle Noáin No1

31110 Noáin (Navarra),

Spain


This medicinal product is authorised in the Member States of the EEA under the following names:

Diabact UBT (SE)

Diabact UBT 50 mg Tabletten (AT), (DE)

Diabact UBT 50 mg Tablet (UK), (IE)

Diabact UBT 50 mg (DK), (FI), (NO)


This leaflet was last revised in 2016-02-12.