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What is Selincro?
Selincro is medicine that contains the active ingredient nalmefene. It is available as tablets (18 mg) and is used to help reduce alcohol consumption in adults with alcohol dependence who consume more than 60 grams of alcohol a day (for men) or more than 40 grams of alcohol a day (for women). There is no risk of becoming dependent on Selincro.
This medication is available for people who do not have physical withdrawal symptoms and who do not require immediate detoxification.
You must record at least 2 weeks of your alcohol consumption before taking your online consultation.
Our Doctors advise that patients taking this medication for the first time have only 14 tablets. Once it has been established that the medication is suitable, then 14 or 28 tablets may then be requested.
How does it work?
The active substance in Selincro, nalmefene, attaches to certain opioid receptors in the brain. Opioid receptors play a role in addiction and, by attaching to them and modifying their activity, nalmefene helps reduce the urge to drink in people accustomed to large amounts of alcohol. Selincro does not prevent the intoxicating effects of alcohol.
How much am I drinking?
A standard drink of alcohol is defined as a number of grams of pure alcohol with in that drink. A standard drink contains 10 grams of pure alcohol. Below is a guide line of what is classed as a standard drink.
Red or White Wine
(13% alc./vol)
Beer / Larger (5.0% alc./vol)
Spirits (40% alc./vol)
Small glass (100ml) = 1.0 standard drink
1/2 a pint (275ml)= 1.0 standard drink
Single (30ml) = 1 standard drink
Bottle (750ml) = 7.5 standard drinks
Bottle (700ml) = 22 standard drinks
Where can I buy Selincro online?
You can buy Selincro with or without a prescription at Medical Specialists, after completing a simple online consultation. Just complete an online consultation by clicking the orange button above. We are the UK’s leading online supplier of prescription medication in the UK and our pharmacy is regulated by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Ask Our Prescriber / Pharmacist
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For full patient information, please read or print out the leaflet provided at the bottom of this page.
This patient information leaflet is provided for information purposes only. This leaflet information should not be used in contradiction with your Doctor or Pharmacist's advice. Medical Specialists recommend that you carefully read the information leaflet provided with your medication. Medical Specialists will not accept liability for information displayed. Please refer to the leaflet provided with your medication for the latest manufacturer's information.
How We Package Your Order
Your medication is sealed in a plain shipping box for protection then placed inside a tamper-proof Royal Mail special delivery envelope before being dispatched from our in-house Pharmacy.
Discreet Plain Packaging
Royal Mail Special Delivery
No Mention of Medication
Possible Side Effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause Side Effects, although not everybody gets them.
Few cases of Side Effects of seeing, hearing or sensing things that are not there or feeling
detached from oneself have been reported. However, the frequency of these Side Effects
cannot be estimated from the available data.
The Side Effects reported with Selincro were mainly mild or moderate, occurred at the
beginning of treatment and lasted for a few hours to a few days.
If you continue treatment with Selincro, or start again after a break in treatment, you will
probably not have Side Effects.
In some cases, it may be difficult for you to distinguish Side Effects from the symptoms you
may feel when you reduce your alcohol consumption.
The following Side Effects have been reported with Selincro:
Very common, which may affect more than 1 in 10 people:
Feeling sick
Dizziness
Inability to sleep
Headache
Common, which may affect up to 1 in 10 people:
Loss of appetite
Difficulty sleeping
Confusion
Feeling restless
Reduced sex drive
Body twitches
Feeling less alert
Peculiar sensation in the skin like pins and
needles
Reduced sense of touch
Racing heart
A sensation of a rapid, forceful, or irregular beating of the heart
Feeling of exhaustion, weakness, discomfort or uneasiness, feeling strange
Vomiting
Dry mouth
Excessive sweating
Muscle spasms
Weight loss
Other Side Effects:
Seeing, hearing or sensing things that are not there
Feeling detached from oneself
At this time, the frequency of these Side Effects cannot be estimated from the available data.
Do not take:
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Selincro. Inform your doctor about any other
diseases you may have, for example, depression, seizure, liver or kidney disease.
If you and your doctor have decided that your immediate goal is abstinence (not drinking any
alcohol), you should not take Selincro because Selincro is indicated for reduction of alcohol
consumption.
If you require emergency medical attention, tell your doctor that you are taking Selincro.
Your use of Selincro may affect your doctor’s choice of emergency treatment.
If you are going to have a surgical procedure, talk to your doctor at least 1 week before the
procedure. You may need to stop taking Selincro temporarily.
If you feel detached from yourself, see or hear things that are not there, and this continues to
recur for more than a few days, stop taking Selincro and talk to your doctor.
If you are 65 years old or above, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Selincro.
Children and adolescents
Selincro should not be used in children or adolescents below the age of 18 years because
Selincro has not been tested in this age group.
Other medicines and Selincro
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other
medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription. Caution should be excercised
when taking medicines such as diclofenac (antiinflammatory medicine used to treat, for
example, muscle pain), fluconazole (antibiotic used to treat diseases caused by some types of
fungus), omeprazole (medicine used to block the production of acid in the stomach), or
rifampicin (antibiotic used to treat diseases caused by some types of bacteria) together with
Selincro.
If you take medicines containing opioids, the effects of these medicines will be reduced, or
the medicines may not work at all if you take them together with Selincro. These medicines
include certain types of cough and cold medicines, certain medicines for diarrhoea and strong
pain killers.
Selincro with food and alcohol
Selincro does not prevent the intoxicating effects of alcohol.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a
baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.
It is not known if Selincro is safe to use during pregnancy and breast-feeding.
Selincro is not recommended if you are pregnant.
If you are breast-feeding, you and your doctor should make a decision whether to discontinue
breast-feeding or to discontinue Selincro therapy, taking into account the benefit of breastfeeding
to the child and the benefit of therapy to you.
Driving and using machines
The effects of this medicine on the ability to drive and use machines have not been studied.
Selincro may cause Side Effects such as nausea, dizziness, insomnia, and headache. The
majority of these reactions were mild or moderate, occurred at the beginning of treatment and
lasted for a few hours to a few days. These Side Effects may affect your skills when driving or
doing anything that requires you to be alert, including operating machinery.
Selincro contains lactose.
If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact
your doctor before taking this medicine.