• Store at room temperature.
• Protect tablets from moisture. Do not store in a bathroom or kitchen.
• If you have a life-threatening allergy, wear allergy identification at all times.
• Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's medicine.
• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
• Most medicines can be thrown away in household trash after mixing with coffee grounds or kitty litter and sealing in a plastic bag.
• Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, natural products, supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant).
• Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or in Canada to Health Canada's Canada Vigilance Program at 1-866-234-2345.
• Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine, including over-the-counter, natural products, or vitamins.
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• Check medicines with healthcare provider. This medicine may not mix well with other medicines.
• Do not take oral medicine with milk, other dairy products, calcium, magnesium, or iron with this medicine.
• Do not drink coffee or eat for at least 30 minutes after using the rinse or gel.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding.
• Nausea or vomiting. Small frequent meals, frequent mouth care, sucking hard, sugar-free candy, or chewing sugar-free gum may help.
• Tooth staining.
• If you suspect an overdose, call your local poison control center or emergency department immediately.
• Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing; chest tightness; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; or swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Severe nausea or vomiting.
• Any rash.
• No improvement in condition or feeling worse.
ACT® Plus [OTC]; ACT® x2™ [OTC]; ACT® [OTC]; CaviRinse™; ControlRx®; Denta 5000 Plus; DentaGel; Epiflur™; EtheDent™ [DSC]; Fluor-A-Day; Fluorigard® [OTC]; Fluorinse®; Flura-Drops®; Gel-Kam® Rinse; Gel-Kam® [OTC]; Just for Kids™ [OTC]; Lozi-Flur™; Luride® Lozi-Tab®; Luride® [DSC]; NeutraCare®; NeutraGard® Advanced; NeutraGard® Plus; NeutraGard® [OTC]; Omnii Gel™ [OTC]; PerioMed™; Pharmaflur® 1.1 [DSC]; Pharmaflur® [DSC]; Phos-Flur®; Phos-Flur® Rinse [OTC]; PreviDent®; PreviDent® 5000 Plus®; StanGard®; StanGard® Perio; Stop®; Thera-Flur-N® [DSC]
• If you have an allergy to fluoride or any other part of this medicine.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other symptoms involved.
• If the fluoride content of your drinking water is greater than or equal to 0.7 parts per million.
• If you are on a low-salt or salt-free diet.
Lozenge, drops:
• Take this medicine with or without food. Take with food if it causes an upset stomach.
• Dissolve tablets in mouth, chew, swallow whole, or add to water or fruit juice. Add to water for use in infant formulas.
• A liquid (drops) is available if you cannot swallow pills.
• Those who have feeding tubes can also use the liquid. Flush the feeding tube before and after medicine is given. Take alone or mix with liquids or food.
Chewable tablet:
• Take this medicine with or without food. Take with food if it causes an upset stomach.
• Chew or crush well. Do not swallow whole.
• May be mixed with water or fruit juice.
• Use this medicine before bedtime.
Rinse, gel:
• Use this medicine before bedtime.
• Brush with this medicine for 2 minutes and spit out.
• Do not swallow medicine.
• If using the rinse, swish around for 1 minute before spitting out.
• Some products are used daily while others are used once a week. Follow directions given by healthcare provider.
• Take a missed dose as soon as possible.
• If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and return to your regular schedule.
• Do not take a double dose or extra doses.
• Do not change dose or stop medicine. Talk with healthcare provider.
• Change in condition being treated. Is it better, worse, or about the same?
• Take good care of your teeth. See a dentist regularly.
• Follow up with healthcare provider.
