• 120 mg ginkgo leaf dry extract, extracted with acetone water (35-67:1)

• Croscarmellose sodium
• Silica, colloidal
• lactose-1 water
• lactose-1 water
• Magnesium stearate (vegetable)
• cellulose, microcrystalline
• Glucose syrup, spray dried
• Glucose syrup, spray dried
• Macrogol 3350
• poly(vinyl alcohol)
• talc
• titanium dioxide
• Iron(III) oxide hydrate, yellow

ginkgo leaf indication

• The preparation contains a dry extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves.
• It is a herbal medicine used to improve age-related cognitive impairment and quality of life in mild dementia.

ginkgo leaf dosage

• Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
• The recommended dose for adults and elderly patients is 1 film-coated tablet twice a day.
• The twice daily intake should be in the morning and evening.
• children and young people
  • There is no relevant indication for children and adolescents.
• Special patient groups
  • There are no data on dosing in case of impaired renal or hepatic function.
• duration of use
  • The treatment should last at least 8 weeks.
  • If the symptoms have not improved after 3 months or if the symptoms of the disease worsen, the doctor must check whether the continuation of the treatment is still justified.

• If you take more than you should
  • There are no known cases of overdose. You may experience increased symptoms as described in the "Side Effects" category.
  • If you have taken an overdose of ginkgo contact your doctor or seek medical advice as you may need medical treatment.

• If you forget to take a dose
  • Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.

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

ginkgo leaf way

• The film-coated tablets are taken orally. Do not take the tablets lying on your back. The tablets should be swallowed whole (not chewed) with liquid, preferably a glass of water. It can be taken independently of meals.

side ginkgo leaf effects

• Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
• Very common (may affect more than 1 in 10 people):
  • Headache.
• Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):
  • Dizziness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting.
• Not known (cannot be estimated from the available data):
  • Bleeding in individual organs (eyes, nose, cerebral and gastrointestinal bleeding), hypersensitivity reactions (allergic shock), allergic skin reactions (skin redness, oedema, itching and rash).
• If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This also applies to side effects that are not specified.

ginkgo leaf interactions

• Taking with other medicines
  • Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines.
  • This also includes medicines bought without a prescription.
  • Ginkgo can affect the way other medicines work.
  • Therefore, do not take this medication before consulting your doctor:
    • if you are taking anticoagulant medicines (e.g. phenprocoumon and warfarin) or antiplatelet medicines (e.g. clopidogrel, acetylsalicylic acid and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs),
    • if you take dabigatran
    • if you are taking nifedipine.
  • Concomitant use of Ginkgo biloba preparations and efavirenz is not recommended; Efavirenz plasma concentrations may be decreased.

ginkgo leaf Contraindications

• The medicine must not be taken
  • if you are allergic to ginkgo biloba extract or any of the other ingredients of this medicine,
  • during pregnancy.

pregnancy ginkgo leaf and breast feeding period

• 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.
• pregnancy
  • Since there is some evidence that ginkgo-containing preparations could increase the tendency to bleed, this medicine should not be taken during pregnancy.
• lactation
  • This medicine should not be used during breast-feeding as there are insufficient studies. It is not known whether the components of the extract are excreted in breast milk.

patient ginkgo leaf notes

• Warnings and Precautions
  • Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine:
    • if you have a pathologically increased tendency to bleed (haemorrhagic diathesis) and if you are being treated with blood-thinning medication,
    • if you have a history of seizures (epilepsy),
    • if an operation is planned in the next 3 to 4 days,
    • if you are taking efavirenz.
  • Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if symptoms worsen with treatment.
  • children and young people
    • There is no relevant indication for children and adolescents.

• Ability to drive and use machines
  • Your doctor will tell you if your illness allows you to drive and use machines.
  • No adequate studies on the effects on the ability to drive and use machines have been performed.