Buscopan Cramps Tablets 10mg (Hyoscine Butylbromide)

For IBS: Who we can supply: adults 18 and over whose IBS has been diagnosed by a doctor. We don’t diagnose IBS online: if you haven’t been diagnosed, please see your GP. If you’re 60 or over, we can supply Buscopan Cramps for IBS you’ve had for a while, but new or changed bowel symptoms need your GP.

See your GP first (don’t use this treatment) if you have: blood in your poo, or black poo; weight loss you can’t explain, or a lump in your tummy or back passage; a change in your bowel habit and you’re 60 or over; tummy swelling or bloating that won’t go away, especially if you’re 50 or over (women); a high temperature, vomiting, or severe pain that keeps getting worse; a family history of bowel or ovarian cancer, or of coeliac or inflammatory bowel disease, and new symptoms.

Our guide to IBS red flags explains why these matter.

This service isn’t suitable if you’re pregnant or breastfeeding. Please speak to your GP or midwife.

For period cramps: see your GP instead if your periods have changed, the pain is new or getting worse, you have bleeding between periods or after sex, unusual discharge, or a coil fitted, or you could be pregnant. Our period pain guide explains when pain needs checking.

Don’t take hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan) if you have: narrow-angle glaucoma; myasthenia gravis; a blocked bowel (obstruction or ileus), or a very swollen bowel (megacolon); a rare sugar intolerance (fructose, glucose-galactose or sucrase-isomaltase), as the tablet coating contains sucrose.

Tell the prescriber if you: have a fast or irregular heartbeat, heart failure or an overactive thyroid; have difficulty passing urine, for example an enlarged prostate; take medicines with similar effects: some antidepressants (amitriptyline and other tricyclics), antihistamines, antipsychotics, amantadine, quinidine, disopyramide, or tiotropium or ipratropium inhalers; take metoclopramide or domperidone, which work against Buscopan, or a beta-agonist such as salbutamol, which can add to a fast heartbeat.

The licence for this pack adds: see a doctor before using it if you’re 40 or over and it’s been a while since your last IBS flare or your symptoms are different, or if you’ve recently travelled abroad, have abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge, or have difficulty passing urine.