Pharmacy Guide
Patient leaflets and SmPCs, drug interaction checker, official dosages and NHS pharmacy opening hours — all in one place.
Pharmacy Guide
Patient leaflets and SmPCs, drug interaction checker, official dosages and NHS pharmacy opening hours — all in one place.
Boots Wind Relief Tablets
⚠ This medicine appears to have been discontinued
The electronic medicines compendium (emc) no longer publishes a Summary of Product Characteristics for this product, which usually means it is no longer marketed in the UK. The patient leaflet below is kept for reference, but the product may not be available.
If you were prescribed this medicine, other products containing Aluminium hydroxide, Magnesium hydroxide, Simeticone may still be available. Do not stop your treatment — ask your pharmacist or GP what to use instead.
How to take it
this medicine
Do not take this medicine if you:
Aluminium Hydroxide, Magnesium Hydroxide, Simethicone
Tablets
Wind Relief
Always take this medicine exactly as described on this carton or as your doctor or pharmacist have told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. Check the foil is not broken before use. If it is, do not take that tablet. Age How often to take
- are allergic to any of the ingredients
- have low levels of phosphate in your blood
Talk to your pharmacist or doctor if you:
- have kidney problems
- take other medicines – tetracycline antibiotics, chloroquine (to prevent malaria), quinolone antibiotics (e.g. ciprofloxacin), penicillamine (for rheumatoid arthritis), phenothiazines (e.g. chlorpromazine for mental problems) Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines. 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. Important information about some of the other ingredients of this medicine This medicine contains sucrose. If you have been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking this medicinal product. May be harmful to the teeth. This medicine contains 402 mg sorbitol in each tablet.
Adults and children over 12 years Children 5 to 12 years
How many to take One or two tablets One tablet
After meals, at bedtime, or when you need to. After meals, at bedtime, or when you need to.
Suck or chew the tablets. Do not give to children under 5 years. If symptoms do not go away within 5 days talk to your doctor. If you take too many tablets: You may feel sick or be sick. Talk to a pharmacist or doctor if this happens.
208 mm
Possible side effects
Store below 25°C. Keep out of the sight and reach of children. Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the carton and blister foil. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month. Do not throw away medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help protect the environment.
How to store it
this medicine
Read all of this carton for full instructions.
Sorbitol is a source of fructose. If your doctor has told you that you (or your child) have an intolerance to some sugars or if you have been diagnosed with hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI), a rare genetic disorder in which a person cannot break down fructose, talk to your doctor before you (or your child) take or receive this medicine. Sorbitol may cause gastrointestinal discomfort and mild laxative effect.
What this medicine is for
This medicine contains a wind reliever and antacids, which can be used to relieve bloating and the pain of trapped wind. It can also be used to relieve the symptoms of indigestion, heartburn and excess acid.
Before you take this medicine
Frequently asked questions about Boots Wind Relief Tablets
How do I take Boots Wind Relief Tablets?
Boots Wind Relief Tablets comes as tablet. Always follow the dose your doctor or pharmacist has given you, and read the leaflet that comes with the medicine.
What is the active substance in Boots Wind Relief Tablets?
The active substance in Boots Wind Relief Tablets is aluminium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, simeticone.
Where does this information come from?
This leaflet reproduces the patient information leaflet approved for Boots Wind Relief Tablets, as published on the electronic medicines compendium (emc). The version printed inside your medicine’s packaging is the one that applies to you.
Can I get Boots Wind Relief Tablets without a prescription?
Whether a medicine is available over the counter or on prescription only depends on its licence. Check the leaflet, or ask your pharmacist — they can tell you straight away.
About this leaflet
The text above reproduces the patient information leaflet approved for this medicine, restructured for easier reading.
- Source: electronic medicines compendium (emc), Datapharm
- Active substance: aluminium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, simeticone
- Official document: view the original leaflet on emc →
⚕For healthcare professionals — Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC)Full SmPC: dosage, interactions, contraindications, warnings+
4.1. Therapeutic indications
For relief from discomfort of painful wind, indigestion, heartburn and excess acidity.
4.2. Posology and method of administration
For oral administration.
Adults and children over 12 years: One or two tablets to be sucked or chewed after meals, at bedtime or whenever discomfort is felt.
Children 5 to 12 years: One tablet to be sucked or chewed after meals, at bedtime or whenever discomfort is felt.
Children under 5 years: Not recommended.
Elderly: There is no need for dosage reduction in the elderly.
4.3. Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients.
Hypophosphataemia.
4.4. Special warnings and precautions for use
This product should be used with caution in patients with impaired renal function.
If symptoms persist for more than 5 days, consult your doctor.
Keep all medicines out of the reach of children.
This medicine contains 571 mg of sucrose (as icing sugar) in each tablet. Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption or sucrase-isomaltase insufficiency should not take this medicine. May be harmful to the teeth.
This medicine contains 402 mg of sorbitol in each tablet. Patients with hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI) should not take/be given this medicine. Sorbitol may cause gastrointestinal discomfort and mild laxative effect.
4.5. Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
This product may interfere with the absorption of tetracyclines, chloroquine, penicillamine, phenothiazines and quinolone antibacterials, when these are given concomitantly.
4.6. Pregnancy and lactation
There are no adequate human data from the use of aluminium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide in pregnant women. Studies in animals have not been done. No data are available to suggest any harmful effects in pregnant women, associated with simethicone. Caution should therefore be exercised when taken by pregnant women.
Although some aluminium and magnesium may be secreted in breast milk, the concentration is too small to be harmful. Secretion of simethicone in the breast milk of nursing mothers has not been established but would be most unlikely
4.7. Effects on ability to drive and use machines
No adverse effects known.
4.8. Undesirable effects
May occasionally cause diarrhoea or constipation, although the combination of magnesium and aluminium salts minimises these gastrointestinal effects.
Reporting of suspected adverse reactions
Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via the Yellow Card Scheme at www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store.
4.9. Overdose
Symptoms of overdosage include nausea, vomiting, gastrointestinal irritation, diarrhoea/constipation. Treatment should be symptomatic and supportive.
🇷🇴 Known in Romania as
Medicines sold in Romania with the same active substance: Cunoscut în România ca
⚠ Not the same combination. This medicine contains Aluminium hydroxide, Magnesium hydroxide, Simeticone. The products below do not contain exactly the same set of active substances — they are not direct substitutes.
⚠ Same active substance, but a different pharmaceutical form (for example a gel instead of a tablet). Not interchangeable — ask a pharmacist.
- MAGNESII SULFURICI POLPHARMA 200 mg/ml prescription partial — not the same combinationMAGNESII SULFAS · injection / infusion
- MAGNESIUM SULFATE KALCEKS 200 mg/ml prescription partial — not the same combinationMAGNESII SULFAS · injection / infusion
Some of these do not contain exactly the same active substances — check each one. The strength, the form and whether you need a prescription can differ. Always ask a pharmacist before you switch. Romanian medicines in the UK →
🇵🇱 Known in Poland as
Medicines sold in Poland with the same active substance: W Polsce znany jako
- MantiAluminii hydroxidum + Magnesii hydroxidum + Simeticonum · taken by mouth
Same active substance. The strength, the form and whether you need a prescription can differ. Always ask a pharmacist before you switch. Polish medicines in the UK →
💬 Ask about this leaflet
Ask anything about Boots Wind Relief Tablets. The assistant answers only from this leaflet — if the leaflet does not cover it, it will say so. It does not give medical advice.
Answers come from the patient leaflet published on the electronic medicines compendium (emc). They are not medical advice. Ask a pharmacist or your GP if you are unsure. For urgent help call NHS 111, or 999 in an emergency.