Milkwell

PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET

Ingredients

Fenugreek extract, Fennel, Blessed Thistle, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B12

Other ingredients: Magnesium stearate, free flowing agent

Complementary Medicine: Combination Product

This unregistered medicine has not been evaluated by SAHPRA for its quality, safety or intended use.

Be Bright Milkwell is available without a doctor’s prescription, and is indicated to support lactation.

Nevertheless, you still need to use Be Bright Milkwell carefully to get the best results from it. 

  • Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
  • Do not share Be Bright Milkwell with any other person.
  • Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you need more information or advice.

What is in this leaflet  

  1. What Be Bright Milkwell is and what it is used for
  2. What you need to know before you use Be Bright Milkwell
  3. How to use Be Bright Milkwell
  4. Possible side effects
  5. How to store Be Bright Milkwell
  6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. What Be Bright Milkwell is and what it is used for?

Be Bright Milkwell is a complementary medicine that is used to support lactation.

2. What you need to know before you use Be Bright Milkwell

Do not use Be Bright Milkwell:

If you are hypersensitive (allergic) to Fenugreek extract, Fennel, Blessed thistle, Vitamin 1, Vitamin B2 or Vitamin B12 or any other ingredients listed in Be Bright Milkwell (listed in section 6)

Take special care:

  • If you have a medical condition or if you are currently taking any other medicine.
  • If your symptoms persist or worsen, or if you feel uncertain or ill or concerned in any way, you should consult with your healthcare provider.
  • Do not use Be Bright Milkwell with alcohol.
  • Not to be taken with any other medication without consulting your healthcare provider.
  • If you are allergic to soybeans, nuts, green peas and other legumes, please speak to your healthcare provider, as you can be allergic to Fenugreek.


Children and adolescents 

Be Bright Milkwell is not recommended for individuals below the age of 18 years, unless under advice by your healthcare provider 

Other medicines and Be Bright Milkwell

Always tell your healthcare provider if you are taking any other medicine. This includes all complementary or traditional medicines.

The following medicines may also cause an interaction with certain ingredients in Be Bright Milkwell

  • Diabetic medication
  • Anti-coagulant medication: Fenugreek can affect the efficacy of medication
  • Medication for respiratory diseases and asthma
  • Acid reflux medication
  • Birth control pills
  • Hormone replacement therapy
  • Blood pressure medication
  • Anti-inflammatory medication

Be Bright Milkwell with food, drink and alcohol

Avoid drinking alcohol if you are taking Be Bright Milkwell, for the health of your baby.

Pregnancy

If you are pregnant, do not start taking Be Bright Milkwell. Only commence when you start lactating. Please consult your doctor, pharmacist or other healthcare provider for advice before using Be Bright Milkwell.

Safety for use during pregnancy has not been established.

Driving and using machinery 

Be Bright Milkwell will most likely not affect the ability to drive or operate machinery.

3. How to use Be Bright Milkwell

Do not share medicines with any other person. 

Always use Be Bright Milkwell exactly as described in this leaflet or as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

Adults 18 years and older

Take 2 capsules in the morning after food, and at least 2 hours before or after any other medication or as recommended by a healthcare provider.

Swallow the capsule whole and do not open or chew.

Do not exceed the recommended dose. 

If you take more Be Bright Milkwell than you should

In the event of an overdosage, consult your doctor or pharmacist. If neither is available, contact the nearest hospital or poison centre. Take this leaflet and the remaining capsules with you so the doctor will know what you have taken.

If you forget to take Be Bright Milkwell

Do not take a double dose to make up for individual forgotten doses. 

4. Possible side effects

Be Bright Milkwell can have side effects. 

Not all side effects reported for Be Bright Milkwell are included in this leaflet. Should your general health worsen or if you experience any untoward effects while taking Be Bright Milkwell, please consult your healthcare provider for advice. 

If any of the following happens, stop using Be Bright Milkwell and tell your doctor immediately, or go to the casualty department at your nearest hospital: 

Immediate medical attention is critical. Even if you do not show symptoms of an overdose, go immediately to your nearest hospital or poison centre. The symptoms can include nausea, stomach pain, vomiting, or severe diarrhoea. In addition to these symptoms, drowsiness, tiredness, excitation, disorientation headache, blurred vision, shaky eye movement and breathing problems should be treated.

These are all very serious side effects. If you have them, you may have had a serious allergic reaction to Be Bright Milkwell. You may need urgent medical attention or hospitalisation. 

Tell your doctor as soon as possible if you notice any of the following:

Constant sleepiness, dizziness; headache; tremor; anxiety low blood pressure; chest tightness; diarrhoea; nausea; vomiting; increased heart rate.

If you notice any side effects not mentioned in this leaflet, please inform your doctor or pharmacist. 

Reporting of side effects 

If you get side effects, inform your doctor or pharmacist. You can also report side effects to SAHPRA via the “6.04 Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting Form”, found online under SAHPRA’s publications: http://www.sahpra.org.za/Publications/Index/8. By reporting side effects, you can help provide more information on the safety of Be Bright Milkwell.

5. How to store Be Bright Milkwell
  • Store at or below 25 °C in a dry place away from moisture and direct sunlight.
  • Store all medicines out of reach of children.
  • Store in the original container until required for use.
  • Do not use after the expiry date stated on the label.
  • Return all unused medicine to your pharmacist.
  • Do not dispose of unused medicine in drains or sewerage systems (e.g. toilets).
6. Contents of the pack and other information 

Each vegetable (cellulose) capsule contains:

Fenugreek extract 150 mg

Fennel 100 mg

Blessed thistle 100 mg

Vitamin B1 1.2 mg

Vitamin B2 1.3 mg

Vitamin B12 2.5 mcg

The other ingredients are magnesium stearate, free flowing agent

Sugar free

Pack size: 60 capsules.

What Be Bright Milkwell looks like and contents of the pack:

White capsule. The capsules are packed in a clear, amber plastic bottle with a pressure seal and a smooth, peach, screw cap lid.

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Unit 38 Boulevard Business Park. 14 Belladonna Road, Cornubia, Durban, kwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

This leaflet was last revised in June 2025

Bestandele

Fenugreek extract, Fennel, Blessed Thistle, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B12.

Ander bestanddele: Magnesium stearate, vryvloeiende middel

Komplementêre Medisyne: Kombinasie Produk

Hierdie ongeregistreerde medisyne is nie deur SAHPRA vir kwaliteit, veiligheid of beoogde gebruik geëvalueer nie.

Lees die hele pamflet noukeurig deur, want dit bevat belangrike inligting vir jou.

Be Bright Milkwell is beskikbaar sonder ‘n dokter se voorskrif en word aangedui om laktasie te ondersteun.  Nietemin moet Be Bright Milkwell steeds versigtig gebruik word om die beste resultate daaruit te kry.

  • Bewaar hierdie pamflet. Jy moet dit dalk weer lees.
  • Moenie Be Bright Milkwell met enige ander persoon deel nie.
  • Vra jou gesondheidsorgverskaffer of apteker indien jy meer inligting of advies nodig het.

Wat is in hierdie pamflet

  1. Wat Be Bright Milkwell is en waarvoor dit gebruik word
  2. Wat jy moet weet voordat jy Be Bright Milkwell gebruik
  3. Hoe om Be Bright Milkwell te gebruik
  4. Moontlike newe-effekte
  5. Hoe om Be Bright Milkwell te bêre
  6. Inhoud van die pak en ander inligting
1. Wat Be Bright Milkwell is en waarvoor dit gebruik word

Be Bright Milkwell is 'n komplementêre medisyne wat gebruik word om laktasie te ondersteun.

2. Wat jy moet weet voordat jy Be Bright Milkwell gebruikMoenie Be Bright Milkwell gebruik nie:

Moenie Be Bright Milkwell gebruik nie:

Indien jy hipersensitief (allergies) is vir Fenugreek-uittreksel, Fennel, Blessed Thistle, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B12 of vir enige van die ander bestandele van BE BRIGHT Milkwell (gelys in afdeling 6)

Waarskuwings en voorsorgmaatreëls

Neem spesiale sorg:

  • Indien jy ‘n mediese toestand het of as jy tans enige ander medisyne gebruik.
  • As jou simptome voortduur of vererger, of indien jy onseker of siek of op enige manier bekommerd voel, moet jy met jou gesondheidsorgverskaffer raadpleeg.
  • Moenie Be Bright Milkwell saam met alkohol gebruik nie.
  • Moet nie saam met enige ander medikasie geneem word sonder om jou gesondheidsorgverskaffer te raadpleeg nie.
  • As jy allergies is vir sojabone, neute, groen ertjies en ander peulgewasse, praat asseblief met jou gesondheidsorgverskaffer, aangesien jy allergies kan wees vir Fenugreek.

Kinders en adolessente

Be Bright Milkwell word nie aanbeveel vir individue onder die ouderdom van 18 jaar nie, tensy op advies van jou gesondheidsorgverskaffer.

Ander medisyne en Be Bright Milkwell 

Lig altyd jou gesondheidsorgverskaffer in as jy enige ander medisyne gebruik. Dit sluit alle komplementêre of tradisionele medisyne in.

Die volgende medisyne kan ook 'n interaksie met Be Bright Milkwell veroorsaak:

  • Diabetiese medikasie.
  • Antikoagulantmedikasie: Fenugreek kan die doeltreffendheid van medikasie beinvloed.
  • Medikasie vir respiratoriese siektes en asma.
  • Suur terugvloei medikasie.
  • Geboortebeperkingspille.
  • Hormoonvervangingsterapie.
  • Bloeddrukmedikasie.
  • Anti-inflammatoriese medikasie.

Be Bright Milkwell met kos, drinkgoed en alkohol

Vermy die drink van alkohol as jy Be Bright Milkwell neem, vir die gesondheid van jou baba.

Swangerskap

As jy swanger is, moenie Be Bright Milkwell begin neem nie.  Begin slegs wanneer jy begin lakteer.  Raadpleeg asseblief jou dokter, apteker of ander gesondheidsorgverskaffer vir advies voordat jy Be Bright Milkwell gebruik.

Veiligheid vir gebruik tydens swangerskap is nie vasgestel nie.

Bestuur en gebruik van masjinerie

Be Bright Milkwell sal heel waarskynlik nie die vermoë om te bestuur of masjinerie te gebruik, beïnvloed nie.

3. Hoe om Be Bright Milkwell te gebruik

Moenie medisyne met enige ander persoon deel nie.

Gebruik Be Bright Milkwell altyd presies soos wat in hierdie pamflet aangedui word, of soos wat jou dokter of apteker vir jou aangewys het. Vra gerus jou dokter of apteker indien jy onseker is.

Volwassenes 18 jaar en ouer

Neem 2 kapsules in die oggend na etes, en ten minste 2 ure voor of na enige ander medikasie of soos aanbeveel deur ‘n gesondheidsorgverskaffer.

Sluk die kapsule heel in en moenie oopmaak of kou nie.

Moenie die aanbevole dosis oorskry nie.

As jy meer Be Bright Milkwell neem as wat jy behoort

In die geval van 'n oordosis, raadpleeg jou dokter of apteker. Indien nie een beskikbaar is nie, kontak die naaste hospitaal of gifsentrum.

Neem hierdie pamflet en die oorblywende kapsules saam sodat die dokter sal weet wat jy geneem het.

As jy vergeet om Be Bright Milkwell te neem

Moenie 'n dubbele dosis neem om op te maak vir individuele vergete dosisse nie.

4. Moontlike newe-effekte

Be Bright Milkwell kan newe-effekte hê.

Nie alle newe-effekte wat vir Be Bright Milkwell gerapporteer is, word in hierdie pamflet ingesluit nie.  Indien jou algemene gesondheid versleg of as jy enige nadelige effekte ervaar terwyl jy Be Bright Milkwell neem, raadpleeg asseblief jou gesondheidsorgverskaffer vir advies.

Indien enige van die volgende gebeur, hou op om Be Bright Milkwell te gebruik en vertel jou dokter dadelik, of gaan na die ongevalle-afdeling by jou naaste hospitaal:

Onmiddellike mediese aandag is van kritieke belang. Selfs as jy nie simptome van ’n oordosis toon nie, gaan dadelik na jou naaste hospitaal of gifsentrum.  Die simptome kan naarheid, maagpyn, braking of erge diarree insluit. Benewens hierdie simptome, moet lomerigheid, moegheid, opgewondenheid, disoriëntasie hoofpyn, versteurde visie, bewerige oogbewegings en asemhalingsprobleme behandel word.

Hierdie is baie ernstige newe-effekte. Indien jy dit het, mag jy ’n ernstige allergiese reaksie op Be Bright Milkwell gehad het. Jy mag dringende mediese bystand of hospitalisasie benodig.

Lig jou dokter so gou as moontlik in as jy enige van die volgende opmerk:

Naarheid; duiseligheid; hoofpyn; bewing; angs; lae bloeddruk; benoudheid op die bors; diarree; braking; verhoogte hartklop; korwe of uitslag.

Indien u enige newe-effekte opmerk wat nie in hierdie pamflet genoem word nie, stel asseblief u dokter of apteker in kennis.

Rapportering van newe-effekte

As jy newe-effekte ondervind, stel jou dokter of apteker in kennis.  Jy kan ook newe-effekte aan SAHPRA rapporteer via die “6.04 Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting Form”, wat aanlyn by SAHPRA se publikasies beskikbaar is: http://www.sahpra.org.za/Publications/Index/8 . Deur newe-effekte te rapporteer kan jy help om meer inligting rakende die veiligheid van Be Bright Milkwell te verskaf.

5.Hoe om Be Bright Milkwell te bêre
  • Bêre by of onder 25 °C in ‘n droë plek weg van vog en direkte sonlig.
  • Bêre alle medisyne buite bereik van kinders.
  • Bêre in die oorspronklike houer tot benodig word vir gebruik.
  • Moenie gebruik na die vervaldatum op die etiket nie.
  • Neem alle ongebruikte medisyne na u apteker terug.
  • Moenie ongebruikte medisyne in afvoerpype of rioolsisteme (bv. toilette) weggooi nie.
6. Inhoud van die verpakking en ander inligting

Wat Be Bright Milkwell bevat

Elke plantaardige (sellulose) kapsule bevat:

Fenugreek-uittreksel 150 mg

Fennel 100 mg

Blessed Thistle 100 mg

Vitamin B1 1.2 mg

Vitamin B2 1.3 mg

Vitamin B12 2.5 mcg

Die ander bestanddele is magnesiumstearaat, ‘n vryvloeimiddel.

Suikervry

Hoe Be Bright Milkwell lyk en inhoud van die verpakking

Wit kapsules.  Die kapsules word verpak in a deursigtige, bruinkleurige plastiese bottel met ń drukseël en ‘n gladde, perskekleurige skroefdopdeksel.

Verpakkingsgrootte: 60 kapsules.

Be Bright

Unit 38 Boulevard Business Park, 14 Belladonnaweg, Cornubia, Durban, Suid-Afrika, 4332