Bobotic for newborns

Bobotik is used very often for newborns, since the problem of colic worries many parents and children during this period. More often, parents are looking for a remedy that could easily relieve their child from such symptoms. Medicine and the market of drugs are growing every day, and there are many remedies for colic. It is necessary to consider the advantages and mechanism of action of Bobotik in order to understand when to use it.

Drops Bobotik is a drug from the group of surface substances, which acts on air bubbles when it enters the stomach. It has only one direction of action - air bubbles.

Indications Bobotica for the infant

Indications for use of the drug are increased gas formation in the digestive tract, use as a preparation before examination of the digestive organs, as well as in some poisonings, as an antifoam. The drug is used for colic due to its physical properties. The drug contains simethicone.

This medicine is used when a child has a tummy ache. These cases are often limited to colic, but other causes of tummy ache in a baby should not be excluded. The digestive system of newborn babies is not fully adapted to the external environment. After birth and the first six months, the child eats only breast milk, which is the main food for the baby. But his body does not have an adapted digestive system. Firstly, the size of the stomach and intestines in a child corresponds to his weight, that is, they are small. The liver and pancreas do not perform their functions the same way as in adults. The functional activity and the process of digestion of proteins, fats and carbohydrates in the wall of the small intestine may be imperfect. Therefore, despite the fact that the main food for a newborn during this period is breast milk, even such simple food may not undergo the digestion process completely. Partial products of milk hydrolysis, being in the child's intestines, can cause bloating, fermentation, which causes all the unpleasant sensations in the baby.

Also, the child's intestinal nervous system is not fully developed. This leads to the fact that the intestinal innervation process is disrupted. Therefore, the process of food movement and intestinal tone can change depending on insufficient regulation to a greater or lesser extent. This leads to the fact that increased fermentation causes the formation of excess gases, which cannot be eliminated due to disturbances in the intestinal innervation and tone. These gases cause bloating in the baby, which manifests itself in severe stabbing pains in the tummy. At the same time, it makes no difference how much gas is in the intestine - even a small amount causes such sensations. This is what colic is in children. Since insufficient development is more typical for newborns, colic occurs during this period.

The use of such drugs as Bobotik is pathogenetically justified in the case of colic. Some parents use this drug for any problems in children - functional constipation or diarrhea, regurgitation. But this drug does not specifically treat such problems, but only if there are gases - it works. Therefore, Bobotik can be the number one drug for colic in newborns, but for other problems this medicine is additional in treatment.

What are the symptoms of colic? If your baby cries for 3 or more hours a day, at least 3 days a week for 3 weeks, then it is most likely colic. Colic is caused when your baby has gas bubbles in his gastrointestinal tract. These bubbles often form when your baby takes in excess air while eating. There are other signs of such problems: pulling legs to the stomach, crying when feeding, has a swollen and hard stomach, red face. In such cases, if you cannot be sure whether it is colic or not, you can use Bobotik as a test, if it helps, then it is definitely colic, but the drug will not cause any harm.

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Pharmacodynamics

The pharmacodynamics of the drug is determined by the mechanism of action of the main substance. How does the drug work? Simethicone, which is part of Bobotik, acts on the edge of two phases, reducing their surface tension. Due to this, the surface tension of gas bubbles decreases, they combine into large bubbles in the stomach, which are easier to carry, providing the child with almost instant relief from the feeling of colic in the abdomen.

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Pharmacokinetics

The pharmacokinetics of the drug Bobotik have no special features, because the drug is not absorbed at all and is excreted unchanged. The drug does not affect the absorption of other drugs, does not reduce the volume of the stomach. How long does Bobotik work? Considering that neither absorption nor activation of the active substance is required for the drug to start working, the drug begins to work as soon as it enters the digestive organs, that is, after five to ten minutes. How long does Bobotik work? As soon as all the molecules of the drug have bound with air bubbles, they are excreted from the intestines and stop working. That is, the drug works as long as there are gases. Therefore, after each feeding, the drug must be given again, because it works for several hours while it is in the stomach.

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Dosing and administration

How to give and how many times a day to give Bobotik? The method of application is no different from other similar drugs - it is oral. The drug is released in drops. Therefore, the doses are limited for children under one year - 16 drops per application. If it is difficult to give drops to a small child, then you can dilute it with water.

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Contraindications

Contraindications for use are limited only to individual intolerance, as well as intestinal obstruction, which does not occur in healthy children.

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Side effects Bobotica for the infant

No side effects have been identified, because the medicine is not absorbed. Therefore, when speaking about the question of from what age can Bobotik be taken, it must be answered that from the neonatal period precisely because of the absence of side effects.

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Overdose

Overdose and interaction with other drugs are not observed, since the drug is not absorbed into the blood. There may be minor binding with levothyroxine drugs.

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Storage conditions

Storage conditions and shelf life are normal and comply with the instructions.

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Analogues of this drug are drugs with a similar active ingredient simethicone, which include Espumisan baby, Kuplaton.

There are also analogues that are an effective alternative to simethicone. Plantex, Baby Calm, Sab Simplex are preparations based on dill or fennel, which have a natural vitrogonic effect. Dill water for newborns can also be used for colic, as an alternative to simethicone.

Espumisan for newborns can be used if Bobotik does not help. Although the drugs have the same substance, there are individual characteristics of your child, and if one drug does not work, another may be effective.

Bobotik for newborns is one of the most common means for treating colic in your baby. And the effectiveness of the drug is explained by its mechanism of action. The absence of side effects allows the drug to be used in newborns.