Cough syrup Kashnol for children

Cough syrup for children is a medicine aimed at reducing cough, treating inflammatory processes, eliminating infection. It is also worth noting that the syrup is used in the treatment of many respiratory diseases as an auxiliary agent.

The syrup has a distinct raspberry smell, and also has a sweet taste and pleasant aroma. Children take this syrup with pleasure. The main active ingredient is salbutamol, which is produced in the form of sulfate.

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Indications Cashnol syrup

The drug is prescribed for acute and chronic infectious and somatic diseases of the respiratory tract. It is especially effective if the inflammatory process is accompanied by active sputum secretion. It can be used as an auxiliary agent in stopping attacks of bronchial asthma and asthmatic bronchitis. Indications for prescription are such respiratory diseases as tracheobronchitis, tracheitis, obstructive bronchitis, pneumonia, pulmonary emphysema, pneumoconiosis.

For more information about cough syrups for children, read this article.

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Release form

Available in 100 and 200 ml bottles. Available without a prescription, however, a preliminary consultation with a doctor is required.

Also, the active component is bromhexine hydrochloride and guaifenesin. Due to the menthol content, pain is reduced, the throat is frozen, swelling is removed. The composition includes quite a lot of auxiliary substances, such as sucrose, citric acid, sodium chloride and benzoate, various dyes and flavors. All this, on the one hand, determines the attractiveness of the drug for patients, especially for children. On the other hand, they can cause an allergic reaction. Or, due to these properties, an overdose often occurs.

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Pharmacodynamics

When studying the pharmacodynamic properties, it was found that Kashnol is a combination drug used for targeted elimination of cough symptoms. At the same time, it can also be used as an auxiliary agent, with the help of which various manifestations of pulmonary diseases are eliminated. This is due to the fact that the drug exhibits high tropism in relation to bronchopulmonary tissue.

Particularly active is the component salbutamol, which has a bronchodilator effect. It liquefies phlegm and promotes its removal from the body. Accordingly, the inflammatory process decreases rather quickly, the infection is eliminated. It is also worth noting that it is thanks to salbutamol, which is part of the syrup, that recovery occurs much faster. Salbutamol also has a mucolytic and expectorant effect. It affects the beta-adrenergic receptors of the bronchi.

Bromhexine is used to thin mucus. It increases the volume of mucus, which allows it to be removed from the body faster. At the same time, the respiratory tract receptors may be irritated. Accordingly, the cough intensifies. But this is not considered a side effect, since it is a natural reflex reaction of the body to irritation of the respiratory tract receptors. It is worth noting that it is precisely because the cough intensifies that the mucus is more quickly separated from the walls of the respiratory tract and is more easily removed from the body.

Also, sputum liquefaction occurs due to the fact that the walls of the respiratory tract are depolarized. Sputum is subject to surface tension, irritating receptors, which, accordingly, transmit an impulse to the cough center of the medulla oblongata along ascending innervation pathways. It, in turn, processes the received signal and sends an impulse to the smooth muscles of the respiratory tract. Due to this, the contractile activity of the muscles of the bronchopulmonary apparatus is significantly increased, therefore, accelerated removal of sputum and other secretions occurs.

The third mechanism of action of the drug is that it contains such an active component as guaifenesin. It promotes the activation of the enzymatic activity of those enzymes that are part of the mucous membranes. They promote the liquefaction of those deposits of sputum and other mucus that accumulates on the walls of the respiratory tract. Also, the synthesis of surface immunoglobulin is activated, which provides reliable protection of the body from foreign agents.

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Dosing and administration

It is not recommended to take the medicine on your own.

The drug is prescribed mainly to children over 6 years old. It is recommended to prescribe 1 teaspoon three times a day to children. If the cough is severe, it is necessary to administer an additional dose of the drug. Children over 12 years old can take 2 teaspoons. The recommended frequency of administration is 3-4 times a day. It is not recommended to take the drug more often, as an overdose may occur.

It is important to observe the correct interval between taking the medications. In particular, you cannot take the drug more often than every 6 hours. It is believed that during this time, the half-life period in the body occurs, the drug is absorbed by the body at a sufficient level. The new dosage will accumulate in the respiratory tract and will not cause an overdose. It is also not recommended to take the drug less often than every 6-7 hours, since its effectiveness is significantly reduced.

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Contraindications

Thus, all this allows us to conclude that contraindications to taking Kashnol are various severe diseases of the heart and vascular system, pathologies of the digestive organs. Also, you should not take the drug if a person has diabetes, especially in the decompensation stage. This is due, first of all, to the high sugar content in the syrup. It is also not recommended to take the drug against the background of hormonal imbalances, in particular, with various pathologies of the thyroid gland. In glaucoma, diseases of the stomach, intestines, you also need to pay special attention to possible side effects.

It is necessary to inform the attending physician about cases of tendency to allergic reactions. Sucrose and maltose deficiency also act as a relative contraindication to taking the drug. It is highly not recommended to take the drug in case of renal and hepatic insufficiency, as well as in the presence of severe disorders of the cardiovascular system. Fructose intolerance and glucose-galactose intolerance also act as contraindications to taking this drug in most cases.

The instructions also contain a warning, according to which the drug should be taken with caution by those patients who suffer from various vascular diseases, especially patients who have a tendency to hypertension (high blood pressure). In case of stomach and intestinal diseases, it can be taken only during remission, and only after prior consultation with a doctor.

The instructions separately state that the drug is contraindicated in kidney and liver diseases, as well as in heart failure. The drug is strictly contraindicated for children over 3 years of age.

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Side effects Cashnol syrup

It is necessary to ensure that side effects do not occur and, if they occur, appropriate measures must be taken as quickly as possible. Thus. Signs that the drug intake should be reduced or completely discontinued are headache, dizziness, increased nervous excitability, sleep disturbance. Also, taking the drug may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting. In more severe cases, tremors and diarrhea occur. Convulsions often appear, sleep is disturbed. It should also be taken into account that the drug has a negative effect on the digestive system. Thus, in the presence of various inflammatory diseases of the digestive system, an exacerbation may occur, especially in the presence of chronic diseases and against the background of long-term use of the drug. Many complications may occur, including an exacerbation of the ulcer, the transition of ulcerative gastritis to its chronic form.

It should also be taken into account that if the patient has a peptic ulcer, its exacerbation is quite often observed, bleeding develops. Also, accompanying signs of side effects are increased heart rate. Urine can be colored pink, acquire an unpleasant odor. Also, various allergic reactions develop quite often, which proceed mainly according to the delayed type. These can be various skin diseases, including urticaria, rash, irritation.

Blood pressure may react differently. In people who have a tendency to hypotension, blood pressure may drop sharply, even to a critical level (this is often observed against the background of a tendency to cardiovascular diseases, against the background of general muscle atony). With a tendency to hypertension, pressure often increases. In some cases, arrhythmia may be observed.

In severe cases, blood pressure can drop sharply, up to complete collapse. All this indicates that in the presence of any pathologies, and even functional disorders of the heart and blood vessels, the drug should be used with extreme caution, and in some cases it is better to exclude it altogether. In any case, the decision on the advisability of using this drug remains with the doctor.

Overdose

There are no known cases of overdose. However, it has been experimentally established that overdose is accompanied by increased. Clearly expressed manifestation of side effects. Treatment is mainly symptomatic, often requiring hospitalization. Overdose against the background of heart disease can have serious consequences for the life and health of the patient.

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Interactions with other drugs

As special instructions, it is indicated that the drug should not be taken together with antitussives, since its action, on the contrary, should be aimed at increasing the cough, as a result of which phlegm will be removed from the body faster. It should also be taken into account that Kashnol increases the degree of penetration of antibiotics into the respiratory tract and increases the degree of their absorption by the body. This property is often used in the treatment of severe inflammatory and infectious diseases of the respiratory tract (bacterial etiology).

Kashnol is especially effective in combination with antibiotics in the treatment of diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, tracheobronchitis. It allows you to get rid of the infectious and inflammatory process quite quickly, even with the development of pleurisy. It is also not recommended to take the drug simultaneously with beta-adrenergic receptor blockers, for example, with propanol, since spasm of the respiratory muscles may occur.

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