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Dr. Mom from a cough for children and adults

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Last reviewed: 10.08.2022
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Drug line of drugs Dr. Mom is presented in various forms and is used as a symptomatic medication for softening and alleviating cough. Among the components of Dr. Mom are mainly natural substances - extracts from medicinal raw materials. Due to its rich composition, Dr. Mom is an excellent mucolytic, bronchodilator, secretolithic: the drug normalizes the composition of phlegm and facilitates its coughing.

Dr. Mom is often used in the inflammatory processes of the upper respiratory tract, with the overload of the vocal ligament apparatus, and also as an additional drug for pneumonia, obstruction and other chronic lung diseases.

Doctor Mom from what cough?

Any of the medications of the Dr Mom series belongs to anti-inflammatory, bronchodilator and mucolytic medicines on a natural basis. These drugs are admitted for administration in acute or chronic form of respiratory diseases, which occur against a background of severe cough with a difficult excretion of sputum. So, Dr. Mom perfectly calms dry cough, or coughing attacks with difficulty expectoration in bronchitis, laryngotracheitis, pharyngitis.

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Indications of the doctor Mom from a cough

Dr. Mom is recognized as a fairly effective remedy for most acute and chronic forms of respiratory failure, and especially those that occur with a prolonged dry cough, or with such that it is difficult to remove mucus secretions.

Direct indications for the use of Dr. Mom may be as follows:

  • acute inflammatory reaction in the nasopharynx, throat, trachea, bronchi;
  • obstructive bronchitis;
  • presence of viscous sputum in bronchial asthma;
  • respiratory infections complicated by dry cough;
  • chronic forms of inflammatory response of the upper respiratory tract;
  • runny nose, pain with muscles, pain in the head.

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Doctor Mom from dry cough

When a throat is scabbed and the dry "scratching" cough that usually accompanies the initial stage of the inflammatory process (when there are no mucous secretions), the surface receptors of the respiratory tract become irritated. It is at this stage that the sputum production should be stimulated as much as possible - this will speed up recovery and significantly alleviate the condition of the ill person.

Dr. Mom is considered one of the first choice drugs at the stage of dry cough. The active ingredients of the drug strengthen the motor skills of bronchioles, which speeds up the movement of mucous secretions and facilitates coughing. Dr. Mom is relevant for respiratory infections, with reduced viscosity of phlegm. The drug has all the necessary qualities for calming dry cough:

  • facilitates expectoration;
  • stops the development of inflammatory reaction;
  • enlarges the lumen of the bronchi;
  • liquefies phlegm.

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Dr. Mom from a wet cough

With a damp cough, Dr. Mom is allowed to be used only in a few cases:

  • with insufficient separation of sputum;
  • with excessive viscosity of phlegm;
  • with a cold and body aches.

Often, it becomes important to prevent the transition of the inflammatory reaction in the respiratory system to the chronic stage. Doctor Mom needs to be connected to the general therapeutic scheme in such cases:

  • if the cough is systematically, however, seizures last more than 2-3 days, without loosening of symptoms;
  • if against the background of persistent cough the amount of secretion secreted decreases;
  • if the sputum changes color, becomes dense, an unpleasant smell appears, foreign inclusions in the discharge are observed;
  • if the patient's health worsens - for example, the temperature rises, the body breaks down, the migraine pain disturbs.

In the latter case, Dr. Mom's application is only an auxiliary feature. A doctor's consultation in such a situation is considered mandatory.

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Release form

Dr. Mom is made in such medicinal forms as lozenges (they are lozenges or absorbable tablets), syrup, an inhalation pencil and an external warming ointment.

Syrup Doctor Mohm from a cough is released in darkened glass bottles, or in plastic bottles of a green shade, corked with aluminum covers. The kit includes a special cup for dispensing the syrup.

Pastilles Doctor Mom from a cough refers to the tablet form. Degraded candies from cough Dr. Mom meet with different flavors: this is the taste of lemon, orange, strawberry, raspberry, pineapple, as well as combined multifruit and berry taste. Dr. Mom sweets from a cough are packed in blister plates for ten lozenges. Orange sweets have an orange tinge, lemon and pineapple have a yellow-green tinge, raspberry and strawberry tones have a reddish tinge, multifruit ones have a purple hue, and berry tones have a brownish hue. Tablets from cough Dr. Mom Edges can have uneven edges and scrapes, and inside is allowed the presence of air bubbles.

Ointment Doctor Mom from a cough is released in blue-blue plastic jars. Under the plastic cover there is a protective layer of aluminum. The jar contains 20 g of ointment for external use.

Inhalation pencil Dr. Mom is a cylindrical pencil case with a hole in the upper compartment, with a screw cap. Inside is a cartridge filled with medicinal solution.

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Composition Dr Mom from Cough

The main constituents of drugs Dr. Mom are medicinal extracts from various plants:

  • Barbados Aloe;
  • adatode asus;
  • rhizomes of licorice, ginger, elecampane, turmeric;
  • basil;
  • nightshade;
  • Kubebe pepper;
  • terminal.

Depending on the form of the medication Dr Mom, it may contain levomenthol, menthol, camphor, methyl salicylate, etc.

Many of the components present are also part of other effective medicines that are used for colds, with a decrease in immune defense, and as an expectorant and anti-inflammatory agent. Dr. Mom will be useful in acute or prolonged cough, and can also be used as an analgesic for headaches and muscle pains.

Composition of drugs Dr. Mom was thought out by specialists with special care. For example, drugs do not contain alcoholic additives, which allows them to be used safely in pediatrics.

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Pharmacodynamics

Depending on the form of the medication, it contains some useful ingredients. It is their properties and the overall effect of Dr. Mom.

For example, the plant components of this product have such healing abilities:

  • pepper cubebe - promotes expectoration, stops the development of the inflammatory process;
  • basil - normalizes body temperature, disinfects, speeds up the excretion of toxic substances through sweat glands, facilitates expectoration;
  • Curcuma - destroys harmful bacteria, relieves inflammation;
  • adatode vasika - facilitates expectoration, eliminates bronchospasm, improves the passage of sputum discharge;
  • aloe - removes puffiness, has an expectorant property;
  • licorice - eliminates irritation and inflammation, soothes, alleviates pain, improves the output of phlegm;
  • rhizome rhizome - has an anti-inflammatory effect;
  • nightshade - normalizes body temperature, promotes effective expectoration;
  • the terminal - normalizes the maintenance of a liquid in tissues, improves excretion of a sputum;
  • elecampane - is an antiseptic, antispasmodic.

Such additional components as menthol and levomenthol, perform the functions of antiseptic, antispasmodic and anesthetic substance. Camphor has an analgesic and distracting effect, and methyl salicylate is able to reduce swelling of inflamed tissues.

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Pharmacokinetics

Dr. Mom does not have a systemic effect on the body, so his kinetic properties are not considered.

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Dosing and administration

Syrup Doctor Mom take this way:

  • for children 3-6 years is recommended to take ½ tsp. Before breakfast, lunch and dinner;
  • for children 6-14 years old it is recommended to take up to 1 tsp. Before breakfast, lunch and dinner;
  • for children from 14 years of age, and also for adults it is recommended to take 1-2 tsp. Before breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Duration of treatment - about 2 weeks.

  • Dr. Mom in the form of lozenges dissolve in the mouth one piece every 2-3 hours. In a day, do not take more than a dozen pastilles. The duration of taking the lozenges is about 2 weeks.
  • Dr. Mom in the form of ointment is applied to the wings of the nose in the rhinitis, on the area of muscle pains (directly on the skin), on the temporal region (with headaches and migraines).
  • Inhalation pencil Dr. Mom apply:
    • for adults and children from the age of 12 shows the holding of 2 inhalations in each nostril, every 2-4 hours;
    • for children 6-12 years is shown holding 1 inhalation in each nostril every 2-4 hours.

Do not take more than 6-8 inhalations per day. The maximum duration of treatment is 3 days.

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Doctor Mom from an adult coughing

Colds, ARVI or bronchitis can affect both children and adults. At the same time, the first painful symptoms are the runny nose, perspiration in the nasopharynx, cough. Of course, trips to the treatment of adults and children are always different. However, such a medication as Doctor Mom can be used to treat patients of almost any age, including adults.

Already at the first signs of development of dry cough (when mucous secretions do not clear up, or cough up with difficulty and in scant amounts), it is necessary to take measures to help the respiratory system to overcome the disease and restore its functional capacity. Therefore, in the initial stages, doctors advise to take vegetable syrup Dr. Mom: it will help make slime liquefied, after which its excretion will be greatly accelerated.

At pains and pershenie in a throat the preparation of a choice should become from coughe pastilles Doctor Mom. Their action - softening, anesthetizing and enveloping, will help to improve the patient's well-being quite literally within the first hours from the onset of the disease.

Adults can take Dr. Mom up to 14-20 days in a row.

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Dr. Mom from a cough for children

Medicines for children - this is a separate category of drugs, which includes such a series of medicines as Dr. Mom. The child's organism is more sensitive and receptive than that of an adult. Therefore, not all medicines of general use are permitted in pediatric practice. However, Dr. Mom designed specifically for children from 2-3 years of age.

For example, Dr. Mom in syrup relieves of hoarseness and wheezing in the throat, eliminates inflammation and softens the cough. In a day, a child of 3-5 years is allowed to take ½ tsp. Syrup in the morning, at lunch and at night. Children under 14 years are allowed to take 1 tsp. Medication, before meals.

The manufacturer specifies that the syrup has a very pleasant taste and is usually liked by children. It can be diluted with water, or taken undiluted. In most cases, it is possible to get rid of a cough after just a few days of taking the Doctor Mom.

Dr. Mom for babies from cough is not recommended: it is undesirable to use this medicine to treat children under 2 years of age, regardless of the form of release of the medication.

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Use of the doctor Mom from a cough during pregnancy

As is known, future mothers are very careful about the choice of medications. And this is true, because the drugs have an effect on the growing intra-uterine organism, and on the course of pregnancy itself.

Since Dr. Mom is represented by various dosage forms, let's look at each of them separately, in terms of using these preorders in pregnancy.

  • Dr. Mom in the form of a syrup - has a harmless natural basis, without alcohols and toxic components. This version of the drug can be taken by future mothers, but with a few details:
    • if previously there was no allergic reaction to the composition of Dr Mom;
    • not more than three times a day.
  • Dr. Mom in the form of an external ointment - this kind of drug has no systemic effect, so it can be used during pregnancy. The main thing is to avoid applying the drug to wound injuries and mucous membranes.
  • Dr. Mom in the form of a pencil is quite suitable for external use by women during pregnancy.
  • Dr. Mom in the form of pastilles - this medicine doctors are not advised to use for future mothers, because of the presence in its composition of flavoring, coloring and preserving components.

In pregnancy, any drug, even if it is approved for use, it is desirable to use as little as possible. Do not take the medication for a long time: after achieving the necessary therapeutic effect, the medicine should be put aside. Use Dr. Mom during pregnancy for preventive purposes should not be.

Contraindications

Like any other medicine, Dr. Mom has a number of contraindications. Therefore, even before the start of treatment, you need to carefully read them to avoid trouble.

The main restrictions are:

  • children's age is less than 2 years;
  • propensity to allergies and hypersensitivity to the composition of Dr Mom;
  • presence of superficial wounds, eczema, rashes and scuffs (for the ointment form of the drug).

Care must be taken with bronchial asthma, with a tendency to bronchial spasms, during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

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Side effects of the doctor Mom from a cough

Side effects when using Dr. Mom are relatively rare, but everyone who is going to use this cough medicine should know about them.

For example, the use of Doctor Mom can cause:

  • an allergic reaction (rashes, redness, swelling);
  • dry skin, peeling (for ointment forms of medicine);
  • itching of the skin;
  • bronchial spasms, tearing (when the product is on the mucous eyes or in the respiratory tract).

Normally, all side effects disappear as soon as the drug is canceled.

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Overdose

Dr. Mom is not a systemic medicine. Therefore, it is considered that his overdose is clinically impossible.

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Interactions with other drugs

Do not take medications that depress the cough reflex, as well as drugs that reduce the secretion of phlegm.

When using the ointment, Dr. Mom should not simultaneously apply other external agents of irritating and distracting action.

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Storage conditions

All Dr Mom products can be stored at normal room temperature, not exceeding 25 ° Celsius. After each use, the preparations should be carefully packaged, and if there is a lid on the jar - tightly close.

It is important to store medicines in places inaccessible to children's games.

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Shelf life

Syrup can be stored no more than 2 years.

Pastilles (tablets, sugar candies) last up to five years.

Ointment Doctor Mom keep no more than 3 years.

Inhalation pencil stored up to 3 years in a sealed form. After the first opening, the drug is stored no more than 3 days.

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Reviews

According to users, a number of drugs Dr. Mom can be used not only for colds and ARVI. For example, ointment has an excellent therapeutic effect for joint pain, pain in the spine, with bruises and osteochondrosis, with migraine.

Dr. Mom is one of the most common medications that pediatricians usually prescribe to relieve cough symptoms, with inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. And ointment form Dr. Mom can be successfully used in acute and chronic lingering form of the common cold or sinusitis, when there are signs of stagnation and compaction of mucous secretions.

Of course, Dr Mom has many analogues. However, most patients who once were treated with drugs of this series continue to make their choice in favor of this medication: the effectiveness and safety of Dr. Mom from coughing is beyond doubt.

Attention!

To simplify the perception of information, this instruction for use of the drug "Dr. Mom from a cough for children and adults" translated and presented in a special form on the basis of the official instructions for medical use of the drug. Before use read the annotation that came directly to medicines.

Description provided for informational purposes and is not a guide to self-healing. The need for this drug, the purpose of the treatment regimen, methods and dose of the drug is determined solely by the attending physician. Self-medication is dangerous for your health.

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