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Falimint
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Falimint is an antiseptic medicine with antitussive effect. The therapeutic effect is due to anesthetic action on the mucous membranes. The resulting cough reflex is suppressed, which can occur when the receptors are irritated, which are located in the upper respiratory tract. These organs include the pharynx and the larynx. The drug has primarily a soothing refreshing effect in the mouth, the cavity as a whole. Cooling soothes a cough reflex, which can occur in the upper respiratory tract. This drug does not extinguish the effect on the mucous membranes, nor does it cause a feeling of numbness of the tongue and the palate in the mouth.
Indications Falimint
The medicine is used in the occurrence of inflammatory processes of the upper respiratory tract - tonsillitis, pharyngitis and laryngitis.
Can be prescribed for inflammation of the oral cavity - gingivitis and stomatitis.
Reflex cough may be amenable to treatment with Falimint.
Indications for use Medicines also extend to the preparation for instrumental studies of the oral cavity and throat, before the removal of casts and various fitting of dental prostheses.
Falimint from a sore throat
At the first unpleasant sensations in the throat - after a long strain, the first redness, you can start taking this medication.
The medicine will relieve the pain in the throat, it will help to provide an analgesic effect with an irritating cough, when the ligaments are overstrained. Falimint can be used as a medicine against the first symptoms, and as one of the components of the full course of treatment.
Falimint in angina
The medicine has the properties of local anesthesia. Falimint is able to act directly on the infected area of the throat.
Antiseptic effect will help to heal sick glands, if you conduct joint therapy with other medicines. The refreshing effect that occurs with each resorption, also calms palatine tonsils, which are directly irritated with angina.
Falimint from a cough
Falimint has an antitussive effect and will help to eliminate a cough of an unproductive type (in which sputum is not separated), the so-called dry cough. With a slow resolution, the drug layer by layer affects the mucous membranes. Thus, there is irritation of the nerve endings and there is an insignificant analgesic effect.
Release form
On sale Falimint is presented in the form of a dragee. Balls have predominantly white or almost white color and homogeneous painting. Dragee have a round shape with a smooth surface.
The drug Falimint is sold in blisters, in a cardboard package. The form of release assumes packing on twenty or forty pieces.
Pharmacodynamics
Due to its therapeutic effect, the Falimint is compared with the features of the properties and actions of menthol. This substance forms a pleasant feeling of coolness in the field of application. Pharmacodynamics provides a complete absence of drying the mucous membrane, respectively, there is no feeling of numbness in the oral cavity.
Since the beginning of resorption of the drug from the first seconds, a refreshing effect is beginning to feel, which helps to ease the breathing processes and stop coughing, which can occur reflexively.
Pharmacodynamics Faliminta provides for liquefaction of mucus and a reduction in pain, inflammatory processes are reduced.
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics Faliminta provides good absorption in the body after oral administration through the oral cavity. Identify Falimint, its components in the general analysis of blood, secreting plasma and components can only be directly unchanged after 30 - 60 minutes after using the medication.
The output is through the kidneys with urine and metabolites. The maximum concentration of the metabolized substance is reached after two hours. After six hours, this indicator decreases (in urine is about 90% of the initial dose administered).
Dosing and administration
Falimint should be taken as follows - one unit of the tablet is absorbed until complete dissolution. Refrain from the desire to drink water or eat something for thirty minutes after taking the pills - to enhance the therapeutic effect.
The drug should be taken every two hours. This rule applies to both adults and children. Do not bite off the tablet or swallow it right away.
A day can take no more than ten pills.
The way of using this medicine does not provide a course that will last for weeks. On the recommendation of a doctor, as a rule, a five-day application is prescribed.
Use Falimint during pregnancy
At the moment, studies that would have shown no effect on the fetus during pregnancy are absent. Therefore, it is not recommended to use a medicine medication during pregnancy.
Since the medication is absorbed into the mother's milk and passed on to the child, it is better to avoid using Falimint during lactation. It is also recommended to stop breastfeeding during the course of treatment.
Contraindications
It is necessary to reduce the intake of medicament in case of hypersensitivity to one or several components of the medication. Particular attention should be given to patients with diabetes mellitus - the calculation of the medication for one tablet of 0.03 sugar. Contraindications to the use of Falimint apply to those who have a deficiency of sucrose, is sensitive to fructose or has glucose-galactose malabsorption.
It is not recommended to apply the drug to pregnant women and children under five.
Side effects Falimint
Possible side effects of Falimint are manifested in allergic reactions individually - such as itching of skin areas, hives or rashes. In rare cases, individual personal intolerance to one of the components of the drug may occur.
In the case of a large dose of taking Falimint (several tablets taken at one time), vomiting may occur.
Overdose
In the present, there are no published cases of overdose with the drug. But in case of suspicion of intoxication with the drug, it is necessary to rinse the stomach or induce vomiting. It is necessary to continue to drink plenty of water for a complete cleansing of the body.
Interactions with other drugs
At the moment, there are no published cases of the negative impact of Falimint with other drugs. Therefore, the most frequent recommendation of doctors is the complex treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract.
It is also possible to take the drug for other various diseases. It is only necessary to delineate the intake of drugs to two hours.
Storage conditions
The drug should be stored in a dry place, in a room where the temperature does not exceed 25 of the C (room temperature).
The storage conditions for the Falimint should also provide for a space for pills, in order to avoid deformation of the drug. Keep the drug, like any other medical product, out of the reach of children and animals.
Special instructions
Composition
As part of Falimint, the active treating element - acetylaminonitropropoxybenzene - is twenty-five milligrams in each tablet.
Each dragee is covered with a shell. Dragee consists of such preparations as: sucrose, talc, glucose syrup, 30% emulsion simethicone, liquid paraffin and magnesium stearate.
The tablets also contain auxiliary substances - sucrose, gelatin, hard fat, talc, capovidone, co-oxide silicon dioxide and magnesium stearate.
Is it safe for children?
It is recommended to use a medicine for children, starting from the age of five. Take care that the tablet is thoroughly absorbed by the baby, until it dissolves completely. The effect of the medication on children of an earlier age has been poorly studied, so that the medicine can be administered to children.
It is not known about any restrictions or prohibition of taking medication, due to age. However, an isolated case is known when a child of ten years of age took 10 pills at a time and a single episode of vomiting occurred. Applying a medicine to children up to 6-7 years old can be dangerous only without the supervision of the parents, as the child can swallow the pill, which will not give the desired effect, or inadvertently choke it.
Analogs of Falimint
Suppression of cough reflex, a common analgesic effect and cooling effect is a common effect of medicinal development. Therefore, the following analogs of Falimint exist: Angie Sept, Anzibel, Wokasept, Hexoral, Grippotsitron Phyto, Lizak, Proalor, Rince Lorcept Plus, Septifril, Sepptelet, Taicils, Chlorophyllipt and Efizol.
Shelf life
Shelf life 5 years from the date of manufacture. With proper storage, this period is unchanged and you can take the pills until the expiration date. But if the storage conditions were violated, the shelf life is reduced.
Also, you should warn yourself against taking the drug, if you notice a violation in the blaster or damage to the pellet - for such tablets, most likely, the expiration date has expired.
Attention!
To simplify the perception of information, this instruction for use of the drug "Falimint" 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.