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Ibunorm Baby
Last reviewed: 03.07.2025
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Ibunorm baby in its dosage form is a white oral suspension that has a specific odor.
Indications Ibunorm Baby
Indications for the use of Ibunorm baby may be justified when there is a need for symptomatic treatment of fever and pain that arise due to various factors, including fever after immunization.
The next case when the use of the drug may be justified and appropriate is the presence of acute respiratory viral infections. The use of Ibunorm baby for therapeutic purposes is also justified in case of influenza, and in addition, during the period when the child is teething. The drug is a good means to help reduce the intensity of pain after tooth extraction.
Due to the pronounced analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of this remedy, it can be useful in the presence of pain of various origins, including those that are caused by inflammatory processes occurring in the body.
As is obvious, the indications for the use of Ibunorm baby occur when it is necessary to reduce a child’s high temperature that appears as a result of colds, inflammations, etc., and also to reduce the intensity of the pain symptoms that appear in connection with this.
Release form
The release form of Ibunorm baby is a suspension intended for oral administration. The suspension is white, it has a specific medical smell, it tastes sweet and sour, without fruit or any candy flavor. It is offered in a plastic bottle, the volume of which can be 50 or 100 ml. In a cardboard packaging box, along with a bottle with a medicine and instructions for use, there is a dosing device. It looks like a special syringe with a measuring scale. Since the suspension has a fairly thick consistency, the use of such a syringe provides convenience in obtaining the required dose of the drug and achieving high accuracy in the required amount of medicine for a single oral administration by a child.
Based on the fact that this medicine is intended for children, this form of release of the drug in the form of a suspension is optimal, since it makes its use very simple and accessible to everyone. And due to the fact that the taste of Ibunorm baby can be quite attractive to children, this is a positive factor in terms of the fact that the child is unlikely to resist and stubbornly refuse to take such a medicine.
Pharmacodynamics
The pharmacodynamics of Ibunorm baby is manifested primarily in the fact that its main component, ibuprofen, being a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, produces an analgesic effect and helps normalize body temperature. This is achieved due to the fact that there is a non-selective blockade of the cyclooxygenase enzyme (COX-1 and COX-2) in both its forms.
The action of Ibunorm baby also consists in the fact that it acts as an inhibitor for the processes in which Pg-prostaglandins are synthesized. As a result of the drug's influence, the activity of the main metabolic enzyme of arachidonic acid, responsible for inflammatory and pain pathogenesis, as well as for the occurrence of fever, decreases.
The analgesic properties of this drug are activated due to the suppression of prostaglandin production, both on the periphery, and inhibition of their synthesis processes in the central and peripheral nervous system. The analgesic effect is most pronounced when there is pain of inflammatory genesis.
Thus, the pharmacodynamics of Ibunorm baby has its own characteristics of a complex effect on the body, consisting, on the one hand, of helping to minimize the activity of mechanisms that provoke inflammation, and on the other hand, of reducing the intensity of pain symptoms arising in this regard.
Pharmacokinetics
What happens to the drug after it is taken and enters the body, and what is the pharmacokinetics of Ibunorm baby, we will consider below.
This medicine is characterized by good absorption from the gastrointestinal tract, which is carried out almost completely. If Ibunorm baby is taken simultaneously with food, there is a tendency to a slight slowdown in the absorption rate. When the medicine is taken on an empty stomach, this causes TCmax of 45 minutes, taking it after meals increases this time to one and a half to two and a half hours. In the synovial fluid, where a higher concentration is formed than in blood plasma - from 2 to 3 hours.
The main component of the drug, ibuprofen, is 90% bound to plasma proteins.
After absorption occurs, approximately 60 percent of the pharmacologically inactive ibuprofen R-form is converted to the active S-form.
In the liver, presystemic and postsystemic metabolism occurs with the participation of the enzyme CYP2C9. Elimination is characterized by two-phase kinetics, T1/2 2-2.5 h, in some retard forms it requires up to 12 hours.
After 90% metabolization in the liver (T 1/2 is 2-3 hours), it is excreted in the urine. In it, 70% is in the form of metabolites and 10% leaves the body unchanged. 20% is excreted through the intestines as metabolites.
Dosing and administration
Ibunorm baby is intended for oral use only and its dosage is calculated based on the ratio of the child’s age and body weight.
The main indicator for determining a single dose should be a value from 5 to 10 mg per 1 kg.
The maximum daily dose is 30 mg per kilogram of a child's body weight.
For children under six months, the norm is to take a suspension in the amount of 2.5 milligrams three times a day with an 8-hour break. The maximum possible daily dose should not exceed 7.5 ml, which corresponds to 150 mg.
In the period from six months to one year, the child should take 50 mg or 2.5 ml of the medicine every 6 hours. The normal dose is no more than 200 mg or 10 ml per day.
A child from one to three years old is prescribed 100 mg (5 ml) of suspension with time intervals of 8 hours between doses. The daily dose should be within 15 ml or 300 mg.
At the age of 4-6 years, the maximum amount of suspension per day increases to 450 mg. The drug should be taken 150 mg three times a day.
Children aged 7 to 9 years should take 200 mg (10 ml) of the medicine three times a day. The maximum total dose is thus 600 mg.
From 10 years to 12 years of age, the daily dose of the suspension is 900 mg. This amount should be taken in three doses of 300 mg each.
The dose for post-immunization fever is 2.5 ml at a time, and then, if necessary, the same amount of suspension after 6 hours. It should be remembered that the total amount of the drug taken should be within 5 ml during the day.
The method of administration and dosage of Ibunorm baby are determined based on the individual characteristics of the child's body, in particular - body weight, and in addition, his age and the nature of the disease should be taken into account. The course of treatment is usually three days, but in some cases longer use of the drug may be required.
Use Ibunorm Baby during pregnancy
The drug Ibunorm baby can be used during pregnancy.
Contraindications
Despite all the unconditional advantages and benefits of this anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug for children, there are also certain contraindications to the use of Ibunorm baby.
The first of these is the following: Since this drug has a lower safety profile than paracetamol, whose action is limited to the central level, its use in children under three months of age is permitted only on medical advice.
This medicine is not allowed for use if the child has chronic diseases, asthma, gastrointestinal ulcers, gastritis.
A prohibitive factor for the use of Ibunorm baby may be the presence of hypersensitivity to ibuprofen, or to any other component included in the drug, as well as poor tolerance to other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
History of bronchial asthma, rhinitis, urticaria, the cause of which was the consequences of treatment with acetylsalicylic acid or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
You should refrain from using Ibunorm baby to treat your child if he or she has bleeding or blood clotting indicators that differ from normal.
This medicine is contraindicated when the child, due to hereditary factors, is allergic to fructose.
Based on all of the above, when deciding to begin treatment using this drug, it is necessary to take into account all existing contraindications to the use of Ibunorm baby in order to achieve effective healing without causing harm to the child's health.
Side effects Ibunorm Baby
Side effects of Ibunorm baby are characterized by a number of specific manifestations, including: anaphylaxis, non-specific allergic reactions, transition of bronchial asthma to an acute stage, the appearance of bronchospasm, various skin rashes.
The gastrointestinal tract may react to the use of the drug in the form of nausea and vomiting, discomfort and pain in the epigastric region, as well as the occurrence of a laxative effect. There is a possibility of exacerbation of gastric ulcer, bleeding may occur.
The central nervous system signals a disruption in the functioning of the body due to the use of the drug through headaches and dizziness.
In the organs of the cardiovascular and hematopoietic systems, the negative consequences of Ibunorm baby can manifest as the development of anemia, the occurrence of agranulocytosis, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia.
The urinary system, exposed to the possible adverse effects of this drug, responds to this by developing renal dysfunction.
If any side effects of Ibunorm baby are detected, this requires immediate discontinuation of the drug and the necessary symptomatic treatment.
Overdose
Sometimes, due to incorrect calculation of the dose that is optimal for a particular age of the child and also that which corresponds to his body weight, an overdose of Ibunorm baby may occur.
This unfavorable situation for children's health can occur when the amount of the drug taken orally exceeds 400 mg per 1 kg of the child's body weight. Because of this, acute intoxication occurs, which is accompanied by a number of the following negative phenomena.
Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache and dizziness appear. The child falls into a sleepy state, his vision is impaired, nystagmus occurs. There may also be ringing in the ears and a decrease in blood pressure. Under certain circumstances, acidosis occurs, renal failure develops, and loss of consciousness occurs.
When an overdose of this drug occurs, it is not possible to use a specific antidote in this case due to the absence of such in principle. Therefore, the best way to counter this condition and prevent further development of any complications due to it is to immediately stop using the drug and prescribe therapy for symptomatic treatment.
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Interactions with other drugs
There are a number of fundamental principles that characterize the interaction of Ibunorm baby with other drugs.
Thus, the advisability of combining the effects produced by their interaction within a single treatment course in relation to some medicinal products seems unjustified. First of all, this concerns the combined use of Ibunorm baby and acetylsalicylic acid. In addition, there are often recommendations not to combine treatment with ibuprofen with other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and glucocorticosteroid drugs. The likelihood that this can become a risk factor for increasing the likelihood of side effects in the gastrointestinal tract can serve as a justification for this statement.
The use of anticoagulants may also have an adverse effect, as this can provoke bleeding.
It is necessary to exercise maximum caution and attention when using diuretics together with the drug - to avoid possible negative reciprocal processes affecting the kidneys.
It is necessary to carefully weigh everything before using both lithium preparations and methotoxate with Ibunorm baby, due to the fact that there is data on an increase in their content in the blood.
Cyclosporamines, in turn, can also provoke increased nephrotoxicity.
Thus, the course of treatment should be designed taking into account what positive or undesirable consequences may result from the interaction of Ibunorm baby with other drugs.
Special instructions
The drug belongs to the non-steroidal group of medicinal products, with antirheumatic and anti-inflammatory action.
The effect produced by this suspension in the body is that it acts as an inhibitor of the processes in which prostaglandins are produced, which are mediators for inflammatory phenomena, increased temperature and pain symptoms.
The effect of the drug is to actualize its analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory properties. In addition, ibuprofen, the main active component of this drug, leads to a decrease in platelet aggregation activity.
When taken orally, ibuprofen tends to be absorbed to the maximum extent within a short time. Its highest concentration in the blood is reached after one to two hours. Ibuprofen is almost completely subject to binding to proteins contained in the blood plasma, and its presence appears in the synovial fluid. As a result of the metabolism of ibuprofen in the liver, two inactive metabolites are formed. The kidneys eliminate them completely within a short time. About one tenth of the volume is excreted unchanged.
Shelf life
The shelf life of the drug is 3 years.
Attention!
To simplify the perception of information, this instruction for use of the drug "Ibunorm Baby" 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.