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Flavamed cough syrup for children
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
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Today, cough syrup for children has found wide application in pediatric practice. There are many indications for prescribing syrup. It helps to alleviate the condition with any cough. Such syrup should always be at hand.
Flavamed cough syrup for children is a transparent, almost tasteless syrup, quite effective in the treatment of bronchitis, dry and wet cough, residual effects. It can be used as an auxiliary or as the main treatment. The smell is pleasant, raspberry. Children like it, there are practically no problems with its use. Various acids (food), sorbitol, glycerin, flavorings and flavor additives serve as auxiliary substances. Due to these additives, the product has both advantages and disadvantages. For example, the advantage is that the drug has a pleasant taste and aroma. The disadvantage is that the drug can cause an allergic reaction, hypersensitivity.
For more information about cough syrups for children, read this article.
Indications Flavamed syrup
Indications for use include diseases such as tracheobronchitis. It is also prescribed to relieve attacks against the background of pulmonary obstruction, with the asthmatic component of bronchitis, with pulmonary emphysema and bronchiectasis.
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Pharmacodynamics
According to the pharmacological group, it can be classified as a mucolytic agent with an expectorant effect. A distinctive feature is the ability to stimulate secretory activity. It is also worth noting that the content of secretion in the bronchi increases significantly. A distinctive feature of the component is an increase in the amount of surfactant in the bronchi, lungs, and alveoli. As a result, mucociliary transport of sputum increases, as a result of which cough manifestations are reduced.
Pharmacokinetics
When describing the pharmacological properties, first of all, it is necessary to note the ability of the drug to complete absorption from the gastrointestinal tract. It also penetrates into breast milk and is excreted with it, so it is given to infants with mother's milk. The place of metabolism is the liver. This indicates the ability to create an additional load on the liver, as a result of which it should be taken with caution by those who suffer from liver disease. It may be necessary to reduce the dosage or completely cancel the drug if side effects from the liver appear. Inactive metabolites are formed in hepatocytes (liver cells). The half-life is between 7 and 12 hours. In chronic liver failure, these indicators increase sharply.
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Dosing and administration
Taken in the form of inhalations or orally. Recommendations for use in the form of inhalations can only be given by a doctor, since they are developed individually for each patient. To prescribe inhalations, the results of laboratory and some instrumental studies are needed, since it is the main indicators of vital functions that are the basis for the doctor to choose one or another form of therapy.
Contraindications
Contraindicated in gastritis, convulsions of various origins, in case of individual intolerance and hypersensitivity in general or to individual components.
Side effects Flavamed syrup
Side effects are minor and disappear fairly quickly when the drug is discontinued or its dosage is reduced. Thus, stomach pain, intestinal dysfunction, diarrhea, nausea, and signs of intoxication may serve as grounds for reducing the dosage. The drug should be discontinued if the condition worsens or if signs of suffocation appear.
Interactions with other drugs
The instructions indicate that it should be taken with caution in case of bronchial asthma. When inhaling, it is better to take bronchodilators beforehand. It cannot be combined with antitussives, since the cough should, on the contrary, intensify. A positive effect occurs when taken with some antibiotics, for example, in combination with amoxicillin, doxycycline, cefuroxime, erythromycin. It is possible to achieve an increase in the therapeutic effect.
It should be taken into account that at the initial stages, therapy is accompanied by increased coughing (considered a positive reaction, since it helps remove phlegm from the body, liquefying it). As a result, the inflammatory process is reduced, bacterial contamination and the degree of bacterial intoxication are reduced. Therefore, cough syrup for children cannot be combined with antitussives.
Attention!
To simplify the perception of information, this instruction for use of the drug "Flavamed cough syrup for children" 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.