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Syrup Flavamed from cough for children
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Today, cough syrup for children has found wide application in pediatric practice. There are many indications for prescribing the syrup. It helps to ease the condition with any cough. Such a syrup should always be at hand.
Syrup Flavamed cough for children is a transparent, almost tasteless syrup, effective enough in the treatment of bronchitis, dry and wet cough, residual effects. Can be used as an auxiliary, or as a primary treatment. The smell is pleasant, crimson. It is pleasant to children, problems with its application practically does not arise. As auxiliary substances serve various acids (food), sorbitol, glycerin, flavors and flavors. The remedy due to these additives has both advantages and disadvantages. For example, the advantage is that the preparation has a pleasant taste and aroma. The disadvantage is that the drug can cause an allergic reaction, hypersensitivity.
For more information on syrups used for cough for children, see this article.
Indications Flavamed syrup
Indications for the purpose are such diseases as tracheobronchitis. Also prescribed for relief of attacks against the background of obstruction of the lungs, with asthmatic component of bronchitis, with emphysema of the lungs and bronchoectatic disease.
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Pharmacodynamics
By pharmacological group 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 the secretion in the bronchi significantly increases. A distinctive feature of the component is an increase in the amount of surfactant in the bronchi, lungs, and alveoli. As a result, increases in mucociliary transport of sputum, resulting in manifestations of coughing are reduced.
Pharmacokinetics
When describing the pharmacological properties, in the first place, it should be noted the ability of the drug to complete absorption from the gastrointestinal tract. Also penetrates into breast milk and excretes with it, so infants are given with mother's milk. The place of metabolism is the liver. This indicates the ability to create an additional burden on the liver, which should be taken with caution to those who suffer from liver disease. It may be necessary to reduce the dosage, or complete withdrawal of the drug when side effects occur on the part of the liver. In hepatocytes (liver cells), inactive metabolites are formed. The half-life is between 7 and 12 hours. With chronic hepatic failure, these rates increase dramatically.
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Dosing and administration
Accepted as inhalation, or oral. Recommendations for use in the form of inhalations can only be given by a doctor, since they are developed individually for each patient. For the appointment of inhalations, the results of laboratory and some instrumental studies are needed, since it is the basic indicators of vital functions that are the basis for choosing a particular form of therapy.
Contraindications
Contraindicated in gastritis, seizures of various origin, in case of individual intolerance and hypersensitivity in general, or to individual components.
Side effects Flavamed syrup
Side effects are insignificant, and quickly pass when the drug is withdrawn or its dosage is reduced. So, the basis for lowering the dosage can serve as stomach pain, impaired intestinal function, diarrhea, nausea, signs of intoxication. To cancel a preparation costs at deterioration of a status, at appearance of attributes of a dyspnea.
Interactions with other drugs
The instructions state that with caution you need to take with bronchial asthma. When carrying out inhalations, it is better to take bronchodilators beforehand. It can not be combined with antitussive drugs, since coughing should on the contrary, intensify. A positive effect occurs when taking with some antibiotics, for example, in combination with amoxicillin, doxycycline, cefuroxime, erythromycin. It is possible to achieve increased therapeutic effect.
It should be borne in mind that in the initial stages of therapy is accompanied by increased cough (considered a positive reaction, because it helps to remove sputum from the body, its liquefaction). As a result, the inflammatory process decreases, bacterial contamination decreases, and the degree of bacterial intoxication decreases. Therefore, it is impossible to combine syrup from cough for children with antitussive drugs.
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To simplify the perception of information, this instruction for use of the drug "Syrup Flavamed from cough 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.