Medication "Lazolvan" (syrup) for children. Instruction, indications, dosages
The drug "Lazolvan" (syrup) for children, the instruction refers to expectorant mucolytic drugs.
The medication is slightly brownishor a colorless viscous liquid with an active substance - ambroxol hydrochloride (in one milliliter it contains seven and a half milligrams). Citric acid monohydrate, disodium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate, purified water, sodium chloride and benzalkonium are auxiliary components.
The drug goes on sale in bottles of dark glass, equipped with a dropper, as well as a measuring cup.
The examined drug is shownfor the treatment of acute and chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, obstructive pulmonary disease in the chronic stage, asthma (bronchial), bronchoectatic disease.
Medication "Lazolvan" (syrup) for children,the instruction informs, promotes rapid and effective dilution of sputum due to its ability to stimulate serous cells of the glands of the bronchial mucosa. It also normalizes the ratio of mucous and serous sputum components, reduces its viscosity. The use of this drug provides stimulation of ciliary ciliary ciliary epithelium motility, the drug prevents them from sticking together, and increases the mucociliary transport.
It is noted that the necessary curative effect develops within thirty minutes after taking the medication, and it persists for six to twelve hours (depending on the dose taken).
After using the drug, its activeThe active substance is almost 100% absorbed from the digestive tract. Its highest concentration in blood plasma is observed after 30-180 minutes. This drug binds to blood proteins by ninety percent.
Pharmaceutical preparation "Lazolvan" (syrup) forchildren, the instruction informs, concentrates, mainly, in lung tissues. The medication is excreted by the kidneys (in the form of metabolites - ninety percent, in the unchanged - five). The elimination half-life may increase if the patient suffers from chronic renal failure to a serious degree, however, it does not increase if there is a malfunction in the functioning of the liver.
Medication "Lazolvan" (for children). Instructions for use, recommended dosages
The drug should be used at the time of admissionfood, if necessary, you can drink it with any liquid at room temperature. Children over the age of twelve years of age are given medication ten milliliters 2 times a day. From six to twelve - five milliliters, the frequency of reception is similar. Kids from one year to six - two and a half milliliters 3 times a day. The drug "Lazolvan" for children up to a year is prescribed, as a rule, half a spoon (tea) three times a day.
Twenty-five drops are equivalent to one milliliter of medication.
Pharmaceutical "Lazolvan" (syrup) forchildren, the instruction notes, should not be taken together with antitussive medications, as this can cause difficulty in sputum discharge on the background of suppressing the cough reflex.
With an overdose of medication may developnausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, diarrhea, gastralgia. If the recommended volume is exceeded, it is necessary to induce vomiting, gastric lavage, use fat-containing products, and symptomatic treatment.
Side effects include vomiting, nausea, gastralgia, heartburn, urticaria, rash, angioedema, contact dermatitis (rare). Isolated cases of anaphylactic shock.
The drug can be purchased in pharmacies without a prescription.
