Tavegil for children: instructions for use

The children's body often suffers from allergic reactions to all sorts of irritants. When the disease appears on the skin rash appears, the child begins to complain of a runny nose, difficulty breathing through the nose, intolerable itching, the appearance of swelling, edema. He strongly combs the skin, becomes restless. To activate the body's resistance to allergic manifestations, the drug Tavegil is used.

Drug "Tavegil" - one of the most effective drugs used today in pediatric therapeutic practice. The drug is purchased in the form of syrup, tablets, injections. For the treatment of skin rashes externally applied ointment "Tavegil". The preparation contains clemastine hydrofumarate, which has the following properties:

• improves the respiratory system;
• opposes the development of bronchospasm, facilitates asthma attacks;
• eliminates swelling;
• eliminates skin irritation: itching, sores, redness.

Clemastine Hydrofumarate successfully suppresses allergic manifestations and has no sedative effect. The composition of the drug in ampoules includes excipients.

Having found changes in the child's behavior, reddening of the skin, the appearance of small bubbles with liquid on it, having heard the baby’s complaints of severe itching, parents should definitely show it to the doctor. A pediatrician and an allergist, after conducting tests, examining the test results, will determine the cause of the disease and select the optimal treatment option. Certain products, plants, chemicals can provoke an allergic reaction.

Babies whose age has not reached one year, in most cases, the drug "Tavegil" is administered in liquid form - in the form of syrup. From 2-6 years is possible and taking pills.

Indications for use of the drug:

• dermatitis;
• hives;
• eczema;
• insect venom;
• conjunctivitis during the flowering period;
• chickenpox;
• angioedema;
• fainting;
• epilepsy;
• labored breathing;
• fever

Children's "Tavegil" is available in the form of syrup, tablets, liquids for injections. Fruit flavored syrup for children 1 year old is produced in India. A bottle (100 ml) costs about 200 rubles in pharmacies. There is a measuring cap.

Tablets, are made in Italy by the company Famar. The cost of a package of 20 pills is about 250 rubles. The solution for injection can be assigned to babies from 1 year. The price of an Austrian drug in ampoules is about 240 rubles per pack. The number of ampoules in one pack - 5 pieces.

"Tavegil" is assigned to children 2 times a day, before breakfast and after dinner. The instructions indicate that the medication should be taken with a sufficiently large amount of liquid. The duration of therapy is not more than 7 days.The dosage is prescribed depending on the age of the baby. The drug is taken according to a specific scheme.

• The amount of syrup for children from 1 to 3 years is from 2 to 2.5 ml; up to 6 years - 5 ml; up to 12 years - 5-10 ml; from 12 years old - 10 ml.
• Tablets: children from 6 to 12 years old - half a tablet, from 12 years old - one pill each. But if a child prefers syrup because of its pleasant taste, do not insist on pills.
• The dose of the solution for injections is determined by the doctor, given the weight of the baby.

The dissolved drug is administered intramuscularly or intravenously. This instruction is recommended for the treatment of allergic manifestations. The consequences of poisoning by poisonous insect bites are fought in a similar way: the schedule and dosage are the same. The drug begins to act, 5 hours after its administration.

Before a child is vaccinated or before taking medication to prevent unwanted reactions, 2 ml of Tavegil solution diluted with glucose solution or sodium chloride is slowly injected into the child.

When treating children with Tavegil, undesirable side effects may occur. Parents notice that the child becomes drowsy, lethargic, begins to complain of dizziness. In children, coordination of movements can be disturbed, an involuntary contraction of muscles can be observed - tremor, fainting, hearing loss and blurred vision. Apathy or irritability, difficulty breathing, skin rash, loose stools, or constipation are not uncommon. In these cases, the child should be shown to the doctor.

If overdose of the drug is tolerated, the following symptoms occur:

• excessive mobility;
• dilated pupils;
• redness of the skin;
• thirst and feeling of dry mouth;
• nausea;
• vomiting;
• sore belly;
• capriciousness;
• irritability;
• tearfulness.

Having noticed the listed signs, urgently you should contact the specialists: calling the doctor or taking the child to the clinic. Most often, with an overdose of the drug in children, there is an increased activity, sometimes - depression.

When deciding whether to treat a child, you should carefully study the instructions and take into account that drug "Tavegil" is contraindicated in the following cases:

• infants under the age of one year;
• in case of respiratory disease, accompanied by difficulty in phlegm, painful cough;
• with individual intolerance to the components of the drug;
• at temperatures above normal.

Complications may occur if the child has the following pathologies:

• stenosing ulcer, leading to a narrowing of the gastric regions;
• inflammation of the urinary system - bladder neck, causing difficulty urinating;
• increased intraocular pressure;
• thyroid disease;
• circulatory system diseases;
• high blood pressure.

When treating a child with Tavegyl, one should not simultaneously give him medicines, related to categories:

• tranquilizers;
• antidepressants;
• sleeping pills;
• antispasmodics.

Today, drugs with the same active substance as Tavegil are not developed. However, there are drugs with similar properties. The following are popular:

• "Suprastin";
• «Loratadine»;
• Zodak;
• «Tsetrin»;
• «Claritin»;
• «Diazolin»;
• «Diphenhydramine"And other drugs.

Children's "Tavegil" is one of the best and effective antihistamines with long-lasting action. According to parents, with its help you can cope with many manifestations of an allergic nature, but it is undesirable to use it without the recommendation of a doctor. Before prescribing treatment, the specialist identifies the cause of the disease, and only then decides whether the use of this antihistamine drug.

"Tavegil" is able to enhance the sedative properties of drugs that depress the central nervous system, and ethyl alcohol. The peak of the blockade of the activity of the H1-histamine receptors (antihistamine action) is reached after 5-7 hours from the time of taking the drug, and sometimes lasts for a day. Stored "Tavegil" in a dark cool place up to 4-5 years.

Parents often have questions about what will help the child better: “Tavegil” or similar in therapeutic properties and also quite popular “Suprastin”? Both remedies effectively treat acute pathological conditions, their effects are similar. They can not be used for exacerbation of bronchial asthma. They negatively affect the condition of the liver.

The advantage of Suprastin is that it is safely assigned even to infants, one month old newborns.

"Tavegil" doctors prescribe children older than one year. The sedative, hypnotic effect of "Tavegil" is manifested to a lesser degree, but its pronounced effect is longer than that of Suprastin. Both drugs are short-term - 7 days. Their effect occurs after 10-30 minutes.

The drugs "Tavegil" and "Suprastin" are different manufacturers, but this does not affect their quality. The basis of "Tavegila" - Clemensin, "Suprastin" - chloromyramine. The first has a weak sedative effect. The hypnotic effect of Suprastin is significant, it is more often prescribed for treatment outside the hospital, at home.

For information on how antihistamines work on children, see the following video.