Falimint for children: instructions for use

Cough is a painful symptom of a cold or flu, especially in children. When coughing, children sleep poorly, can not play active games. Moreover, if this cough is unproductive, it does not remove sputum from the lungs, but only irritates the mucous membrane. Remove such a cough, as well as refresh and cool the oral mucosa will help "Falimint."

"Falimint" is available in the form of tablets of 25 mg. Packed in blisters of 20 pieces. Tablets - white, biconvex, smooth.

The composition of "Faliming" includes the main active ingredient - acetylaminonitropropoxybenzene. This non-narcotic analgesic is also an antiseptic. Each dragee contains 25 mg of the component.

In addition, the pills include excipients: sucrose - sweetener, talc, gelatin, silicon dioxide - food additive, which is used as an emulsifier to obtain a homogeneous mass, and magnesium stearate - a thickener, secreted from vegetable and animal oils.

The shell of the tablet consists of paraffin, sucrose, glucose syrup, talc and 30% simethicone emulsion, which is used as an independent drug and is able, in particular, to create a protective layer on the mucous membrane of the digestive tract. Excipients in the tablet contains a small amount.

The main effect achieved after taking the pills - eliminating dry unproductive coughwhich irritates the throat and larynx mucosa, damages the respiratory organs, interferes with the usual rhythm of life. Such a cough has a different origin, for example, ARVI, influenza, bronchial asthma. Often, such a cough remains after the disease in the form of residual symptoms. Unproductive it is called, because such a cough is not associated with the development of sputum.

Even if a cough is not associated with any serious illness, such a cough is called a reflex cough, and it itself damages the respiratory organs, can cause lung disease. Prolonged cough that lasts more than 7 days is considered to be long.

Therefore, a dry cough must be treated. After taking "Faliming" in the mouth and throat, there is a feeling of coolness, freshness, a small analgesic effect is achieved. In this case, the drug does not affect the mucous membranes, does not cause dry mouth.

Doctors prescribe "Falimint" for various diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract, one of the symptoms of which is a dry cough. Such diseases include tonsillitis, pharyngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis. An unproductive cough can occur with prolonged colds or flu, as well as with some inflammatory diseases of the oral mucosa. In all these cases, the reception of the "Falimint" is shown.

In some cases, a dry cough is a manifestation of allergies, including seasonal, as well as cough bronchial asthma. "Falimint" will not cure these diseases that require specific therapy, but it facilitates the patient's condition.

Do not take "Falimint" adults and children with individual hypersensitivity or intolerance of the drug during periods of pregnancy and lactation. Contraindication is age up to 5 years. If a patient has fructose intolerance, a deficiency of sucrose, glucose-galactose malabsorption, then you need to refuse to take "Falimint", as this may worsen the condition.

In clinical practice, cases of side effects are rarely recorded - more often than one case per ten thousand, but less often than one case per thousand. There are side effects in the form of allergic reactions. The manufacturer does not indicate the exact manifestations of allergy, therefore, it can be both manifestations on the skin (rash, itching) and edema, including angioedema.

If you experience side effects, you must immediately stop taking the drug and seek medical help. The doctor will prescribe adequate treatment for the symptoms. It must be remembered that allergic reactions can develop rapidly, including in children.

Children usually give 1 tablet 3 times a day. In severe cases, the doctor may increase the dosage to 5 tablets per day. Drops do not swallow, but dissolve. After taking the medicine for some time, it is not recommended to take food and drink in order not to weaken the therapeutic effect.

The total duration of the course of treatment is 5 days. During this time, dry cough usually passes, or its intensity is significantly reduced. You can repeat the course as prescribed by your doctor. If there is no improvement in 5 days, you should stop taking it and consult a doctor.

In clinical practice, cases of overdose "Falimint" is not known. Also, clinical trials did not reveal the interaction of "Falimint" with other drugs. Nevertheless, it is better not to take several pills at the same time, but to make a small interval between doses.

"Falimint" is sold without a prescription. At home, the medicine should be stored at room temperature. Shelf life - 5 years from the production date indicated on the package.

On many specialized sites you can find reviews of the use of "Falimint" in the treatment of dry cough and sore throat in children. Parents write that the remedy is very effective, after three days of use the child forgets about the painful bouts of unproductive cough, he can attend kindergarten and school.

The drug is not addictive. A child suffering from seasonal allergies, the drug was given as part of complex therapy for several years. The duration of the course did not exceed the recommended. After a few days, the dry cough disappeared, and to prevent it, the child was given anti-allergy drugs.

The disadvantages of the drug, some parents include a pronounced mint taste, which does not like all children. But judging by other reviews, many children, by contrast, love to dissolve these mint tablets.

In addition, the name of the manufacturer speaks in favor of the use of the drug - the drug is produced by the largest pharmaceutical association Berlin-Chemie, all of whose medicines are manufactured in accordance with the strictest standards.

According to the active substance, the Falimint tablets have no analogues, but according to the therapeutic antitussive effect in Russian pharmacies, you can choose a replacement for this drug. Considering that the main action of “Falimint” is aimed at suppressing dry unproductive coughs rather than sputum excretion, the drug analogues are various lozenges, lozenges and lozenges.

Many of them, for example, «Strepsils», have a slight anesthetic effect, soften the mucous membrane of the throat and larynx by adding honey or add freshness - this effect is achieved by adding eucalyptus, menthol, peppermint, sage.

As an analogue of "Falimint" you can use the funds. "Suprima-ENT", "Doctor IOM", "Sage" other. The action of these drugs is based on various active substances of both plant origin and synthetic. You need to make sure that there are no contraindications to their admission. Many lozenges and lozenges are produced in a special form for children ranging from 5-6 years. Such lozenges dosage of the drug is optimal.

The price of drugs varies significantly. Packaging of Falimint tablets in Moscow costs about 250-300 rubles, the same amount of Doctor Mom lollipops - less than 130 rubles, Sage - about 150 rubles, 16 lollipopsStrepsils"For children - 150 rubles.

Dr. Komarovsky will help you to understand the causes of cough and its treatment in the next video.