Hexasprey for children: instructions for use

In case of sore throat, stomatitis and other diseases of the oral cavity or pharynx often use local means, which include Hexasprey. It has long established itself as an effective antiseptic, therefore it is in demand among adults. Treatment with this spray helps get rid of sore throat and speeds recovery. But is it possible to treat children with this medication and how to use it properly in childhood?

Hexasprey is an aerosol formulation intended for topical use. It is available in bottles of glass and plastic, equipped with a spray valve. One bottle contains 30 grams of a white or white-yellow homogeneous suspension, smelling of anise. The drug has no other forms of release.

The active ingredient is a substance called biclotymol. It contains 0.75 g in one vial of the drug, therefore the concentration of the drug is 2.5%. In addition, the drug includes 96% ethyl alcohol, anise seed oil, benzyl alcohol, soy lecithin, carmellose sodium, MCC and water. Also included in the spray is sodium saccharinate, edetate disodium, ammonium glycyrrhizinate and methyl parahydroxybenzoate.

Biclotymol, which is the active ingredient in Hexaspray, has an antimicrobial effect due to the coagulation of proteins in microbial cells. Such a compound helps to destroy staphylococci, corynebacteria, streptococci and other dangerous pathogens. Also, this spray has an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. Sprayed in the mouth, it has a long-lasting effect on the mucous membrane, since it is absorbed very slowly.

The drug is prescribed for inflammation of the oral mucosa caused by microbes that are sensitive to the drug. The drug is recommended for gingivitis, stomatitis, inflammation of the larynx, sore throat and other diseases. It is often used for local treatment of pharyngitis, tonsillitis, glossitis, pharyngolaryngitis. In addition, Hexasprey is applied in the postoperative period after tonsillectomy.

Treatment of the oral cavity with Hexasprey in children is permissible from 6 years of age.. If it is necessary to use a local drug for younger children, for example, at the age of 4, it is better to choose a remedy that is allowed for his age. It should be picked up along with a pediatrician, because each medicine has its limitations.

The tool should not be used in young patients when they have a hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of the drug. There are no other contraindications to treatment with this spray.

In some children, treatment with Geksasprey provokes a local allergic reaction. If the child has reacted unusually to the medication, you should contact a specialist and consult on the advisability of continuing treatment with such an aerosol.

• The tool is used only locally.
• Irrigate the oral cavity with this medicine at any time, regardless of meals.
• Spray treatment is carried out three times a day.
• Before the procedure, the bottle is shaken and then held vertically.
• Two doses of aerosol are injected into the baby’s mouth.
• The drug is used for no longer than 10 days, and if a longer treatment is required, see a doctor.

Information about the negative reaction of the patient to an overdose is not available.

Processing by Geksasprey should not be carried out along with treatment by other local means.

The drug is sold in a pharmacy, as a non-prescription drug. The average price of one bottle of this spray is 270-300 rubles.

Hexasprey should be kept in a place where the drug can not accidentally reach a small child. The drug is recommended to be stored at temperatures up to + 25 ° C. The aerosol expiration date is 5 years from the date of issue.

On the use of the drug in children, parents respond mostly well. In most cases, the drug is praised for its effectiveness, although occasionally there are also negative reviews, which mention that the spray treatment did not help get rid of the disease.

The advantages of mothers are the affordable cost, convenience and ease of use, no burning, long-term storage. The taste of the drug is perceived by many children normally, but sometimes the little patient does not like it.

Replacing Hexaspray for angina, acute respiratory viral infections, stomatitis and similar diseases may be:

• Anti-Angin Formula Spray. In its composition, chlorhexidine is supplemented with tetracaine, so the drug has not only an antimicrobial effect, but also anesthesia. In childhood, this spray is used with 10 years.
• Spray Lugol. The main ingredient of this drug is represented by iodine, which has an antiseptic effect. Use this tool in children can be over the age of 5 years.

• Pills Hexalysis. They, like Hexasprey, contain biclotymol, but this ingredient is combined with lysozyme and enoxolone. The drug is absorbed in the mouth until dissolved. Such tablets are prescribed from 6 years of age.
• Spray Kameton. This preparation contains menthol, eucalyptus oil and camphor. It can be used for the local treatment of ENT organs in children over 5 years old.

• Spray Stopangin. The basis of this medication is antiseptic hexetidine. Its use is allowed from 8 years of age.
• Pastilles Eucalyptus-M The composition of such antiseptic tablets eucalyptus oil combined with menthol. The drug is prescribed to children over 8 years.

• Spray jocks. This medicine, containing allantoin and povidone-iodine, can irrigate the mouth and throat of a child over 8 years old.
• Lizobakt tablets. The main components in such lozenges are lysozyme and pyridoxine. The drug is prescribed to children from 3 years.

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