Lizobact for children: instructions for use

Treatment of stomatitis, inflammation of the gums, pharyngitis or other diseases in the mouth and throat is rarely done without the use of agents that act locally, relieve pain and speed healing. One of the most popular drugs to help recover from such diseases is Lizobact.

Such medicine is highly praised for its safe effect on the human body, due to which it is used even in pregnant and lactating women. Is it possible to give it to children, in what dosage and what analogs are they allowed to replace?

Lizobact is produced in the form of tablets, which patients are recommended to dissolve in the oral cavity. They have white color (although it may be creamy or yellowish) and sweet taste, and on the one hand there is a separation risk. They are placed in blisters of 10 pieces, one box contains 30 tablets.

From each tablet a sick child gets two active ingredients:

• Lysozyme at a dose of 20 mg.
• Pyridoxine at a dosage of 10 mg.

Each ingredient is represented by hydrochloride and supplemented with lactose monohydrate, sodium saccharinate and tragacanth gum. There are both vanillin and magnesium stearate in the tablets, which make the medicine firm and pleasant to the taste.

Lizobakt refers to topical antiseptics, because It has antimicrobial, reparative, immunostimulating and antiviral properties.

Lysozyme in its composition is an enzyme that has a direct antiseptic effect on many types of bacteria, virus particles and fungi. This protein substance is important for local immunity, providing nonspecific protection against various pathogens.

The second active component (pyridoxine) has a protective effect on the mucosa of the oropharynx, in particular, it promotes the healing of various injuries (including aft). Moreover, this ingredient does not interfere with the action of lysozyme.

Lizobakta application:

• helps to get rid of pain, swelling of the mucous membrane and inflammation;
• accelerates epithelization of mucosal damage;
• does not cause intoxication or allergies (in most patients);
• helps prevent relapses.

Instructions for use:

• The pill is given to the child by offering to dissolve it slowly in the mouth. Chew medication is not advised. Even if the mass of the pill has already melted, it should be kept in the mouth for as long as possible until it is completely dissolved by saliva.
• A single dose for a child under the age of 12 is one tablet. The medication is given three times a day to children aged 3 to 7 years old, and a child of 7-12 years old can be given the medicine four times.
• If the patient is already 12 years old, he should simultaneously dissolve two tablets of Lizobact in the mouth. Do this three or four times a day.
• The duration of treatment is influenced by various factors, but most often the drug is prescribed for a course of 8 days.

Lizobakt is used for inflammation and infection of the oral cavity or larynx. Tablets advise to dissolve:

• With stomatitis, including with aphthous ulceration of the mucous membrane.
• When inflammation of the oral mucosa under the influence of the herpes virus.
• With erosive mucosal lesions under the influence of any other factors.
• With gingivitis.
• With periodontal disease.
• With catarrhal inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, for example, with pharyngitis or pharyngotonvillitis.

Pediatricians prescribe Lizobakt children who are 3 years old. If a small patient is younger (for example, he is only 2 years old), then the doctor selects another remedy, which also has a local anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effect on the mucous membrane of the oropharynx, but allowed for children under three years of age.

Lizobakt should not be given to children with intolerance to pyridoxine or lysozyme. Since the composition of the drug includes lactose, it is not prescribed for intolerance of milk sugar, as well as when there is a lack of lactase in the body of a small patient.

Do not use these tablets and glucose-galactose malabsorption. Other contraindications to Lizobakta resorption are absent. Adults can use the tool even when breastfeeding and carrying a baby.

The only possible adverse reaction to Lizobakt manufacturer calls allergies. If a child has discomfort in the mouth after a resorption of the drug, a rash on the skin or other signs of an allergic reaction, the remedy should be immediately discontinued.

If a child accidentally takes a very large number of pills, it will lead to tingling and numbness in the extremities, as well as to the loss of sensitivity of the arms and legs. To eliminate such consequences of overdose, it is necessary to give the patient a lot of drinking, so that the active substances of the medicine can be quickly eliminated from the body with urine.

Lizobakta noted the ability to enhance the antimicrobial effect of various antibiotics, such as chloramphenicol and penicillin. Taking such tablets also enhances the effectiveness of diuretics, but weakens the therapeutic effect of levodopa.

Buying Lizobakta in a pharmacy does not cause any difficulties, because it is a non-prescription drug. The average price of a pack of 30 tablets is 260-290 rubles.

To store Lizobakta at home, you should find a place where the drug will not reach the children. In such a place should not be very wet. The recommended storage temperature of the drug is the range from +10 to +30 degrees. The shelf life of the drug is very long and is 5 years. If it expired, children are not allowed to give expired pills.

About the use of Lizobakta in children there are a lot of positive reviews. Such tablets are praised by both parents and doctors. The main advantage of the drug is its safety, because the medicine can be given to both small children and pregnant women. The side effects of such a tool are practically not found, and the sweet taste is pleasant to most of the little patients.

The disadvantages of tablets often include the relatively high cost of the drug. Because of her, many parents buy other local antiseptics, which are somewhat cheaper. Also, occasionally there are negative reviews with complaints about the absence of any therapeutic effect or an allergic reaction that occurred when taking it.

Other drugs that act locally on the mucous membrane of the oropharynx may be substituted for Lizobact. Such means are:

• Grammeadine. The composition of these tablets contains an antimicrobial ingredient gramicidin C, supplemented with cetylpyrinium chloride, which has antiseptic properties. The tool is used for angina, stomatitis, pharyngitis and other pathologies. Children are given the drug from 4 years of age.
• Hexalysis. Such tablets, like Lizobact, contain lysozyme, but it is supplemented with biclotymol and enoxolone, which enhances the antiseptic effect of the drug. Such ingredients help in the fight against inflammation and pain. Hexalysis children can dissolve from 6 years of age.
• Laripront. These tablets have not only antimicrobial effects, but also antifungal, hemostatic, antiviral and mucolytic effect. It is provided with a combination of lysozyme with dequalinium chloride. Children are prescribed medication at any age.
• Faringosept. Such inexpensive tablets are antiseptic, depressing different types of microbes, and therefore effective against pharyngitis, gingivitis, tonsillitis and other diseases. At children's age they are appointed from 3 years.
• Imudon. These mint lozenges contain lysates of streptococci, lactobacilli, Candida, Corynebacteria and other microorganisms. The drug stimulates local immunity, and therefore is often used in inflammatory diseases of the mouth and pharynx. Children are prescribed this remedy from the age of three.
• Tonsilgon N. Such an agent based on various medicinal plants (chamomile, althea, dandelion, oak bark, etc.) has an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effect. The drug is in demand for tonsillitis and laryngitis, as well as other diseases of the throat. It is prescribed in the form of drops in children older than 1 year old, and in the form of dragees is prescribed from 6 years.
• Septolete. These antiseptic lozenges based on levomenthol, eucalyptus oil, thymol oil, benzalkonium, and peppermint oil are used in children over four years old with stomatitis, sore throat, and other pathologies of the mouth and throat.

In addition, the doctor may recommend replacing Lizobakt drugs presented in the form of a solution and spray. Among them are popular Lugol, Oralcept, Yoks, Hexasprey, Ingalipt, Hexoral and other medicines. At the same time, it is necessary to choose an analogue together with a pediatrician, because each of these means has a different composition and different age limits.

For more information about the treatment of throat in children can learn from the video of Dr. Evgeny Komarovsky.