Strepsils for children: instructions for use

Sore throat gives a lot of trouble to children and their parents. This symptom also accompanies many diseases ranging from the common cold. Help in this state can lozenges for sucking "Strepsils", which are produced in a special form and with children's favorite flavors.

Preparations of the Strepsils line are produced in the form of five kinds of candies: with orange flavor, menthol with eucalyptus, with honey and lemon, with a warming effect and without sugar. Candies are packed in blisters and sold in packs of 4.8.12 and 24 pieces.

There are also Strepsils-Intensive lollipops, honey and lemon, 24 pieces in a package, and special children's ones, without sugar, with lemon or strawberry flavor, 16 pieces each. "Strepsils plus" are two products: lozenges - 24 pieces per pack and a spray with a freezing effect in a 20 ml vial.

The active ingredients of Strepsils in almost any form are 2,4-dichlorobenzyl alcohol and amyl methacresol.

Other substances are added depending on the purpose. For example, Strepsils with menthol and eucalyptus contains levomenthol, and Strepsils with vitamin C contains ascorbic acid. Spray and Strepsils Plus contains lidocaine hydrochloride monohydrate, which provides an anesthetic effect for sore throat. In Strepsils-Intensiv, the active ingredient is flurbiprofen.

Lollipops and spray also contain additional substances. So, children's "Strepsils" - tartaric acid, flavoring, coloring, sodium saccharinate - sweetener, and some others. “Strepsils-intensive” contains levomenthol, honey, sucrose, acrogol, peppermint leaves, aniseed seeds are added to “Streils-plus”, in the spray - citric acid and purified water. Candy with honey and lemon contains citric acid and honey, and candy with menthol and eucalyptus contains leaf eucalyptus oil.

Herbal supplements in Strepsils products are proven medicinal plants that are used in traditional medicine, modern pharmaceuticals and are good for pain, redness in the throat, dry, irritated cough, and dryness and burning sensation in the throat.

For example, eucalyptus is very much appreciated due to the high content of essential oils, which give the plant expectorant, anti-inflammatory and bactericidal properties. Also in the eucalyptus contains natural antiseptic - cineole. Interestingly, eucalyptus grows only in southern Australia and on the island of Tasmania.

Another plant component of Strepsils is peppermint, on the contrary, it grows almost everywhere in Russia, but is grown commercially in the Krasnodar Territory and the Voronezh Region. Peppermint essential oil, which is contained in the leaves of the plant, has a calming, antiseptic and coughing effect.

And, of course, the healing properties of honey are known from ancient times. When coughing and severe pain in the throat, Russian mothers give children milk or tea with honey, which softens and soothes the mucous membrane, stops coughing, reduces pain.

In this way, In Strepsils, substances developed by pharmacologists are supplemented with medicines known according to popular recipes. Their effectiveness and safety do not need to be confirmed.

"Strepsils" - an antiseptic drug for local use. This means that it has an antimicrobial effect at the place of use - throat and pharynx. The main components have an inhibitory effect against various microorganisms and fungi. Various additives have a soothing, warming, anesthetic and tonic effect.

A few minutes after resorption, the anesthetic effect appears, the pain in the throat subsides, including when swallowing. The mucosa softens, the patient's condition improves.

Lollipops and spray Strepsils are recommended for inflammations of the throat of various origins, including infectious. Effective drug for tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis. With severe pain during swallowing, lozenges and spray greatly alleviate the condition. The spray is also used for inflammations of the oral mucosa, for example, thrush or gingivitis in children.

Strawberry-flavored baby candy canes are allowed for children from 5 years old, and lemon-flavored children from 6 years old. But children can also be given adult lozenges: honey and lemon, menthol and eucalyptus, orange and sugarless - from 5 years old, with a warming effect - from 6 years old. The lollipops and spray lines of Strepsils Intenses and Strepsils Plus are designed for people over 12 years old.

The instructions for use contain an indication that it is not possible to use Strepsils lollipops for treating children who have an increased sensitivity to components - basic or auxiliary, for example, fructose intolerance. Also, candy with honey and eucalyptus is not recommended for children suffering from bronchial asthma.

Strepsils-intensive lollipops in the list of contraindications: diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, blood formation systems, some types of rhinitis. Preparations containing sucrose, do not give to children with diabetes.

Since the lozenges and spray contain herbal ingredients, allergies can occur. If a child has nausea, vomiting, or skin rash, then you need to stop taking the medicine, call a doctor and make sure that the reaction is caused by Strepsils.

Lozenges and lozenges do not need to be swallowed. Before giving a lollipop to a child, teach him to dissolve, not to nibble or swallow the pastille. In this case, the active substances fall on the mucous throat and facilitate the condition of the child. If swallowed, the effect will not be reached.

Children usually get one candy every two to three hours. Ensure that the daily dose does not exceed 8 lollipops. Pastilles have a pleasant taste and the child can eat them like candy. To prevent this, put the box of candies away to the place inaccessible to the child.

Spray is used to irrigate the inflamed area of ​​the mucous in a single dose - one click on each dose. The interval between use should be at least 3 hours, you can use no more than 6 doses per day. The course of treatment with a spray - 5 days.

The active ingredients of Strepsils are practically not absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract, and auxiliary substances are contained in lozenges and spray in small quantities. Therefore, overdose cases in medical practice are not recorded.

During clinical trials, no overwhelming or negative interactions with other drugs were observed, so Strepsils in all forms is compatible with antibiotics and other drugs.

Strepsils is sold without a prescription.At home, candy should be stored at a temperature not higher than 25? С, and spray can with a spray should be protected from direct sunlight. The shelf life of candies and spray is 3 years.

Of course, reviews of doctors and parents about a particular drug are always the most revealing. For example, A well-known pediatrician, Evgeny Komarovsky, recommends that in case of sore throat, the child should rinse with medicinal plants, but alternate them with taking medications that ease the child’s condition. The doctor recommends both sprays and pills, including Strepsils products.

Parents also confirm the effectiveness of the Strepsils candy. At one of the specialized sites, the mother said that treatment with lollipops did not allow the purulent quinsy to develop in a 5-year-old child. Within 3 days, the baby consumed 3-4 lozenges with an interval of about 3 hours. As a result, purulent plaque disappeared, swelling of the throat mucous was asleep, the child began to calmly swallow not only drinking, but solid food.

Another mom said that the delicious candy liked her child, he took them with pleasure, including before bedtime. The drug not only relieved the pain, but also made it easier to breathe, the baby slept quietly all night and quickly recovered. It is important that one pack of 16 pieces is enough for the full course of treatment.

The active substance analogues of drugs "Strepsils" are lozenges "Hexoral tabs" with different flavors, as well as lozenges "Suprima-lor" with flavors, lozenges "Gorpils", tablets "Ajisept". As a rule, all tablets are approved for use in children over 5–6 years old.

Medications vary considerably in price. Thus, Strepsils for children with lemon flavor 16 pieces in Moscow costs about 190 rubles on average, with strawberries about 160 rubles, and the price of children’s Ajisept 12 pieces made in India is about 80–90 rubles.

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