How to take Anaferon Pediatric for prophylaxis?

With frequent colds and viral diseases in a child, many mothers think about drugs that will prevent such diseases and strengthen the immunity of their son or daughter. One of them is homeopathic remedy Anaferon. Is it possible to give it to children and in what dose is it used for prevention?

Anaferon is a domestic drug and is included in the range of innovative drugs from the company Materia Medica. Its dosage form is a resorption tablet, and the main component is an antibody to human gamma interferon.

Depending on the dilution of the active ingredient, Anaferon for adults and tablets for children are isolated. Children's version - white cylindrical tablets with the inscription ANAFERON KID, packed in 20, 40 or 100 pieces in one box. Dilution of antibodies in such tablets is 10-16 nanograms. Other components of the drug is lactose, MCC and magnesium stearate.

Anaferon for children has a stimulating effect on the immune system of the child, and also exhibits antiviral activity. In the annotation to the tablets it is noted that their active compound enhances the production of cytokines and interferons, which are involved in the immune response to infection with viruses. In addition, Anaferon activates phagocytes, killer cells and effector T cells.

The drug helps to reduce the number of pathogens of herpes infection, flu, rotavirus infection, tick-borne encephalitis, parainfluenza and other acute respiratory viral infections in the patient’s body. The tool is also active against adenoviruses, PC-viruses, enteroviruses and coronaviruses. It helps not only in the treatment of infections caused by them, but is also used to prevent infection.

You can take Anaferon prophylactically in childhood:

• With frequent colds.
• In the season of viral diseases to protect the child from the flu virus.
• With chronic herpes infection to prevent its exacerbation.
• To protect the child, if someone from the family got sick with ARVI or flu.

Children's tablets Anaferon are safe even for infants, so they can be given to babies who are 1 month old. Adult tablets should not be drunk to children under 18, as noted in the annotation to such Anaferon.

In addition to the neonatal period, tablets should not be given to children who have previously been found to have increased sensitivity to Anaferon. It can be associated with the presence of lactose in the monohydrate, due to which the drug is poorly tolerated by children with congenital galactosemia or a lack of lactase.

If tablets are used in children as recommended by the manufacturer, then no negative symptoms appear in young patients. Side effects can occur only in babies with individual intolerance to any ingredient of the drug. In this case, taking pills should be discontinued and another medication should be selected for the prevention of viral diseases.

If you take Anaferon in a dose higher than that indicated in the abstract, it can cause dyspepsia. It should be noted that it is caused by the fillers of the tablets, and the active substance has no toxic effects.

If the children's tablets Anaferon are taken for prophylactic purposes, you need to know the following:

• The prophylactic dosage of the drug for children of any age is one tablet per day.
• Putting the pill in your mouth, it must be kept in the mouth until completely dissolved.
• Do not give your child the drug during the meal.
• If the baby is not yet 3 years old, or the child older than 3 years is difficult to dissolve the pill, it can be dissolved in water.
• To dissolve the tablet, take 25 ml of boiled water at room temperature.
• For the prevention of influenza or SARS means prescribed for a period of 30 days to 3 months.
• If Anaferon is used for chronic herpes, the course of prophylactic treatment can be up to six months.
• The drug can be taken simultaneously with any other medications.

Anaferon for kids is a non-prescription drug, and since it is a Russian drug, it is freely sold in almost any pharmacy. On average, for one pack of twenty pills you need to pay 200 rubles.

Store the medication at home in its original packaging in a dry place where the temperature does not rise above 25 degrees Celsius. The tool should not be given to the child if his expiration date (it is 3 years) has expired.

Many doctors and parents call Anaferon a remedy that has no therapeutic effect. Because of the very low content of the active ingredient, these tablets are compared with placebo and are not advised to give to children at an early age.

Nevertheless, there are many fans of homeopathy. AND if the mother trusts such treatment, she often sees the benefits of the prophylactic use of Anaferon and notes that the child is ill less often. The taste of the tablets does not cause any protest in the children, and side effects on such a remedy are extremely rare. The cost of the drug is often called acceptable.

If necessary replace child Anaferon another drug can be used for the prevention of influenza and other infections such means:

• Arbidol.
• Ergoferon.
• Kagocel.
• Orvirem.
• Aflubin.
• Grippferon and others.

Each of them has its own characteristics, different dosage forms and age restrictions, so it’s best to choose an analogue with your pediatrician.

And in this issue, we offer to see the issue of Doctor Komarovsky about homeopathy.