Doctor Komarovsky about Aflubin

With influenza and acute respiratory viral infections parents try to help their children, to alleviate their condition. Often the choice of moms and dads went to the drug "Aflubin", which, according to the instructions, quickly copes with viruses. The famous doctor Yevgeny Komarovsky told his parents about this drug more than once: how it works and whether to give it to children. We tried to summarize the doctor's statements and collected all the information about “Aflubine” in one article.

“Aflubin” is a homeopathic medicine, which consists of microscopic doses of various substances, mainly plant substances: bryonic dioecious, yellow gentian, aconite. In addition, the composition claimed lactic acid, and as excipients - potato starch, magnesium stearate.

Available in tablets, in the form of a nasal spray and as drops. Among the indications for use by manufacturers indicate the treatment and prevention of influenza and acute respiratory infections, respiratory diseases.

The drug is approved for use in children after 1 year, the spray can be given to children after 12 years. Tablets are allowed at a dosage of 1 tablet per day for the prevention of influenza and from 3 to 8 tablets per day (depending on age) with the onset of the disease with a gradual transition to a three-time dose. Tablets dissolve half an hour before meals.

Drops give 3-8 per day (usually five drops), if the disease has already started, and 10 drops twice a day, if the drug is taken for prevention. Spray in the nose is allowed to spray no more than two injections twice a day.

Among the contraindications indicated only possible intolerance to any of the components of the drug.

"Aflubin" in any form of release, according to Yevgeny Komarovsky, a medicine that will not harm the child. True, it will not bring benefits either, but this is a common misfortune of all homeopathic medicines.

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The fact is that the active substances stated in the instructions are calculated in the “Aflubin” not even by the tenth and hundredth grams, but by several molecules. This is one of the principles of homeopathy - "The principle of low doses." In order to take the active ingredients and repeatedly diluted with water. According to homeopaths, water with active shaking during breeding "remembers" some information about the active substance at a subtle mental level, and then transfers this "knowledge" to the child's body.

In practice, no one has been able to prove the effectiveness of the Aflubin homeopathic remedy. Since the active substance is negligible, it is not possible to investigate pharmacokinetics in the laboratory (the manufacturers write in the instructions), and clinical trials, if conducted, do not reveal their effectiveness against the principles of evidence-based medicine. This is indirectly indicated by the “Overdose” item in the instructions. It says "not identified."

Positive feedback about the beautiful and fast action "Aflubina", according to the doctor, is most likely written by mothers of happy children, with strong and strong immunity, who can cope with the disease in 3-4 days and without medication. However, all laudatory odes are not given to the baby’s immune defense, but to the drug, the effect of which official medicine describes with the succinct phrase “placebo effect”.

But for some reason, pediatricians continue to prescribe "Aflubin" their small patients. They do this not out of ignorance or malicious intent, but exclusively with good intentions. The fact is that the flu and ORVI do not need any prescriptions. But the parents will not understand such a statement, they will not accept it and blame the doctor for their lack of professionalism.

Here, in order to remove any suspicion from themselves, as well as to give parents peace of mind and confidence that the treatment is underway, everything is under control, the doctors advise Aflubin. Worse from him just will not.

The average cost of the drug in pharmacies in 2017 is from 300 to 580 rubles. Komarovsky does not impose his opinion on homeopathy on anyone, but he advises mothers to think very well what to buy a sick child with this money - a few plant molecules and a couple of grams of potato starch or fresh fruit, which will be much better for the crumbs.