Antigrippin children

A child with a runny nose, fever, and other symptoms of ARVI often needs fast-acting drugs that can alleviate his condition. One of the most popular remedies for colds can be called Children's Antigrippin. Is it possible to give it at an early age, how much does such a tool cost and what can it be replaced with if necessary?

Antigrippin for children is produced in the Netherlands or Poland by Natur Produkt. The tool is released in effervescent tablets, which can be packaged as strips (one contains 6 tablets, and a total of 30 tablets in a pack), and in plastic tubes (10 tablets are placed in one such package). These tablets are pink, and the drink made from the medicine has a fruity sweet taste.

Antigrippin from Natur Produkt also presented:

• Effervescent tablets for adults. Such Antigrippin has a raspberry or grapefruit flavor.
• Powder from which the solution is prepared for internal use. This is also an adult version of Antigrippin, which can be lemon-honey or chamomile. The medicine is packaged in portion packs.

In such a combination medicine, as Antigrippin, there are 3 active ingredients at once:

1. Paracetamol. This compound is presented in one tablet at a dose of 250 mg.
2. Chlorphenamine maleate. This substance is contained in each tablet in the dosage of 3 mg.
3. Vitamin C. The content of this vitamin in 1 effervescent tablet is 50 mg.

Additional ingredients of the drug are silicon dioxide, sorbitol, carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, flavor, saccharinate Na, as well as povidone and macrogol. There is no sugar in the medicine, therefore Antigrippin is permitted in case of diabetes.

By combining several active ingredients at once, Antigrippin relieves cold symptoms and speeds recovery from ARVI.

• Paracetamol in its composition has antipyretic and analgesic effects. This ingredient helps to get rid of headaches and other pains, and also normalizes the patient's body temperature.
• Present in children's Antigrippin ascorbic acid is important for reducing and oxidative processes in tissues, and also helps to increase the body's resistance to disease.
• Chlorphenamine, which is also in antigrippina for children, blocks histamine receptors. This causes the antiallergic effects of such an ingredient and the effectiveness of the medicine against itching, redness, congestion, tearing, sneezing and other symptoms of ARD.

Promotional video of the drug Antigrippin:

The children's version of Antigrippin is prescribed for inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract caused by viruses. The drug is prescribed for influenza and ARVI, if a child has chills, fever, joint pain, headaches, runny nose, muscle pain and other symptoms of a viral infection.

Antigrippin, intended for children, is shown from the age of three. If the child is not yet 3 years old, Antigrippin treatment, even if it is a pediatric variant, is not strictly recommended.

Is it possible to give an adult antigrippin? The instructions for this drug indicate that up to 15 years should not be, because the dosage of active substances in the adult form of the drug is much higher than in the means for children.

Effervescent tablets Antigrippin for children do not prescribe:

• If the child has an intolerance to vitamin C, paracetamol or some other component of the medication.
• If exacerbation of peptic ulcer is diagnosed.
• If the kidney or liver function of the child is severely impaired.
• If the age of the baby is less than 3 years.
• If examination by an ophthalmologist revealed a closed angle glaucoma.

For viral hepatitis or congenital hyperbilirubinemia, the drug should be used very carefully. It is important to consult a doctor about the prescription of Antigrippin in case of tumor processes or high levels of iron in the child’s body, since ascorbic acid is undesirable for these problems. During pregnancy or breastfeeding Antigrippin is not recommended.

Member of the Department of Immunology RNRMU them. NI Pirogova Bella Bragvadze talks about the drug Antigrippin:

Instructions for use of Antigrippin for children indicates such rare side effects of treatment with this drug:

• Headaches.
• Feeling tired
• Pain in the stomach.
• Nausea.
• Decreased glucose (hypoglycemic coma is extremely rare).
• Anemia (sometimes hemolysis of red blood cells develops).
• Decreased platelet count.
• Quincke swelling, rashes and other manifestations of allergies.
• Violation of metabolic processes.
• Feeling hot.
• Drowsiness.
• Sensation of dry mouth.
• Problems with urine.

A video in which the practitioner tells how to deal with a viral infection, see below:

• The drug is completely dissolved in warm water, taken in a volume of 200 ml. The optimal water temperature for the preparation of therapeutic solution - 50-60 degrees Celsius.
• The resulting Antigrippin solution should be taken immediately after preparation.. Store the drug in diluted form is impossible.
• It is best to drink antigrippin for children between meals.
• The next dose should not be earlier than 4 hours. after the previous one, and if the child has problems with the kidneys, then the next dose is given 8 hours after the previous one.
• At the age of 3-5 years, the drug is given twice a day for half a tablet. For a child over 5 years old, a single effervescent tablet will be a single dose. If the child is 5-10 years old, the medication is given twice a day, and at the age of 10 years, a threefold dose is acceptable.
• Without consultation with a doctor, children can not be given antigrippin for more than three days, if the drug is used to reduce the high temperature, and not longer than five days, if the main reason for giving the medicine is severe pain.
• Adult effervescent Antigrippin given to children over 15 years old at a dose of one tablet or one sachet twice or thrice a day.

Exceeding the antigrippina dose recommended by the child causes diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, heavy sweating, dizziness, loss of appetite, severe nausea, insomnia, seizures, agitation and other negative symptoms. If you give Antigrippin in the correct dose, but for too long, it may adversely affect kidney or liver function, as well as affect peripheral blood.

• If you prescribe antigrippin along with antipsychotic drugs or antidepressants, side effects from such treatment will manifest to a greater extent.
• The use of antigrippina together with glucocorticoids increases the risk of glaucoma.
• Neuroleptics assigned with Antigrippin will act weaker.
• Treatment with rifampicin, phenytoin, barbiturates and some other drugs with the additional prescription of Antigrippin can provoke severe intoxication, and the effectiveness of therapy will decrease.
• The use of Antigrippin reduces the effectiveness of drugs that reduce the level of urates.

You do not need to show a prescription from a doctor to purchase child antigrippina at a pharmacy. The price of a pack of 10 effervescent tablets is an average of 250 rubles, and for a pack containing 30 tablets of anti-influenza for children, you need to pay about 500 rubles.

Effervescent tablets are advised to be stored in a dry place, hidden from direct sunlight. The temperature should not be within + 10 + 30 ° С. It is contraindicated to give the drug to children if it expires after three years.

Often, mothers are satisfied with the use of Antigrippin for children, noting that remedy very effectively helps with fever and other symptoms of acute respiratory infections. The advantages of the means include convenient packaging, ease of preparation of the drink and its pleasant taste. The advantage of Antigrippin is also called the absence of caffeine and phenylephrine in the composition, which makes the drug less harmful for children.

In the opinion of doctors, little patients tolerate children's Antigrippin mostly well. Side effects such as nausea, fatigue, allergies or headaches are very rare.

This drug is manufactured by the Russian company Materia Medica and is called Agri Children. It is represented by pills recommended for children older than a year, as well as granules, approved from 3 years of age.

The tablet form of homeopathic Antigrippin contains two types of tablets containing aconitum, belladonna, pulsatilla, ferrum phosphoricum, hepar sulfuris, and other homeopathic ingredients. The medicine is sweet to taste and should be absorbed in the mouth 15 minutes before meals.

In the acute period of SARS, a child over one year old is given one tablet every 30 minutes, alternating between packages. From the third day of illness, the pause between taking pills is 2 hours. During sleep, do not give medicine. If your condition improves, you can take homeopathic Antigrippin less often.

The composition of the granules is the same as the Agri children's tablets. These are spherical sweet white granules in two packets. A single dose of the drug is 5 granules, which should be dissolved before dissolving. With the purpose of treatment they are given with the appearance of the first symptoms of a cold every 30 minutes, alternating packets. From the 3rd day of illness, the granules begin to be given every 2 hours (not counting the child’s sleep time) or less frequently. For the prevention of influenza, the child can be given 5 pellets from one packet 15 minutes before breakfast, and the next day 5 pellets from the second packet, and so on.

Parents who prefer homeopathic treatment speak well of such medicine. They are satisfied with the low cost and the resulting effect, arguing that the tool helps with SARS rather quickly. Mothers also often use this variant of Antigrippin for prophylactic purposes.

The composition of this medication is identical to the composition of Antigrippin, but the dosage of paracetamol and chlorphenamine is lower, so the medicine is prescribed from the age of two. It is convenient to use it as it is the powder packaged in packages. The drink made from the crystals of the medicine has a pleasant raspberry flavor.

Children 2-5 years old are given one packet each, dissolving it in 150 ml of warm water, and for six-year-olds and older, a single dose is just two bags of medication. As for child antifungal, the duration of treatment Antiflu Kids limited to 5 days.

Such a domestic drug is available in capsules and in the form of a powder, from which blackcurrant, lemon, raspberry or lemon-honey medicinal solution is prepared. In addition to paracetamol and vitamin C, it contains an antihistamine component. loratadine, as well as the antiviral agent rimantadine. Calcium gluconate and rutoside are also present in the composition of such Antigrippin.

The drug in the powder is permissible to give children over 12 years old. The contents are dissolved in hot water (about 200 ml) and drunk warm. The frequency of use - two or three times a day for 3-5 days until the disappearance of symptoms of ARVI. Capsule form in childhood is not used.

Chlorpheniramine and paracetamol are present in the composition of such a drug, manufactured in China, as in Natur Produkt's Antigrippin, however, instead of vitamin C, this medicine contains caffeine, amantadine and artificial bezoar. The product is produced in granules, the sweetness and pleasant smell of which is due to sucrose, syrup and orange flavoring.

Such Chinese antigrippin for children give with influenza and other respiratory diseases. The medicine is allowed to give from the year. For children 1-2 years old, one-time portion will be half a package, babies 2-5 years old - a whole package, and over 5 years old - 1 or 2 packages. The granules are placed in a mug, filled with warm water, stirred and drunk after a meal. The drug is drunk twice a day.

Antigrippin-ANVI, Pharmaceutical Antigrippin and SARS Neo as well as Antigrippin Express are sold in pharmacies with a similar name. The indications for their use are the same as for children or adults Antigrippina from Natur Produkt, however, the composition is different, and the dosage is too high for children. These drugs are permissible to give only adults.

For children with ARVI, other medications that reduce the temperature and eliminate pain, such as Fervex for kids (allowed from six years) Efferalgan with vitamin C (appointed from the age of 8) or Coldrex Junior Hot Drink (give children 6 years and older). To eliminate the common cold, additional nasal drops are prescribed.

Watch the following video about Antigrippina.