Askorutin child

To prevent frequent colds or to strengthen the blood vessels when they are brittle, doctors recommend Ascorutin. Is it possible to give such a drug to children, for example, at 2 years of age or at 6 years of age? How to drink Ascorutin correctly and is it possible to overdose it?

Ascorutin is available in tablets, which in one package contains 10, 30, 50 or 100 pieces. They have a yellow-greenish color, a flat-cylindrical shape, and small blotches may be present. In the form of syrup, capsules or solution, Ascorutin is not produced.

Ascorutin contains two main active substances:

• Ascorbic acid, which in each tablet of the drug is 50 mg.
• Rutozid, the dosage of which in one tablet is also 50 mg. This compound is also called a routine.

In addition to these, for the dense structure of the tablet, sugar, talc, Ca stearate and starch obtained from potatoes are present in the medicine.

Ascorutin is a vitamin preparation that has such an effect:

• Strengthening the walls of blood vessels.
• Reduced permeability of the smallest vessels (capillaries).
• Elimination of inflammation and swelling of the vascular walls.
• Participation in the processes of oxidation, as well as reduction, which take place in the body.
• The growth of the body's resistance to disease.
• Improved tissue regeneration.
• Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism.
• Antiplatelet action.
• Participation in the processes of blood clotting.
• Improved blood microcirculation.
• Strengthening immunity.

Ascorutin is recommended as a prophylactic agent that helps prevent vitamin C deficiency or rutin. Such a drug is prescribed for hemorrhagic diathesis and various venous diseases. It is used in cases of capillary diseases, as well as to prevent the negative effects of salicylates or anticoagulants on the permeability of vascular walls.

In childhood, this medicine can be used prophylactically during seasonal epidemics, because due to the strengthening of the vascular walls, Ascorutin increases the resistance of the child's body to influenza viruses and other pathogens.

With the purpose of treatment, Askorutin is used in pediatrics, as one of the drugs for complex therapy:

• With frequent bleeding from the nose.
• With rheumatism.
• With ARVI.
• With glomerulonephritis.
• With measles, scarlet fever and other infectious diseases, such as chickenpox.
• With hemorrhagic vasculitis.

Instructions for use Ascorutin forbids giving this medicine in case of hypersensitivity to any of its ingredients. Also with the use of Askorutin one should be very careful if the patient has a tendency to form blood clots or tests have shown hypercoagulation of the blood. In addition, this medicine is not recommended for diabetes, urolithiasis or gout.

Acceptance of Ascorutin may be accompanied by allergies, which often manifests itself in the form of a skin rash. Sometimes the drug provokes abdominal discomfort and other symptoms of dyspepsia. Side effects such as headaches and insomnia also occur.If Ascorutin is taken too long, it threatens with the appearance of stones in the urinary organs.

The drug is drunk after meals, swallowing the pill and washing it down with water. When chewing or sucking Ascorutin, its constituent ascorbic acid will adversely affect tooth enamel. Water that needs to be washed down with the drug should not be mineral, so that its alkalis do not neutralize vitamin C.

Therapeutic single dosage of Ascorutin in childhood is one tablet of medication. It should be drunk three times a day. The duration of therapy should be determined by the doctor, but often ranges from 10 days to three weeks. If the child has any symptoms of Ascorutin's side effects, the medicine is immediately canceled.

For the prevention of SARS, children can be given from half to full Ascorutin tablets daily. The dose is selected depending on age, for example, in 4-5 years only half of the pill is given, and at 8 years old - the whole pill. The drug with the preventive purpose is taken 1 time per day for 7-10 days.

If you take a lot of Ascorutin tablets at once, it can lead to problems with the work of the pancreas and kidneys, as well as to high blood pressure.

In case of overdose, complaints will be noted for:

• Headache.
• Nausea
• Loose stools.
• Insomnia.
• Vomiting.

In order to quickly help the child, you should immediately give him activated charcoal, and if symptoms of overdose are expressed, a doctor should be called.

• If Ascorutin is prescribed together with iron preparations, Fe absorption will improve.
• The combined use of Ascorutin and penicillin antibiotics also leads to greater absorption of the antibacterial agent.
• In Ascorutin, the ability to reduce the therapeutic effect of anticoagulants (both indirect and heparin) is noted.
• The sulfa drugs assigned with Ascorutin will be less effective.
• If Ascorutin and salicylates are given to the child together, their side effects will increase.
• The administration of Ascorutin together with B vitamins will enhance their therapeutic effect.
• With prolonged use of Ascorutin may increase the action of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antihypertensive drugs and cardiac glycosides.

Buy Askorutin pharmacy can be without a prescription. The price of a package of this drug of 50 tablets is on average from 35 to 55 rubles.

For storage of Ascorutin should pick up a dry place, where there is no access for young children. Storage temperature should not exceed 25 degrees Celsius. The shelf life of such a drug is 3 years.

Mothers who gave Ascorutin to a child with nosebleeds or colds often respond positively to this medicine. They note that bleeding after the course of Ascorutin is stopped, and the frequency of ARVI decreases several times. Advantages of the drug called its availability in any pharmacy, as well as low cost. Ascorutin children suffer, according to moms, mostly good, but allergic reactions to the medicine are not uncommon. Other complaints about such a drug from their parents do not exist.

Instead of Ascorutin, you can use analogues in which the same active substances:

• Askorutin D or Askorutin-UBF. These drugs have the same composition and the same indications for use as Askorutin.
• Prophylactic S. In such a preparation, the dosage of ascorbic acid is higher (100 mg), and rutoside, on the contrary, is reduced (25 mg). The drug is prescribed to prevent or eliminate the shortage of its compounds, as well as children over 4 years old with heavy loads or intensive growth. The tool is in demand for the prevention of acute respiratory infections, as well as for their complex treatment.
• AscoRutyCal Forte. In these coated tablets contains not only rtoizid in a dose of 50 mg and vitamin C in a higher dosage (200 mg), but 200 mg of calcium. The tool is indicated for a-or hypovitaminosis, infectious diseases, as well as problems with blood vessels. It can be given from 5 years of age.