Bronhikum for children: instructions for use

When choosing a medicine that will help cure a child’s cough, many mothers tend to take herbal remedies. One of these remedies with expectorant action is Bronhikum. In what forms is it produced, how is it dispensed and when is it used in childhood?

Pharmacy range includes the following options for the drug:

• Syrup. It is a reddish-brown transparent liquid with the smell of honey, poured into 100 ml bottles. Normally, it may have mild opalescence or a slight sediment. Dosing cup is attached to the syrup bottle. Also, the syrup is produced in portion mini-bags of 5 ml foil, packed in a box of 8 and 20 pieces.
• Elixir Bronhikum TP. It is represented by a brown, slightly cloudy or clear solution, which has a slight aroma of thyme. One bottle contains 130 g of elixir and is supplemented with a plastic dispenser.
• Pastilles Bronhikum S. They are distinguished by a round and slightly convex shape on both sides, as well as a creamy tint and the presence of small patches. There are 10 such pastilles in one blister, and one pack includes two blisters.

The main component in any form of Bronhikum is a liquid extract obtained from thyme herb. In the syrup, this extract is represented by a dose of 150 mg per 1 ml of the preparation, and in one pastilka 100 mg of this ingredient is contained.

The extractants in any form of the drug are ethyl alcohol, glycerin, water and ammonia solution. Invert syrup, cherry juice concentrate, rose oil, liquid dextrose, sucrose solution and honey flavoring add sweetness and smell to the syrup. Also, the drug includes purified water, sodium benzoate and citric acid.

Additional components of lozenges are levomenthol, stearic acid and acacia gum. In addition, sucrose and silica are present in this form of medication. Also in the pastilles there is povidone, magnesium stearate and cineole.

The elixir also contains liquid thyme extract in an amount of 5 g per 100 g of the drug, but it is supplemented with another active ingredient - liquid extract from primrose roots (it contains 2.5 g in 100 g of elixir). Only water, sodium benzoate and syrup from glucose, fructose and sucrose act as auxiliary substances of such Bronhikum.

The active herbal components of the drug have an expectorant effect, as well as lower the viscosity of sputum and help it quickly withdraw from the bronchi. An antimicrobial, bronchodilator and anti-inflammatory effect is also noted in the medication.

The tool is prescribed for inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, a symptom of which is a cough with a hard-to-discharge secret. The drug is used for tracheitis, bronchitis and other diseases.

At the age of up to one year, only syrup can be used, since treatment with this form of the drug is allowed from 6 months. Elixir is used in children older than a year, and the drug in the form of lozenges is prescribed from 6 years of age.

The drug should not be prescribed to children with hypersensitivity to thyme or other components of the drug, for example, in case of fructose intolerance. Also, the drug is not used in heart failure, severe renal pathologies, and severe liver failure. If a child has epilepsy, a brain injury or other brain pathology, it is necessary to use the drug in an elixir or syrup very carefully.

• Some children have an allergy to lozenges, syrup or elixir. It may manifest in the form of urticaria, swelling of the face or skin rash.
• The digestive system of young patients rarely responds to treatment with liquid Bronhikum nausea and other symptoms of dyspepsia.

Before each use, the liquid form of the medicine should be shaken, as a precipitate may appear in the syrup or elixir. Depending on the age of the little patient, syrup is given in the following dose:

Elixir is prescribed to children 1-4 years old to 1/2 teaspoon three times a day (daily dose - 7.5 ml). A single dosage of such a drug for children over four years is 1 tsp. At the age of 4-12 years, four times the dose is recommended (20 ml of the drug per day), and children over 12 years old can take the elixir up to 6 times a day (only 30 ml of the medicine per day).

Medicine in lozenges offer to dissolve the children in the mouth up to three times a day. A single dose is 1 pastille, but if a child is already 12 years old, it can be increased to two pastilles per reception.

Excess doses of any form of medication does not have a toxic effect on the children's body.

Bronhikum treatment should not be combined with the appointment of antitussive drugs. If you give the child this drug at the same time with a medicine that blocks the cough reflex or prevents the production of sputum, it will interfere with the expectorant effect of the drug.

Purchase of any form of the drug in the pharmacy is available to anyone without a prescription.. The average price of a bottle of syrup is 290 rubles. You can buy a pack of 20 lozenges for 190-230 rubles, and a bottle of elixir for about 300 rubles.

Keep the syrup and elixir at home in the reach of children. The storage temperature of liquid Bronhikum should not exceed +25 degrees Celsius. Lozenges storage conditions are the same.

The shelf life of an unopened bottle of syrup, pastilles and elixir is 3 years. When the Bronhikum S syrup is opened, it is permissible to store it for up to 6 months. In mini packs, the syrup has a shorter shelf life (only 2 years).

Parents with experience in using Bronhikum for cough from their children speak about this medicine mostly well. Moms like the fact that the drug has a drug base and few limitations in use. Children mostly take a syrup or elixir without any side effects, and most young patients like the taste of the medicine.

If necessary, you can replace the medicine with another plant-based medicine that has an expectorant effect:

• Syrup or drops Tussamag. The basis of these drugs is also an extract of thyme. They are used in children older than a year.

• Drops or syrup Bronchipret. In such agents, ivy extract has been added to thyme extract.The drug in the form of a syrup can be given to children from 3 months of age, and in the form of drops - from 6 years.

• Syrup or drops Prospan. They contain ivy extract as the main ingredient. Such means can be given to children from birth.

• Pills Mukaltin. This medicine is made from Althea and is used over the age of 1 year.

• Eucabal syrup Its composition includes vegetable raw materials from thyme and plantain. Such medicine is prescribed from the age of six months.

• The drug Pulmeks baby. This ointment contains essential oils of rosemary and eucalyptus, as well as Peruvian balsam. It can be used in children older than 6 months.

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