Gidelix for children: instructions for use

One of the most popular medicines for coughing in children are herbal preparations with expectorant effects. A representative of this group of medicines is Gadelix. At what age is it prescribed for children, when it is used and what side effects can it have on a child's body?

Gedelix is ​​available in two versions:

• Syrup. This form of the drug is represented by a glass bottle in which there is 100 ml of a thickish yellow (or yellow-brown) clear solution with a peculiar aroma. Over time, it may appear clouding or sediment located at the bottom, but this does not impair the properties of the drug. A dosing spoon containing 5 ml of syrup is applied to the bottle.

• Drops. This form of the drug is a pleasantly smelling brown liquid, packaged in 50 ml vials. Like syrup, such a liquid is often transparent, but the appearance of sediment or turbidity is considered normal.

In any form of Gedelix, the active ingredient is the extract, which is obtained from ivy leaves. Its content per 100 ml of syrup is 0.8 g, and per 100 ml of drops - 4 g. Macrogol, gietellose, anise oil and glycerol act as auxiliary ingredients in the syrup. Also, this form of Gedelix includes water, sorbitol and propylene glycol.

The main effect of the drug, which is provided by Gadelix saponins from ivy leaves, is the mucolytic and expectorant effect. In addition, the tool has some antispasmodic activity.

Gedelix is ​​used for respiratory diseases that manifest themselves as a cough with difficult sputum production. The drug is in demand for bronchitis, acute viral lesions of the upper respiratory tract and other diseases.

Gedelix syrup is prescribed to patients of any age group, that is, such a drug can be given even to infants, for example, if the baby has become ill at the age of 4 months. Gedelix is ​​used in drops only from the age of two, since such a remedy in children up to one year old can provoke laryngospasm.

Gedelix treatment is not recommended for hypersensitivity to any of its ingredients, for example, ivy extract or anise oil. Syrup does not give children with fructose intolerance. Drops are not prescribed for bronchial asthma, as well as the propensity to develop laryngospasm. In addition, contraindication to any form of Gedelix is ​​arginine-succinate synthetase deficiency.

Like any other medications from plant extracts, Gedelix can provoke the development of an allergic reaction. In addition, the digestive tract of some children "responds" to the reception of such a means with a liquid stool, painful sensations in the stomach, vomiting or nausea. If such symptoms occur, Gadelix should be canceled and consult a pediatrician to select the appropriate analogue.

Any form of Gedelix is ​​recommended to drink after meals., and a bottle of medicine before use, you must certainly shake. Drops are taken undiluted with water, and syrup for children over 1 year old is also often not diluted. If this sweet medicine is given to a baby, it can be mixed with a small amount of pure water.

The doctor should select the dosage of the medication, but most often Gedelix is ​​discharged according to this scheme:

Taken in an unnecessarily high dosage, Gadelix causes severe nausea, loose stools or vomiting. An overdose of this drug may also trigger gastroenteritis. To eliminate these symptoms, you need to cancel the medication and consult a specialist.

The combination of Gadelix in any form with antitussive drugs is not recommended. If you prescribe such a medication with a cough reflex inhibitor, it will become an obstacle to expectoration of sputum and provoke mucus stagnation in the airways.

Both drops and Gedelix syrup are OTC products. They can be freely purchased at the pharmacy, paying from 330 to 370 rubles per bottle.

To preserve medicinal properties, you should keep a bottle of syrup or drops away from direct sunlight. The optimal temperature limits for storing Gedeliks are + 50С and + 250С. In addition, the drug should be unavailable for babies.

Unopened Gedelix has a shelf life of 4 years, but after opening the drops or syrup, the medicine can be stored for no longer than six months. If half a year has passed since the bottle was opened, it is unacceptable to use this drug to treat children.

In most cases, Gödelieks speak positively. Parents who used this drug for dry cough in children confirm that the product is very effective and speeds up recovery. Mothers more often choose syrup, since such Gadelix is ​​allowed at any age, it does not contain sugar and alcohol, and most kids like its taste. Drops are also considered a convenient form and are praised for the absence of alcohol and sugar, but their taste for many young patients seems unpleasant.

Sometimes mothers mention the inefficiency of the syrup, which is why they had to change the treatment. There are also negative reviews, which mark the allergy to the drug that has arisen in some children. Many parents attribute the high price to Gedelix’s disadvantages, due to which they often look for drugs with the same effect, but cheaper.

Instead of Gedelix, a pediatrician may prescribe a drug with a similar therapeutic effect, for example:

• Herbion syrup. It is represented by several drugs that are effective when coughing.The basis of one is ivy extract, the second - plantain and mallow, the third - primrose and thyme. All these medicines are prescribed for children over 2 years old.
• Prospan Syrup. It, as well as Gadeliks, contains an extract from an ivy, therefore it is demanded at dry cough. This form is used from birth. Prospan is also produced in drops, but they are prescribed not earlier than two years of age.

• Bronhikum syrup. The main component of this product is thyme extract. The drug is approved for use in children older than 6 months.
• Fluditek syrup. Such a preparation, containing in 1 milliliter 20 mg of carbocysteine, is prescribed for children over two years old when they cough. Its analogues are syrups. Libexin Muko and Bronchobos.

• Bromhexine syrup. This medicine is popular in treating cough in children, as it effectively makes the cough moist and promotes the removal of sputum. A doctor can prescribe it from birth, if there are grounds for this. The drug is also produced in a solution that is used both internally and for inhalation.
• Syrup or solution Lasolvan. This medicine, containing ambroxol hydrochloride, is used in pediatrics at any age, including premature babies. Other drugs with Ambroxol may also be used instead, for example, Ambrobene, Medox, Bronchus, Flamed or Ambrohexal.

• Syrup Dr. Mom. As part of this drug, you can see extracts from aloe, licorice, ginger, basil and other plants. The drug is used in the treatment of children older than 3 years.
• Syrup Ascoril. In such a medicine, guaifenesin and salbutamol are added to Bromhexin. The drug is in demand not only for bronchitis, but also for barking cough caused by whooping cough or laryngitis. It is prescribed to children older than a year.
• Syrup Bronchipret. This drug includes two plant components at once that help with a wet cough with a viscous secretion - extracts of thyme and ivy. The drug is prescribed from 3 months, and Bronchipret in drops is allowed to apply from 6 years.

In this video, we invite you to watch Dr. Komarovsky’s program on children's cough and the means of pain with dry and wet cough.