Tablets "Bromhexin" for children: instructions for use

For pathologies of the respiratory tract, a symptom of which is a cough, doctors often prescribe Bromhexine. Although it is more convenient for children to use such a drug in syrup or in the form of a solution, but Bromhexine is also available in tablets. At what age is their use acceptable, in what dosage do tablets of Bromhexine are given to children, and what other medicines can replace it?

Bromhexine tablet form is available in:

• Latvian producer Grindeks. Such Bromhexine is intended for children, therefore it is presented in dosage of 4 mg in one tablet. One pack of this medicine contains 50 tablets.

• Russian producers Dalkhimpharm, Biosintez, Pharmstandard-leksredstva, Renovation, Atoll, Jodilia-farm, Medisorb, Uralbiopharm. All these companies produce Bromhexine tablets, each of which has 8 mg of active compound. One pack can contain from 10 to 50 tablets.

• Domestic manufacturer Akrihin. In the assortment of drugs of such a company there are both tablets with 8 mg of bromhexine and a preparation for children (tablets containing 4 mg of the active ingredient). One pack of such Bromhexine may contain from 10 to 100 tablets.

• Company Berlin hemi from Germany. This manufacturer offers Bromhexine in the form of yellow-green dragees containing 8 mg of active compound each.

Providing a therapeutic effect to the tablets of Bromhexin compound is bromhexine hydrochloride. Additional components of the drug are lactose, starch, wax, sucrose, silicon dioxide and other compounds that should be clarified in the annotations to the selected drug.

Bromhexine is referred to as drugs with a mucolytic effect, since its main component dilutes the mucoprotein and mucopolysaccharide fibers in sputum.

Bromhexine also has the ability to improve the formation of surfactant.

Instructions for use of tablets Bromheksina recommends giving such a medicine for diseases of the respiratory tract, if the patient’s bronchial secretions are too viscous and coughing with great difficulty. The drug is used in bronchitis, inflammation of the lung, the appearance of bronchiectasis, asthma, tuberculosis. Bromhexine is also prescribed for cystic fibrosis.

If it is required to give the drug to a child under 3 years old, Bromhexine liquid form (solution / syrup) is used in treatment, which has been approved for use under the supervision of a pediatrician since birth. Tablets in which the content of the active ingredient is 8 mg are not indicated for children under 6 years of age.

Tableted Bromhexine can not be used in children with hypersensitivity to any of the components of the drug.Also, this drug is contraindicated in ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract in the acute stage. Special care from a pediatrician requires the appointment of Bromhexine for children with kidney disease or liver disease, as well as with bronchial asthma.

The use of Bromhexine child's body can "answer":

• Dyspepsia.
• Vertigo.
• Skin rash.
• Increased liver enzyme activity.
• Headache.
• Increased sweating.
• Bronchospasm.

If such symptoms occur during treatment, the drug is recommended to cancel.

Take Bromhexine tablets should be taken three times a day. You can drink medicine before meals and after it. The duration of treatment is determined for each child individually, but the boundary time is 4-28 days.

A single dose of the drug depends on the age of the small patient:

• Children 3-5 years old give 1 pediatric tablet containing 4 mg of Bromhexine.
• Over the age of 6 years old, a single dose of the drug will be either 2 children's tablets or 1 tablet with 8 mg of active compound.

If necessary, the dosage may be increased by the doctor up to 16 mg per dose.

Instructions to Bromgensinu from Berlin-Chemie:

If you exceed the dose of Bromhexine, it will cause nausea and other negative symptoms from the digestive tract. If an overdose is detected within one to two hours after taking an excess of pills, it is recommended to provoke vomiting, after which give the child plenty of fluids.

Bromhexine is successfully combined with antibiotics, bronchodilators, and many other medicines used in diseases of the respiratory system. It is not recommended only to combine this drug with antitussives, because the inhibition of the cough reflex with the simultaneous dilution of sputum can provoke stagnation of the secret and deterioration of the patient's condition.

Bromhexine-containing medicines do not require a prescription when you buy them. The cost of tablets with such an active component varies with different manufacturers. For example, the price of 50 tablets for children from the Akrikhin company is 50-60 rubles, and 20 tablets of Bromhexin 8 mg each from a domestic manufacturer can be purchased for 20-45 rubles.

Keep Bromhexine tablets at home in a dry place where sunlight does not fall. It is important that the pills cannot be reached by a small child. Storage temperature should not be above +25 degrees. The shelf life is different for different companies and can be as long as 2 years or 3 years, and 5 years or more.

In most cases, parents who used Bromhexine tablets in their child, confirm that the medicine effectively helps cough, making it more productive. Children are generally well tolerated by this medication, and digestive disorders and an allergic reaction to Bromhexine tablets are rarely observed.

Replace Bromhexine tablets in childhood can be drugs with the same active compound, represented by syrups or solutions. In addition, instead of Bromhexine, the child can be treated with ambroxol, for example, Ambrobene tablets, Flamed or Ambrohexal.

Sometimes the doctor prescribes combination medications, including Bromhexine, for example, Ascoril tablets. Also, when coughing, vegetable syrups containing extracts of plantain, primrose, ivy and other plants are very popular with children.