Neo Codelak for children: instructions for use

“Codelac” in tablets has long been used in the treatment of dry cough in adults, but especially for children, an analogue in liquid form, called “Codelac Neo”, is produced. He has a slightly different composition and safer action, so this remedy is more in demand in childhood against painful dry cough.

In pharmacies you can find several types of "Codelaka Neo".

• Drops. Such a clear yellowish liquid or without color is sold in a glass dropper bottle containing 20 ml of solution. The medicine has a sweetish taste and smell of vanilla. Each milliliter of the drug holds 22 drops.
• Syrup. This version of the drug is also sweet in taste, smells like vanilla, has no color and is transparent. It is produced in dark glass bottles containing 100 or 200 ml of the drug. There is a 5 ml measuring spoon in the package.

The main ingredient of all forms of Kodelaka Neo is butamirate.

It is presented in medicines in the form of citrate in the following dosage:

• 5 mg in 1 milliliter drops (100 mg in one bottle);
• 1.5 mg per 1 ml of syrup (7.5 mg in one scoop).

The composition of the auxiliary components of both types of liquid medicine is identical and includes benzoic acid, glycerol and sodium hydroxide. To make the product sweet, it contains sorbitol and sodium saccharinate, and vanilla is added to the odor for the smell. There are in the composition of such medicines and ethyl alcohol 95% in a small amount, and clean water.

The active substance of syrup and drops can affect the cough center, which is located in the brain tissues. Thanks to this, “Codelac Neo” suppresses the cough reflex, as a result of which the patient gets rid of the obsessive irritable cough called dry. In addition, thanks to this medicine, the mucous membrane of the bronchi and upper respiratory tract becomes less reactive, due to which the number of coughing episodes is reduced.

"Codelac Neo" is a symptomatic remedy, since the drug affects only one symptom characteristic of many diseases of the respiratory system - cough. As already emphasized above, the drug helps to eliminate dry cough, so it is in demand in patients with the flu, cold, laryngitis, whooping cough, laryngotracheitis and other pathologies, in which the patient coughs often, but the sputum is practically not excreted.

They are prescribed after acute inflammation of the respiratory tract to get rid of residual unproductive cough.

“Codelac Neo” refers to antitussive agents approved for children. In drops, this drug can be given even to an infant baby older than two months. Since the syrup contains a different dosage, this form of the medication is prescribed not earlier than the little patient turns 3 years old.

Both liquid forms of Codelac Neo are forbidden to use in the treatment of those children who are hypersensitive to any ingredient of these medicines. They also should not be given to children with fructose intolerance. Since the composition of syrup and drops includes ethanol, they are prescribed for liver pathologies only under the supervision of a physician.

During treatment, Codelac Neo does not develop addiction and does not observe respiratory depression. However, some children may respond to such drugs with drowsiness, nausea, allergies, dizziness, loose stools, and other ailments.

“Codelac Neo” is recommended to give children before meals. The medicine is taken in drops 4 times, and in syrup three times during the day.

If after 5 days from the beginning of the application, the cough is still preserved, a second examination of the doctor is necessary.

A single dosage of drops affects the age of the baby:

• Crumb to a year give 10 drops at the reception;
• baby 1-3 years old - 15 drops at a time;
• a patient older than 3 years - 25 drops per application.

The dosage of the syrup is also determined depending on the age:

• children 3–6 years old, 5 ml;
• patients 6–12 years old give 10 ml of syrup per reception;
• from 12 years a single dose is increased to 15 ml of syrup.

If a child accidentally drinks more “Codelac Neo” than it is supposed to by age, this can lead to a vomiting attack, a decrease in heart rate, a drowsy state, arrhythmias and other symptoms. If an overdose is detected, it is recommended to consult a doctor.

The instructions for the drugs "Codelac Neo" indicated that they are not recommended for use with any means that have a depressant effect on the central nervous system (for example, with sleeping pills or neuroleptics).

In addition, due to the blocking of the Codelac Neo cough reflex, it is not necessary to use it with expectorant drugs.

Both types of “Codelac Neo” are referred to as non-prescription drugs sold without problems in any pharmacy. On average, for 100 ml of syrup you need to pay 150 rubles, and the price of one bottle of drops is 250–280 rubles.

You can keep such medicines at home at room temperature by placing the bottle in a dry place where it will not be found by young children. The shelf life of both liquid drugs is 2 years from the date of manufacture.

On the use of "Codelaka Neo" you can see a lot of positive feedback. Moms confirm the effectiveness of such drugs for dry cough. Among the advantages of drops called the possibility of use in infants and ease of dosing. Both liquid versions of drugs have a pleasant smell and a sweetish taste, so children usually do not have any problems with swallowing them.

Among the disadvantages are usually mentioned side effects, which are occasionally found in young patients.

If you need to replace the syrup or drops with a similar medicine, the doctor may prescribe another drug from the Codelac antitussive product line.

• "Codelac" tabletscontaining codeine, licorice, sodium bicarbonate and thermopsis. Its ingredients inhibit the cough reflex, reduce the viscosity of secretions, facilitating the expectoration of mucus, so the drug is especially in demand in the treatment of dry cough. It can be used from 2 years of age.

• "Codelak Fito" - liquid analogue of the drug in tablets, in which instead of sodium bicarbonate there is an extract from thyme. This elixir affects the cough center and the state of sputum. He is appointed from two years with laryngotracheitis, whooping cough, flu and other diseases.

• «Codelac Broncho». Such a remedy in tablets is also similar to the usual “Codelac”, but the codeine in it is replaced by Ambroxol, which gives the drug a stronger expectorant properties and eliminates the effect on the brain. In children it is allowed to apply from 12 years. There is also a liquid form of the drug "Broncho", prescribed from the age of two. It is represented by an elixir, in which ambroxol is supplemented with glycyrrhizic acid and an extract of thyme. Both drugs are used for inflammatory processes that produce very viscous sputum, for example, for bronchitis.

• “Codelac Pulmo”. The basis of this gel are coniferous plants, and the effect on the respiratory tract is due to camphor, fir oil and turpentine. The drug has antiseptic, distracting and anti-inflammatory properties. It increases blood flow to the lungs, and also acts on the respiratory tract by inhalation. In children, it can be used with any type of cough from 3 years.

Instead of the drug "Codelac Neo", other medicines may be prescribed that have the same effect on the cough center.

• "Sinekod". Such a tool is similar to "Codelac Neo" as a dosage form ("Sinekod" is available in drops and syrup), and the active substance (the drug also contains butiramirut). And age restrictions, and single dosages, and the indications for such drugs also coincide, but Sinekod is a bit more expensive.

• «Omnitus». This is another drug based on butamirate that can fully replace “Codelac Neo” in children over 3 years of age, since only syrup acts as its liquid form. Omnitus is also available in tablets, which at a dosage of 20 mg are allowed from the age of six.

• Packeladin. This syrup can be used in children from two and a half years with a body weight of more than 15 kg. Thanks to okseladin, it not only affects the cough center, but also has a stimulating effect on breathing.

• «Bronholitin». This syrup, used in children older than 3 years, affects the respiratory tract and the cough reflex due to ephedrine, combined with glaucine. The drug has several analogues, for example, the syrups "Bronhotsin" and "Bronchoton".

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