Syresp syrup for children: instructions for use
If a child has a cough, then different medicines can be used to eliminate this symptom. Some drugs directly affect the brain, inhibiting the cough reflex, others - affect the mucus produced in the respiratory tract, and others - improve its coughing.
Siresp is one of the sought-after drugs that help get rid of both dry and wet cough. It is often used in the treatment of various diseases of the respiratory tract and adult patients and toddlers.
Release form and composition
"Siresp" is available in only one form, which is represented by a sweet-tasting syrup. It is seemingly transparent and can be both colorless and yellowish. The smell of this drug - raspberry or orange. The drug is sold in plastic bottles in a volume of 150 or 250 ml. A dosing spoon or dosing syringe is attached to the bottle in order to measure the right amount of medicine correctly.
The main component of the drug "Siresp" is called fenspiride hydrochloride. It is contained in the syrup in the amount of 2 mg per 1 ml. Among the inactive substances of the drug are citric acid, glycerol, methyl- and propyl para-hydroxybenzoate, as well as potassium sorbate and water. The sweet taste of “Sirespa” is due to sucrose and sodium saccharinate, and the smell of medication is given by raspberry or orange flavor.
Operating principle
The active ingredient "Sirespa" has pronounced anti-inflammatory properties, and also affects the condition of the smooth muscles of the bronchi - this activity of fenspiride is called anti-bronchoconstrictor. Once in the patient's body, the drug affects the production of certain substances that provoke bronchospasm and inflammation, and inhibits their production.
Hydrochloride also has the ability to block receptors for histamine and alpha-adrenoreceptors. In addition, the drug has an antispasmodic effect.
Indications
Siresp is used as a symptomatic cough medicine for various respiratory diseases.
Syrup is prescribed to children with such illnesses as:
- laryngitis;
- rhinopharyngitis;
- tracheobronchitis;
- acute bronchitis;
- flu, measles, or whooping cough;
- bronchial asthma;
- other infectious diseases of the respiratory tract, a symptom of which is a cough.
In addition, the tool includes the complex treatment of sinusitis and otitis, regardless of the cause of such diseases (including those with an allergic nature).
From what age to apply?
In the paper annotation to the syrup, which is in the package "Sirespa" together with the bottle, it is noted that this medicine is not used by children under two years of age.
If a cough has arisen in a baby or one year old baby, it is necessary to choose a suitable analogue together with the pediatrician, since it is forbidden to give Siresp to such patients.
Contraindications
"Siresp" is not prescribed to patients with hypersensitivity to hydrochloride or any of the auxiliary ingredients of the syrup. Since the composition of the drug includes sucrose, such a drug is also contraindicated in genetic disorders of sugar absorption, for example, in the syndrome of poor glucose absorption or shortage of sucrose in the body. In case of diabetes, the use of Siresp requires the supervision of a physician.
Side effects
During treatment with Sirespom, abdominal pain, nausea and other signs of indigestion may appear. Less commonly, the drug causes mild tachycardia, an allergic reaction, or drowsiness.
If any of the adverse symptoms are detected in a small patient, it is necessary to stop feeding the syrup to the child and consult a doctor.
Instructions for use
Siresp is recommended to give the child before meals, measuring off the medicine with a dosing spoon, if it is in the box. It holds 5 ml of the drug, from which the patient receives 10 mg of the main component (fenspiride). For older patients, you can use a regular tablespoon, which holds 15 ml of medication and, accordingly, 30 mg of active compound. If a dosing syringe is enclosed in the package, they can take 10 or 15 ml of syrup.
The required amount of medication per day is determined individually, counting the dosage based on the weight of the baby. Having learned the body weight of the child in kilograms, it is multiplied by 4 mg. For example, if a small patient weighs 20 kg, then the daily dose of the main component for him will be 80 mg (4x20). Since so much active substance is contained in 40 ml of syrup, and the calculated dose must be divided into two or three doses, the medication is given 20 ml twice a day.
How long to use "Siresp" when coughing, you need to check with your doctor, because the list of pathologies that use this syrup is quite large.
For example, if a baby has ARVI, then the course of administration will not be very long, and for bronchitis or a more serious disease, it will take longer to give the medication. On the possibility of reuse after the completion of treatment should consult a physician.
Overdose and drug interactions
An excessively high dose of the drug can cause nausea, drowsiness, vomiting, tachycardia, or an agitated state. Finding an overdose, it is recommended to flush the stomach and immediately consult a doctor. Siresp can be combined with drugs from different groups, including antibiotics and other cough medicines.
Syrup is not recommended to drink along with the means that have a depressant effect on the central nervous system.
Terms of sale and storage
To buy Siresp in a pharmacy, you must first consult your doctor for a prescription for this medicine.
Store the medicine at home should be below 25 degrees, putting the bottle in the place hidden from children. The shelf life of a sealed drug is 3 years, but since the first use of the medicine, the opened bottle can be stored for only 6 months.
Reviews
About the use of the drug users respond mostly positively. Siresp is praised for its convenient dosage form and effective action for different types of cough, but some children do not like the taste of the medicine, and many moms consider the composition of the medicine to be too “chemical”.
Analogs
The most well-known drug that can fully replace "Siresp" is "Erespal". This French medicine contains the same active ingredient, therefore it has the same healing effects. In addition to the syrup, which is used by children over 2 years old, "Erespal" is also represented by pills, but they are not used in childhood. Difference from "Siresp" is the higher price of such analogue.
If there is neither Sirespa nor Erespala at the pharmacy, you can purchase another medicine based on the main component. A child can take Epistat syrup from Gedeon Richter, the domestic drug Eladon, or Erispirius syrup, produced by Sandoz. All of these medicines have a sweet taste, contain 2 mg of active substance in every milliliter and are used for the same indications.
If a small patient revealed an intolerance to the main component, or Siresp was ineffective, then an analogue with a similar effect on the respiratory tract is selected, for example, one of the ambroxol preparations (Lazolvan, Ambrobene,Bronchus"And others) or some herbal medicine (" Prospan ","Herbion», «Bronhikum"," Bronchipret ").
On the treatment of children's cough, Dr. Komarovsky tells more in the video below.
