Trimedat for children: instructions for use and reviews

Abdominal pain, vomiting, or diarrhea often manifest in children, not only with serious illnesses, but also with eating disorders. In all these cases, help "Trimedat" regulating the work of the intestine - it is prescribed even for small children.

"Trimedat" is available in the form of tablets of 100 and 200 mg for oral administration. Pharmacies sell packages of 10, 20 and 30 pieces - depending on the manufacturer (Russian or foreign).

Tablets of 100 mg have a cylindrical form, 200 mg - round with risk and squeezed out letters and symbols.

The active ingredient - trimebutine maleate - has a regulating effect on intestinal motility. With insufficient peristalsis, it is able to strengthen it, and when excessive, it has an antispasmodic effect.

The excipients in the tablet are lactose, colloidal silicon dioxide, talc, corn starch and magnesium stearate. This is a standard set of sweetener, dye, preservative, which is used in many drugs.

The drug acts on the entire gastrointestinal tract, helping to move food from the esophagus into the stomach, and then the digested mass into the intestine. The drug helps to restore normal intestinal motilityso that smooth muscles respond adequately to incoming food, and the child has no problems with digestion.

"Trimedat" is prescribed for stomach disorders and intestines of various origin, including - with abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation. The drug is used to relieve symptoms and treat intestinal dyspeptic disorders, for example, early satiety, feelings of fullness.

Trimedat Valenta, manufactured by a Russian pharmaceutical company, has been recommended for children from the age of three. However, the prescription of a pediatrician or a narrow specialist-gastroenterologist can be used before, for example, from the age of 2 years.

Independent use of "Trimedat" in children under three years is not recommended., because in clinical conditions the effect of the drug on children of this age group has not been studied. At the same time, metabolism in young children is different from the metabolism in adults and older children.

The instructions for use establish several restrictions on the use of the drug. The first is the children's age from 3 and 12, depending on the manufacturer. The second contraindication is increased individual sensitivity or intolerance to the components of the drug. The latter applies not only to the basic substance, but also to the auxiliary, for example, to lactose.

In the instructions for use the manufacturer indicates that the drug is well tolerated by patients. However, during treatment, various symptoms of side effects may occur. These may be stool disorders or nausea. Such manifestations as drowsiness, headaches, anxiety, ringing, tinnitus, impairment of hearing are possible. Also, the child may be disturbed by skin rash, itching.

The dosage of the drug for children is indicated by the manufacturer. Children from 3 to 5 years old should take 25 mg of the drug per day, from 5 to 12 years old - 50 mg three times a day. Children over 12 receive an adult dose of 100–200 mg daily.

Since the drug is available with a minimum content of the main component of 100 mg, a child needs to use a quarter or half of the tablet. If only 200 mg tablets are available, it is necessary, respectively, to divide it into 8 and 4 parts.

If a small child does not know how to swallow pills, the necessary part can be ground into powder using a regular teaspoon, and then add a little water to form a suspension. You can also add a crushed pill to a drink or a sweet jam that looks like syrup.

You must give the medicine 30 minutes before or 20 minutes after eating. The course of treatment can be either single or long - up to several months.

Cases of overdose in the medical literature is not recorded. If parents are sure that the child has taken a large amount of medication, it is necessary to seek medical help, and in the meantime do a gastric lavage with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Then the child should be given an absorbent, for example, "Smektu", and within a day follow his health. If symptoms occur, such as constipation or diarrhea, use symptomatic treatment.

There are no cases of the influence of "Trimedat" on the action of other medicines As a general rule, “Trimedat” babies should not be given along with anthracite and absorbent drugs, as this impairs absorption and, consequently, the therapeutic effect.

Trimedat is a non-prescription drug. The shelf life of tablets - 3 years. In this case, you must comply with the storage conditions: do not leave the drug under the action of direct sunlight, high or low temperatures. From this, the effectiveness of the drug may decrease. The optimal storage temperature is room temperature. It is also important to ensure that the storage place is not accessible to babies.

Parents speak about the use of "Trimedat" in children, mostly well. They consider the medicine safe and effective, quickly eliminating symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea in children.

So, mom shared a history of curing the effects of food poisoning. The gastroenterologist, after hearing complaints of diarrhea and vomiting, prescribed the child 3 years to take Trimedat along with another medication. The child’s stool returned to normal the next day it was taken, the temperature was asleep, the child became active. The treatment lasted four days.

In another case, a 5-year-old child was prescribed Trimedat as a remedy for helping the stomach after starting kindergarten. Mom explained that her daughter was a little one, and in kindergarten she ate a variety of food 5 times a day. For her stomach, such frequent meals turned out to be too heavy a load: a stomach ache, diarrhea, bloating appeared. Treatment with Trimedat for 2 weeks helped the child adapt to new nutritional conditions.

According to doctors, drug treatment can begin even earlier than the age recommended by the manufacturer, even from 2 years. Side effects occur in very rare cases, children tolerate the drug well, at the same time, the desired effect is achieved in various disorders of the chair or abdominal pain.

According to the therapeutic effect, analogs of “Trimedat” - “Sparok” and “Trigan”. According to the main component, the analogues are “Neobutin”, “Trimebutin maleate”.

The price of "Trimedat Valent" Russian production in Moscow - an average of 500 rubles per pack of 30 tablets of 200 mg. A pack of 100 mg tablets costs about 300 rubles.

On what to do with pain in the abdomen of a child and what other medications can be taken, see below.