Analgin, Suprastin and No-shpa children: instructions for use and dosage

High body temperature in a child in most cases acts as a defensive reaction to help get rid of germs and viruses. If it does not exceed 38 degrees, medication is not recommended to lower the temperature. At higher numbers, children are given antipyretic drugs.

Doctors often prescribe medications containing paracetamol or ibuprofenhowever, in critical situations, the use of Analgin. If the temperature needs to be brought down quickly and efficiently, the so-called lytic mixture is used. What drugs are included in its composition in addition to Analgin and is it possible to use this mixture in the treatment of children?

Such a mixture, also called “triad”, is a combination of three drugs:

• Anesthetic antipyretic medication, which is usually Analgin. It can be replaced with Paracetamol or one of the preparations containing ibuprofen.

• Antihistamine drug, which most often acts Suprastin. It can also be Diphenhydramine.

• Antispasmodic, which is mainly used as No-silo. This medicine can also replace papaverine.

Once in the patient's body, the lytic mixture has the following effect:

• Due to the presence of analgin she provides a rapid decrease in temperature and analgesic effect.
• No-shpa causes dilation of blood vessels and helps eliminate spasmwhich is especially important in hyperthermia, which is called malignant or "pale."
• Suprastin in the mixture is responsible for the elimination of edema.and also has a sedative and hypnotic influence. In addition, it reduces the risk of an allergic reaction to the use of "triad".

Sharing Suprastin, No-shpy and Analgin demand:

• With the "white" fever, signs of which are cool to the touch limbs, pallor of the skin, lethargy of the child.
• With very high body temperature (more than +39 ° C).
• With poor tolerance to fever or its danger (for example, at high risk of febrile seizures), even if the temperature is below + 38.5 ° C.

Mix "Analgin, Suprastin and No-shpa"allowed for use in the treatment of children older than 1 year:

• Analgin is used in pediatrics from 3 months of age.
• No-shpa is assigned to children older than a year.
• Suprastin is approved for use in children older than 1 month.

The following analogs can sometimes be used:

• Diphenhydramine Injections are used in children aged 1 year and older, and in tablets from the age of 7 years.
• Papaverine is allowed to use in children older than 6 months.

The combination of drugs Analgin, Suprastin and But shpa is not used:

• In case of intolerance to any of the components.
• With violations of blood.
• With serious liver disease.
• In renal failure.
• With bronchospasm.

The injection should be done with a disposable sterile syringe, and the injection site should be rubbed with alcohol. Ampoules with drugs slightly warmed in the hands, and then opened, picking up all the drugs with one syringe. The mixture is injected deep into the muscles, so the needle in the syringe should be long. If the medicine gets under the skin, it can cause severe irritation and even inflammation.

If pills are used, then usually 1/4 of each drug is taken, but before use it is better to specify the dosage for a particular child, because the effective and safe dose for children of different ages will be their own.

• Analgin at the age of 8 years is calculated by weight, multiplying the body weight of the child in kilograms by 5-10 mg. In this case, a single dose should not be higher than 100 mg for children under 3 years old, 200 mg for children 4-7 years old and 300 mg for children 8-14 years old.
• Suprastin tablets are given to babies up to 1/4 years old, children older than a year - from 1/4 to 1/2, and at the age of six years old - half. If they are replaced Diphenhydramine, then such medicine is given at the age of 7 years from 1/4 to one half of one tablet per reception.
• No-spic tablets are given to children 1-6 years old by quarter or half tablets, at the age of 6-12 years - 1 tablet each, and children over 12 years old can be given 2 tablets at once. If No-shpu needs to be replaced with papaverine pills for children (they contain 10 mg of the active substance), then children under 2 years old are given 1/2 tablet, at the age of 2-4 years - from half to the full pill, for a child 5-6 years old - 1 each tablet, in 7-9 years - 1-1.5 tablets, and in the age of 10 years - 1.5-2 tablets per reception.

The dosage of each component of the lytic mixture in the injection of doctors is calculated as follows:

• Analgin give 5 mg of active substance per 1 kg of child weight.
• Suprastin administered to children younger than a year in a dose of 0.25 ml, children 1-6 years old - 0.5 ml, and over 6 years old - from 0.5 to 1 ml. If used Diphenhydramine, it is administered in the amount of 0.5-1 ml for children of 1-3 years old, 1-1.5 ml for children of 4-6 years old and 1.5-3 ml at the age of 7-14 years.
• No-shpu Children up to 6 years of age are injected in a dose of 0.5-1 ml, and a child of 6-12 years old - 1 ml of the drug. When using Papaverine at the age of 2 years old, 0.25 ml is administered, at 2-4 years old - 0.25-0.5 ml, at the age of 5-6 years old - 0.5 ml, for a child of 7-9 years old - 0.5 -0.75 ml, over the age of 10 years - 0.75-1 ml.