Rinzasip for children: instructions for use
In the period of flu and colds, a fast-acting, effective and tasty remedy is needed to treat babies. It is delicious that children take it with pleasure. The optimal solution are powders for making hot drinks, such as “Rinzasip” for kids. Drinking a raspberry-flavored drink, children do not perceive it as a medicine, but quickly begin to recover.
Release form
"Rinzasip-kids" - a comprehensive tool for colds and flu for children - is available in powder form for the preparation of the drink. Each dose is packed in a bag or sachet. In the package - 5 or 10 bags.
Composition
The main active component of "Rinzasip" for children is paracetamol. This substance, which is both an analgesic and lowers body temperature, is used in the production of most flu and cold medications, and is approved for use in children. Paracetamol is on the list of essential medicines compiled by the World Health Organization. Sachet contains the optimal dose for the simultaneous administration of the drug - 280 mg.
In the composition of "Rinzasip" for children, paracetamol is enhanced with 100 mg of ascorbic acid. This substance is also well known to doctors and pharmacists as a source of vitamin C. In combination with paracetamol, ascorbic acid improves overall health, gives strength.
The powder also contains 10 mg of pheniramine maleate, an antiallergic agent that helps fight swelling of the nasal and throat mucous membranes, eases breathing and eliminates nasal congestion.
As excipients in the Rinzasip powder for children they add natural dye and flavoring, thanks to which the drink acquires a pink color and a raspberry flavor. To neutralize the sour taste of ascorbic acid, sweetener aspartame is added to the preparation. Another supplement is magnesium citrate promotes healing at the cellular level.
Operating principle
The combined action of Rinzasip for children at the same time reduces fever, relieves headache and joint pain, as well as sore throat, relieves the nose, facilitates breathing, and contributes to an influx of energy and strength. Just finishing the drink, the children start to get warm, they have chills and feverish syndrome.
Besides, the content of vitamin C contributes not only to getting rid of the symptoms of cold and flu, but also a more rapid recovery.
Indications
Powder "Rinzasip" for children can be given to children with colds, acute respiratory infections, SARS, flu. With hypothermia, when there are no obvious symptoms of a cold, you can also give this drink. He will remove the pain and add strength to fight the disease.
One of the first symptoms of a cold or viral infection is a runny nose, since it is the nasal mucosa that usually takes the “first blow” during contact with the infection. Therefore, a runny nose, including allergic, that is, appearing after contact with an allergen, is also an indication for taking Rinzasip for children.
From what age is prescribed?
Rinzasip powder for children is used to treat babies over 6 years old. For the treatment of children of earlier age, you need to use other special drugs. Giving from 3 years "Rinzasip-kids" is not necessary: The content of medicinal substances in such a powder is too high for a baby, as a result of which he may develop overdose symptoms.
From the age of 15, a teenager can be given adult Rinzasip powder or Rinza tablets.
It is important that the powder "Rinzasip" for adults has a different composition, in particular, contains a much higher dosage of paracetamol and caffeine, so it can not be given to children.
Contraindications
"Rinzasip" for children is not used for treatment if the child is under 6 years old. You also do not need to give this drug if it is known that children have an individual intolerance or sensitivity to one or more components.
Since the components of the drug are excreted through the liver and kidneys, Rinzasip is not given to children with severe chronic diseases or dysfunctions of these organs. Also, the medication is contraindicated in children with various blood diseases. Instructions for use does not specify the name of these diseases. But if there is a severe chronic disease in the history, then only a doctor can prescribe any medicine for him, taking into account all individual indications.
It is important that Rinzasip is not given to children at the same time or on the same day with other medicines that contain paracetamol. Despite the prevalence of this drug and its beneficial properties, in large quantities it can be dangerous to the health of children.
Side effects
Sometimes when taking "Rinzasip" in children there are side effects. It may be dry mouth, skin rash, itching, headache or nausea, as well as some other symptoms.
If the medicine is taken longer than prescribed in the instructions for use, then blood tests may show up. anemiawhen the level of hemoglobin in the blood decreases, or leukopenia, in which the number of leukocytes in the blood decreases.
If parents notice these or other symptoms, then first of all, you need to stop taking the drug, and then seek medical help.
Instructions for use
Before use, the contents of one sachet of "Rinzasip" diluted in about a glass of water, ideally 200 mg. But if it is difficult for children to drink such a volume, then you can either slightly reduce the amount of water, or give the drink not immediately, but by dividing it into 2-3 servings. The water should be warm enough to completely dissolve the powder, but not hot, so as not to burn the oral mucosa.
As a rule, if the doctor has not prescribed a different procedure, children from 6 to 10 years old should prepare the drink twice a day, children over 10 and under 12 years old - three times a day. Up to 4 bags a day can be given at the age of over 12 years.
It is important to ensure that at least four hours pass between taking the medicine. If during this period the sick person feels bad again, the body temperature starts to rise, chills and fever appear, then you should not give Rinzasip or another medicine containing paracetamol.
In this case, you can use one of the popular ways to reduce the temperature, for example, apply ice or make a cold rubbing. With a critically high body temperature, you must seek emergency medical care.
The total recommended duration of treatment is 5 days.
Overdose
Overdose manifests itself, above all, paracetamol. Her symptoms: nausea, complaints from the gastrointestinal tract, severe sweating, weakness. If an overdose occurs after a single dose of a large dose of “Rinzasip”, it is necessary to do a gastric lavage within 1–2 hours, and then begin to give activated charcoal.
If overdose accumulated gradually, for example, with long-term use of the drug, then parents themselves can hardly help him. In this case, you will need medical care in a hospital.
Interaction with other drugs
Rinzasip for children affects the effectiveness of other drugs.In particular, the drug enhances the action of diuretics. Therefore, when taking Rinzasip for children, it is better to reconsider the dosages of diuretics, otherwise a lack of fluid may develop.
Terms of sale and storage
The drug "Rinzasip" for children is sold in a pharmacy without a prescription. You can keep the medicine for three years. Optimal storage conditions - dry and cool place, room temperature. No need to store bags in the fridge.
Considering the possible consequences of overdose, Storage must be out of the reach of children.
Reviews
In the majority of reviews on the use of the drug "Rinzasip" for children - positive. Parents write that the medicine helps to stop ARD at the very beginning of the illness or not to get sick at all if treatment is started in a timely manner. But “Rinzasip” works in the midst of the disease, when the fever has already risen, the headache and the chills torment. After taking the drug, chills disappear, nasal breathing and, most importantly, appetite appear. The action of the drug, as a rule, lasts all night and allows the sick to fully sleep.
Parents note that the drug can not be attributed to the most inexpensive. So, the price of a package containing 10 bags of Rinzasip powder for children in Moscow is about 300 rubles. But even with more affordable analogues, parents are willing to pay more, because they have already seen the effectiveness of the drug at different stages of the disease.
Also, parents are confident in its safety, since Rinzasip is produced by one of the world's largest health care corporations, which guarantees compliance with production technology and quality control at all stages.
Analogs
According to the active ingredients and the therapeutic effects of analogues "Rinzasip" for children are drugs:
Dr. Komarovsky will tell you about the doses in which it is possible to give the child antipyretic drugs in the video below.