Cough child develops quite often, and every family has their own ways of dealing with this unpleasant condition. Somebody brews herbs someone uses badger fat, someone makes inhalation. Sometimes these measures are not enough and have to resort to drugs. Children under two years tableted funds are not used, in preference syrups, drops and elixirs. But a child older than two years may be given and antitussive in the form of tablets.

Tablets Cough - are called, contain codeine, soda, licorice root and grass Thermopsis, and therefore has a fastest antitussive and expectorant effect. Assign children from two years of age in the short course dosage, as may develop according to codeine.

• Mukaltin contains marshmallow drug, soda and tartaric acid has a pronounced expectorant properties and increases peristalsis of the respiratory bronchioles and the activity of the ciliated epithelium. Assign children from two years old, a tablet can be diluted in water. Not appointed with medicines that contain codeine as possible difficulty in removing phlegm, its accumulation in bronheolah and development of purulent complications.
• Pektusin comprises menthol and eucalyptus, and irritant that reduces inflammation in bronchi and facilitates cough. Apply sublingually in children older than seven years. Children can dissolve the tablet just because they have a cool mint flavor, and under the tongue to keep a large tablet for children is problematic.
• Ambroxol (ambrogeksal, Mucosolvan) acts as a mucolytic, that is, liquefies phlegm and facilitates expectoration. Assign children after five years, certainly after a meal and drink plenty of fluids.
• Bromgekin contains bromhexine hydrochloride and has mucolytic, expectorant and antitussive actions. Assign children from three years to simultaneously use a large amount of liquid. Do not administered together with preparations containing codeine.
• Dr. Mom - lozenges containing licorice, ginger, embliki and menthol have expectorant, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, analgesic and antiseptic. Warning: clinical experience in children missing! This is a drug for adults!
• Tusupreks (oxeladin, oxeladin acetate) - a synthetic agent, which has antitussive and expectorant action, which can be assigned to young children, even up to a year, but the drug should be prescribed by a doctor and choose the optimum dosage.
• Libeksin - synthetic drug cough, which has anesthetic, bronchodilator effect and reduces the activity of the respiratory center without suppressing respiratory function. By efficiency equivalent to codeine, but not addictive. It can be used in children of all ages, after consultation with the doctor.
• Bitiodin - antitussive drug is a synthetic, equal in strength to codeine, but not addictive. It is used in adults only.
• Ledeen - cough medication obtained from the shoots of wild rosemary marsh that can be applied regardless of the meal. It has an impact on the respiratory center. It is used in adults only.
• Glauvent (glaucine hydrochloride) is obtained from a plant glautsium yellow, which belongs to the family of the poppy. The drug has a strong antitussive effect. Approved by children after four years.

  Svetlana Shimkovich

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