"Soda buffer" for inhalation: instructions for use, dosage and reviews

For various diseases of the respiratory system, doctors can prescribe the use of "Soda-buffer" for inhalation to their patients. This drug has a number of healing properties and allows you to regain lightness and freedom of breathing in the shortest possible time.

Release form and composition

The drug "Soda buffer" for inhalation is a clear liquid without color and any specific odor. It is produced in a variety of forms. The medicine can be bought in a disposable plastic bottle with a capacity of 2 or 5 ml, in glass containers with a capacity of 100, 200 or 400 ml, as well as in plastic containers, the volume of which can be 100 or 200 ml. However, regardless of the form in which the drug is purchased, the solution will include sodium bicarbonate, the content of which will be 84 mg per 2 ml of soda buffer. It is this substance that has healing properties that can defeat the disease and facilitate breathing. In addition to it, there are some more components in the solution, however, they do not affect the effect of the drug in any way, but are needed only to accelerate its absorption by the body.

Indications for use

According to the instructions for "Soda-buffer" for inhalation, the drug can be prescribed to patients suffering from:

• tonsillitis, pharyngitis or laryngitis;
• tracheitis;
• pathologies of the sinuses, that is, rhinitis, sinusitis or sinusitis;
• colds of acute respiratory infections or SARS;
• infectious diseases like whooping cough, rubella, or measles;
• adenoiditis;
• allergic rhinitis;
• predisposition to exacerbation of bronchial asthma.

Drug action

Regardless of whether "Soda-buffer" is prescribed for inhalation to children or adults, it is worth remembering what effect can be obtained from the use of this drug. And the effect of the solution is multidisciplinary.

1. Improves expectoration of mucus.
2. Moisturizes the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, which greatly facilitates breathing.
3. Gradually reduces and then completely neutralizes inflammation and swelling of the respiratory tract.
4. It relieves of such local symptoms of diseases as cough, sore throat or sore throat, nasal congestion or flow from it.
5. It does not allow the pathogenic flora to grow and multiply, thereby inhibiting the development of the disease.
6. Prevents infection from spreading to the lower respiratory tract.
7. Restores acid-base and water-salt balance in the body.

Contraindications

According to the instructions for use, "Soda-buffer" for inhalation is a drug that has a number of restrictions that should be guided so that after its use the patient does not have a deterioration in his health. So, the solution should not be used:

• children under two years old;
• people who are in a state of fever;
• persons who are allergic to baking soda;
• patients suffering from nosebleeds;
• persons suffering from respiratory or heart failure, as well as having heart disease;
• those who have an inflammatory process with purulent formations in the respiratory tract or pharynx;
• pregnant women who suffer from toxicosis;
• persons suffering from cancer of the upper respiratory tract;
• anyone diagnosed with hypokalemia, hypernatremia, or metabolic alkalosis.

"Soda buffer": instructions for inhalation for adults

For effective treatment, it is very important to correctly calculate the dosage of the drug. So, for adults from 15 years old, it is necessary to do the procedure for 10 minutes three times a day. To do this, you will need to pour 3-5 ml of the solution into the sterilized capacity of the nebulizer, then close your eyes, put the mask tightly on your face and begin inhalation. Moreover, it is important to remember that with inflammation of the sinuses in the nose, inhale and exhale vapors of soda with the nose, and with inflammation of the throat and lower respiratory tract, inhale by mouth, then hold your breath for a couple of seconds, and then exhale through the nose. So, it’s worth breathing for all 10 minutes, after which you need to rinse your nose and mouth with water at room temperature, disinfect the mask and rinse the inhaler itself. The full course of such treatment should not exceed 10 days, on average, it lasts 6 days.

"Soda buffer": instructions for inhalation for children

Even more carefully, the dosage should be observed, making inhalation for children. Procedures for babies can be done only twice a day for 3-5 minutes, depending on the age of the child. The dosage of the solution for children is most often determined by the pediatrician. For each baby, the attending physician individually selects the optimal amount of the drug, taking into account his health status, weight, concomitant diseases and other factors. But in any case, the amount of soda solution poured into the nebulizer to treat the child cannot exceed 3 ml. After the capacity of the device is filled with medicine, one of the adults must independently apply the mask to the face of the child or give it to the baby, after explaining how to hold it. Then the child closes its eyes and begins to breathe. Throughout the 3-5 minutes of the procedure, adults should carefully monitor the condition of the child, in which case, help to keep the nebulizer mask or notice in time if the baby becomes ill during inhalation.

The course of treatment for a child is 5-7 days, and its maximum duration in especially severe cases can be 10 days.

Other inhalation methods

There are times when inhalation should be given to a child, a pregnant or a nursing mother, who suffer from an imbalance in the acidity of the body. In this case, the doctor can prescribe inhalation with a solution of "Soda-buffer" mixed with saline, which will minimize the likely side effects of the procedure. Having received such an appointment, it will be necessary to fill in the nebulizer with both medicine and saline in a ratio of 1: 1. Further, the procedure will proceed as usual with a duration of 5 minutes for children and 10 minutes for adults.

Also, if you do not have a nebulizer, you can do inhalation with ordinary baking soda. True, for this you will need to first make an inhalation solution yourself, which is prepared by heating a liter of water to 50 ° C, where then a teaspoon of soda is added. Then this mixture is infused for 5 minutes, and then you will need to bend over the pan, cover with a towel, and inhale the healing vapors for the allotted time.

Important Tips

In order for the treatment with Soda-Buffer for inhalation in a nebulizer to be successful, you should remember some important rules for its use.

1. Care must be taken to ensure that the mask of the device fits snugly on the skin of the face and there are no gaps between them.
2. It is best to close your eyes during treatment so that they do not get the evaporation of the solution.
3. The procedure should be carried out no more than three times a day so that there is no overdose.
4. The solution for the treatment should be warm, at about room temperature, because if it is hot, then there is a risk of a burn of the inflamed mucosa, and if it is cold, then there will be a spasm of the airways and breathing will be difficult.

Overdose and side effects

Sometimes when using Soda-Buffer for inhalation, the patient may experience symptoms of an overdose of the drug, which are important to quickly identify, and then immediately stop treatment.

So, due to an excess of the dose of the solution, alkalosis, hyperosmia or hypernatremia can begin, which will manifest in the form of seizures, increased excitability, increased sodium levels and decreased potassium levels in the body. Side effects from inhalation can also occur in the form of increased pressure, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, decreased appetite and stomach pain. Most often, these symptoms can be eliminated by the usual cessation of treatment, however, if necessary, a five percent glucose solution or an isotonic sodium chloride solution will need to be administered to the patient.

Should remember

If you have been prescribed the use of Soda Buffer Inhalation Solution, it is very important to remember some instructions from doctors and pharmacists.

1. During treatment, it is important to monitor the acid-base condition of the blood and its pH level.
2. The drug should not be used simultaneously with phosphate-containing solutions.
3. The medicine is completely incompatible with ascorbic acid, amidarone, cisplatin, codeine phosphate, magnesium sulfate, tetracycline, dobutamine and catecholamine.
4. The shelf life of the drug is two years.
5. Store the solution in a dry place out of the reach of children, at an air temperature of 15-25 ° C.
6. It is not recommended to systematically use the solution, as it will increase the likelihood of the formation of phosphate stones in the body.

Patient opinions

Recently, more and more patients prefer the drug "Soda-buffer" for inhalation to various analogues. Reviews about this solution are most often positive both from the side of mothers of sick children to whom they did inhalations, and from adults who independently performed the procedures. According to them, the course of flu and colds after such inhalations was much easier than before, when they were treated only with the help of tablets and cough syrups. Yes, and mucus from the nose is quickly removed with the help of the drug, so you can breathe normally. True, there are also negative reviews about Soda-Buffer, but they are most often written by those who used the drug without consulting a doctor and exceeded the dosage, which entailed a number of side effects. And in most cases, patients are satisfied with the result of treatment, because after a couple of days of inhalation they began to feel much better.