The drug "Prospan" is a herbal remedy used for coughing. The medication has a bronchospasmolytic, mucolytic effect, exhibits an expectorant effect. The medicine helps to reduce the viscosity of sputum and its faster elimination from the bronchi. The composition of the product contains an extract from ivy leaves (dry). The tool is available in different dosage forms: drops for inhalation and oral administration, as well as in suspended form.
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The “Prospana” instruction recommends the drug for inflammatory pathologies of the respiratory system of chronic and acute course, complicated by the formation of difficult to separate viscous sputum.
Dosage regimen
Drops "Prospan" are recommended for adults at 20 cap. 3-5 p / d In suspended form, the medication is prescribed in a dose of 5-7.5 ml three times a day. Inhalations are carried out using standard devices - nebulizers. To prevent negative consequences (irritation of the throat mucosa), the “Prospana” instruction recommends diluting the solution with water 1: 2. Procedures are carried out no more than five times a day.
How to use the drug "Prospan" for children. Instruction Price
Drops are prescribed to patients from a year. Dosage for children under three years - 10 cap., From 4 to 7 years - 15 cap., From seven years - 20 cap. The medicine is drunk no more than five times a day. The cough syrup "Prospan" instruction recommends to patients up to a year 2.5 ml 2 r / day., Up to 6 l - in the same dose three times a day, adolescents and schoolchildren - 5 ml 3 r / d. The duration of therapy is determined by a specialist in accordance with the severity of the pathology and patient tolerance. Minimum course - at least a week. To consolidate the therapeutic effect, the Prospana instruction recommends taking the drug for another two days after the symptoms have been eliminated. Before ingestion, shake the bottle with the product.
Side effects and contraindications
Based on drug therapy, the development of allergic reactions is likely. Usually they are associated with the presence of hypersensitivity to the components. Sorbitol contained in the drug can cause diarrhea (due to its laxative effect). The “Prospana” instruction does not recommend a medicine for fructose intolerance, isomaltase / sucrose deficiency, glucose-galactose malabsorption. A medicine (in the form of drops) is not prescribed to patients with hypersensitivity to components, alcoholism and in other conditions when ethanol is contraindicated. Therapy during pregnancy and breastfeeding is not recommended.
additional information
When taking drops, it is necessary to refrain from performing potentially dangerous work, driving. The Prospan syrup does not contain dyes, sugar or ethanol. During storage, a slight turbidity of the solution is allowed, which does not affect the pharmacological properties of the drug. If side effects occur, you should visit your doctor by stopping the medication. It is undesirable to use the drug simultaneously with other antitussive agents, as this can complicate the transport of liquefied sputum.