The medicine “ACC 200” (effervescent tablets, granules) refers to mucolytic agents. The drug dilutes sputum, increasing its volume, and facilitates its separation. The active substance is acetylcysteine.
The mechanism of action of the drug is based on the ability of sulfhydryl groups of the active substance to break disulfide bonds in acid mucopolysaccharides of secretion. The drug "ACC" retains its medicinal properties with purulent sputum. The medication does not affect the state of immunity.
The drug has an antioxidant property, has some anti-inflammatory effect.
The tool "ACC 200", the instruction recommends for violations in the discharge of sputum against cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, tracheitis, bronchitis, bronchiolitis. Indications include laryngotracheitis, lung atelectasis (as a result of the formation of a mucous plug in the bronchi), bronchial asthma, emphysema, sinusitis, otitis media (purulent, catarrhal), sinusitis. The drug “ACC 200” recommends the instruction in preparation for aspiratory drainage, bronchography, bronchoscopy. The tool is used to wash abscesses, middle ear and nasal passages, maxillary sinuses, as well as fistulas, to treat the operating area before interventions in the nasal cavity. The drug effectively eliminates the viscous secret in postoperative and post-traumatic conditions.
The medicine “ACC 200” does not allow the use of hemoptysis, hypersensitivity to components, exacerbation of an ulcer in the duodenum and stomach, and pulmonary hemorrhage. The drug is contraindicated during lactation and pregnancy.
The medication is prescribed with caution for varicose veins in the esophagus, kidney or liver failure, adrenal gland pathology, bronchial asthma.
Taking medication can cause tinnitus, drowsiness, dyspepsia (rarely), and fever. The side effects of the drug “ATSTS 200” include urticaria, vomiting, a feeling of fullness in the stomach, and nausea.
Children from two to six years old are recommended to take two hundred milligrams of “ATSTs 200” granules diluted in water twice a day. The instruction powder recommends dissolving in boiled water. Children under two years of age are prescribed twice a day for one hundred milligrams.
In the chronic course of pathologies, adults are recommended to take from 400 to 600 mg per day (the dosage is divided into one or two doses), for children from two to fourteen years old, three times a day, one hundred milligrams.
For cystic fibrosis, the recommended dosage for children is from ten days to two years — three times a day, fifty milligrams a day, up to six years — four times a hundred milligrams a day, and after six years — three times a day two hundred milligrams.
The duration of therapy is determined in accordance with the indications only by the attending physician. As a rule, treatment does not exceed ten days.
For patients aged 65 years, minimally effective dosages are recommended.
It must be borne in mind that granulate (powder) contains sucrose. In this regard, when prescribing to patients with diabetes, caution should be exercised.
The drug "ACC" is available in the form of an aerosol, injection, granules for the preparation of suspensions, effervescent tablets, capsules.
Experts note the high effectiveness of the drug when used in any dosage form.
When using the drug according to the doctor’s recommendations and in therapeutic doses, an overdose does not occur.
If side effects occur, you should consult a doctor immediately.
Despite the large number of positive reviews about the drug “ACC”, it is recommended that you consult a doctor and familiarize yourself with the annotation before taking it.