The medicine "Vicks Asset", the price of which starts at 140 rubles, is included in the group of mucolytics. The active substance is acetylcysteine. The medication has a secretory motor and secretolytic effect. The product dilutes sputum (even purulent), increases the volume of secretion, facilitating excretion. With oral administration, a high absorption rate is noted. After three hours, the highest concentration is reached. Excretion occurs in the form of inactive metabolites, a small part - unchanged.
Appointment
Effective Vicks Active tablets are prescribed for pathologies in the organs of the respiratory system and conditions complicated by the formation of viscous purulent mucus. Relate to indications bronchitis, tracheitis (due to viral or bacterial infection), pneumonia. Recommended remedy for patients with cystic fibrosis, bronchiolitis and asthma. The drug is effective for atelectasis due to blockage of the bronchi with a stopper. The medication is prescribed in the post-traumatic and postoperative periods - to eliminate viscous sputum. The medicine "Vicks Asset" instruction recommends for sinusitis, purulent and catarrhal otitis media, sinusitis. A medication is prescribed during an overdose of paracetamol.
Contraindications
The drug "Vicks Asset" instruction does not allow for use in phenylketonuria, ulcerative lesions in the gastrointestinal tract, during pregnancy. Do not prescribe medicine to patients with hypersensitivity during lactation. 600 mg tablets are contraindicated for up to 14 years, 200 mg for up to 2 years. Against the background of bronchial asthma, treatment is carried out with extreme caution. Dose adjustment may be required for patients with impaired renal, hepatic, adrenal, and varicose veins. A change in the regimen is likely in the case of a predisposition to hemoptysis, arterial hypotension.
Dosage regimen
For patients from 14 years of age, the drug "Vicks Asset" instruction recommends 2-3 mg 2-3 times a day for 200 mg. The maximum amount of medication is not more than 600 mg. From 2 to 6 years - 100 mg each. The drug is also taken 2-3 times a day. 600 mg tablets for patients from 14 years of age are recommended in half twice or 1 piece once a day. The duration of therapy depends on the severity of the pathology. In chronic diseases, treatment can last several months.
Side effects
Means "Vicks asset" (the instruction warns about this) can cause, in rare cases, heartburn, tachycardia, itching and vomiting. The negative consequences should also include a feeling of fullness in the stomach, bleeding associated in part with a hypersensitivity reaction. In some patients, fever, rhinorrhea, and pain in the head are likely. There is stomatitis, drowsiness. Due to therapy, bronchospasm may appear, pressure decreases. Nasal bleeding is also possible. If these and other undesirable consequences appear, you need to stop taking the medicine and visit a doctor. In the absence of therapeutic efficacy, an independent change in the dosage regimen is contraindicated.