The medicine "Claritin" is an antihistamine with a long action, which has a pronounced anti-allergic effect. The effect of taking claritin appears within an hour and lasts more than a day. The drug does not pass through the blood-brain barrier, does not affect the central nervous system. Reviews indicate the high efficiency of taking the drug "Claritin". The instruction emphasizes that this tool does not affect psychomotor reactions and does not have a sedative and anticholinergic effect on the body.
Release form
Claritin is available in tablet form and as a syrup. The tablets are white, oval, on the one hand there is a risk, the trademark in the form of a cup and a flask is indicated, and the number 10.
Claritin in the form of a syrup is a colorless, transparent, sometimes liquid with a yellowish tinge. The syrup is poured into bottles with a volume of 60 and 120 cm³. In the package - 1 bottle plus a measuring spoon.
Claritin Composition
1 tablet contains loratadine 10 mg plus excipients, which include corn starch, lactose and magnesium stearate.
1 ml of syrup contains loratadine - 1 mg. Additional ingredients: water, flavor (peach), citric acid, glycerin, sodium benzoate, propylene glycol, granular sucrose.
Pharmacological effect
Claritin is a tricyclic compound that blocks histamine receptors. It is a selective antagonist to peripheral receptors of this type.
Indications for use
- Treatment of both seasonal and non-seasonal allergic rhinitis and the elimination of the symptoms caused by these diseases: itching in the nasal cavity, sneezing, burning and itching of the mucous membrane of the eyes, rhinorrhea.
- Therapy of skin diseases of an allergic etiology, including chronic urticaria.
Mode of application
Claritin: instructions for use for children from 12 years old and adults
The prescribed dose of Claritin is 10 mg (one tablet or two tsp of syrup) - 1 time / day. The medicine can be taken at any time of the day.
Claritin: instructions for children from 2 to 12 years
With a body weight of up to 30 kg: the prescribed dose of Claritin is 5 mg. This is half a tablet or one teaspoon of syrup (5 cm3) - 1 time / day.
With a body weight of 30 kg or more, give 2 h / l of syrup (10 ml) or 1 tablet, give 1 time / day.
Claritin: instructions for patients who have impaired liver function or have kidney failure
Prescribe 10 mg - this is 1 tablet. or 2 tsp syrup, give 1 time in two days.
Feasible side effects
In the digestive tract in adults:
- dry mouth, nausea, gastritis;
- sometimes - impaired liver function.
In the central nervous system in adults:
- headaches, drowsiness, fatigue;
in children (rarely) - headaches, nervous irritability, sedative effect.
Possible manifestations of allergic reactions in adults: skin rash, sometimes anaphylactic reactions. Data on dermatological reactions in adults: there are isolated reports of alopecia. These side effects when using Claritin appeared with the same frequency as when using placebo.
Contraindications
The drug is not prescribed:
- during breastfeeding;
- with increased sensitivity to loratadine or other components of the drug.
During pregnancy, the drug should be used with caution.
Overdose symptoms
In adult patients, when taking Claritin in doses much higher than the recommended therapeutic dose of 10 mg, headache was observed, tachycardia, drowsiness were observed. In children with a body weight of up to 30 kg, when taking the drug in a dosage exceeding 10 mg, extrapyramidal symptoms were noted. In addition, a rapid heartbeat was noted . Overdose therapy: symptomatic and supportive therapy.
Drug interaction
When Claritin was used simultaneously with ketoconazole, cimetidine or erythromycin, an increase in the concentration of loratadine and its metabolic products in the blood plasma was observed, however, this was not clinically manifested (including during ECG).