The drug "Diazolin" in tablets or dragees belongs to the category of antihistamines. In other words, the drug has an antiallergic effect, reduces itching, relieves swelling, and eliminates redness.
The drug "Diazolin": indications for use and side effects
In a medical language, the drug is called "H receptor blocker" and causes side effects such as lethargy and drowsiness. Therefore, you should be careful to take the pills of the drug "Diazolin" if the work involves driving a car or other actions that require a quick reaction.
The drug is recommended for use in the event of various etiologies of allergic reactions, with bronchial asthma, with antibiotics, after insect bites, with hives.
There is a children's drug "Diazolin", which allows you to eliminate the cough effect in cases of whooping cough. Often the medicine is used as a sleeping pill, since it is not addictive.
The medicine "Diazolin": indications for use in colds
The drug is effective for colds. It allows you to remove swelling of the mucous membrane of the throat and nose, eliminating, in this way, cough and runny nose. At the same time relieves allergic reactions of the body to antiviral and antibacterial therapy.
Any antiviral agents or antibiotics cause the death of microbes. As a result, a large release of various toxins into the bloodstream occurs. Together with a cold, this leads to severe intoxication of the body. To avoid negative health effects after taking antibiotics, you should use Diazolin tablets.
Indications for use of the drug in children
For children, the medicine is produced in a reduced dosage, the drug can be sold in the form of a syrup and has a weaker inhibitory effect. Nevertheless, the drug should be given to children with caution, and only the recommendations of the attending physician can justify its use.
But, in many cases, it is not possible to do without an antihistamine. For example, a child’s allergic cough is difficult to cure without the Diazolin drug and its analogues.
With colds, children become moody and restless, and here the drug "Diazolin" will come to the rescue. You should only carefully follow the doctor’s instructions and not self-medicate the child.
How to take "Diazolin"
For the treatment of allergic conditions, the dosage of the drug is selected depending on the complexity of the disease. In any case, you can not exceed the daily dose, which should be no more than three tablets per day. The course of treatment should not last more than ten days.
The drug is taken orally after a meal and washed down with plenty of fluids. For colds, one tablet is prescribed in the morning and evening for five days.
Tablets "Diazolin": indications for use during pregnancy
Caution is advised to take the drug during pregnancy. The medicine freely passes through the placenta and without interference affects the fetus, as a result of which a delay in the development of the fetus may occur. It is not recommended to take the drug "Diazolin" when breastfeeding in the first months of a baby's life.
During pregnancy, the drug is prescribed only in emergency cases in dosages of one tablet in the morning and in the evening, children are given a quarter or a half - the same number of times a day.
The medicine "Diazolin": contraindications
The main prohibitions for taking the drug are problems with the duodenum and stomach. The drug is contraindicated for peptic ulcer disease and individual intolerance.