In the article, we consider the drug Aflubin: instructions for use and reviews about it.
This popular cold medicine is considered highly effective with a minimum of significant side effects and contraindications.
Aflubin is one of the modern medicines included in the list of complex preparations for homeopathic effects.
Packaging, composition and form of release
According to the instructions for use, Aflubin is produced both in the form of drops and in tablet form. It is included in the clinical-pharmacological group of drugs used for the treatment of colds. The drops are slightly yellowish, transparent in color. They are available in dark glass bottles of 100, 50 and 20 milliliters. The packaging of the drug is light, cardboard. Instructions for use with Aflubin drops are in each pack.
White tablets, round shape, flat-cylindrical. Packed in twelve pieces in blisters. A pack of thick cardboard.
The composition of the tool contains active ingredients that have a pronounced antiviral activity, regardless of the age of the patient. According to the instructions, the composition of the drug includes:
- yellow gentian - is characterized by an antipyretic effect, helps to successfully combat the symptoms of intoxication with respiratory viral infections;
- pharmacy aconite - helps lower the temperature and eliminate pain;
- iron phosphate - in diseases of the respiratory organs is characterized by a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect;
- lactic acid - helps relieve dry cough;
- ethyl alcohol - acts as an auxiliary component;
- bryony dioecious, or white step-up - reduces the intensity of muscle and joint pain (if used in combination, along with other drugs).
Excipients are lactose, magnesium stearate and ethanol.
Purpose of application
As indicated by the instructions for use, Aflubin is prescribed for various colds for prevention and treatment. It is mainly used for the following diseases:
- flu;
- inflammatory processes of tissues and joints;
- parainfluenza;
- rheumatic processes that are accompanied by pain in the joints;
- inflammatory pathologies of the respiratory organs.
Pharmacological effect
A distinctive feature of “Aflubina” is its complex effect on the patient’s body. It has immunomodulatory, detoxifying, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects. It has an antiviral effect on humans.
The drug has a pronounced ability to reduce the intensity and duration of intoxication and catarrhal syndromes. In addition, it enhances the activity of immunity factors (non-specific values), helps to restore the functioning of the mucous membranes of the respiratory organs.
The use of Aflubina allows the patient’s body to fight infections and microorganisms in diseases such as acute respiratory pathologies (ARI), influenza, acute viral respiratory infections and inflammatory processes in the respiratory system.
Often, Aflubin is used as a therapeutic agent against diseases of the musculoskeletal system (rheumatoid diseases of the OA).
The mechanism of influence of the drug becomes a beneficial effect on the body of active substances in its composition. In this regard, it is impossible to detect the final metabolism.
Instructions for use "Aflubina"
Before starting treatment with the drug, you must carefully read the instructions and follow all its recommendations. To achieve a greater effect from taking the medicine, it must be taken twenty minutes before a meal or forty minutes after it.
Tablets
In accordance with the instructions for use, Aflubin tablets should be drunk before meals with a glass of water. It must be dissolved completely to achieve a more effective result. The first day of the disease requires the use of six tablets per day. After a week, the dosage is reduced to three times a day. When using the drug as a prophylactic, you need to take one tablet for three weeks before bedtime and in the morning.
If the case is urgent, that is, there has been contact with the virus carrier, then as a prophylaxis it is advisable to drink Aflubin one tablet several times a day for two days.
Drops
As the instructions for use for Aflubin inform us in drops, the drug must be used in pure or diluted form.
The desired dose of the drug is diluted in one spoon of water and drunk half an hour after eating.
When used in its pure form, the dosage is selected by a specialist based on the age of the patient, as well as the individual characteristics of his body.
According to the instructions for use with Aflubin drops for adults and children, to quickly reduce the severity of the symptoms of the disease, it is advisable to take the medicine every few hours, but no more than seven times a day. As soon as the patient's condition improves, the frequency of admission should be reduced to three times a day.
As a preventive measure against infectious diseases, drops are taken several times a day for a month. If there is contact with an infected patient, it is recommended to drink the drug for three days in the morning and evening.
More detailed instructions for use for drops "Aflubin" for children will consider below.
Side effects and contraindications
The drug in patients does not cause any allergic manifestations, like most antiviral drugs. This medicine as prescribed by a specialist is allowed to drink even for pregnant women, young children and mothers who are breastfeeding.
Aflubin is contraindicated in rare situations. It is undesirable to use it with:
- addiction to alcohol;
- kidney or liver disease;
- thyroid disease (hyperthyroidism);
- hypersensitivity to the substances in the composition;
- acute allergic skin reaction.
Also, the drug must be used carefully by women in the first months of bearing a child.
As a rule, the vast majority of people tolerate this drug well. There were no special negative manifestations after its use. However, in extreme cases, the patient may experience sweating and excessive salivation.
The use of drugs in pediatrics
As indicated by the instructions for use, Aflubin is often prescribed to small patients. This is due to its strong anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects, which, with acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory viral infections, reduce the severity of inflammation and swelling of the mucous membrane of the ENT organs.
When a child is treated with Aflubin immediately after the first signs of the disease appear, the drug reduces the severity of pathological symptoms. In some situations, the further development of the disease stops at the initial stage. Instructions for use with Aflubin for children should be strictly followed.
With the use of the medication at the middle stage with more detailed symptoms, the child improves within a few days after the start of therapy. The only drawback of the baby drug is the presence of alcohol in its composition.
When used in pediatrics, the form of the drug should be chosen by the doctor. It depends on age. Up to a year, children are prescribed medication in the form of drops. The medicine must be taken several times a day, diluted with breast milk. The duration of the treatment course is up to ten days.
Regarding the tablets, it must be said that children should not drink them for up to a year. After a year, it is advisable for patients to take drops up to three times a day until recovery occurs. In tablets, the medicine is drunk no more than five times a day for a week.
This confirms the instructions for use for Aflubin.
If planned prevention of viral and infectious diseases is carried out, the drug is taken for three weeks. The average daily dose should not be higher than one tablet. Thus, it is taken in half twice a day.
Emergency prevention involves taking the medicine in the mornings and evenings for three days half a tablet.
special instructions
Before starting treatment using Aflubin, it is advisable for the patient to get acquainted with a number of recommendations.
Self-medication is strictly prohibited for lactating and pregnant women. The use of this drug should be prescribed by a specialist.
The drug is allowed to be drunk by young children until they are three years old, but it is better to use drops.
Its dosage is agreed with the attending physician. It is forbidden to independently establish a dosage in order to avoid undesirable consequences.
The drug “Aflubin” is purchased at any pharmacy. The drug is dispensed without a prescription to any patient. If during or before taking any questions and doubts, it is advisable to seek help from a doctor who will advise and help draw up a treatment plan using the drug.
Drug interaction
At present, the interaction of the drug with other medicines does not cause any negative consequences. It can be taken in combination, along with other drugs. However, in cases where Aflubin is present in complex therapy, in which other drugs predominate, the patient needs to take a break (at least half an hour) between taking them.
Analogs
Often, modern specialists prescribe homeopathic remedies when a patient has viral diseases. One of the most effective is Aflubin. And this despite the fact that its analogues are more popular and they are advertised more often. The closest in composition homeopathic medicine "Antigrippin Agri." Its cost is much less, because it is produced in Russia.
The list of main analogues is as follows:
- Kagocel
- Ergoferon
- "Arbidol" (adult and children),
- "Influcid"
- Oscillococcinum
- "Influcid"
- Anaferon
- "Antiorzin",
- Influte
- Insti
- AnviMax
- Vicks Asset Balm
- Viferon
- "Immunal" (adult and children);
- Agicold Plus.
Reviews
Reviews about Aflubina are both positive and negative. Many patients used it both for treating children and for prevention. And we are firmly convinced that for the medicine to help, it should be taken strictly according to the instructions. After improvement, the reception does not stop: the course lasts a week.
Such patients note that the cold is much faster when using this tool.
Many consider Aflubin a prophylactic drug.
Others argue that this tool is absolutely useless in the prevention and treatment of colds and acute respiratory infections. Even taking in accordance with the instructions did not allow the condition to improve. They also say that there is no evidence base regarding the effectiveness of Aflubin. People believe that his work is based on ordinary auto-suggestion.
We reviewed the instructions for use and reviews of Aflubin for children and adults.