In the article, we consider drugs containing dextromethorphan.
Dextromethorphan hydrobromide is a drug used to treat unproductive cough. The effect of this component is due to the fact that it reduces the threshold of sensitivity of the centers of the medulla oblongata. Due to this, the impulses that come from the receptors do not cause a corresponding reflex.
Medicines containing dextromethorphan, unlike antitussive medicines based on codeine and ethylmorphine, the respiratory center, which is located in the medulla oblongata, does not inhibit.
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This pharmaceutical component is part of the medications that are used to treat dry cough. This is “Alex Plus” along with “Glycodin”, “Flux”, “Coldrex Night”, “Tussin Plus” and others. It is the preparations containing dextromethorphan that are successfully used to reduce dry cough. Next, we find out in what cases are suitable for the treatment of drugs with this substance.
Indications
Effective cold medications with the specified substance are used mainly if patients have an unproductive cough that can be caused by tuberculosis, whooping cough, pneumonia, etc. Next, we consider drugs that include dextromethorphan and managed to earn the approval of specialists in more detail.
Glycodin Cough Syrups
This inexpensive cough syrup has an expectorant and antitussive effect. Its main active ingredient is dextromethorphan. Due to the presence of this ingredient, the excitability of cough centers is inhibited and the corresponding reflex is suppressed. The drug does not have narcotic (in case of dosed use), sleeping pills and painkillers. The manifestation of the result occurs ten to thirty minutes after administration, and the duration of the effect is from five to six hours in adults and up to nine in children.
Among other things, this medication has an expectorant effect, increases the secretory function of the epithelial glands of the respiratory ducts and the volume of sputum, reduces the viscosity of the latter. This medicine also has a moderate antispasmodic effect. “Glycodin” relieves a person’s condition against the background of symptoms of acute rhinitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis or bronchitis.
Indications are chronic and acute pathologies of the respiratory system, which are accompanied by an irritating dry cough. Contraindication is sensitivity to the components of the drug along with bronchial asthma, pregnancy, lactation and childhood (up to one year). The method of use and dosage are as follows: inside, adults take one spoonful of syrup four times. Children drink half a spoon three times.
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Terasil-D
This is a combined preparation, whose action is due to the constituent ingredients. For example, a medicine produces an antitussive, vasoconstrictive and anti-allergic effect. Contraindications are the following conditions:
- The presence of individual sensitivity or intolerance to the ingredients.
- The development of epilepsy.
- The appearance of hyperthyroidism.
- The occurrence of bronchial asthma.
The drug is also not suitable for patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors. It can not be consumed in children under six years of age.
The dosage will be as follows:
- For adults - from 5 to 7.5 milliliters of syrup four times a day.
- A suitable amount for children over six years old is 3.5 milliliters of syrup. Also four times.
The medication is taken orally, washed down with a small volume of water.
Tussin Plus
According to the instructions, “Tussin Plus” is advisable to use for diseases of the respiratory ducts, which are accompanied by cough (symptomatic treatment). For example, it is used for colds, namely: in the case of influenza, tracheitis, bronchitis (including complicated by bronchial ectases), pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis, and so on.
Contraindications hypersensitivity along with severe organic diseases of the nervous system, peptic ulcer of the stomach and intestines, bleeding from the digestive system, productive cough with profuse sputum discharge. Do not use the drug in question in children under six years of age. Tussin Plus is used with caution against the background of kidney and liver failure, bronchial asthma, pregnancy and lactation.
The course of treatment is as follows: children from six to twelve are prescribed one spoon every four hours. Inside, the drug is taken no more than five times a day. As a rule, adults and children over twelve are prescribed 10 milliliters (which corresponds to two spoons).
Alex Plus
This medication is advisable to use in acute and chronic diseases of the respiratory system, which are accompanied by an irritating dry cough. Contraindications are hypersensitivity along with bronchial asthma, pregnancy, lactation and infancy. With caution, the drug is prescribed when the patient suffers from impaired liver function.
The dosage and course of therapy is as follows. The drug is taken orally. Adults drink 5 milliliters four times. Children from a year to three - on the recommendation of a doctor. At an older age, small patients are prescribed half a spoon four times a day. It is worth noting that this drug can enhance the effects of antitussive narcotic drugs and other drugs that inhibit the nervous system.
The drug "Fervex"
Indications for this pharmaceutical drug are dry cough in patients in combination with fever and pain with a cold. It is also advisable to use it during the treatment of the symptoms that accompany the flu.
Hypersensitivity along with severe impairment of liver function, phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, as well as manifested hemolytic anemia and childhood are considered contraindications to the use of “Fervex” from a dry cough.
Side effects can be nausea combined with decreased appetite, heartburn, digestive upset, vomiting, dizziness, malaise, allergic reactions, and so on. Take the pharmaceutical in question, dissolving one tablet in 150 milliliters of hot water, every six to eight hours, but no more than four times a day.
Pills "Tylenol"
“Tylenol” is an analgesic drug with a non-narcotic effect. The active substance of the drug is the effect on the blocks of pain, stopping unpleasant sensations. In addition, paracetamol has an active effect on the foci of inflammation, effectively removing them. The medicine on the digestive system and water-salt metabolism does not adversely affect.
Tylenol tablets are prescribed for use 2 hours after a meal - they need to be washed down with water. A single dose will be 500 mg. If the case is severe, then 1 g should be taken. In children under 12 years of age, the dose should be no more than 500 mg. Pills are drunk 4 times a day, the duration of therapy is 5-7 days. In diseases of the kidneys and liver, the dosage is reduced.
In conclusion, it is worth saying that, in addition to suppressing cough, dextromethorphan agents are used in medicine for diagnostic purposes and are used in a variety of cases. For example, against the background of seizures or as part of the treatment of alcoholism and a number of neurodegenerative chronic diseases. In particular, this agent is often used for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other prion diseases. Dextromethorphan is also prescribed to combat mental retardation and Parkinson's disease, with pulmonary and other cancer, to prevent tissue rejection in case of transplantation.