The medicine "Suprastinex" includes levocetirizine dihydrochloride. The drug is included in the category of histamine H1 receptor blockers. The medication acts on the histamine-dependent stage of the allergic reaction, reduces vascular permeability, eosinophil migration, and inhibits the release of inflammatory mediators. The tool has antipruritic, antiexudative activity. The drug "Suprastinex" (the instruction contains such data) has almost no antiserotonergic and anticholinergic effects. Therapeutic concentrations have virtually no sedative effect. After ingestion of the Suprastinex medication (tablets) (instructions indicate this), the effect is noted after twelve minutes. The duration of the activity of the drug is about a day.
Appointment
The tool "Suprastinex" instruction recommends for symptomatic treatment of allergic rhinitis of a seasonal and year-round nature. The drug is effective in eliminating such manifestations of pathologies as itching, conjunctival hyperemia, lacrimation, rhinorrhea, sneezing. Indications include hay fever, Quincke's edema, urticaria (including the idiopathic type in the chronic course). The drug is recommended for allergic dermatoses, complicated by rash and itching.
Medication "Suprastinex". Instruction manual
The medicine is drunk on an empty stomach or with food. The drug is taken once a day. From six years of age, the drug is prescribed 5 mg (1 tab.). For children from two to six years, a medication in the form of drops is recommended. The dosage is 2.5 mg, divided into two doses in the same amount (1.25 mg each). The duration of therapy with Suprastinex (the instruction indicates this) depends on the severity of the disease. On average, the drug is taken for 1-6 weeks. Against the background of the chronic course of pathologies, the duration of the course is up to eighteen months.
Side effects
Means "Suprastinex" (the instruction warns about this) can cause weight gain, dizziness, dyspnea. The negative consequences include headache, drowsiness, asthenia, fatigue, and soreness in the abdomen. During therapy, dry mouth, migraine, dyspepsia, angioedema, exacerbation of allergy symptoms occur. If the condition worsens or there is no effect of treatment, you should stop taking it and consult a doctor.
Contraindications
The medicine is not recommended during pregnancy, for children under six years of age (for tablets), up to two years (for drops). Contraindications include severe renal failure, lactation, hypersensitivity to piperazine components and derivatives. A medication is not recommended for lactose intolerance, hereditary type lactase deficiency or for galactose-glucose malabsorption syndrome . Caution in the appointment should be observed in elderly patients.
The drug "Suprastinex." Price
Tablets can be found in pharmacies at a cost of 205 rubles.