The article will consider why Libexin tablets are usually prescribed by doctors. With the onset of cold, the number of coughing people in the environment increases several times. To catch a virus of work does not make at all. And if pain in the head and a runny nose can be cured by folk remedies, then coughing is not so simple. Often, attempts to eliminate this unpleasant symptom with the help of traditional honey and milk only lead to worsening, and coughing turns into a problem that prevents people from living a normal lifestyle. What should be done? Of course, you need to be treated. And not by grandmother’s methods, but with the help of modern medicines. Among them is the drug "Libexin". From what these tablets help, is interesting to many.
Structure
One pill contains an active substance, which is 100 mg of prenoxdiazine hydrochloride. Glycerin, along with magnesium stearate, talc, polyvidone, corn starch and lactose monohydrate, serve as excipients.
The secret to the popularity of the drug
So, we will understand why doctors give preference to this medication. Notes the following:
- The medicine is not addictive.
- With its help, the activity of the cough center decreases, breathing is not depressed (as is usually the case when taking medications that contain codeine).
- Antitussive efficacy lasts for four hours.
- It is used to treat respiratory diseases, regardless of their stage.
- Relieves of a painful cough, having a local analgesic effect.
Cough medicine
So, why do Libexin tablets help and for which diseases are prescribed? The main active component of this medicine, as mentioned above, is prenoxdiazine hydrochloride, which works in three directions at once. Thanks to him, the intensity of the coughing attack decreases, the bronchi expand. It helps sputum discharge. Eliminates pain during eating. "Libexin" has not only anesthetic, but also an antitussive and expectorant effect. Its advantages include, among other things, the anti-inflammatory effect.
That is, the use of the described medication helps people in the following:
- Reducing the duration of attacks of dry cough.
- Elimination of manifestations of nightly suffocating seizures in adults and children.
- Unobstructed sputum excretion.
- Getting rid of discomfort during swallowing.
- A quick return to the previous rhythm of life.
- A wide range of effects makes it possible to use the medication for various diseases of the respiratory system.
Why Libexin tablets are prescribed is described in detail in the instructions.
Indications
In what cases is Libexin an indispensable tool for patients?
- Tablets are used to treat acute and chronic tracheitis or bronchitis.
- With laryngitis, nasopharyngitis, laryngotracheitis.
- In case of pneumonia or against the background of pneumoconiosis.
- With bronchiectasis.
- With emphysema or with tuberculosis.
- With the development of bronchial asthma.
- With pathologies of the bronchopulmonary system, which are burdened with rhinopharyngitis, alveolitis, as well as laryngotracheitis.
The purpose of the drug is justified in preparation for bronchography and bronchoscopy.
Is it always allowed to use Libexin tablets?
Contraindications
Like any other medicine, Libexin has contraindications:
- The presence of individual intolerance to prenoxdiazine.
- Lactase deficiency.
- The period of pregnancy, especially the first trimester.
- Children's age up to three years.
- The patient has glomerulonephritis, cystitis, or liver and kidney failure.
- Crohn's disease.
- Gastric and intestinal ulcers.
- Diseases that are accompanied by hypersecretion of sputum.
The advisability of taking the drug in the last two trimesters of pregnancy, as well as during feeding, is determined by the doctor.
Are there any analogues?
To date, there are similar medicines, however, they contain other active substances, which means that they are not entitled to apply for the status of absolute substitutes. Analogues of Libexin tablets should be selected by a doctor.
Identical in its mechanism of action is Libexin Muko. Although the main active ingredient is different here, it is not prenoxdiazine, but the substance carbocysteine. The indications that are indicated in the instructions for use with Libexin and Libexin Muko are exactly the same. The only difference is that children are allowed to give syrup starting at the age of two, and tablets only at the age of three.
For the treatment of children, liquid forms of the drug are preferable, since the pills should be swallowed without chewing, and this sometimes causes even some difficulties for older children.
Instructions for tablets for cough "Libexin"
The dosage and duration of administration is determined by the doctor. Amateur performance in this matter only exacerbates the situation. As a rule, adults are prescribed one tablet three to four times a day. If necessary, a single dose is increased to two tablets four times. Adults are not allowed to take more than nine pieces a day.
The drug is taken with meals. It is washed down with a large volume of liquid and is not chewed. Dosage for children depends on their age and weight. On average, half or quarter give three times. The maximum allowable daily dose is two tablets.
What else does the instructions for Libexin tablets tell us?
Recommendations
If this medication is prescribed, then you need to remember the following:
- Swallow the tablet entirely. If you chew it, then the mucous membrane of the mouth becomes numb. It is not dangerous, but unpleasant.
- You can not take "Libexin" in conjunction with other medicines that have an expectorant effect.
- In the event that after five days of taking no improvement occurs, consult a doctor.
- During treatment, a significant amount of fluid is absorbed into the body.
The drug affects the ability to control complex mechanisms and vehicles. For the duration of therapy, you must refuse to drive a car and work associated with increased danger. This is confirmed by the instructions for use with Libexin tablets.
In the event that the patient does not like to drink pills, you can ask the doctor to prescribe an analogue - "Libexin Muco" in syrup. The medicine is taken in this case, one measuring cup three times. Dosing of syrup for children depends on their age. If the baby is from two to five years old, then one scoop twice a day. If more than five, then also one scoop, but already three times a day.
What side effects may occur in patients?
The drug "Libexin" in ninety-five percent of cases is very well tolerated. But sometimes the reception is accompanied by the occurrence of allergies (edema, redness of the skin, itching), bronchial spasm, severe weakness, pain in the head, dry mouth, constipation, and so on.
This is confirmed by reviews and instructions for use with Libexin tablets. For adults and children, the side effects of Libexin are usually not dangerous, but in any case, you must stop taking the drug and consult a doctor.
The syrup contains sucrose, which increases the risk of allergic reactions in children in the form of rash and itching. In the event of these or any other alarming symptoms, the use of the drug is canceled.
Overdose: what should be done?
In the event that the patient adheres to the doctor's recommendations regarding the frequency of administration and quantity, an overdose definitely does not threaten him. When a person ignores the appointment and independently increases the daily dose with the duration of the course, negative consequences are inevitable.
Uncontrolled and prolonged intake of prenoxdiazine leads to its accumulation in the human body. The first wake-up calls are nausea along with dizziness, lethargy, skin itching, and so on. Despite the statement from the manufacturers that this medicine can be safely given to children, this must be done with caution and under the strict supervision of pediatricians.
The reaction of the child’s body even to minor overdoses can turn out to be unpredictable, from subtle weakness to the appearance of Quincke edema. Many people mistakenly believe that in the event of unpleasant symptoms, you can do nothing at all, and it will be enough just to stop taking. But this is far from always the case. You can not ignore the signals of the body, you should hurry to the doctor!
It is necessary to pay attention to manufacturers
Few people read what is written on the package with the drug. Annotations are even more or less visible, but nobody pays attention to what is indicated at the end in small print. And this is in vain. There are often situations when the same medication, but from different manufacturers, differs in degree of effectiveness, and dramatically.
A careful study of the information that is written on the package helps to avoid disappointment. The drug "Libexin" produces the company "HINOIN" in Budapest. Foil blisters contain tablets of 100 milligrams in the amount of twenty pieces.
The syrup analogue "Libexin Muko" is produced by the company "Sanofi Winthrop" (France). The volume of bottles for adults is 125, 200 and 300 milliliters, for children - 125 and 200. They are equipped with an aluminum screw cap. The package includes a measuring cup.
Reviews on the Libexin tablets
It is unlikely that today there is a person who will take the medicine without asking the opinions of others. And that is absolutely normal. Just go to the Internet, and you can find out the opinion of people about any medicine, and about Libexin as well.
There are no unequivocal answers to the question of whether this drug is good or bad. Some like him, while others complain. To date, there is no medicine that could help in one hundred percent of clinical cases. Actually, Libexin is also far from a panacea. Nevertheless, the high effectiveness of treatment with this medication, according to patients, is manifested in relation to a dry obsessive cough.
Good effectiveness of the drug in the reviews is also noted in the treatment of children. True, in some crumbs (up to five years), according to the stories of parents, sometimes there is an allergy in the form of urticaria. It is important to note an additional point: in the event that after two days of taking the condition only worsens, you need to consult a doctor.
The article examined the instructions for use with Libexin tablets and reviews about the medication.