“Glaucine hydrochloride” is a medicinal herb drug used for infectious diseases affecting the lungs or upper respiratory tract and helps calm a dry cough and thin out sputum when wet.
Description of the drug
The drug has an antitussive effect, lowers blood pressure. With a wet cough, it dilutes sputum, promotes its excretion, with a dry cough, relieves shortness of breath, breathing becomes easy and not difficult. It helps especially with diseases such as bronchitis, tracheitis, pharyngitis. Due to its antihypertensive qualities, it is indicated for high blood pressure and can be used in a complex.
The peculiarity of the drug is that it is made on the basis of a medicinal plant, therefore it is natural, it is indicated for the treatment of children.
Glaucine Hydrochloride Composition
The antitussive medicine is made from the aerial part of the medicinal plant of the yellow plaque belonging to the poppy family. Glaucilum grows on sea coasts, sandstone, gravelly slopes, distributed in Europe, Asia Minor, New Zealand, North America. Far from the sea, it is practically not found, but it can be in river valleys.
Sack yellow is rich in alkaloids, which have an antitussive effect, treat any manifestations of cough: dry and wet.
Instructions for use of the drug
The drug produces in the form of tablets of 50 mg, syrup, including for children. To get a positive effect, it is necessary to take Glaucine hydrochloride correctly. Instructions for use are designed for both adults and children:
- babies under 4 years of age are usually prescribed to take 2 times 5 mg per day, from 4 to 7 years they drink the same amount of the drug three times;
- for schoolchildren under 14, the recommended daily dose is 10 mg 3 or 4 times;
- adults need to take 2 times 50 mg, with a strong cough at night it is allowed to drink up to 80 mg of the drug at a time.
The drug is recommended to be used after meals, treatment usually lasts 3-4 days, with whooping cough - up to 10 days, however, only the attending doctor can prescribe the exact course.
It is important to fully comply with this instruction to avoid unwanted effects, which may include dizziness, nausea, weakness, allergies.
Contraindications
Despite its plant composition, Glaucina hydrochloride has contraindications, which are mainly associated with its antihypertensive properties. Due to the fact that the drug is able to lower blood pressure, it is strictly forbidden to take it to people with the following diseases:
- arterial hypotension, i.e. low blood pressure;
- myocardial infarction.
In addition, the drug is contraindicated in a disease accompanied by abundant separation of sputum from the lungs. Do not take it and those who can not tolerate the components of the drug due to individual characteristics.
Similar drugs
The Glaucine hydrochloride analogues available are similar in composition or principle of action. You can replace it with the following drugs:
- "Bronchoton" is an antitussive drug used for bronchitis, whooping cough and other lung diseases. The main components of the drug are glaucine hydrobromide, ephedrine hydrochloride, basil oil.
- "Glauvent" is used for dry cough during various infectious diseases. The main substance is glaucine hydrobromide.
- "Libexin" has the same indications for use, but differs in composition. Contains a synthetic antitussive substance - prenoxdiazine hydrochloride.
- "Sinecode" is effective in the treatment of various coughs, the main component is butamirate citrate.
- "Tusuprex" is indicated for laryngitis and tracheitis, chronic or acute bronchitis, cough. It includes oxeladine, known for its antitussive qualities.
Other analogs can be selected for Glaucin hydrochloride, however, only Bronchoton and Glauvent are made on the basis of yellow march.
Thus, with a strong cough, bronchitis, whooping cough and other similar diseases, it is important to choose the right medicine that will effectively treat the disease. At the same time, the composition of the tool is important. The herbal preparation "Glaucina hydrochloride", the instructions for use of which is contained in each package, well eliminates the above diseases, while not depressing breathing, making it easy and free from cough.