Pertussinum

General characteristics. Structure:

Active ingredients: 1 g of Kalii bromidum, 12 g of a thyme of extract liquid.

Excipients: sucrose solution of 64% (sugar syrup), ethanol (alcohol) of 95%, the water purified.

Pharmacological properties:

Pharmacodynamics. The combined drug. Extract of a grass of a thyme has expectorant effect, increases quantity secretory separated mucous membranes of upper respiratory tracts, promotes fluidifying of a phlegm and acceleration of its evacuation. Kalii bromidum reduces excitability of the central nervous system.

Indications to use:

As an expectorant in complex therapy of acute respiratory diseases; tracheitis, bronchitis, and also at whooping cough.

Route of administration and doses:

Drug is accepted inside, after food (in connection with a possibility of a loss of appetite).

The adult on 1 tablespoon 3 times a day;

to children from 3 to 6 years - on 1/2-1 teaspoon 3 times a day;

children are from 6 to 12 years old - on 1-2 teaspoons 3 times a day;

to children 12 years - on 1 dessertspoon 3 times a day are more senior.

Course of treatment of 10-14 days. Increase in duration and carrying out repeated courses of treatment is possible according to the recommendation of the doctor.

Features of use:

Drug contains 8-11% of ethanol. Content of absolute alcohol makes: in 1 teaspoon (5 ml) - to 0,43 g, in 1 dessert hp to 0,87 g, in 1 tablespoon (15 ml) - to 1,3 g. In the maximum daily dose of drug for adults - 3 tablespoons (45 ml) - contain to 3,9 g of absolute alcohol. During treatment it is necessary to be careful during the driving of motor transport and occupation other potentially dangerous types of activity demanding the increased concentration of attention and speed of psychomotor reactions.

The instruction for patients with a diabetes mellitus: content of sucrose in 1 teaspoon (5 ml) of drug corresponds to about 0,22 HE, in the I dessertspoon (10 ml) - about 0,44 HE; in 1 tablespoon - about 0,66 HE.

Side effects:

Allergic reactions, heartburn are possible.

Interaction with other medicines:

Drug should not be used along with antibechic medicines as it complicates expectoration of the liquefied phlegm.

Contraindications:

Hypersensitivity to components of drug, a liver disease, alcoholism, a craniocereberal injury, brain diseases, epilepsy, chronic heart failure (in a decompensation stage), pregnancy, the lactation period, children's age (up to 3 years).

With care: diabetes mellitus; the children's age is more senior than 3 years (in connection with availability of ethanol in drug).

Overdose:

 In case of overdose of drug nausea is possible. Treatment: symptomatic.

Storage conditions:

To store in the dry place at a temperature from 3 °C to 15 °C. To store in the place, unavailable to children. A period of validity - 4 years. Not to apply after expiry date.

Issue conditions:

Without recipe

Packaging:

Syrup. On 100 g of drug in the bottles of orange glass corked by polyethylene traffic jams and the screwed covers. On 100 g of drug in bottles of orange glass corked by traffic jams of "cap" and screwed by covers or caps aluminum with laying. Each bottle or a bottle together with the application instruction are placed in a pack from a cardboard. Packaging of bottles without pack together with the equal number of instructions to use in group packaging is allowed.