Pertussinum

Pertussinum — the combined vegetable and synthetic means possessing expectorant action. If to speak less officially, then the name of this drug is familiar to us since the childhood. Is in some easy nostalgic crape is mute: remember, once we caught some respiratory and viral infection, parents aimed to fill in in us two-three of spoons of this syrup. The benefit, deficit of this unique development of domestic druggists (other drugs with the same structure not to find) in drugstores was never observed.

Form of release and structure of Pertussinum

Pertussinum is issued in the form of syrup in bottles of dark glass of 50 and 100 g. Place actually bottle with syrup in a cardboard box, the instruction to Pertussinum and a plastic spoon for convenience of dosing. Besides, almost full text of the instruction to Pertussinum on use (the benefit, it not so volume) is applied on packaging.

Liquid extract of a thyme or thyme creeping (12 g on 100 g of syrup) and Kalii bromidum is a part of Pertussinum as pharmacological active component (1 g on 100 g of syrup). As excipients the structure of Pertussinum included sucrose and alcohol of 80%. And the structure of Pertussinum of the H included ethanol of 95% at all. (Pertussinum of the H is same Pertussinum, except concentration of ethanol more no differences between them are noticed). Judging by reviews of Pertussinum and its almost full "clone" — differences between them really any.

Pertussinum analogs

As it was already told, Pertussinum has no full analogs. Meanwhile, there are many drugs containing vegetable ingredients, and possessing expectorant action:

• Amtersol, syrup (Russia);
• Gerbion, syrup (Slovenia);
• Doctor MOM, syrup (India);
• Doctor Tayss, syrup (Germany);
• Lincas Laure, pastils (Pakistan);
• Codelac broncho, tablets (Russia);
• Travisil, syrup, tablets, solution, ointment (India).

Pharmacological action

Extract of a grass of a thyme has expectorant effect, increases quantity of the phlegm separated by mucous membranes of a respiratory path, promotes its fluidifying and stimulates its bystreyshy evacuation. Kalii bromidum in return has the calming effect on a nervous system.

Reviews of Pertussinum of several generations of patients say at once that this combination is picked up extremely successfully.

Indications of Pertussinum to use

According to the instruction to Pertussinum and comments of ENT specialists on him this syrup well works as one of the acute respiratory diseases making complex treatment, including tracheitises, bronchitis and a disease of our childhood — whooping cough.

Short application instruction

Doctors recommend to accept Pertussinum after food as in case of its reception before a meal, perhaps some deterioration in appetite.

Pertussinum should be accepted three times a day:

• the adult — on 1 tablespoon (15 ml);
• to children of 12 years — on 1 dessertspoon (10 ml);
• children are from 6 to 12 years old — on 1-2 teaspoons (5-10 ml);
• to children from 3 to 6 years — on ½ or on 1 teaspoon (2,5-5 ml).

Only — 1,5-2 weeks. It is possible to increase both a dosage, and treatment duration, but it is better to do it in coordination with the doctor.

Contraindications

Contraindications to use of Pertussinum are the following factors:

• hypersensitivity to drug components;
• liver diseases;
• alcoholism (we will remember about the ethanol which is a part of syrup);
• craniocereberal injury (in case histories it is designated by an abbreviation of "ChMT");
• epilepsy;
• age up to 3 years;
• pregnancy and breastfeeding (again we will remember this ill-fated alcohol);
• chronic heart failure.

Side effect

At use of Pertussinum the allergy and heartburn is possible.

Special instructions on use of Pertussinum

Alcohol is a part of Pertussinum that should be considered at administration of drug. Not God knows what its quantity, but nevertheless … Operating with a dry language of digits, these are 0,43 g of alcohol in a syrup teaspoon.

Being on a course of treatment Pertussinum it is necessary to be engaged with care in potentially dangerous types of activity making increased requirements to speed of reaction including driving of the car.

The persons suffering from a diabetes mellitus should select with special care a drug dosage because of the sucrose which is its part.

Pertussinum can be received in a drugstore without recipe of the doctor.

Term and storage conditions

Pertussinum demands special storage conditions: temperatures are not higher 15 ˚С and it is not higher than 80% of humidity.

The period of validity of drug makes 4 years.