The children's body often suffers from allergic reactions to all kinds of irritants. With a disease, a rash appears on the skin, the child begins to complain of a runny nose, difficulty breathing through the nose, intolerable itching, the appearance of swelling, edema. He scratches the skin hard, becomes restless. To activate the body's resistance to allergic manifestations, the drug "Tavegil" is used.
Composition and properties
The drug "Tavegil" is one of the most effective drugs used today in children's therapeutic practice. The medicine is purchased in the form of syrup, tablets, injections. For the treatment of skin rashes, Tavegil ointments are applied externally. The preparation contains clemastine hydrogen fumarate, which has the following properties:
- improves the condition of the respiratory system;
- resists the development of bronchospasm, eases the course of asthma attacks;
- eliminates edema;
- eliminates skin irritation: itching, sores, redness.
Clemastine hydrogen fumarate successfully suppresses allergic manifestations and has no hypnotic effect. The composition of the drug in ampoules includes auxiliary substances.
Indications for use
Having discovered changes in the child's behavior, reddening of the skin, the appearance of small bubbles with liquid on it, having heard the baby's complaints of severe itching, parents should definitely show him to the doctor. A pediatrician and an allergist, after conducting tests, examining the test results, will establish the cause of the disease and choose the best treatment option. Certain foods, plants, and chemicals can provoke an allergic reaction.
For babies under one year old, in most cases, the drug "Tavegil" is prescribed in liquid form - in the form of a syrup. From 2-6 years old, taking pills is also possible.
Indications for the use of the drug:
- dermatitis;
- hives;
- eczema;
- insect venom;
- conjunctivitis during the flowering period of plants;
- chickenpox;
- Quincke's edema;
- fainting;
- epilepsy;
- labored breathing;
- high temperature.
"Tavegil" helps to fight against moist blisters that appear on the skin, redness, itching, and swelling of the skin. It relieves and relieves anaphylactic shock, is used before vaccination in children with individual drug intolerance.
Prices and release form
Children's "Tavegil" is available in the form of syrup, tablets, liquid for injection. Fruit flavored syrup for babies 1 year old is produced in India. A bottle (100 ml) costs about 200 rubles in pharmacies. There is a measuring cap.
Tablets manufactured in Italy by Famar. The cost of a pack of 20 pills is about 250 rubles. Solution for injection can be prescribed to babies from 1 year old. The price of the Austrian drug in ampoules is about 240 rubles per package. The number of ampoules in one pack is 5 pieces.
Dosage
"Tavegil" is prescribed for children 2 times a day, before breakfast and after dinner. The instructions indicate that the medicine should be taken with a large amount of liquid. The duration of therapy is no more than 7 days. The dosage is prescribed depending on the age of the baby. The drug is taken according to a certain scheme.
- The amount of syrup for children from 1 to 3 years old - from 2 to 2.5 ml; under 6 years old - 5 ml; under 12 years old - 5-10 ml; from 12 years old - 10 ml.
- Tablets: children from 6 to 12 years old - half a tablet, from 12 years old - one pill each. But if a child prefers syrup because of its pleasant taste, do not insist on pills.
- The dose of solution for injections is determined by the doctor, taking into account the weight of the baby.
The dissolved drug is administered intramuscularly or intravenously. This instruction is recommended for the treatment of allergic manifestations. The consequences of poisoning with poisonous insect bites are fought in a similar way: the schedule and dosage are the same. The medicine begins to work 5 hours after it was taken.
Before the child is vaccinated or before taking medications in order to prevent unwanted reactions, the child is slowly injected intravenously with 2 ml of Tavegil solution diluted with a solution of glucose or sodium chlorine.
Side effects and overdose
When treating children with Tavegil, unwanted side effects may occur. Parents notice that the child becomes drowsy, lethargic, begins to complain of dizziness. In children, coordination of movements may be impaired, there may be involuntary muscle contraction - tremors, fainting, hearing impairment and visual impairment. Apathy or hyperexcitability, shortness of breath, skin rashes, loose stools, or constipation are common. In these cases, you should show the child to the doctor.
If an overdose of the drug is allowed, the following symptoms occur:
- excessive mobility;
- dilated pupils;
- redness of the skin;
- thirst and a dry mouth;
- nausea;
- vomiting;
- painful belly;
- capriciousness;
- irritability;
- tearfulness.
Having noticed the listed signs, you should urgently consult a specialist: calling a doctor or delivering a child to a clinic. Most often, with an overdose of the drug in children, increased activity is noted, sometimes depression.
If you suspect Tavegil poisoning, you should induce vomiting, rinse your stomach, give activated charcoal, and drink plenty of water before the doctor arrives.
Contraindications and special recommendations
When deciding on the treatment of a child, you should carefully study the instructions and take into account that medicinal product "Tavegil" is contraindicated in the following cases:
- babies under the age of one year;
- with a disease of the respiratory system, accompanied by difficult excretion of sputum, painful cough;
- with individual intolerance to the components of the drug;
- at temperatures above normal.
Complications can occur if the child has the following pathologies:
- stenosing ulcer, leading to a narrowing of the gastric sections;
- inflammation of the urinary system - the neck of the bladder, causing difficulty urinating;
- increased intraocular pressure;
- thyroid disease;
- diseases of the circulatory system;
- high blood pressure.
Knowing that a child may have a side effect from the use of Tavegil, it should not be given without consulting a doctor. You can not be treated with the drug, using it simultaneously with MAO inhibitors.
Compatibility with other drugs
When treating a child with Tavegil, one should not simultaneously give him medications, related to categories:
- tranquilizers;
- antidepressants;
- sleeping pills;
- antispasmodics.
If you neglect this rule, there is a danger of overdose, poisoning of the child.
Analogs
Today, no drugs have been developed that have the same active substance in their composition as "Tavegil". However, there are medicines that have similar properties. The following are popular:
- Suprastin;
- Loratadin;
- "Zodak";
- "Tsetrin";
- Claritin;
- Diazolin;
- "Diphenhydramine" and other medications.
Children's "Tavegil" is one of the best and most effective antihistamines with a long-lasting effect. According to parental reviews, it can be used to cope with many manifestations of an allergic nature, but it is undesirable to use it without a doctor's recommendation. Before prescribing treatment, the specialist identifies the cause of the disease, and only then decides on the advisability of using this antihistamine.
It is always important to take good care of the child's health and to avoid the unwanted outcome of not taking medications seriously.
Interaction with other medications
"Tavegil" is able to enhance the sedative properties of drugs that depress the central nervous system, and ethyl alcohol. The peak blockade of the activity of H1-histamine receptors (antihistamine action) is reached after 5-7 hours from the time of taking the drug, and sometimes lasts for a day. Tavegil is stored in a cool dark place for up to 4-5 years.
Which is preferable: "Tavegil" or "Suprastin"?
Parents often have questions about what will help the child better: "Tavegil" or similar in therapeutic properties and also quite popular "Suprastin"? Both drugs effectively treat acute pathological conditions, their action is similar. They should not be used for exacerbation of bronchial asthma. They negatively affect the condition of the liver.
The advantage of "Suprastin" is that it is safely prescribed even to babies, one-month-old newborns.
Doctors prescribe Tavegil to children over one year old. The sedative, hypnotic effect of Tavegil is less pronounced, but its pronounced effect is longer than that of Suprastin. Taking both drugs is short-term - 7 days. Their effect occurs after 10-30 minutes.
Do not take both drugs at the same time in order to avoid overdose. It is also not worthwhile to give preference to this or that remedy on your own, the doctor should make the choice.
What is the difference?
The drugs "Tavegil" and "Suprastin" have different manufacturers, but this does not affect their quality. The basis of "Tavegil" is clemastine, "Suprastina" is chloromiramine. The first has a mild sedative effect. The hypnotic effect of "Suprastin" is significant, it is more often prescribed for treatment outside the hospital, at home.
It can be concluded that the differences between these antihistamines are not so significant. But the treatment of children is a special story, here it is very important not to harm the developing body.
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