The drug "Xylen" contains the active substancexylometazoline, is available in the form of nasal gel, nasal drops for adults, nasal drops for children, nasal spray, nasal spray for children, dosed nasal spray, dosed nasal spray for children, and a dosed nasal spray containing eucalyptus and menthol.
As the instruction says, "Xylen" is a drug,which has such a pharmacological action: it is able to narrow the blood vessels in the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity, thereby eliminating its hyperemia and edema. These effects lead to the relief of breathing in rhinitis suffering from various etiologies. The drug begins to act a few minutes after the administration and its effect continues for several hours.
As the instruction says, "Xylen" is a remedy,which is prescribed for such indications as acute respiratory diseases occurring with rhinitis, acute rhinitis of allergic etiology, pollinosis, sinusitis, as well as to reduce edema of the nasopharyngeal mucosa and to prepare patients for diagnostic manipulations in the nasal cavity.
Drops in the nose "Xylene" have such contraindications:hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, arterial hypertension, palpitations, severe atherosclerosis, atrophic rhinitis, glaucoma, thyrotoxicosis, surgical operations in anamnesis on the membranes of the brain, pregnancy, age of twelve years (for a solution of one tenth of a percent).
Caution should be given this drugin the period of breastfeeding, children under two years for a solution of five hundredths of a percent, up to seven years for the gel, as well as if the patient has such pathologies as angina pectoris developed against ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, prostatic hyperplasia and thyrotoxicosis.
Side effects of the drug Xylen (drops)such: in case of frequent and / or prolonged use, dryness and / or irritation of nasopharyngeal mucosa, increased heart rate, heart rhythm disturbance, increased blood pressure, headache, insomnia, vomiting, vision disorders may appear, and in case of prolonged use and at the same time in a high dose, depression can develop.
As the instruction says, "Xylen" is a drug,which is taken intranasally. Adults and children over six years of two or three drops of solution with a concentration of active ingredient in one tenth of a percent or one injection from the spray in each of the nasal passages, on average, four times a day; infants and children up to six years of age - one or two drops of solution with a concentration of active ingredient of five hundredths of a percent in each of the nasal passages one or two times a day should not be taken more than three times a day. For nasal gel, which can be taken only by adults and children over the age of seven, there are such guidelines for admission: three to four times a day, it is laid in a small amount deeper into each of the nasal passages. The last time during the day, the gel is laid before bedtime.
As the instruction goes, "Xylen" is a drug that is incompatible with tricyclic antidepressants and MAO inhibitors. In case of an overdose of this remedy its side effects are amplified.
Specific guidance for the use of this medicationsuch: preliminary cleaning of both nasal passages. For children under the age of two years, clinical doses have not been developed (only a solution with an active substance concentration of five hundredths of a percent permitted). Long-term use is not allowed even with chronic rhinitis. When using the drug in such cases, when the cortex is formed in the nasal passages, it is best to use a gel. If the time for taking the next dose is missed, but not more than an hour has passed, then it can still be taken, but if the pass exceeds an hour, then do not take it, do not double the next dose.
