How to help the body of a small child if he has a cold or a flu? What to do if after a vaccination a high temperature has risen? Or maybe your baby has teeth cut or just sore?
Efferalgan Childrens relieves pain, fever, and reducessymptoms of inflammation. It is used for various fevers, as an analgesic for injuries, burns, muscle pain and neuralgia. It effectively relieves toothache and headache. The drug can be either in the form of a syrup or in the form of suppositories for rectal use. The basis of the composition of the drug "Efferalgan" for children is paracetamol, which belongs to analgesics. The tool can be recommended for children older than 1 month. The dosage is calculated based on how much the child weighs.
Efferalgan children. Instructions for use of syrup
Sweet syrup has the smell of caramel.At one time you should give the child 10-15 mg per kilogram of weight. Maximum - 60 mg per day. For convenience, Efferalgan is equipped with a measuring spoon with graduations denoting the weight of the child. The drug acts on average from 4 to 6 hours; it is recommended to take it with such a time interval. The number of receptions per day should not be more than four. It is better to give the drug in its pure form, but after taking it you can drink it with water, juice or milk. Patients with diabetes, you may need to choose a tool in the form of rectal suppositories.
Efferalgan children. Instructions for use rectal suppositories
White suppositories are packed in a box of 10 pieces.They are intended for rectal use. The candle is introduced into the anus of the child, after laying it on its side and pressing his knees to the stomach. The dosage is calculated in the same way as with the use of syrup. Children under 5 months may be prescribed 80 mg of the drug every 6 hours, three times a day. The same interval should be followed for the treatment of babies older than 5 months. Only they are prescribed usually 150 mg of the drug. Stop using rectal suppositories if your child has diarrhea or has recently had bleeding or inflammation in the rectum.
Efferalgan for children use no more than threedays as an antipyretic and a maximum of 5 as an anesthetic. There are a number of contraindications for the use of Efferalgan for children. The instruction warns that the drug is contraindicated in patients with impaired function of organs such as the liver and kidneys. If the violations are not very pronounced, then the drug is used with caution, observing the interval of at least 8 hours. It is contraindicated in blood diseases, deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, hypersensitivity to paracetamol. Do not use Efferalgan for children under 1 month.
Side effects when taking the drug were observedrarely enough. Most complaints of nausea, vomiting. Rarely, nosebleeds may occur or thrombocytopenia may develop. If you are allergic to paracetamol, it may appear skin rash, unpleasant itching, urticaria. Do not use other paracetamol containing agents with Efferalgan, otherwise overdose may occur.
With an overdose of the patient's skinFade, accompany this state nausea, vomiting, severe headache. If time does not take action and continue taking the drug, there is a chance of developing hepatocellular insufficiency, liver necrosis, metabolic acidosis and encephalopathy. Strictly observe the dosage, but if paracetamol syrup poisoning has occurred, it is necessary to urgently wash the stomach, it is possible to apply activated charcoal and call an ambulance. In case of overdose, hospitalization cannot be avoided, as the symptoms of liver damage may appear after a day or two.
