Cough remedy "Ambroxol": instructions for use

Ambroxol is an expectorant mucous drug from cough. It acts as a drug that stimulates serous gland cells located in the bronchial mucosa due to an increase in the mucosal secretion. So, this drug restores the balance between serous and mucous components of sputum, which was broken. These effects, as a consequence, lead to a facilitated spillage and excretion of sputum, as well as a reduction in cough.

Ambroxol may have several different trade names. One of them is Ambroxol Verte. Instructions for use lists the following forms of release of this drug: syrup, solution for inhalation, and also for oral administration, tablets, solution for intravenous administration, sustained-release capsules, effervescent tablets, resorption tablets.

Ambroxol is recommended for use in chronic and acute respiratory illnesses that accompany the formation and release of an increased amount of viscous sputum (bronchiectatic disease, chronic and acute bronchitis, bronchial asthma, accompanied by difficulty in separating sputum, pneumonia, COPD). In addition, Ambraxol stimulates prenatal lung maturation. Also, this drug is prescribed in the case of detection of respiratory distress syndrome in children who were premature, as well as in newborns.

There are also contraindications to taking Ambroxol. Instructions for use include pregnancy (especially the first trimester), hypersensitivity, duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, convulsive syndrome, lactase insufficiency, congenital galactosemia.

Sometimes there are some side effects when taking Ambroxol. Instructions for use indicate that more often among them there is an allergic reaction: angioedema, rashes on the skin and urticaria, in some cases - anaphylactic shock and contact allergic dermatitis. More rarely, side effects are manifested in weakness, headache, diarrhea, dryness in the mucous membrane of the mouth and respiratory tract, constipation, exanthema, dysuria can be felt. With prolonged and continuous use of Ambroxol in high doses, vomiting, nausea and gastralgia may occur. If the drug is injected intravenously, dyspnea, a feeling of stupor, frequent headaches, adynamia, chills, hyperthermia, lowering of blood pressure may appear.

When taking Ambroxol, the instructions for use recommend that you follow a certain application and dose. Take the drug should be at the same time as eating, washing with a small amount of water. The most common is Ambroxol in the form of tablets. Children often prescribe Ambroxol syrup. Instruction for use is not a guide to self-management. The method of administration indicated in it is only the recommended dose of the drug. In any case, before using this medication it is necessary to consult a doctor.

It should be noted that, using Ambroxol, you need to know some special instructions: the drug should not be taken concomitantly with other medicinal products aimed at treating a cough; Taking Ambroxol during lactation, breastfeeding should be interrupted; With special care it is necessary to take this drug to people who have renal or hepatic insufficiency; If Ambroxol is used concomitantly with antibiotics, this leads to an increased concentration of antibiotic in the tissues of the lungs.