"Lactase Baby" preparation: features of use

The drug "Lactase Baby" is an additional source of lactase enzyme for children, since birth. It is specially designed by pharmacists and pediatricians, taking into account the needs of newborns and toddlers, and is produced in an optimally-minimal dosage, ensuring ease of use and avoiding loss of useful properties during storage. Use of the medicinal product "Lactase Baby" is an excellent alternative to mixed nutrition using special mixtures. In addition, this tool takes much less time to achieve the desired clinical effect, and also significantly increases the amount of nutrition. It is especially worth noting that this drug is also recommended for feeding newborns that are on artificial feeding.

Features of the form and composition of the preparation

The "Lactase Baby" preparation is available in the form of capsules with a volume of two hundred and twenty milligrams, while the active ingredient in its composition includes about 700 units of pure lactase enzyme. The main excipients also contained in this preparation are medium-molecular triglycerides and maltodextrin.

List of medical indications for use

The instruction "Lactase Baby" is recommended for better assimilation of dairy products in the case of lactase deficiency or their poor tolerance in children aged from zero to seven years. In addition, this drug is actively used to eliminate such unpleasant symptoms as diarrhea, flatulence, foamy stool, accompanied by an acidic odor, insufficient weight gain and strong intestinal spasms. With the functional immaturity of such systems as enzymatic, it is also shown to take the "Lactase Baby" agent, starting from the first year of life.

Features of the drug

Use this drug should be at every feeding with any dairy products. In this case, children under one year of age are bred the contents of one capsule with a small amount of liquid, children from one to five years old are bred the contents of one to five capsules, and children from five to seven years - two to seven capsules (this depends on how much Food the kid consumes). The drug is added directly to the expressed milk or other dairy product. Feeding should begin after two to four minutes. Babies under five years of age should be given only the medicinal contents of the capsule, all the others (if possible) can swallow the capsules whole.

Major contraindications and adverse reactions

As the main contraindications for use are individual intolerance and hypersensitivity to the enzyme lactase or other components of the drug "Lactase Baby". Side effects include, in itself, all sorts of allergic reactions, manifested in the form of pruritus, hives, or redness.