"Prospan": analogues are cheaper for children under 1 year old

When an infection of the respiratory tract affects crumbs for up to a year, it is quite difficult to cope with the disease. After all, the kid can not complain to parents about the deterioration of health at the initial stage of the disease, and a visit to the doctor, as a rule, occurs even when the disease is clearly showing symptoms. If the child coughs heavily, the doctor may prescribe the drug "Prospan". Analogues can also be recommended. But what exactly means are used to treat babies, let's try to figure it out.

Why do doctors often prescribe the syrup "Prospan"?

To answer this question, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the pharmacological characteristics of this medication. After all, according to the information contained in the instructions, the drug is based on a plant component - an extract of ivy leaves. Due to the presence in this component of glycosides (saponins), the drug has not only secretionolytic, mucolytic and antitussive, but also spasmolytic and mukokinetic effects.

The medication is effective for such ailments of the respiratory system as chronic and acute bronchitis, asthma, bronchial obstruction syndrome and others. The first treatment effect is observed on the third day of taking the medicine, which, of course, pleases parents and doctors. In addition, to the primary characteristics of the drug can be attributed and almost complete absence of contraindications and adverse reactions. But in order to understand whether such advantages as the "Prospan" product, analogues for children under 1 year, we consider the material further.

What do parents need to know?

Before you start to study the list of medications that will help cope with a child cough up to 1 year, several important points should be considered. Firstly, parents should not give a crumb of any drug without a doctor's appointment, even if the instructions say that the medicine is completely safe. After all, any component of the drug can cause an allergic reaction in the child. And secondly, while young parents will be engaged in self-medication, the ailment can continue to progress and cause a mass of complications.

Analogues of the drug for breastfed babies

So, today there is far more than one analog of the syrup "Prospan" for children. The number of such medicines is quite large, but all of them can be conditionally divided into two groups. The first is structural analogues, the active ingredient of which is the extract of ivy leaves, the second - medicines, similar to the "Prospan" for pharmacological characteristics. Let's get acquainted with the most popular representatives of each group in more details.

Based on the above, it should be noted that this article is only informational in nature and should not be taken as a guide to action.

The drug "Gedelix"

This product is available in the form of drops and syrup. As a main active ingredient in the manufacture of medicines, pharmacists used an extract of ivy leaves. However, we will focus on syrup, since only this form of medicine can be used to treat cough in infants.

This analogue of the medicine "Prospan" recommends crumbs up to 12 months with such diseases as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis and other ailments of the respiratory system, which are accompanied by an unproductive cough. Babies, who are diagnosed with the above diseases, doctors appoint 2.5 ml 1-2 times a day. In each case, depending on the severity and nature of the disease, the dosage is calculated by the doctor. Improper compliance with the recommendations of a specialist can cause side reactions and aggravate the condition of the crumbs.

Medication «Herbion»

If there is no "Prospan" in the pharmacy, an analogue that the pharmacist can recommend, in particular, the drug "Herbion" (ivy syrup), you do not need to rush to purchase. After all, even though these two medicines are similar in structure and can be used to treat children under 1 year old, they have completely different auxiliary components.

So, unlike the "Prospan", the analogue "Gerbion" can cause such adverse reactions as skin rash, digestive system disorders, as well as edema and hyperemia of the mucous membranes and epidermis.

However, if the prescriber appointed a doctor who carried out the diagnosis, and he clearly painted the rules of admission, parents should not be worried. Accurate compliance with the dosing system and other expert recommendations will avoid the negative effects of the components of the drug on the baby's body.

The preparation "Eucabal"

This medicine is produced in Germany. It is based on two plant components, complementing each other. The first is the extract of the thyme, which, due to the presence of phenols and phytoncides, has a bacteriostatic and bactericidal effect. In addition, Chebrets essential oils help dilute viscous sputum and remove them from the respiratory system, by activating the motor activity of the cilia of the epithelium. This analog "Prospan" from dry cough is effective in such diseases as chronic and acute pharyngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis, etc. As for the second active ingredient, it is the plantain extract. This plant-derived substance removes irritation of bronchial mucosa and trachea.

The medicine can be prescribed for both adults and children from 6 months. The duration of the course of therapy and dosage is determined by the doctor. In addition, the specialist should familiarize the adult patient or parents of a small patient with information about the possible occurrence of side effects.

Medication «Ambroxol»

If a child has a strong non-productive cough, the doctor can recommend not only the use of "Prospan". Analogues are cheaper for children, such as the drug Ambroxol, also assigned to babies.

This medication is effective for ailments of the respiratory tract of various etiologies. It not only has a mucolytic effect, but also stimulates the formation of a surfactant, a surfactant that covers the lungs. This is why a remedy can be recommended even for premature babies in case of respiratory failure. It is also worth noting that the drug contributes to the normalization of altered bronchopulmonary secretion and liquefaction of mucus.

Instructions for use recommend that crumbs give syrup twice a day for 2.5 ml, but it will be more correct if the dosing system is calculated by the pediatrician. This will make it possible to achieve a therapeutic effect faster without harming the child's body.

As for the adverse reactions that the drug "Ambroxol" can provide, they appear very rarely and manifest as vomiting and nausea.

Ambrohexal

This drug has a mucolytic effect and is prescribed for colds that are accompanied by coughing, as well as for chronic and acute bronchopulmonologic diseases, which are characterized by poor progression of viscous sputum. Like the "Prospan", the analog "Ambroghexal" can be used in pediatrics to treat babies from birth. Its main active component is ambroxol, which promotes liquefaction and excretion of mucus from the respiratory tract.

With strict adherence to the dosing system and other recommendations of the doctor, the medicine is transferred very well. Only in isolated cases, adverse reactions can occur in the form of disturbances in stool, vomiting and heartburn.

The medicine "Lazolvan"

Many people know about the effectiveness of this tool, and this is due not only to the positive pharmacological properties of the drug, but also the works of advertising companies. After all, at the basis of the drug "Lazolvan" pharmacists used the same ambroxol, which was mentioned above. It is due to the presence of this active ingredient that the medicine has an expectorant, secretolitic and secretory effect.

Prescribe the drug to patients with acute and chronic ailments of the respiratory system, which are accompanied by the departure of viscous sputum. In other words, the drug can be recommended for COPD, pneumonia, bronchitis, etc.

If a small child needs the medicine, the doctor calculates the dosage independently and establishes the rules for admission.

Conclusion

If the crumb got sick and the doctor prescribed the drug "Prospan" (syrup), it's cheaper to select analogues categorically. After all, even though the modern range of available medicines allows you to do this, you can not endanger your baby.

Even in those cases when the recommended preparation for any reasons can not be purchased, without consulting a specialist, it is dangerous to use an analogue. After all, each of the medicines described above has individual characteristics of the impact on the patient's body.