The drug 'Fenistil'. Instructions for use

The drug "Fenistil" instructions for use refers to the pharmacotherapeutic group of antiallergic drugs. The non-proprietary international name of the drug is dimethindene. It is available in the form of drops for internal use and is a colorless transparent liquid that is practically odorless.

The main active ingredient is dimethindene maleate (in one milliliter of the drug it contains one milligram). Additional substances are the following: non-crystallized liquid sorbitol, sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate, methyl parahydroxybenzoate, 96% ethanol and purified water.

The drug "Fenistil", the instruction for use informs, is an anti-ailigic, antipruritic and antihistamine means that reduces the permeability of capillaries (increased). The medication also produces an anticoninic and mild anticholinergic effect. When using this tool, there may also be a slight sedative effect.

Drops of "Fenistil" have a high enough bioavailability - about seventy percent, and also have good permeability in the tissue. The period during which the drug is half taken out of the body is six hours. It goes mainly with urine and bile (ninety percent in the form of metabolite and ten in unchanged form).

This pharmaceutical agent is used to treat hives, hay fever, allergic rhinitis, angioedema, food and drug allergies, eczema, itching dermatosis, measles, rubella, chickenpox and insect bites. In addition, the drug "Fenistil" (the instruction contains this information) is used to prevent the development of allergic reactions during the period of hypo-sensitizing treatment.

This agent is not prescribed if there is an individual intolerance to its active ingredient (dimethindene) or other components. The drug is also contraindicated in closed-angle glaucoma, prostatic hyperplasia, and if the patient's age is less than one month (especially for preterm infants). It is not recommended to use this medication in the first trimester of pregnancy and during the period of natural feeding.

With special care, the drug "Fenistil" (instruction for use focuses on this) is prescribed for patients suffering from any chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or bronchial asthma.

For children under the age of twelve years, the drug should be used according to the following scheme: at the age from a month to a year - three to ten drops three times a day, from one to three - ten to fifteen drops (the frequency is similar), from three to twelve - fifteen Twenty drops three times a day.

Patients older than 12, as well as adult patients are shown sixty-one hundred and twenty drops daily (this amount is divided, as a rule, into three doses).

The drug "Fenistil" before the vaccination is given to the children in the amount of ten drops the day before the vaccination, the same volume on the day of the procedure and the next after it.

In case the patient is prone to drowsiness, it is recommended to take forty drops before going to bed and twenty drops in the morning hours (during meals).

Among the side effects manifested against the background of taking this medication, the following are distinguished: dryness in the throat, mouth, headaches, rash, dizziness, muscle spasms.

It is established that this pharmaceutical agent enhances the effect of hypnotic drugs.

The drug can be purchased in pharmacies without a prescription. Its shelf life is thirty-six months from the date of production.