Instruction: "Xylene" - a drug that is effective

The drug Xylen contains active ingredient xylamethazoline, it is available in the form of nasal gel, nasal drops for adults, nasal drops for children, nasal spray, nasal spray for children, dosed nasal spray, dosed nasal spray for children, as well as a dosed nasal spray containing Eucalyptus and menthol.

As the instruction says, "Xylen" is a drug that has such a pharmacological action: it is able to narrow blood vessels in the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity, thereby eliminating its hyperemia and edema. These effects lead to the relief of breathing in rhinitis suffering from various etiologies. The drug begins to act a few minutes after the administration and its effect continues for several hours.

As the instruction says, "Xylen" is a remedy that is prescribed for such indications as acute respiratory diseases occurring with rhinitis, acute rhinitis of allergic etiology, pollinosis, sinusitis, as well as to reduce edema of the nasopharyngeal mucosa and to prepare patients for diagnostic manipulation in Of the nasal cavity.

Drops in the nose "Xylene" have such contraindications: hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, arterial hypertension, palpitation, severe atherosclerosis, atrophic rhinitis, glaucoma, thyrotoxicosis, surgical operations in the history of the brain membranes, pregnancy, age of twelve years (for solution in one Tenth of a percent).

Caution should be given this drug during breastfeeding, children under two years for a solution of five hundredth percent, up to seven years for the gel, as well as if the patient has such pathologies as angina pectoris, developed against a background of coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus , Hyperplasia of the prostate and thyrotoxicosis.

Side effects of the drug Xylen (drops) are as follows: in case of frequent and / or prolonged use, dryness and / or irritation of the nasopharyngeal mucosa, increased heart rate, disturbed heart rhythm, increased blood pressure, headache, insomnia, vomiting, Vision, and in the case of prolonged use and at the same time a high dose may develop depression.

As the instruction says, "Xylen" is a drug that is taken intranasally. Adults and children over six years of two or three drops of solution with a concentration of active ingredient in one tenth of a percent or one injection from the spray in each of the nasal passages, on average, four times a day; Infants and children up to six years of age - one or two drops of solution with a concentration of active ingredient of five hundredths of a percent in each of the nasal passages once or twice a day, should not be taken more than three times a day. For nasal gel, which can be taken only by adults and children over seven years old, there are such guidelines for admission: from three to four times a day it is laid in a small amount deeper into each of the nasal passages. The last time during the day, the gel is laid before bedtime.

As the instruction says, "Xylen" is a drug that is incompatible with tricyclic antidepressants and MAO inhibitors. When an overdose of this drug, its side effects are amplified.

Special instructions for the use of this medication are: preliminary cleaning of both nasal passages. For children under the age of two, clinical doses have not been developed (only a solution with an active substance concentration of five hundredths of a percent permitted). Long-term administration is not allowed even with chronic rhinitis. When using the drug in such cases, when the cortex is formed in the nasal passages, it is best to use a gel. If the time for taking the next dose is missed, but not more than an hour has passed, then it can still be taken, but if the pass exceeds an hour, do not take it, do not double the next dose.