The drug "Herbion". Instructions for use

The drug "Gerbion" instructions for use characterizes as an effective expectorant medication of vegetable origin, which has mucolytic and anti-inflammatory effect.

This drug is issued in the form of a syrup (one hundred and fifty milliliters in each vial). Five milliliters of the drug contains 1.25 grams of leaf extract of lanceolate plantain, the same amount of mallow extract , sixty-five milligrams of vitamin C and four grams of sucrose (which is especially important for patients with diabetes).

Pharmaceutical Herbion (instructions for use contains this information), thanks to the components included in its composition, can reduce the viscosity of sputum, increase the production of bronchial glands more liquid in the consistency of secretions, activate cilia of ciliated epithelium. As a result of the above, sputum becomes lighter, it is more quickly and completely eliminated from the tracheobronchial tree by means of a cough. Its timely removal from the respiratory tract prevents its stagnation and, accordingly, the reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms.

Ascorbic acid, contained in the drug under consideration, strengthens the immune system and reduces the effects of toxins, since it is the strongest natural antioxidant.

Medication "Gerbion", the instruction indicates, is indicated for use in the treatment of diseases of the lungs and respiratory tracts, which are accompanied by the presence of viscous and heavily receding sputum. Among them are the following: bronchitis (obstructive, acute or chronic), pneumonia, bronchial asthma, influenza, pharyngitis, tracheitis, laryngitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, tracheobronchitis and others. In addition, the drug "Gerbion" from a damp cough - an indispensable assistant in every home medicine cabinet.

Contraindications to the use of this medication are: intolerance to fructose, individual sensitivity to its components, the patient's age is less than two years. This means can not be tolerated in the period of expectation of the child and natural feeding, however it should be done with extreme caution, since its effect on the woman and the child during these periods has not been studied enough.

The drug "Gerbion" (the instruction includes this information) can cause such undesirable effects as nausea, itching of the skin, angioedema, urticaria.

Recommended dosage of medication

To children from two to seven the preparation is shown on five milliliters three times a day. Children from seven to fourteen take it for five to ten milliliters at a similar frequency. Adult patients are prescribed, as a rule, ten milliliters from three to five times a day.

The average duration of the therapeutic course is from ten to twenty days.

Herbion, a dry cough that effectively eliminates, is not recommended to be used in parallel with drugs whose action is aimed at blocking the cough reflex (among them medicines such as Sinekod, Kodelak, Stoptussin, Terpinkod and Libexin "). With their simultaneous use, sputum stagnation is possible, which leads to the propagation of pathogens of various kinds of infections. It is for this reason that the inflammation process can increase and damage occurs on the walls of the bronchial tree.

Joint reception does not hurt with the correct alternation of medications: expectorants are used during the day, and antitussives - once before going to bed (which ensures a full rest during the night).