Nurofen - analgesic drug which in different dosage forms and is used by adults and children. Nurofen teething infants is used in the form of suspensions, and rectal suppositories.
Structure
As part of Nurofen contains ibuprofen as active substance. Among the additional components present sodium saccharin. In a measuring spoon of syrup contains 100 mg of ibuprofen. In the package with the product and instructions from the manufacturer has Measuring Spoon, designed for 5 ml.
To eliminate discomfort when cutting tooth preparation is also used in the form of suppositories. One suppository contains 60 mg of ibuprofen only tallow among other components.
effect of the drug
Ibuprofen projecting active substance syrup and suppositories, has analgesic, antipyretic effect. It refers to a non-hormonal drugs.
Action Nurofen is based on reducing the production of prostaglandins - substances that regulate the inflammatory process. Since their production was discontinued in the inflammation, the drug helps to quickly enough.
Rectal suppositories Nurofen as an analgesic while teething operates in the first hour. Syrup after application operates fasting for half an hour, when given after a meal - in the interval of up to two hours.
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Children Nurofen form is used for relieving pain of moderate severity in children between three months. Weight of the child at the same time should not be less than five kilograms. Children form prescribed Nurofen for children up to twelve years of therapy.
It can be used as an antipyretic Nurofen after vaccination. Enough disposable dosing.
Mode of application
Children Nurofen teething without temperature or it may be applied in the form of sweet suspensions or suppositories for rectal administration. Each dosage form has the features reception. It is recommended to calculate the time and daily dosing with pediatrician to prevent adverse reactions.
Suspension
The suspension gives the child orally for toothache. To prevent adverse reactions should not be given the drug for a long time. For dosing is complete a special measuring spoon per 5 ml. Dilute suspension before giving your child does not need.
Babies calculated dosage based on body weight. Typically a single dose is sufficient from 5 to 10 mg of drug per kilogram of body weight. Maximum dosage per day - 25-30 mg of ibuprofen per kilogram of body weight. Each subsequent dose should be given to your child at least 6 hours. The approximate scheme of single-dose:
- From three to six months - half measuring spoon up to three times a day;
- From six months to a year - half measuring spoon no more than four times a day;
- From one to three years - one scoop up to three times a day;
- From four to six years - one and a half scoops not more than three times a day.
medication to give the child more than three days is not recommended. If a child up to six months does not pass pain in places teething within days after starting treatment Nurofenom should consult a pediatrician.
Nurofen pain of teething can be used not only as an oral syrup. In some cases it is enough to get wet in syrup sterile cotton pad and gently wipe the baby's gums, carefully keeping an eye on the child swallowed a cotton pad.
suppositories
Suppositories are administered rectally. the child's body weight must not be less than six kilograms, age - from three months. Maximal dosage for one reception is 10 mg / kg baby weight. The maximum tolerable daily dosage - from 20 to 30 mg per kilogram body weight of the child.
Between each single dose observe interval of at least six hours.
The dosage of Nurofen during teething:
- When the body weight of 6 to 8kg enough half candles to three times a day with an interval of 6 hours;
- When a body weight of 8 to 12 kg administered one candle is not more than four times per day.
You should not use Nurofen teething longer than three days. If during this period the drug did not help cope with pain from teething, contact your pediatrician. Suppositories are used in those cases where a syrup application is impossible, for example because of vomiting.
Contraindications
Wondering whether it is possible to give Nurofen for teething, you should pay attention to contraindications and consult a pediatrician. Despite the efficacy of the drug against pain, which deliver teething, use may be restricted or prohibited in the following cases:
- Individual hypersensitivity to ibuprofen, or other drugs from the group of non-hormonal anti-inflammatory;
- Aspirin triad - an allergic reaction with bronchospasm appointment of acetylsalicylic acid;
- Erosive or ulcerative lesions of chronic or acute forms of the stomach;
- Gastrointestinal bleeding chronic or acute forms;
- Expressed pathology of the liver, heart, kidney;
- Chicken pox.
In pediatrics Nurofen used only if the child is older than three months, and the mass of his body more than six kilograms. Require caution children with impaired excretion of fluid, hypertension, impairment of cardiac function, prone to allergic reactions and bronchospasm. Caution is needed with children such as autoimmune diseases.
Caution against assigning Nurofen pain while teething should be observed in diseases of the digestive tract, e.g., Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, as well as drugs in the treatment, increase the risk of gastro-intestinal bleeding.
experience of application
Experienced mothers prefer to give the child Nurofen when teeth are growing, mainly at night. This is due to the fact that at night the pain of teething is magnified, and the child can not sleep. Judging by the reviews, in most cases, only one or two methods of minimal doses a day for the baby quiet.
Pediatricians often disagree in some cases it is advisable to take Nurofen for teething. Some pediatricians believe that if teething is not accompanied by fever, then give Nurofen not necessary. Others are of the opinion that taking Nurofen is possible both without temperature, and in those cases, when the temperature accompanies teething.
More right to be considered the last position. The drug has not only analgesic, but also analgesic effect. If the child teething is not accompanied by fever, but is accompanied by pain, Nurofen can help eliminate the pain, but the temperature will remain constant.
Precautionary measures
Sometimes until the teething is not known whether the child suffers from intolerance to anti-inflammatory drugs.
It is necessary to seek help from a pediatrician if:
- Nurofen not knocks temperature teething during the day;
- Child shows anxiety and cries of pain in the teeth;
- Changed the chair, there constipation or diarrhea;
- After applying Nurofen pain in his teeth began vomiting.
Finding these symptoms, stop giving your child Nurofen pain in the teeth and consult a doctor in case of emergency, please contact the deterioration state of the baby in an ambulance.
sources:
Vidal: https://www.vidal.ru/drugs/nurofen
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