If a child suffers from bouts of cough, in which phlegm departs hard, your doctor may prescribe drugs manufactured by acetylcysteine. To facilitate the state is often prescribed in 4 years ACC child. Because of the narrow airway children can not independently cough up phlegm, it provokes the appearance of disease complications and leads to deterioration of general condition.
Features of the drug
NAC is commercially available in the form of syrup, effervescent tablets, granules, of which is dissolved. The main active substance means - acetylcysteine. It affects directly on the mucus, reducing its viscosity. In addition it protects the cells from the damaging effects of free radicals, which is characteristic for all intensive inflammatory processes.
Indications
Assign children 4 years of ACC in diseases of the respiratory system, against which forms a viscous, poorly outgoing sputum.
Most often, pediatricians prescribe ACC children in such cases:
- bronchitis (in obstructive, chronic or acute);
- tracheitis;
- bronchial asthma;
- pneumonia;
- cystic fibrosis;
- laryngotracheitis;
- COPD;
- bronchiectasis;
- sinusitis;
- inflammation of the middle ear.
Bronchitis in the chronic form, cystic fibrosis is possible to avoid the appearance of bacterial complications if given to children 4 years of ACC as a preventive measure.
use Features
ACC must be taken after a meal. The dosage is selected individually pediatrician, the doctor should be guided by the age of the young patient and his state of health.
In standard cases, if you want to mucolytic therapy, the child is recommended to drink 200-300 mg of acetylcysteine per day. This dosage should be divided into 2-3 times.
It is necessary to give 100 mg of acetylcysteine on reception. This quantity of active ingredient contained in a 5 ml syrup ACC, one sachet with powder or effervescent tablet 1.
ACC Dosage for children four years in cystic fibrosis is established on the basis of what is necessary for the treatment of 400 mg of acetylcysteine per day. They give ACC 4 times a day with 100 mg per reception. Said amount of drug administered to children older than 2 and less than 6 years.
Effervescent tablets must be dissolved in 1 cup water. The child must drink the resulting liquid immediately after preparation. In exceptional cases it is allowed to store up to 2 hours. The granules can be dissolved in ordinary water, chilled tea or juice.
To enhance mucolytic effect it is necessary to increase the amount of fluids you drink. The duration of treatment is determined based on the child's diagnosis. When you cough, which arose on the background of colds, drink ACC 5-7 days is enough. Children with cystic fibrosis, chronic bronchitis recommended a long-term therapy.
If you need treatment with antibiotics, it is necessary to consider that the ACC active ingredient may lead to a decrease in the antibacterial activity of tetracyclines, penicillins, cephalosporins. It should take a break between reception and antimicrobials ACC at least 2 hours. These recommendations can be ignored in the treatment of cefixime and Lorakarbenom.
Contraindications
Do not take NAC children who have hypersensitivity to the active component of the drug. ACC four year old child in the form of soluble tablets should not be given if it has lactose intolerance, lactase deficiency, glucose-galactose malabsorption. Renounce the use of the drug in powder form is necessary if the baby fructose intolerance, there isomaltase deficiency in the body.
sources:
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