When treating a number of colds, the doctor may prescribe Tonsilgon N to the patient. A similar drug is made from natural ingredients that have antiviral and antibacterial effects on the human body. In addition, it helps to strengthen the immune system and suppresses cough.
What are the features of the application? Does the drug have side effects and contraindications? The article below will describe this drug in detail.
Form and composition
The drug "Tonsilgon N" has two forms of release:
- Dragee. They are in aluminum packages. One carton usually contains fifty tablets. Tonsilgon H includes a small amount of excipients - water, sucrose and others. The main active ingredients are extracts of natural plants.
- Drops "Tonsilgon" N". One bottle contains 100 or 50 milliliters of the drug. The container is made of dark glass. A small dispenser and a special cap are attached to the top of the bottle. Each vialis in a cardboard box. The main active ingredients (100 milliliters of drops) are extracts of medicinal plants. Also, the composition of the drug contains ethanol in the form of an auxiliary substance (alcohol concentration - no more than 19%).
Properties
Immunomodulatory, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects are characteristic of the drug "Tonzilgon N". The manual confirms this. It consists of various kinds of biologically active substances, and each of them has unique features that are enhanced when interacting with other components.
For example, the flavonoids and essential oils of chamomile, marshmallow, yarrow, walnut included in the preparation have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties.
Horsetail, also included, eliminates tissue swelling and helps reduce inflammation. Together, nonspecific immunity is stimulated, that is, directed against various infections. Analogues similar in composition are not produced.
Pharmacological influence
The drug is antiseptic, and its origin is vegetable. Pharmacological characteristics are determined by the biologically active components that are part of the drug. Tonsilgon N has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties.
The active components of horsetail, marshmallow and chamomile, which are included in the composition, increase the activity of protective non-specific factors. Polysaccharides, flavonoids and essential oils of yarrow, marshmallow, chamomile, oak bark tannins produceanti-inflammatory effect and reduce swelling of the mucous membrane.
Specific usage
The drug "Tonsilgon N" is used in the treatment of inflammatory pathologies of the ENT organs, as well as the upper respiratory tract. The cause of the disease is predominantly viral infectious agents that cause acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI).
Although such a drug does not have an antiviral effect, it can be used from the very beginning of the disease: it will help reduce inflammation, stimulate the body's defenses. Often, ARVI (especially with a severe nature of the disease) is also accompanied by a bacterial infection, whose pathogens are constantly present in the opportunistic microflora, which is always found on the mucous membranes of the ENT organs.
Instructions for "Tonzilgon N" are very detailed. Therefore, there should be no problems with taking this remedy.
The positive effect of treatment with such a drug is enhanced due to its antibacterial properties. It also helps in the treatment of chronic pathologies of the upper tracts of the respiratory system and ENT organs. The drug is widely used in the treatment of exacerbations of laryngitis, pharyngitis, chronic tonsillitis, and also as a preventive measure against such exacerbations.
"Tonsilgon N" with angina is used exclusively as part of complex treatment, since angina is a common disease and requires the use of general antibacterial drugs. The medication works well withall antibiotics with a general effect and drugs for topical use.
If the patient has inflammatory diseases of the trachea and larynx, drops are used for inhalation. In the treatment of these diseases, an aerosol is especially effective. The nebulizer used for inhalation converts a water-alcohol solution into an aerosol, which penetrates deep into the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract. Thanks to inhalations, the recovery process of patients with pathologies of the upper respiratory tract can be significantly accelerated.
Dosage
Instructions for the use of "Tonsilgon N" contains clearly established rules for admission, including dosage. For the treatment of adult patients, two pills are prescribed 5-6 times a day, which are taken regardless of the meal. No need to chew, just drink water.
Medication in the form of drops is used to treat children of all ages and adults. The bottle must be shaken well before use, after which, holding it vertically, count the required number of drops. The dosage for a single use is 25 drops, which are applied 5-6 times a day, regardless of the meal. "Tonsilgon" N "children and adults take, holding the solution in their mouth for a while - this way it helps better.
After the signs of acute pathology are eliminated, it is advisable to use dragees and drops for another week in the same dosage and dosage form as before, only three times a day. The drug "Tonsilgon N" is used in pills and drops and thanks to this it helps to fix the result. The use of the drug in the form of inhalation is not described in the instructions. However, in practice, they are carried out for chronic and acute pharyngitis, tracheitis and laryngitis.
Drops "Tonsilgon" N "for children, according to the instructions for use, are prescribed very often. Inhalations are also carried out by means of a nebulizer - a special apparatus that converts a water-alcohol solution of the drug into an aerosol. In order for the Tonsilgon inhalation solution to moisten the respiratory mucosa well, it must first be diluted with 0.9% sodium chloride solution (saline).
Adult patients and children over seven years of age should dilute it by half. From one to seven years - 2 milliliters of saline to one milliliter of Tonsilgon. Patients up to a year should dilute one milliliter of the drug to three milliliters of saline. To conduct one inhalation, you need to take 3-4 milliliters of the finished mixture. Inhalations should be done three times a day.
What else does the instructions for use for Tonsilgon N tell us?
Contraindications and possible side effects
Tonsilgon has several contraindications for use:
- individual intolerance to substances of the drug by a sick organism;
- chronic alcoholism (when taking drops), since this form of the drug is a water-alcohol solution and can exacerbate alcoholism;
- when using pills -children under six years of age.
For taking drops, liver diseases are a relative contraindication, since ethyl alcohol negatively affects the cells of this organ. Only for medical purposes and with caution is the use of "Tonsilgon N" during breastfeeding and pregnancy.
The drug is non-toxic and does not cause side effects. During the treatment course, you can engage in activities that require special attention, as well as drive vehicles. When using the drug, only allergic reactions may occur.
"Tonsilgon N" can be used simultaneously with antibiotics and other drugs that are designed to treat both chronic and acute infectious and inflammatory processes. No cases of overdose have been described. So it says in the instructions for "Tonsilgon N" in drops and dragees.
Special Instructions
Ethyl alcohol is contained in the preparation in the amount of 16-19.5%. In the maximum dosage (25 drops), absolute ethyl alcohol is contained in an amount of 0.21 grams, and the maximum dose during the day is 1.26 grams (six times a day, 25 drops).
If during the use of the drug for a week the symptoms of the disease persist or the patient's condition worsens, you should seek help from a specialist.
During the storage of the drug, there may be a slight turbidity of the liquid or a small precipitate will fall out, which will not affect the effectiveness of the drug.
If drops are used in a vial, then the container must be storedvertically.
Regarding the impact on a person's ability to drive mechanisms and vehicles, it should be said that while using the drug, you need to be careful, because the drug contains ethyl alcohol.
Analogues
The drug has cheaper analogues:
- Agri. Included in the number of homeopathic medicines. It acts on the body, lowering the temperature and eliminating inflammation. This medicine is usually prescribed in the complex therapy of mild to moderate respiratory pathologies. If you use it regularly, then the body's resistance to viruses and bacteria increases, and the intensity of a number of symptoms (headaches, cough, nausea, and others) also decreases. For an adult, the optimal dose is 5 granules once a day. This medicine is for adult use only.
- Adzhikold. Such a drug has a complex effect on the human body. It is used in the treatment of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract. Most often prescribed by doctors for whooping cough, laryngitis, pneumonia, pharyngitis and bronchitis. Also, it does a good job of treating smoker's cough. Produced in the form of tablets. For a number of patients, such a drug is contraindicated: women during pregnancy, nursing mothers and children under six years of age.
- Coffee. A similar drug is prescribed for the treatment of pathologies of the respiratory system,accompanied by a strong cough (both wet and dry). The drug is produced in the form of a viscous sweet syrup. It can be used by patients of all ages. In addition, with the help of "Cofex" you can treat chronic and allergic cough. The drug has one significant drawback - it contains codeine. This substance, with prolonged use, can cause addiction in the patient, and therefore Cofex is taken only with a very strong cough, if short-term use of a drug based on codeine is justified.
The following medications are also analogues:
- lozenges "Angin-Heel";
- Astrasept lozenges;
- Ajisept lozenges;
- tablets "Bicarmint";
- Vocara oral drops;
- spray and solution "Givalex";
- Gorpils lozenges;
- lozenges "Doctor Theiss" - sage extract with vitamin C;
- children's lozenges "Grammidin Neo" and "Grammidin";
- Zitrox solution;
- pencils for inhalation "Ingacamf";
- tablets "Inspiron";
- tablets and drops "Influcid";
- "Koldakt Lorpils";
- lozenges "Lizobakt";
- "Laripront";
- "Lugs Spray";
- solution for localand outdoor use
- "Malavit";
- "Oracept";
- "Ambassador";
- "Rinza Lorcept" and "Rinza Lorcept Anestetics";
- suprima-ENT lozenges;
- "Tonsipret";
- aerosol and spray "Kameton";
- oral solution "Umckalor";
- Dragee "Falimint";
- "Tantum Verde" and "Tantum Verde forte";
- "Terasil";
- "Hepilor";
- "Eucalyptus-M";
- "Erespal".
Comparison with Sinupret?
Patients often ask the question: "Which drug is better - Sinupret or Tonsilgon N?". They have differences in composition, indications for use and effects.
Sinupret drops include extracts of sorrel, gentian root, elderberry, primrose and verbena. Their main action is the ability to liquefy and remove viscous secretions from the paranasal sinuses, that is, from sinusitis. Diseases, depending on the location of the sinuses, are divided into frontitis (lesions of the frontal sinus), sinusitis (lesions of the maxillary sinus), sphenoiditis (lesions of the sphenoid sinus), ethmoiditis (lesions of the ethmoid labyrinth).
The drug "Sinupret" also has an anti-inflammatory effect. It is used for chronic and acute inflammatory processes in the upper respiratory tract and paranasal sinuses, accompanied by the appearance of a viscous secretion.
"Tonsilgon N" is used for pathologies of the upper tracts of the respiratory system and oropharynx, providing an immunostimulating, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect. That is why you should not ask which of the medicines is better, if there is such a need, you can use both.
Reviews about "Tonsilgon N"
Patients and specialists respond positively to the drug for the most part. The advantage of this drug is the possibility of using it in complex therapy, along with other medicines, as well as its plant origin.
Pediatricians also speak positively about him. Dragees and drops are used for the prevention and treatment of diseases in children with exacerbations of chronic pathologies of the upper respiratory tract, as well as ENT organs. The drug in pediatrics, according to doctors, can save little patients from diseases for a long time.
We reviewed the instructions for use for Tonsilgon N dragees and drops.
