Some preparations for the treatment of ENT pathologies contain antiseptic components. One such substance is cetylpyridinium chloride. It has pronounced healing properties, which can be enhanced by other components of the medication.
Description of the substance
To stop the development and spread of pathogens, it is customary to use antiseptic substances. They should be used as part of complex therapy to speed up the healing process. Cetylperidinium chloride is a quaternary ammonium compound that can suppress the growth of pathogenic bacteria. The substance is one of the active ingredients in many pharmaceutical products.
This antiseptic can be called universal, because both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, fungi of various kinds, and viruses show sensitivity to it. The substance easily penetrates into the tissues affected by the inflammatory process due to a small surface tension. The component has a therapeutic effect not only on the surface of the mucous membranes, butand in deeper layers.
What preparations does it contain?
The main purpose of the component is to eliminate pathogens at the local level. The antimicrobial properties of the substance are used in the treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract, dermatological pathologies. You can detect cetylpyridinium chloride as part of the following medicines:
- Septolete Neo;
- “Grammidin for children”;
- Grammidin Neo;
- Septolete Total;
- Kalgel;
- Novosept Forte;
- TheraFlu LAR menthol.
Drugs based on this active substance are prescribed depending on the type, individual characteristics of the course of the disease and the sensitivity of pathogenic bacteria.
Grammidin
Grammidin is a combined remedy for the local treatment of inflammatory and infectious pathologies of the throat and oral cavity. The drug has a pronounced antimicrobial effect due to the presence of two active substances in the composition. Gramicidin, cetylpyridinium chloride - a successful combination of substances in one drug.
Gramicidin increases the permeability of cell membranes of almost all gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. This leads to a violation of stability, and then to the death of pathogenic microorganisms. The therapeutic effect of the component enhances the antiseptic, which prevents the spread of infection and inflammation.
Indications for prescribing medicines are such pathologicalconditions like pharyngitis, gingivitis, periodontal disease, tonsillitis, tonsillitis and stomatitis. "Grammidin for children" contains the same active ingredients, but in a lower concentration.
Septolete Neo
Another drug designed to combat infectious and viral lesions of the throat. The product is available in the form of lozenges for resorption. The main active ingredient of the product is cetylpyridinium chloride monohydrate. Auxiliary components differ depending on the taste of medicinal lozenges.
The remedy is a powerful antiseptic, which also has antiviral, antifungal and anti-inflammatory effects. Lozenges are used in the initial stages of tonsillitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis and inflammatory processes in the oral cavity.
Cetylpyridinium chloride is well tolerated by the body. Allergic reactions can cause only auxiliary components (dyes, flavors). Pastilles can be used to treat children as early as 4 years old. The dosage of the medicine depends on the type of pathology.
TeraFlu LAR menthol
An antiseptic for topical application has a pronounced analgesic effect. Two components provide a complex therapeutic effect - lidocaine, cetylpyridinium chloride. The drug has the form of small rectangular lozenges for resorption. The composition also contains additional substances: peppermint oil, macrogol, levomenthol, sorbitol.
Both active substances are weaklyare absorbed through the mucous membrane and have mainly only a local therapeutic effect. You can use the medicine for such ailments as stomatitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis (catarrhal type), ulcerative gingivitis and tonsillitis. The tablets will have a more pronounced therapeutic effect as part of the complex treatment of infectious and inflammatory processes.
