Glaucin Hydrochloride, an herbal medicine taken for infections that affect the lungs or upper respiratory tract, helps soothe dry coughs and thin phlegm when wet.
Medication description
The drug has an antitussive effect, lowers blood pressure. With a wet cough, it dilutes sputum, promotes its removal, with a dry one, it relieves shortness of breath, breathing becomes easy and not difficult. Especially well it helps with diseases such as bronchitis, tracheitis, pharyngitis. Due to its antihypertensive qualities, it is indicated for high blood pressure and can be used in combination.
The peculiarity of the drug is that it is made on the basis of a medicinal plant, therefore it is natural, it is indicated for the treatment of children.
"Glaucin hydrochloride": composition
Antitussive medicine is made from the aerial part of the medicinal plant machka yellow,belonging to the poppy family. Glaucilum grows on sea coasts, sandstone, gravelly slopes, common in Europe, Western Asia, New Zealand, North America. Far from the sea, it is practically not found, but it can be in river valleys.
Machok yellow is rich in alkaloids, which have an antitussive effect, treat any manifestations of cough: dry and wet.
Instructions for using the drug
The drug is produced in the form of tablets of 50 mg, syrup, including for children. To get a positive effect, it is necessary to take "Glaucin hydrochloride" correctly. Instructions for use are designed for both adults and children:
- children under 4 years of age are usually prescribed to take 2 times a day, 5 mg, from 4 to 7 years the same amount of the drug is drunk three times;
- for schoolchildren under 14 years of age, the recommended dose per day is 10 mg 3 or 4 times;
- adults need to take 2 times 50 mg, with a strong cough at night it is allowed to drink up to 80 mg of the drug at a time.
The drug is recommended to be taken after meals, treatment usually lasts 3-4 days, with whooping cough - up to 10 days, but only the attending doctor can prescribe the exact course.
It is important to follow these instructions completely to avoid unwanted effects, which may include dizziness, nausea, weakness, allergies.
Contraindications for taking medication
Despite its herbal composition, "Glaucin hydrochloride" hascontraindications, which are mainly associated with its hypotensive properties. Due to the fact that the drug is able to lower blood pressure, it is strictly forbidden to take it to people with the following diseases:
- arterial hypotension, i.e. low blood pressure;
- myocardial infarction.
In addition, the medicine is contraindicated in diseases accompanied by abundant sputum from the lungs. It should not be taken by those who cannot tolerate the components of the drug due to individual characteristics.
Similar medicines
Available in the "Glaucin hydrochloride" analogues are similar to it in composition or principle of action. You can replace it with the following drugs:
- "Bronchoton" is an antitussive used for bronchitis, whooping cough and other lung diseases. The main components of the drug are glaucine hydrobromide, ephedrine hydrochloride, basil oil.
- "Glauvent" is used for dry cough during various infectious diseases. The main substance is glaucine hydrobromide.
- "Libexin" has the same indications for use, but differs in composition. Contains synthetic antitussive substance - prenoxdiazine hydrochloride.
- "Sinekod" is effective in the treatment of various coughs, the main component is butamirate citrate.
- "Tusuprex" is indicated for laryngitis and tracheitis, chronic or acute bronchitis, cough. It contains oxeladin, known for itsantitussive qualities.
For "Glaucin hydrochloride" you can pick up other analogues, however, only "Bronchoton" and "Glauvent" are made on the basis of yellow machka.
Thus, with a strong cough, bronchitis, whooping cough and other similar diseases, it is important to choose the right medicine that will effectively treat the disease. The composition of the product is also important. The herbal preparation "Glaucin hydrochloride", instructions for use of which are contained in each package, well eliminates the above diseases, while not depressing breathing, making it easy and free from cough.
