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Nurofen for children user manual

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Release form and composition

Nurofen for children tablets can be found in two versions of the package - in silver boxes and orange boxes, which have the inscription "from 6 years old." Both of these drugs are white tablets of small size with a round shape. On the one hand, their sweet shell has a black Nurofen inscription.
The composition of the tablets is the same - the main component is ibuprofen at a dose of 200 mg. Sodium citrate and sodium lauryl sulfate, as well as stearic acid, croscarmellose sodium and silicon dioxide are added to it to form the medication core. For the manufacture of shell used sucrose, macrogol 6000, acacia gum, talc, titanium dioxide and carmellose sodium.
Tablets are placed in blisters of 6, 8, 10 or 12 pieces, and in one pack can be from one to eight blisters, so for sale there are silver packaging containing from 6 to 96 tablets. As for Nurofen for children in orange boxes, there is only 1 blister with 8 pills inside such a pack.

Operating principle

Ibuprofen contained in tablets blocks cyclooxygenase enzymes, which disrupts the formation of substances that cause an increase in body temperature, inflammation and the conduction of pain impulses - prostaglandins. Due to this effect, the drug has an anti-inflammatory effect, relieves pain and fever.
    Taken inside the pills begin to act after about 45-60 minutes, when their active ingredient enters the blood and accumulates in the maximum amount.
After binding with protein molecules, it is transferred to the site of inflammation and other organs, where it exerts its effect. Drug metabolism takes place in the liver, therefore dysfunction of this organ can affect the treatment with Nurofen. Removal of the drug depends on the normal functioning of the kidneys, since most of ibuprofen leaves the children's body with urine.

Indications

This drug is prescribed:
    With fever, the cause of which is ARVI, flu or other infection.
    In case of pain resulting from injury, stretching, contusion, inflammatory disease.
    With headaches and migraines.
    With myalgia, neuralgia, as well as with toothache.

From what age is prescribed?

As noted on the orange-colored Nurofen for children tablets, this medicine is permitted for children over 6 years of age. The instruction also specifies that this medicine in a shell is used only with a weight of more than 20 kilograms. If a six-year-old child weighs less, it is better to give him a suspension, calculating its dosage by weight of the body.
    Tablets in silver boxes also have an age limit of up to 6 years.
Both versions of the medicine are not used in babies of the first years of life, because they contain a dosage that will be effective only for patients older than six years, and a smaller dose is required for young children. In addition, a child of 7 years and older is already able to swallow a pill and does not protest against such a dosage form.

Contraindications

Nurofen for children tablets are not prescribed not only to patients under the age of six, but also in such cases:
    If a high level of potassium is detected in a baby’s blood test or a coagulogram shows unfavorable changes in blood clotting.
    If the organs of the digestive system of a small patient have erosive or ulcerative changes.
    If bleeding from the stomach wall, cerebral vessels or other localization has begun.
    If the patient does not tolerate ibuprofen or another component of the tablets.
    If the baby has been diagnosed with a serious illness of such important organs as the kidneys, liver or heart.
    If a child has an allergic reaction to acetylsalicylic acid or other anti-inflammatory drugs of the group of non-steroidal drugs.
    If a child does not tolerate fructose, his body lacks enzymes (sucrase, isomaltase), or he has glucose-galactose malabsorption.
    In addition, with many pathologies, Nurofen for children treatment requires the supervision of a physician. Such diseases include bronchial asthma, diabetes, anemia, systemic lupus erythematosus and other diseases.

Side effects

The drug can cause the following side effects:
    Rash, runny nose, skin inflammation, redness and other manifestations of allergies.
    The digestive tract of some children reacts to receiving Nurofen for children by nausea, discomfort or pain in the stomach and other symptoms of irritation of the gastrointestinal tract.
    In children with asthma, Nurofen for children often provokes an exacerbation of this disease.
    Sometimes pill treatment causes insomnia or headaches.
    In very rare cases, the drug worsens blood formation, inhibits kidney function, causes swelling and other negative reactions.

Instructions for use

Reception scheme:
    The drug give the child to swallow and drink regular water. To reduce the risk of negative effects of Nurofen for children on the digestive system, taking the pill is recommended during or immediately after a meal.
    A single dosage for patients older than 6 years is one tablet, and children over 12 years old can be given 2 tablets at once, but the maximum dosage for patients 6-18 years old is 4 tablets per day.
    The drug is usually prescribed three times with a break between doses of 8 hours, but if necessary, Nurofen for children can be given 4 times a day, that is, every 6 hours. Breaks less than six hours between two pills are not recommended.
    Regarding the duration of treatment, it is important to know that Nurofen for children tablets are discharged only as a short-term treatment of symptoms such as pain and fever. Typically, this medication is used only 1-3 days to eliminate the symptoms. If after 2-3 days of reception improvements are not observed, you should consult with your doctor.

Overdose

Too high a dose of Nurofen for children can affect the digestive tract (cause dyspepsia symptoms, pain or even bleeding), the nervous system, kidneys, liver and other organs. In the most severe cases of overdose, cyanosis, diminished breathing, convulsions and other dangerous symptoms are observed in a small patient. Symptomatic remedies are used in treatment, as well as forced diuresis (a lot of drinking, so that ibuprofen leaves the child’s body more quickly).

Interaction with other drugs

Annotation to tablets marks a rather large list of drugs with which Nurofen for children should not be combined, or treatment should be with caution. These drugs include nimesulide, cyclosporine, caffeine, antacids, ketorol, some antibiotics, diuretics, and many other medications. Some of them interfere with the action of ibuprofen, others - increase the side effects.
Therefore, if a child takes any medication, this must be taken into account before giving the patient a Nurofen for children tablet.

Storage features

Keep Nurofen for children tablets at home must be out of the reach of children. It is also important that the drug is not affected by fever (it should be no higher than +25 degrees) or humidity. Medicine with an expired shelf life of 3 years from the date of release is unacceptable in the treatment of children.

Reviews

There are many positive reviews about the treatment with Nurofen for children tablets for children, which confirm the high efficacy of this drug. According to parents, the drug quickly helps with headaches, reduces fever, eliminates pain in the joints, muscles, back and so on.
Adverse drug reactions are rare and are often represented by negative symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract or allergies. The size of the tablets is small, and their shell is sweet to the taste, so with the ingestion of such Nurofen for children in most patients, problems are not observed.
    One of the main drawbacks of the drug parents call its cost, because of what often prefer cheaper counterparts.

Terms of sell

You can buy Nurofen for children without a prescription.