14 best cold remedies
When a person, coming to the pharmacy, asks for something “from a cold”, then an experienced pharmacist will not be surprised by such an issue. In any pharmacy, there will always be interferon inductors, antipyretic drugs, sputum thinners and other drugs that are necessary for a person with a respiratory viral infection and the common cold. But even in such a situation, a pharmacy employee will ask what symptoms are observed, and advise you to choose a drug based on the patient's complaints, although, by law, pharmacy employees should not advise, the doctor should deal with this. And that's why.
Usually the most banal colds, resulting from hypothermia or lack of immunity, are caused by viruses that are tropic to the respiratory mucosa. For example, these are adenoviruses and similar reoviruses and rhinoviruses, respiratory syncytial virus. But in some cases, it may be SARS, and the flu will debut in an unfavorable epidemiological situation.
If the patient has been ill for several days even with a banal cold, the bacterial flora joins the viruses, and then in typical cases the temperature rises again, a moist cough appears, and the purulent sputum or even purulent sputum begins to depart. In this case, it is already necessary to prescribe antibiotics, call the doctor, and treat the bacterial complication of the common cold. In order not to bring the situation to complications, it is recommended to treat ARVI from the first day. What cold remedies can help with this, and what remedies are currently being released to fight viruses, with high fever, and can be used in adults and in children? This rating contains the most popular and effective means for this purpose. And the first of them will be considered etiotropic drugs, or drugs aimed at combating infectious agents.
Rating of the best remedies for cold and grppippa
| Nomination | a place | Name of product | price |
| The best antiviral drugs for colds | 1 | Tamiflu (Influcein, Tamides) | 1 073 ₽ |
| 2 | Grippferon | 285 ₽ | |
| 3 | Ingavirin | 380 ₽ | |
| 4 | Arbidol | 166 ₽ | |
| 5 | Zovirax - cream | 173 ₽ | |
| The best antipyretics for colds | 1 | Ibuklin | 94 ₽ |
| 2 | Efferalgan - effervescent tablets | 155 ₽ | |
| 3 | Cefecon-N | 49 ₽ | |
| The best remedies for removing cold symptoms for adults | 1 | Teraflu for cold and flu | 179 ₽ |
| 2 | Otrivin complex | 216 | |
| 3 | Floutidec (carbocysteine) | 372 ₽ | |
| The best means to relieve cold symptoms for children | 1 | Nurofen suspension for children | 89 ₽ |
| 2 | Viferon | 149 ₽ | |
| 3 | Aqua Maris Baby | 306 ₽ | |
| About mucolytics for children | |||
The best antiviral drugs for colds
Currently, there are several groups of antiviral drugs. First of all, these are vaccines, but they are not suitable for the treatment of acute diseases, but only for their prevention and prophylaxis.
Also used drugs that prevent the development of a viral infection, blocking specific enzymes of the pathogen, preventing its penetration into cells, or reproduction, or replication of viral particles.On the market there are drugs that stimulate the immune system and promote the production of interferon by the patient’s body, which have antiviral activity, reduce the symptoms of colds and SARS. It is the last two groups of funds and are presented in the rating. And since the flu is one of the most dangerous and serious diseases, which begins very similar to SARS, the first drug presented in the ranking will be a highly effective antiviral drug Tamiflu.
Tamiflu (Influcein, Tamides)
Rating: 4.9
Tamiflu is a monodrug, that is, a drug with a single, but very effective component. This is oseltamivir. Its mechanism of action is based on blocking one of the enzymes of aggression of the influenza virus, called neuraminidase. The purpose of this enzyme is to facilitate the release of newly created virus particles in the human body from infected cells. Therefore, Tamiflu can be considered a means of pathogenetic treatment, but not any SARS or a cold, but only “suspicious” for the flu. The indications for use as an exception will be the treatment of an acute respiratory viral infection occurring during the epidemic influenza season, which is more severe than the common cold.
This is a situation where the patient immediately and vividly manifests on the first or second day not only fever, and catarrhal manifestations in the nasopharynx, but there is severe weakness and fatigue, there is a headache, and diffuse myalgias, or muscle pain.
The second indication of this drug is the specific prevention of influenza. If there is an outbreak of influenza at school, in a team, then everyone else needs to use this drug to avoid illness.
Applied Tamiflu, regardless of the meal. The course of treatment for adults and children after 12 years is one tablet 2 times a day, the course of treatment is 5 days. It is necessary to begin treatment not later than the second day after the appearance of typical symptoms. It is not necessary to increase the dose even in severe course of the disease, since this will not lead to an increase in the expected effect.
For prophylaxis, this remedy is taken in one pill once a day for a week. The reception conditions are exactly the same: after a possible dangerous contact no more than 2 days should pass, otherwise the effectiveness of the drug will drop dramatically. Hoffmann-la-Roche from Switzerland produces this wonderful and very effective drug, and its value will be the highest in our ranking. The average price of one package of 10 capsules, just calculated on the course of reception within 5 days, is 1.170 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantage of Tamiflu is high efficiency, recognized by the international clinical community, which can significantly reduce the duration and severity of infection, and also dramatically increases the patient's chances of not getting the flu. But, such efficiency is rarely accompanied by side effects. Most often it is nausea and vomiting. They appear on the first day, and then pass without any additional changes in the intake or withdrawal of the drug.
Unfortunately, in most cases, people in the first two days after the onset of symptoms are not inclined to immediately spend more than 1000 rubles on a highly effective drug, and this can only be done by someone who was initially sure that he had the flu, or immediately, on the first day he called the doctor to house. Therefore, if there is no epidemic situation in the area, and not a “season”, then this drug should not be taken. To receive it, there must be an informed decision.
Grippferon
Rating: 4.8
Grippferon is an immune drug that contains a highly effective protective interferon, alfa-2b. Interferon is considered a highly effective antiviral therapy, it is produced in the human body.If endogenous interferon is not enough, then it is introduced from the outside, as a means of passive immune treatment of SARS and the common cold.
Shown Grippferon with various acute respiratory viral infections, with influenza, as well as with prevention. For example, in the epidemic season and in the midst of the flu and ARVI disease, the prophylactic use of Grippferon as a means of prophylaxis in public places in combination with a disposable mask can reliably protect anyone from the disease of ARVI and the flu and other colds. It is produced in the form of a nasal spray and drops, Grippferon is applied in three doses in each nasal passage no more than 6 times a day for adults. For prophylactic purposes, this drug is prescribed in one dose in each nasal passage 2 times a day.
The Grippferon produces the nasal spray domestic company Firn, and the average cost per pack in 10 ml is 340 rubles. In addition, Grippferon is also available in the form of nasal drops, and the cost of one bottle of the same volume is 260 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of using Grippferon include great convenience, low price and no overdose. Also, this tool can be used for colds and colds, since birth, with dose adjustment. The disadvantages of this drug is the recommendation not to combine it with vasoconstrictor drops, since this may cause drying of the nasal mucosa. Also, there are no large and international studies that would unequivocally talk about its effectiveness; all studies were conducted in Russia and on insignificant numbers of subjects.
Ingavirin
Rating: 4.7
Ingavirin is considered a single agent, it contains imidazolyl ethanamide pentanediic acid. A substance with such a complex name enhances the production of interferon receptors, which increases the sensitivity of cells to signals that stimulate the immune response. As a result, interferon has a more complete effect, viruses are more rapidly eliminated from the body, symptoms of SARS and colds and the duration of the disease are reduced. While ingavirin is taken, the risk of complications is reduced. Such viruses as influenza and parainfluenza pathogens, enteroviruses, rhinoviruses, Coxsackie viruses and their other representatives are sensitive to Ingavirin.
This drug is indicated for both treatment and prevention of respiratory infections caused by viruses in adults and in children from 13 years of age. It is necessary to apply Ingavirin for treatment once, a day on 90 mg, within a week. For prevention, the dosage is exactly the same, it does not change. It is produced by the domestic company Valenta, and the cost of packaging in 7 capsules designed for weekly exchange intake is, on average, 500 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of Ingavirin include convenient reception, since most of the drugs with antiviral activity must be applied several times a day, convenient packaging designed for the course, both treatment and prevention, a mild physiological effect. It does not introduce into the body any chemical substance, but simply increases the activity of hereditary mechanisms, activates genes and increases the production of certain cellular structures - receptors. Also Ingavirin is not metabolized in the body, and does not affect chronic diseases. However, there are some contraindications to it - it does not apply for SARS in pregnant women, in nursing mothers, as well as in children under the age of 13 years.
Arbidol
Rating: 4.7
Antiviral drug Arbidol, from the point of view of pharmaceutical chemistry, is called umifenovir, and it is indicated for influenza, ARVI, as well as for the symptoms of rotavirus diarrhea, and for creating immunity against influenza. The tool produces, in addition to the antiviral, an immunostimulating effect.Arbidol is available in capsules, tablets and powder for suspension. Arbidol should be used for the prevention of acute respiratory viral infections and colds - one capsule twice a week for a month, and for treatment one capsule every 6 hours for 5 days. Arbidol is produced by Pharmstandard, a domestic company, and the cost of 10 capsules of 50 mg, or 10 single doses, averages 160 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The most pronounced advantages of Arbidol in the prevention of SARS. It must then be taken only twice a week, for example, on Tuesday and Thursday. For treatment, it is used, of course, more often, but even then one package of the drug will be enough for two and a half days of treatment. A two packs enough for the entire course, and at the same time its value will not exceed 320 rubles. Sufficient effectiveness and affordable price allows this drug to participate in the ranking of antiviral drugs for ARVI.
Zovirax - cream
Rating: 4.6
Finally, in conclusion, we consider a drug that, at first glance, has nothing to do with ARVI pathogens. This is acyclovir, aka Zovirax. Yes, this remedy acts exclusively on herpes viruses. But very often it happens that a respiratory viral infection, which arose against a background of reduced immunity, leads to the activation of a herpetic infection, which immediately "pours" on the lips of a patient. If no action is taken, such eruptions against the background of reduced immunity may appear in the area of the external auditory canal, and cause an extremely unpleasant neurological complication - Bell's palsy, or paresis of the facial nerve. Therefore, herpes during a cold must be fought immediately after its slightest occurrence.
For this, there is a cream acyclovir, or Zovirax. After the first appearance of burning, discomfort and the appearance of bubble eruptions, it is necessary immediately, every 4 hours, or 5 times a day, apply this cream on the affected area, as well as on the surrounding intact skin. The course of treatment is at least 4 days. Zovirax cream is inexpensive, one small 5 gram tube on average costs about 180 rubles. It is produced by the English pharmaceutical company Glaxosmithkline.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of using Zovirax in local forms include their quick action, blocking the spread of herpes infection to other skin areas, the "spreading" of rashes in the projection of nerve fibers, as well as good tolerability. The disadvantages include the impossibility of prevention when using local forms of medicines, such as ointment and cream. But, nevertheless, antiperspirant drugs should always be in the same medicine cabinet with the means for the treatment of respiratory viral infections. After all, as practice shows, in 10-15% of cases herpes is activated with ARVI, and you need to be ready for this.
The best antipyretics for colds
There are some limitations, or rather wishes, to the use of antipyretics. Everyone knows that to bring down the temperature is necessary only when it reaches at least 38.5 degrees. In some recommendations you can read that only a temperature of about 39 degrees and above should require treatment with antipyretic drugs, and this is correct. If a person is healthy in principle, and he does not have chronic lesions of the heart, blood vessels, no arterial hypertension, he does not suffer from epilepsy, then these recommendations can and should be followed. If the patient has diseases, increased convulsive activity, or intolerance to high temperature, then he should start taking antipyretic drugs, starting with a temperature of 38 degrees, and even lower.But, even against the background of the growth of fever, it is necessary to drink as much warm and vitamin liquid as possible, and in some cases - use physical methods, for example, rubbing. Currently, there are many effective antipyretic drugs created on the basis of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Below are the most effective and popular ones.
Ibuklin
Rating: 4.9
Ibuklin, manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical company, Dr. Reddys, is considered a highly effective combination of ibuprofen and paracetamol. Each of them, by itself, is already capable of exerting an antipyretic effect, and in combination they work even better. Blood antipyretic effect, this drug also helps to relieve pain, for example, with diffuse muscle pain during flu, with a headache that often accompanies SARS. It is necessary to apply Ibuklin in 2 hours after food, on one tablet three times a day, but no more than 3 tablets. Without a doctor's appointment, it is possible to be treated for no more than 3 days, and then only after consulting a doctor. The cost of the drug Ibuklin, containing in one package 10 tablets, designed for 3 days of use, is, on average, 130 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of this tool include high activity, ease of use and low cost. But each of the components has side effects and contraindications. Most often they occur in patients with gastric ulcer and erosive gastritis, in the form of nausea, heartburn and vomiting. There may be headache, skin rash, sweating, and other side effects. Therefore, it is advisable to consult with a doctor before the start of the reception, and if this is not possible, then Ibuklin should not be used independently for more than 3 days.
Efferalgan - effervescent tablets
Rating: 4.8
Efferalgan contains paracetamol, and is perhaps the leader of the ratings of antipyretic drugs for its safety. No wonder so many different commercial forms of paracetamol are available for use in children. The composition Efferalgana includes 500 mg of paracetamol, and it is available in capsules, as well as in effervescent tablets for use in adults. In addition to reducing the temperature, Efferalgan also has an analgesic effect, therefore, along with it, it is well treated for diffuse muscular pain with flu, reduces sore throat, reduces the severity of headache. All of these symptoms are also often present with respiratory viral infections.
It is necessary to apply Efferalgan, dissolving one effervescent tablet in a glass of warm water, and the daily dose should not exceed 6 tablets in an adult, and the maximum single dose should not be more than two tablets. But usually, in uncomplicated cases, a daily dose of 3 g, acts on the patient very well. Without prescription, it is not recommended to use this medication for more than 3 days as a febrifuge. Produced by Efferalgan pharmaceutical company Upsa, a derivative of Bristol-Myers Squibb, France. The average cost of one package of 16 effervescent tablets, calculated for more than five days of admission, does not exceed 150 rubles in the retail pharmacy chain in September 2024 prices.
Advantages and disadvantages
The great advantage of Efferalgan is its good tolerance, softness of action, wide therapeutic range, as well as the ability to use it in children, for which it is produced in the form of rectal suppositories, oral solution and powder. Also, low cost is a fairly effective argument in favor of choosing this drug. However, symptoms of overdose are possible, especially if the patient has liver pathology. This is manifested, above all, nausea and discomfort in the right hypochondrium. Also, the drug can cause side effects in the form of allergic reactions and dizziness.But these symptoms depend on the dose, and if the patient does not exceed the recommended dosage of 3 g per day, then these conditions occur very rarely.
Cefecon-N
Rating: 4.7
Cefecon-N is a special antipyretic because it is produced in rectal suppositories, but is used not in children, but in adults. Tsefekona-N contains non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug naproxen, which is relatively rarely used in clinical practice. In addition to the candles present caffeine and salicylamide. Taken together, these candles anesthetize, reduce temperature, and have an anti-inflammatory effect. The presence of caffeine invigorates, reduces drowsiness, antispasmodic effect on smooth muscles of internal organs, and reduces the symptoms of a primary allergic reaction in SARS. This drug is shown as a common antipyretic for banal colds. It is necessary to apply Tsefekon-N after morning bowel emptying, by inserting one candle deep into the rectum from one to three times a day, and after this manipulation it is necessary to lie quietly for half an hour. You can use this tool yourself, but not longer than 3 days. Cefekon-N is produced in candles by the domestic pharmaceutical concern Nizhfarm, and the average cost of one package of 10 candles is about 120 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
Cefecone-H is the drug that is indicated, albeit with caution, in patients with erosive and ulcerative gastritis and gastric ulcer, since it is used rectally and does not irritate the gastric mucosa. In addition, the drug due to the caffeine contained in it reduces daytime sleepiness and the feeling of weakness, which often occurs in the first days of both the flu and SARS. Also, this tool is widely distributed, and has a low price. But it must be remembered that the drug is contraindicated in patients with high blood pressure, with renal insufficiency, with insomnia and with angle-closure glaucoma. That is why it is advisable to consult a specialist before starting treatment.
Symptomatic therapy
Turning to the means of symptomatic treatment, we can say that the above-described antipyretic drugs also belong to this group of drugs, but they were singled out separately because of their particular popularity. Symptoms of SARS, and, above all, dangerous flu, consist of high fever, feelings of weakness and headache, nasal congestion, or, on the contrary, dryness. Sometimes with viral infections occurs rhinorrhea, or all known "snot". The patient is worried about dry cough, and general weakness.
Therefore, to combat these unpleasant symptoms during a cold, such groups of drugs as antipyretic and analgesics to combat fever and symptoms of intoxication, sprays and solutions for moisturizing the nasal mucosa and anti-congestants to eliminate rhinorrhea, means for liquefying sputum, as well as preparations for effective its derivation. Medications in these categories will be covered in this section. Most of them can be used in both adults and children. But still, in the rating of funds for the treatment of symptoms of colds in children are included those drugs that are shown to receive at children's age, and the dosage of which is selected in a special way to use them in pediatric practice.
The best remedies for removing cold symptoms for adults
For the treatment of cold symptoms in adults, the entire arsenal of modern drugs is used, but this rating includes those that do not have the antipyretic effect, since these drugs were discussed above. But the list will still meet the drug, which reduces, including the symptoms of fever. And let's start with a review with just such a tool. It is a well-known effective anti-cough drug Theraflu.
Teraflu for cold and flu
Rating: 4.9
Theraflu for flu and cold contain 4 effective ingredients. These are paracetamol from the group of NSAIDs, which has antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory effects, alpha-adrenomimetic phenylephrine, histamine receptor blocker pheniramine, and vitamin C, or ascorbic acid. Such a unique combination of compound components allows, in addition to the antipyretic and analgesic effect of Theraflu, to provide antiallergic and anti-edema effects. As a result, the remedy will be shown not only with a respiratory viral infection, with symptoms of fever, intoxication, and aches throughout the body. Theraflu successfully fights nasal congestion, sneezing and runny nose. Therefore, in the event that there is a full complex of such symptoms, you can save money on medications, since Theraflu for the flu and cold is a whole "small pharmacy".
Theraflu is applied by dissolving 1 packet in a glass of hot boiled water, and you also need to take it hot. During the day you can take no more than three packages. The most comfortable reception of the remedy will be if you take it at night, because the antihistamine drug that makes up the Theraflu has a sedative effect. The French company Farmat produces Teraflu from cold and flu, and the average cost of one package in 10 bags for 3 days of use is about 290 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
A big benefit from the purchase of this drug will be the fact that in less than 300 rubles you get a whole range of drugs. It is an antipyretic analgesic, a substitute for nasal drops, and a medicine to combat allergies (itching in the nose and sneezing). However, side effects such as drowsiness, an allergic rash, dry mouth, abdominal discomfort, reflex urinary retention, and other unpleasant symptoms associated with the side effect of histamine receptor blockers can be a disadvantage of this good cold medicine. But on the other hand, if you do not exceed the recommended dosage, and apply only one sachet for the night, this can greatly facilitate the course of cold and ARVI.
Otrivin complex
Rating: 4.8
Otrivin complex is a modern and highly effective combined anticongestant. This, in simple terms, nasal drops in the form of a nasal spray. The preparation contains ipratropium bromide and xylometazoline. As a result, the tool has not only a vasoconstrictor effect, but also an anticholinergic effect. From the action of xylometazoline there is a narrowing of the capillaries of the nasal mucosa, which reduces swelling and hyperemia, and facilitates nasal breathing. And ipratropium bromide reduces the severity of secretion of the sebaceous glands, and as a result rhinorrhea stops. The tool acts after 5 minutes, the effect of a single use lasts at least 6 hours.
Otrivin complex is shown, as a rule, on the 2nd and 3rd day of the disease, when catarrhal phenomena join the symptoms of indisposition and cold. Sometimes it happens and vice versa: at the beginning a person begins to experience nasal congestion and only then there is general malaise, therefore there is no single prescription for use. For adults, it is injected into each nostril 3 times a day. Do not use Otrivin complex again more often than after 6 hours, and you can not exceed the specified number of intranasal instillations more than 3 times a day. Duration of treatment is not more than 7 days without the recommendation of a doctor. Otrivin is produced by the Swiss company Novartis, and one pack of spray in 10 ml will cost 225 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantage of this highly effective drug is the speed of action and duration, therefore, despite the relatively high price for intranasal drops, they are consumed very economically.However, in order to avoid the development of adverse reactions, one should not exceed the recommended dosage, otherwise, such unpleasant symptoms as tachycardia, dryness of the nasal mucosa or burning sensation up to nasal bleeding, dry mouth, and difficult urination may appear. This is all a consequence of the side effects of both adrenergic and anticholinergic in high dosage. Therefore, in the event that the patient initially has chronic diseases of the heart and blood vessels, other diseases, for example, chronic renal failure, then a consultation with a physician is necessary.
Floutidec (carbocysteine)
Rating: 4.7
With a typical course of acute respiratory viral infections, a cough begins to appear in patients after several days, and then it is necessary to take measures to evacuate the accumulated sputum from the lungs, as well as to increase its formation in order to avoid stagnation and infection of the mucous membrane, not microbes. Therefore, mucolytics and expectorant drugs are used to prevent bacterial bronchitis. And such means include a highly effective drug - carbocysteine under the commercial name Flyuditek. It is produced in the form of a syrup, and is produced by the French company Innotek.
Its task is to activate a special bronchial enzyme called sialic transferase. As a result, the flowability of bronchial secretion is improved, and its discharge to the outside is facilitated. Along the way, this drug increases the secretion of class A immunoglobulins, which help in the fight against microbial infection.
It is shown Fluditec with bronchitis, tracheobronchitis, as well as for the treatment of various diseases of the sinuses of the skull, such as sinusitis, and in pathology of the middle ear. Adults should take the drug 15 ml of syrup 3 times a day, the best will be taken one hour before meals, or 2 hours after meals. Without consulting a doctor, you can take the drug yourself for no more than 10 days. The cost of 125 ml of syrup containing 5% carbocysteine is, on average, 380 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The main advantage of this drug is its combined effect not only on bronchial secretion, which manifests itself in increasing its flowability, but also in enhancing the local protection of the surface of the bronchial mucosa by increasing the concentration of secretory immunoglobulin A. Therefore, Carbocysteine (Floutidec) is best able to prevent the transition bronchitis and cough with ARVI to microbial colonization of impaired structures of the bronchial tree, preventing the development of secondary bronchitis.
The best means to relieve cold symptoms for children
As you know, there are no special medicines for children that adults would not use, since both the child’s body and the adult’s body are based on the same physiological and biochemical principles. Simply, children's drugs have no contraindications for admission in childhood, and their dosages are specially selected so that the therapeutic agent is absorbed by the child's body, without exceeding the dose. Finally, a convenient dosage form can be considered a feature of the child's remedy: either in candles, or in the form of a suspension, or in the form of a tasty fruit syrup. The most popular and loved by all parents cold remedy will be the children's Nurofen. The review begins with it.
Nurofen suspension for children
Rating: 4.9
Children Nurofen contains a mildly acting and relatively safe non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen, and it is indicated in children with pain syndrome, with fever with chills, with catarrhal symptoms in the throat, with muscle pain and acute infections of the respiratory tract, not to mention flu and ARVI . Suspension comes with an orange smell, or with the smell of strawberries, and it must be applied depending on the age of the baby. The earliest period in a child’s life when it can be done is three months old.But, whatever the age and body weight of the child, a day should not be given more than 30 mg of the drug per kilogram of weight. Thus, children aged 1 year who weigh about 9 kg should not be given more than 10 ml of suspension per day, and a single dose should be 2.5 ml, three or four times a day. Detailed instructions are attached to the preparation. The well-known pharmaceutical company Rakitt Benzikker, Great Britain, produces Nurofen for children, and the average cost of one bottle of suspension in a volume of 150 ml will be 180 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantage of Nurofen can be considered high safety, and mild antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect, but only if the parents do not exceed the recommended dosage. In addition, there are clear contraindications, one of which is the combination of bronchial asthma and aspirin intolerance, renal failure, or congenital blood clotting disorders in a child. Therefore, it is desirable to obtain recommendations of the attending pediatrician before the first use of the agent. Also, the drug should not be given to a child whose body weight is less than 5 kg.
Viferon
Rating: 4.8
Viferon in candles is a popular way to increase immunity in a child. The main active ingredient of Viferon is recombinant interferon Alpha-2b in combination with vitamins: alpha-tocopherol, and ascorbic acid. Viferon is used for the complex treatment of various infectious diseases, starting from the first days of the baby’s life, and for both treatment and prevention. Viferon is used not only for ARVI, but also for other infections, including childhood: measles, whooping cough, epidemic parotitis and others.
Apply rectal suppositories Viferon need one candle twice a day, that is, after 12 hours. The course of treatment is at least 5 days, and the candles have a different dosage, from 150 thousand units to 3 million. Therefore, the primary recommendation for the use of this drug in a child should be given by a doctor, at the choice of individual dosage. Viferon produces candlelight domestic company Feron. The cost of one package of candles (10 pieces) in the minimum dosage of 150,000 units is, on average, 250 rubles. Store candles Viferon must be in the refrigerator.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantage of these combined immune suppositories is the ability to use them in children with various diseases, starting with a period of prematurity. They help not only with acute respiratory viral infections, but also with the manifestations of herpes infection, with children's viral diseases such as chickenpox and measles, they can be used for prevention. The disadvantage of this drug may not be a sufficiently large number of randomized studies, and the lack of experience in the use of this tool abroad.
Aqua Maris Baby
Rating: 4.7
In children, as well as in adults, one of the first symptoms of respiratory viral infections and the common cold is nasal congestion and swelling, rhinorrhea. But in children, the water content in the body is greater, the mucous membrane becomes looser than in adults, and the symptoms of congestion are more pronounced.
The most popular and safest of all funds that are indicated for irrigation of the nasal mucosa for colds in children is pure sea water. It contains all the necessary salts, iodine for disinfection, and the most typical representative of such natural medicines is the drug Aqua Maris baby. It is intended for washing and irrigation of the nasal cavity in children. Aqua Maris Baby is used for all acute respiratory viral infections, for bacterial infections, sore throats, sinusitis, for allergic lesions, simply for dry mucous membranes, for dusty air, and for other broad indications.
Apply Aqua Maris baby is necessary for washing each turn, on average, 5 times a day every day for treating colds, and for prophylaxis - 3 times a day.In that case, if the child has not yet reached the age of two, then the instructions include a special explanation of how to properly wash the nose of the child.
Sea water is produced in a special metal cartridge, which is under pressure, and the volume of the cylinder is 50 ml. It is produced by the French company Jadran, and the cost of this spray on average is 290 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
This spray would be all good if it were not for its very high price. According to the manufacturers, “water is taken from the ecologically clean region of the Adriatic Sea, from a depth of more than 10 m.” But in any case, the cost of 50 ml of even the purest sea water should not exceed 5 times the cost of a liter of milk, even taking into account the laws of retail sale. This fact is a significant psychological barrier for very many categories of parents. Nor will they spare any money for medicines for the health of the baby, but they are not going to spend on water. But if this barrier is avoided, then this remedy will be an excellent substitute for anti-constants containing adrenomimetics and other substances with side effects.
About mucolytics for children
In the ranking of drugs for cold for adults was called mucolytic - carbocysteine. According to modern international studies, it has been proven that children should not use mucolytics. These include acylcysteine, Ambroxol, Bromhexin and many others. It turned out that many children had serious complications after regular use, and since April 2010, mucolytics for children has been banned in some countries, particularly in France. According to modern and incontestable data, such simple activities as abundantly warm vitamin drinking, washing the nasal passages, and regular humidification of the air in the room allows you to get rid of sputum with the same efficiency, but without any risk.
Attention! This rating is subjective, is not advertising and does not serve as a guide to the purchase. Before buying, you should consult with a specialist.
