Description
Tradename:
Alerid
Compound:
Each 5 ml contains 5 mg Citirizine dihydrochloride.
Excipients: dried lactose spray, corn starch, talc, colloidal silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel PH 102), crospovidone, white Opadry OY-LS-28908.
Properties:
Cetirizine dihydrochloride is a histamine antagonist, a metabolite of hydroxyzine, and blocks H1-histamine receptors. Prevents the development and facilitates the course of allergic reactions, has antipruritic and antiexudative effects. Reduces capillary permeability, prevents the development of tissue edema, relieves spasm of smooth muscles. In therapeutic doses it practically does not cause a sedative effect.
Indications:
For adults and children over 6 years of age, to relieve nasal and ocular symptoms of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis. For the treatment of symptoms of chronic idiopathic urticaria.
Directions for use and dosage:
Swallow the tablets whole with sufficient liquid. Daily dose: 10 ml 1 time per day, or 5ml twice daily.
Contraindications:
Children under 6 years old; hypersensitivity to the active substance, any of the other components in the composition, to hydroxyzine or any piperazine derivatives. Patients with severe renal failure. Patients with rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption. Pregnancy and lactation.
Precautionary measures:
Do not drink alcohol during treatment. Caution should be exercised in patients with predisposing factors for urinary retention (eg, spinal cord injury, prostatic hyperplasia) as cetirizine may increase the risk of urinary retention. Caution is recommended in patients with epilepsy and in patients at risk of seizures.
Side effects:
Minor effects on the central nervous system – drowsiness, dizziness, headache, fatigue; difficulty urinating, dry mouth, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, increased appetite.
Storage method:
Store at a temperature not exceeding 30 degrees in a dry place out of reach of children.
Package:
The cardboard box contains 3 blisters of 10 tablets each, paper instructions.
