Description
Latin name
MONTELUKAST
Release form
Chewable tablets, round, biconvex, white or almost white, with a smell of cherry.
Packing
28 pcs.
Pharmacological action
Blocker of cysteinyl leukotriene receptors CysLT1 (leukotrienes C4, D4 and E4 – mediators of chronic persistent inflammation, supporting bronchial hyperreactivity in asthma).
Prevents excessive secretion in the bronchi, swelling of the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract.
Reduces the severity of bronchial asthma and the frequency of asthmatic attacks. Highly effective when taken orally.
Bronchodilator action develops within 1 day and lasts a long time.
Effective in patients with mild persistent asthma, not sufficiently controlled by bronchodilators alone.
Indications
– prevention and long-term treatment of bronchial asthma, including prevention of day and night symptoms of the disease
– treatment of bronchial asthma in patients with hypersensitivity to acetylsalicylic acid
– prevention of bronchospasm caused by physical exertion
– seasonal symptoms and persistent allergic rhinitis.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity, children (up to 6 years).
Caution. Pregnancy, lactation.
Special instructions
It is recommended that you continue to take it after you have achieved a significant improvement.
Should not be used to relieve acute asthmatic attacks, does not replace inhaled bronchodilators.
Composition
1 tab. – montelukast sodium 5.2 mg, which corresponds to the content of montelukast 5 mg
Excipients:
mannitol – 203.3 mg,
microcrystalline cellulose – 81 mg,
hyprolysis (hydroxypropyl cellulose) – 3 mg,
magnesium aromatizer 3 mg,
– 3 mg
aspartame – 1.5 mg.
Dosage and administration
Inside, regardless of food intake.
Adults and teenagers over 15 years of age – 10 mg once a day, at bedtime.
Children 6-14 years old – 5 mg / day (one chewable tablet).
Side effects
Abdominal pain, headache, nausea, flu-like syndrome, cough, sinusitis, pharyngitis, increased activity of hepatic transaminases, allergic reactions.
lekarstvennaja form
pills for resorption
Appointment
children on prescription, Children older than 6 years, Adults doctor’s prescription
Indications
Bronhialynaya asthma, sensitization rhinitis, bronchospasm
Vertex, Russia
