Sometimes parents notice that their child has become very often sick. He often misses a school or kindergarten. He needs to soak his feet, as the next day he lies in bed with fever. This suggests that the body's defenses are weakened and unable to resist viruses. To maintain immunity at a high level, there are many drugs. Among them, and tsikloferon. This drug is available in the form of tablets, solution for injection and ointment. The form of release in the form of candles, spray or drops is an obvious forgery.
Is it possible to give children tsikloferon?
Yes, it is possible, and doctors quite often advise it. Cycloferon for children is usually prescribed in the form of pills or injections. The use of cycloferon in the form of ointment in children is not practiced, since it serves mainly for the local treatment of herpes or other sexual infections.
Cycloferon contraindications
The drug is never prescribed to persons who are hypersensitive to one or more of the components of the drug. Because of its high toxicity, it is not prescribed for pregnant women to nursing mothers, as well as to children at an early age (up to 4 years).
How to take tsikloferon for children?
Cycloferon, as a rule, is prescribed to children in the following dosage:
Children aged 4 to 6 years, 1 tablet per day (0.15 g), from 7 to 11 years - 2 tablets, from 12 and older - 3 tablets. Take should be once a day, on an empty stomach, 30 minutes before eating, without chewing. It is very important at reception not to grind a tablet, as outside it is covered by a protective cover. This very shell does not allow the aggressive environment of the stomach to react with the active substance of the drug. Breaking a pill, you involuntarily damage the protective layer and the active substances will not be able to reach the intestine, where they should work.
After the end of the first course, it is advisable to repeat the course in 2-3 weeks.
In acute viral hepatitis C and B - used in these doses: the first two times - with an interval of 24 hours, the next three - with a difference of 48 hours, and the last 5 times with intervals of 72 hours. The duration of the course directly depends on the patient's age and fluctuates within from 10 to 30 tab.
With ARVI, the drug is used once a day with an interval of 24 hours. The duration of treatment is usually about a week.
HIV infection, including AIDS in stage 2A-3B cycloferon, is usually prescribed according to the basic scheme.