Often at a pediatrician or neurologist, newly mummified mothers complain of restless behavior, poor sleep and the whims of a baby. And the specialist in many cases prescribes a drug such as glycine. Perhaps, your child was prescribed this medicine. It is clear that you, as a responsible parent, are concerned about whether it is possible to give glycine to children and whether there will be harmful consequences from its administration. Let's try to dispel your doubts.
Glycine and its effect on the body
In general, glycine is called an amino acid, which has the property of protecting cells from nervous excitation. This is due to the saturation of cells with oxygen and partial blocking of the effect of neurotransmitters on them. So called substances that transmit nerve impulses from cell to cell. Thus, the drug protects the child from anxiety and anxiety at the cellular level.
When taken, this amino acid quickly enters the bloodstream, where it decomposes into carbon dioxide and water. Hence, glycine does not accumulate in the body, which allows prescribing the drug to children, including infants and even newborns.
The popularity of glycine prescriptions is due to the fact that he:
- facilitates the regulation of metabolic processes;
- reduces the emotional and mental stress in the child;
- helps to normalize sleep;
- improves the memory of the child, which is important in the learning process;
- helps the child to adapt in the new collective due to the decrease of his aggressiveness and the propensity to conflicts;
- Helps neutralize toxins due to the antioxidant properties of glycine;
- improves brain function;
- helps to cope with neuroses.
How to take glycine for children?
Glycine is available in the form of tablets. The form of its reception is resorption under the tongue. It is clear that with the administration of glycine to children, the dosage depends on the age, as well as on the diagnosis. So, mentally healthy children are usually prescribed 1 tablet in a dosage of 0.1 g 3 times a day to improve memory and brain performance, with deviant behavior, psycho-emotional stress. The course of taking medication under this scheme should not exceed 2-4 weeks.
Glycin is prescribed to a one-year-old child in case of increased excitability. It goes without saying that such a kid can not put the medicine under his tongue and dissolve it. Therefore, half the tablets are divided into 2-3 meals per day, pulverized and dissolved in a small amount of water. The duration of glycine administration for these problems is no more than 14 days.
How to give glycine to children with sleep disorders? The child should take the medicine 20 minutes before bedtime or just before bedding. In this case, the dosage depends on the age. Children from one to three years are assigned polabletki, older children - a pill.
How to give glycine to the baby?
The purpose of glycine in infants is associated with lesions of the central nervous system during intrauterine development or during childbirth. Most often this is due to hypoxia, which arises from a violation of blood circulation, when an insufficient amount of oxygen enters the brain cells. Such babies are diagnosed as "perinatal damage to the nervous system". With a weak form of this disease, infants sleep badly,
If you have no doubt whether to give the baby glycine, never prescribe it yourself. Despite the fact that the drug has no contraindications and side effects, the appointment of glycine is only in the competence of a competent doctor.