"Eladon": instructions for use, product description and reviews

What is a tool like "Eladon"? Instructions for use, reviews, analogues of the medication are discussed further.

Composition of the preparation, its description, form, packaging

In what form can I buy the "Eladon" medication? The instruction for use says that these are tablets with prolonged action. They have a white color, a film sheath, and a round and biconvex shape.

This agent contains fenspiride hydrochloride and additional components such as 0.8% sodium lauryl sulfate, colloidal SR, colloidal silicon dioxide, calcium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate and magnesium stearate.

As for the composition of the film shell, it includes hypromellose, titanium dioxide, talc, giprolose and a dry film coating mixture.

The preparation "Eladon", the instruction for use of which is in a cardboard package, is packaged in contour cells and paper bundles, respectively.

Action of the medicine

What determines the effectiveness of the drug "Eladon"? Instructions for use, reviews argue that the anti-bronchoconstrictive and anti-inflammatory activity of this drug is associated with its ability to reduce the production of a number of active biological substances (including derivatives of arachidonic acid, cytokines and free radicals) that play a crucial role in the development of bronchospasm and inflammation.

The main component of the drug under consideration blocks alpha-adrenoreceptors, stimulation of which causes an increase in the secretion of bronchial glands. As a result, fenspiride reduces the effect of certain factors that promote increased secretion of proinflammatory elements, as well as the development of bronchial obstruction and inflammation. One can not help saying that the active substance of "Eladon" shows spasmolytic properties.

Pharmacokinetics of the drug

Where is the "Eladon" medication (tablets) absorbed? Instructions for use, reviews argue that the absorption of this drug occurs in the intestine. After taking the drug inside its peak concentration in the blood plasma is reached after six hours.

The medicine is given mainly by the kidneys. Its half-life is about 12 hours.

Indications

What diseases are treated with the drug "Eladon" (tablets)? Instruction for use states that this remedy is actively used in diseases of the lower and upper respiratory tract, namely:

• Tracheobronchitis;
• Rhinopharyngitis and laryngitis;
• Bronchitis (in the presence of respiratory failure of a chronic nature or without it);
• Respiratory events (for example, with coughing, hoarseness, throat swelling)
• Measles, influenza and whooping cough;
• Bronchial asthma (as part of combination therapy);
• Diseases of the respiratory tract (infectious origin), which are accompanied by a cough (in combination with standard antibiotic therapy).
• Otitis and sinusitis of various origin.

Prohibitions to take medicine

When should you not prescribe the medicine "Eladon"? Instruction for use informs that this remedy is prohibited to use at a minor age. In addition, the drug in question is contraindicated in case of hypersensitivity to its active substance or other component.

Eladon tablets: instructions for use

Analogs of this medication are listed below.

The medication in question is administered only by mouth. Adult patients are recommended to take one tablet three times a day. The maximum dose of the drug per day is 240 mg.

The duration of treatment with this remedy is determined by a specialist.

Cases of overdose

If you take more than the maximum allowable amount of the drug, you should immediately seek medical help. Usually in such cases, the patient has the following symptoms: agitation or, conversely, excessive drowsiness, nausea, sinus tachycardia, vomiting (noted when taking the drug at a dose of more than 2320 mg).

To treat such conditions, gastric lavage is performed and ECG is performed. They also support all vital functions of the body.

Side effects

This drug causes side effects very often. Usually they are as follows:

• The digestive tract: nausea, diarrhea, disorders in the gastrointestinal tract, epigastric pain, vomiting.
• Heart and blood vessels: moderate tachycardia (as a rule, its severity decreases with decreasing dose of the drug).
• Nervous system central: dizziness, drowsiness.
• Skin: urticaria, erythema, angioedema edema, rash, erythema pigmentary fixed, skin itching.
• Others: increased fatigue, asthenia.

Pregnancy and lactation

Is it possible to use Eladon tablets during pregnancy? Instruction for use informs that in this position the drug in question should not be used. Moreover, treatment with fenspiride is not a method of interrupting the pregnancy that has occurred.

Clinical data on the toxic effect of "Eladon", as well as its ability to provoke malformations in the fetus at the moment, no.

This drug should not be used during lactation. This is due to the lack of information about the penetration of fenspiride into breast milk.

Drug Interactions

There have not been any special studies on the interaction of the drug in question with other medicines.

The drug "Eladon" is not recommended to combine with blockers of H1-histamine receptors. This combination can enhance the sedative effect of the former. The same applies to the simultaneous reception of alcoholic beverages.

Special Recommendations

Studies to study the possible effect of the drug "Eladon" on the patient's ability to work with dangerous mechanisms and to manage transport were not conducted. However, patients should be aware of the likely development of drowsiness when taking the medication, especially at the very beginning of treatment. The same effect occurs when the drug is combined with alcoholic beverages.

In connection with all of the above, we can safely conclude that when taking "Eladon" patients should be especially careful when performing hazardous work and driving.

Terms of storage, terms of purchase

This drug is dispensed without a doctor's prescription. Keep it at a temperature of no higher than 26 degrees in a place protected from light and small children. Shelf life of this medicine is two years.

Analogues and consumer reviews

Analogues of this drug are: Siresp, Fenspirida hydrochloride, Fenspiride, Erespal.

Consumer reviews say that the drug "Eladon" is a good anti-inflammatory drug with anti-bronchoconstrictive activity. Thanks to this drug, many patients were cured of tracheobronchitis, rhinopharyngitis and laryngitis. In addition, this remedy is excellent for bronchitis, respiratory and other diseases.

The only drawback of the drug in question is the presence of a large number of undesirable reactions.