Tablets from the common cold - a review of medicines.

Runny nose is undoubtedly the most common symptom of acute respiratory disease, which thousands of people struggle with every day. In pharmacies, there are many drugs that promise quick recovery to customers, but most of them belong to different pharmacological groups, and therefore have a different effect on the human body. How not to get lost in this diversity and what to choose for yourself?

We present an overview of the majority of the groups of drugs on the market designed to combat the common cold.

Medicinal drops

Decongensants

Most nasal drops on the market are represented by drugs, the main active substance of which is alpha-adrenomimetic (decongensant), they provide a vasoconstrictor effect, thereby reducing edema and congestion in the nasal mucosa. Trade names of these drugs are many, you can only mention the most popular of them - naphthyzine, nazole, ximilin, nazivin, tizin, sanoryl, otrivin, etc.

Among such drugs, there are many such that can be used as a cure for the common cold for children. For example, nazivin, otrivin and nazol baby.

Decongensants + H1-histaminoblockers

The combination of the two active substances helps to fight the cold more effectively. The fact is that the adrenomimetics narrow the blood vessels, while the H1-histamin blockers remove the resulting swelling. These drugs include - nasol baby, vibrocil, sanoryl-analgesin. It is noteworthy that all these medicines can be used to treat a child's cold .

Decongensants + mucolytics

In this bundle, each substance is engaged in its own business, adrenomimetics relieve congestion and swelling, and mucolytics remove accumulated mucus, while freeing the tunnel for breathing. To this type of drugs is rinofluimucil.

It is necessary to understand that taking any vasoconstrictive means, your nose gradually becomes accustomed to them, therefore it is impossible to continue the course of treatment for more than one week. Otherwise, the medicine will not only cease to help, but it can also cause a runny nose, as well as a complication such as medical rhinitis.

Saline solutions

Quite popular today are drugs that contain salt solutions, including aqua maris, marimer, saline, etc. The main effect of these drugs is aimed at washing the nasal mucosa due to which all foreign particles, microbes and allergens must be washed away. In addition, they can help reduce inflammation of the nasal mucosa.

Preparations of this group are not addictive and have no common side effects, but their frequent use can also reduce the effectiveness of treatment.

Pills from the cold

Most drugs try to act locally on the focal point of the disease, so drugs such as cold cough tablets are relatively scarce on the market. Homeopathic tablets from the rhinitis coryza must be taken every hour on the first day of the disease, and then another 4 days for one tablet every hour.

The manufacturer states that its pill from the common cold can not cause any side effects, except for individual allergic reactions, and can not cause an overdose of this medicine.

The main thing! I hope that everyone understands that, at the very least, it is foolish to trust your health, trusting the information received on the Internet. Take the trouble, please, and read at least the first paragraphs of the medication annotation that you are going to take. It is for you that all information on contraindications and possible complications is usually given on the first page of the instruction.