Many of us are known to the means as activated carbon. It helps with some digestive disorders, and someone managed to even find it use in the farm and for skin care. The positive parties of this substance can also be attributed to the low cost.
But every young parent is sooner or later asked if children are activated carbon and from what age? In this article you will find the answers to these and many other questions.
This agent is produced in black tablets, rounded plane cylindrical shape. In one blister - 10 pieces. There are also other species - powders, paste and capsules.
Active substances: Activated carbon - 0.25. Additional components: Potato starch.
Operating principle
The specified drug is enterosorbent, i.e. its current component has the ability to absorb and remove various toxins, drugs, drugs, microorganisms, etc. It also prevents intoxication processes in the body caused by the activity of the stimulus. Its activity is weak when exposed to acid and alkali.
Why prescribe children
This medicinal agent is harmless to the children's body and very often serves as first aid for both adults and children in poisoning, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders. Also, this agent can be prescribed with some allergic pathologies, among which:
- asthma attack;
- conjunctivitis;
- skin inflammation, including urticaria;
- rhinitis;
- polynosis (seasonal allergic reaction).
However, how to give activated carbon to children, in particular, infants must decide the doctor.
From what age is allowed to take
This substance can be used even to babies up to 1 year, the main condition - the medication reception is carried out strictly to the appointment of the doctor. Self-treatment of crumbs can lead to a constation.
It is also worth considering that activated carbon is a sorbent not only for malicious substances from the body, but also useful - vitamins, etc., therefore, how much to give the child to the child during treatment, multiplicity and quantity defines only a specialist.
Contraindications
- hypersensitivity to the components of the drug;
- peptic diseases, bleeding gasts;
- intestine atony;
- parallel reception of methionine and other antitoxic substances.
Caution: Diabetics, patients on a frantic diet or with a reduced content of the latter.
Side effects
- coloring feces in black shade;
- constipation or diarrhea;
- dyspepsia;
- reducing the absorption of vitamins and other microelements from the intestine.
Instructions for the use of activated carbon for children
The dosage of activated carbon both children and adults is focused on the ratio: 1 tablet by 10 kg of body weight, no more than 8 g of a single dose, but for babies it is worth adhere to certain rules for receiving a given means prescribed by the doctor. The substance is accepted at least in an hour, and better - 2 hours before meals and with the same intervals after meals.
It is difficult for kids to swallow the tablet, so such a form of funds is best missed the powder condition and dilute in water, giving crumbs with a teaspoon or a syringe without a needle.
Babies and kids up to 12 years of age take a remedy in a single dose from 0.05 to 0.1 g / kg body weight, three times per day, but not more than 0.2 g / kg. With acute manifestations, treatment is carried out within 3-5 days, in chronic cases and with allergic reactions - up to 2 weeks. The meteorism is treated to 1 week tablets in the amount of 4-8 pieces of a single dose, 3-4 times a day.
Instructions for the use of liquid coal for children
The liquid variant of the sorbent is produced in the form of a powder, which is divorced with water and turns into a gel. In the complex with pectin, it has more acceptable taste than in tablets, which makes it easier to take the drug with crumbs. In addition to the advantages listed above, it has an inulin prebiotic. Recommended for the use of kids from 3 years.
Before use, it is necessary to dissolve 1 bag in 50-70 ml of water. Reception of the drug must be twice or three times a day, the duration of the course is up to 14 days.
Contraindicated in pregnancy and during lactation, as well as in the individual intolerance of the components.
Overdose
Under the overdose of this medicine, there is a manifestation of side effects. With their manifestation, it is necessary to stop taking the drug and it is advisable to consult a doctor.
Interaction with other drugs
As an adsorbent, this medication reduces the effectiveness of simultaneously administered to it preparations. At the time of treatment, the specified means should stop using inside other medicines.
Analogs
There is no analogue in the composition of this substance, but there are means with a similar therapeutic effect. These include:
- Liquid coal;
- Attoxyl;
- Smacks;
- Polysorb;
- Lactofilm.
