Exituss

by Pacific

Active ingredient: Levodropropizine

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About Levodropropizine

Cough Sedative

Uses

Symptomatic treatment of non-productive cough.

How to take it

Adult & Children >12 yr: 10 mL (2 tsp) three times a day, (at least 6-hr interval between doses). Dose per day should be equivalent to 60 mg. Children >6 yr: 1 mg/kg three times a day, total daily dose of 3 mg/kg. Treatment duration should be less than or equal to 7 days. Medication should not be continued after 7 days treatment.

Side effects

Nausea, pyrosis, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, vomiting, fatigue and/or asthaenia, somnolence, headache, vertigo and palpitations may occasionally occur but disappear when the treatment is discontinued. Skin allergy has been rarely observed.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Pregnancy: Contraindicated in pregnancy. Lactation: Contraindicated or not recommended. Contraindications: Hypersensitivity to the active ingredient or any of the components of the formulation. It is also contraindicated in patients suffering from bronchorrhoea or having an altered mucociliary function (Kartagener syndrome, primary ciliary dyskinesia). Precautions: Since this medication may cause, although rarely, somnolence, patients should be advised not to drive or operate machinery. Do not administer to children under 2 years of age. Caution should be exercised in patients suffering from a severe renal failure (creatinine clearance lower than 35 mL/min) and in elderly patients.

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Interactions with Levodropropizine

Caution should be taken when using levodropropizine concomitantly with sedatives.

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