Vicks Active Sinex spray 0.05% 15ml

Vicks Active Sinex instruction for use

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The effect after application lasts about 12 hours. Relief of existing symptoms occurs 10 minutes after instillation.

Form of issue and composition

In 1 ml of the spray the content of the main substance of oxymetazoline hydrochloride reaches 0.5 mg. The drug does not have a certain color, sometimes with a yellowish tinge, a characteristic odor.
Additional ingredients are sorbitol, purified water, levomenthol, aloe juice, anhydrous citric acid and benzalkonium chloride preservative chloride.
Vicks Active Sinex is produced in the form of a spray for nasal administration of 15 ml in a vial of dark color. Secondary packaging is a cardboard package with information on the term of validity and production series printed on it. Inside the box, in addition to the vial with the drug, contains detailed instructions.

Indications for use

The main task of Vicks Active Sinex in the form of a spray is the rapid relief of nasal breathing. Basically, the drug for this purpose is used for diseases of colds, viral diseases, sinusitis and rhinitis of various origin.

Contraindications for Vicks Active Sinex

Increased caution in treatment with this spray is required in patients with heart disease, especially with heart failure, ischemic disease, arterial hypertension, arrhythmia, tachycardia. Attention is also required for patients with hyperthyroidism, men with prostatic hyperplasia. Also on the list of people whose Vicks Active Synecks should be used with caution are people who use bromocriptine, antidepressants, with carbohydrate metabolism disorders, pheochromocytoma, and those with chronic renal failure.
It is impossible to prescribe therapy with the drug under such conditions:
    breast-feeding;
    glaucoma is closed-angle;
    rhinitis atrophic;
    in the treatment of children under the age of 6 years;
    increased sensitivity to any, even ancillary, component;
    after transsphenoidal hypophysectomy;
    when taking MAO inhibitors and 14 days after their cancellation;
    pregnancy.

Dosing and Administration

Spray application is only intranasal. Before the first injection, several sprays are carried out outside the nasal cavity. This is done to achieve the correct dosage. It is forbidden to treat several patients with a single vial of a drug, as this can provoke additional infection. Prior to the administration of the drug, the nasal cavities are carefully freed from mucosal secretions.
The required dosage and duration of the course should be determined by the treating specialist.
It is recommended to use Vicks Active Synex in the form of a spray for children from 6 years and adults for 1 injection in each nasal passage. This dose can be prescribed no more than 3 times in 24 hours. Children under 10 years are allowed a two-time application per day.
It is undesirable to continue the treatment course with a spray longer than the 7-day period in order to avoid the development of drug rhinitis.
If you use the spray too often and in high doses, then this technique can provoke a worsening condition that requires the abolition of oxymetazoline therapy.
During injection, you do not need to tilt your head. Do not spray the drug in the supine position of the body.

Side effects of Vicks Active Sinex

The most common can be a variety of local manifestations. These include: burning in the nose, the appearance of itching, dryness, redness of the skin or mucous nose, the occurrence of frequent sneezing, sudden nasal congestion.
Sometimes there is a development of local complications. There were recorded cases of tachycardia, increased blood pressure, drowsiness, insomnia, nausea. When accidental ingestion of oxymetazoline hydrochloride on the mucous membranes of the eyes, visual impairment occurs. In the treatment of children, there is sometimes a complication in the form of sleep disorders and irritability.
Sometimes a preservative of benzalkonium chloride can cause swelling of the mucous membranes of the nose. In this case, therapy should be continued with a different medication that does not contain preservatives.

special instructions for Vicks Active Sinex

Treatment should not be performed for more than 1 week. Consultation of a specialist is necessary in the event that there is no effect from the prescribed therapy.
You can not use of Vicks Active Sinex by several people to minimize the infection.
Use only by squirting into the nose. Do not direct the spray into the eyes.
If you need a long course of this tool, caution is needed in people managing complex mechanisms.
Information on the effects of the drug on the body of pregnant women and the fetus is not provided. In pregnancy, Vicks Active Sinex is prescribed only for strict indications for a short course of therapy. When the dose is increased, the fetus may be adversely affected. It is not known whether Vicks Active Cinex can penetrate the milk of lactating women. When lactation treatment with this spray is not recommended.
Vicks Active Sinex should not be given with simultaneous treatment with monoamine oxidase inhibitors (and within 14 days after taking this group of drugs). Do not combine spray with antidepressants, especially tricyclics.
The combination of oxymetazoline with bromocriptine contributes to the development of disorders in the work of the heart.
The spray reduces the effectiveness of guanethidine, betanidine, and debrisoquin.
Substances that have a vasoconstrictive effect, in combination with the active ingredient Vicks Active Synex Spray, increase the risk of side-effects.
Decrease in the effectiveness of the drug will be observed if the recommended dosage and the duration of the course are not observed. The risk of developing a medicinal runny nose increases.
Acute overdose causes mydriasis, cyanosis, vomiting, arrhythmia, increased blood pressure, difficulty breathing, nausea, increased body temperature. Also can appear: drowsiness, cardiovascular insufficiency, loss of consciousness, hypotension, apnea, oppression of the central nervous system.
If Vicks Active Sinex was randomly taken orally, additional measures are prescribed in the form of enterosorbent, laxative substances and gastric lavage. At low indices of arterial pressure, the appointment of funds from the group of nonselective alpha - adrenoblockers is performed.
The severe condition of the patient requires artificial respiration and intubation.

Terms and conditions of storage

Store the spray is allowed for 3 years at temperatures ranging from 15 to 25 degrees.

Terms of sell

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