Body temperature can rise for various reasons, but it always indicates negative processes in the body. You can quickly improve your well-being with the help of medicines, the variety of which in a pharmacy sometimes only confuses the buyer. To remove the heat and pain from their babies, many mothers use Cefecon candles, the instructions for use of which allow their use from the first month of life. That is why young parents should pay attention to this drug and understand its action in more detail, which will help the article.
Release form
This drug is available only in the form of rectal suppositories. "Cefecon" instructions describe how suppositories are white or creamy in color of a torpedo shape. They are always packed in plastic contour cells of 5 pieces and cardboard boxes with instructions. There are 10 suppositories in each package.
You can buy a drug in a pharmacy not only for children, but also for adults. Its age-related appointment directly affects the composition of the medication.
The composition of the drug
Paracetamol is used as the main active ingredient for children of the Cefecon suppository (the instruction allows you to familiarize yourself with the information in more detail). An auxiliary component of suppositories is vitepsol. This drug is freely available in pharmacies and differs in dosage, designed for a certain age of babies.
So, for children from 1 month old, suppositories should be purchased, each of which has only 50 mg of paracetamol. From three months the amount of substance can be increased to 100 mg, and from three years already to 250 mg. It is interesting that under the name simply “Tsefekon” candles are not sold anywhere, the children's form must have the prefix “D”, and the adult “H”.
The instruction of candles “Cefecon” for adults also defines them as an analgesic-antipyretic, but their composition is already based on caffeine, salicylamide and naproxen. Such suppositories are sold only by prescription.
Pharmacology of the drug
Substances in each form of the drug contribute to the normalization of body temperature and relieve pain of the patient. The components act directly on cyclooxygenase in the nervous system, but in the very focus of inflammation they quickly neutralize. This explains that paracetamol does not have an anti-inflammatory effect.
According to the instructions, Tsefekon suppositories do not have any effect on the water balance of the body and the mucous membranes of the digestive system.
Pharmacokinetics of the drug
Once in the rectum, suppositories are rapidly absorbed, the highest concentration of paracetamol in the blood is reached after 0.5-1 hours. This allows you to quickly stop the pain and fever. The substance of the drug is also able to penetrate the barrier between the circulatory and nervous systems, bind to blood proteins by only 15%.
According to the instructions for Tsefekon suppositories, their metabolism is carried out in the liver, after which paracetamol leaves the body with urine through the kidneys almost completely a day after administration.
The bioavailability and volume of distribution of paracetamol in children of all ages is identical.
Recommendations for use
Instructions for use for children candles "Cefecon" recommends using only after consulting a pediatrician. For babies 1-3 months old, the drug is allowed to be administered once a day only with an increase in temperature after vaccination.
Also, according to the annotation to the medicine, it can be used separately as an anesthetic or antipyretic. In the first case, "Cefecon" is used for:
- mild and moderate pain syndromes;
- teething;
- after burns and injuries;
- neuralgia;
- muscle aches;
- otitis media;
- osteoarthrosis;
- lumbago;
- osteochondrosis.
To relieve the heat in babies, suppositories are administered with:
- post-vaccination period;
- bronchitis;
- flu
- ARVI;
- rhinitis;
- tracheitis;
- fever;
- tonsillitis;
- pharyngitis;
- infectious diseases (chickenpox, measles, whooping cough and so on).
Method and rules of application
Suppositories are administered exclusively rectally. It is advisable to empty the intestines with an enema or spontaneous emptying before the procedure.
To facilitate administration, the anus can be lubricated with baby cream or petroleum jelly. The course of treatment is always 3 days when using the drug as an antipyretic and 5 days when using as an anesthetic. To extend this period is possible only on the recommendation of a doctor.
Dosage is determined according to the age and weight of the patient. A single injection of the drug should correspond to 10-15 mg of the main substance for every kilogram of the child’s weight. The maximum daily dose is 60 mg / kg. The medication is allowed no more than 4 hours after the last use. If body temperature rises earlier than this period, then “Cefecon” and an antipyretic should be used alternately based on another active ingredient that is allowed by age. Dividing candles into parts is strictly prohibited.
Dosage
The instruction of candles "Cefecon" for children under one year allows the use of a dosage of 50 mg and 100 mg. The first is used to treat babies up to three months, a maximum of 1 time per day. The weight of the child should not exceed 6 kg. If the baby weighs more, then it is necessary to use suppositories with a double concentration of paracetamol for its treatment. The instruction for candles “Cefecon” (100 mg) allows this, but focuses on the fact that they are made for the treatment of children under 12 months and weighing up to 10 kg.
For patients aged 1-3 years, the medication can be used in a larger dosage, here the basis will be the weight of the child. As a rule, babies weigh 11-16 kg at this time, and the maximum dosage for them is 200 mg of paracetamol. Thus, the instruction of suppositories “Cefecon” 100 mg recommends that children enter 2 suppositories at once.
For babies from three years old, pediatricians already prescribe a dosage of 250 mg, for this, a medication with an appropriate concentration of paracetamol should be purchased. Children over 10 years old can receive at a time already 500 mg of the main substance.
Adult form of the drug is allowed for use only after 16 years.
Bans to use
Even before you start taking and acquiring the drug, you should familiarize yourself with the list of restrictions to it. First of all, it is children's age up to 1 month and high sensitivity to the main substance. In addition, Tsefekon is not allowed to be used for the treatment of patients with:
- bronchospasm;
- insomnia;
- an ulcer of the stomach and duodenum;
- angle-closure glaucoma;
- kidney and liver ailments;
- arterial hypertension;
- pathologies of the cardiovascular system.
Also, candles are prohibited at all stages of pregnancy, during lactation and in old age.
Possible side effects
As a rule, paracetamol-based drugs are tolerated by patients without complications, but sometimes even they can provoke the occurrence of negative symptoms. Among them:
- dizziness;
- weakness;
- vomiting and nausea;
- stomach pains;
- noise in ears;
- rash;
- tachycardia;
- anemia;
- Quincke's edema.
Overdose
If the daily dose is calculated incorrectly or if it is deliberately exceeded, the following reactions can be observed in patients of different ages:
- frequent urination;
- diarrhea or constipation;
- headaches;
- increase in pressure;
- cramps
- retardation;
- disruption of the excretory system and heart failure.
If any of these symptoms appear, symptomatic treatment should be started immediately. Reception of paracetamol is temporarily suspended.
Interaction with other medicines
With the simultaneous administration with paracetamol of funds that promote the elimination of kidney stones, the effect of the latter decreases.
At the same time, the effectiveness of indirect anticoagulants and toxic effects on the body of chloramphenicol increases.
The toxicity of paracetamol itself increases with the simultaneous use of ethanol, tricyclic antidepressants, salicylates, and so on.
Analogues of the drug
According to the instructions, the Tsefekon suppositories are based on paracetamol, which means that according to the active substance, the analogues of the medication are:
- "Panadol";
- Efferalgan;
- Daleron
- Sanidol
- Tylenol;
- and, of course, pure Paracetamol.
Given that the main component of drugs is one, then it is forbidden to use them in parallel, since this will provoke an overdose of paracetamol in the body. If the fever or pain does not go away after taking "Cefecon", then you can give the baby a medication based on ibuprofen, which also lowers temperatures and relieves pain.
The most common drug for babies based on it is Nurofen, but in the pharmacy you can buy its cheaper analogues - Ibuprofen, Ibufen, Bofen, Ibunorm Baby, and so on.
Performance reviews and conclusion
Many parents have long used this medicine as a real salvation with a sharp increase in temperature in their children. The rectal form of the drug allows you to use it even with a pronounced gag reflex, which is often accompanied by fever. In addition, adults note the accelerated effect of the medication and the long-term effect of its use.
It is interesting, but even with immunity to paracetamol in children, “Cefecon” can significantly reduce body temperature. That is, if a baby does not help to cope with the heat, syrup or tablets based on this substance, then the candles will certainly be effective.
For children from 3 years old, the instructions for candles “Cefecon” recommends using a dosage of 250 mg, but parents should consider the weight of their child, especially if his age is just at the permissible limit. The fact is that by the age of three, not every child weighs 17 kg, which means that the risk of an overdose increases.
It should be remembered that taking medication without consulting a specialist for more than three days is prohibited.
If suppositories are administered for longer than 5 days, then you need to monitor blood counts and liver condition.