"Enterofuril" - a tool that helps to normalize the patient's condition with digestive disorders. It is prescribed for both adults and children. The drug helps to eliminate diarrhea and related symptoms due to the destruction of pathogenic microflora in the intestinal lumen. In order for the medicine to help, you must strictly follow the instructions for use of "Entrerofuril" for children.
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Composition and release forms
The main active ingredient of the drug is the chemical nifuroxazide. It has a powerful antimicrobial effect. Due to its presence, the drug can be used as an antiseptic to cleanse the final sections of the gastrointestinal tract and normalize the functioning of the entire digestive tract.
The drug is presented in two variations with the same active substance in the composition.
- Capsules They are coated with a gelatin shell and contain a compressed powder with the active substance inside. You can purchase a package with a different number of capsules. These are 16, 30 or 32 tablets.
- Syrup. The medicine is in the form of a thick yellowish suspension with a banana flavor. The solution is placed in 90 ml glass vials.
Both forms of the drug work the same. When choosing, it is worth considering the age of the child for whom the remedy is selected. Enterofuril capsules are suitable for older children (usually from three years old). Until this moment, the child will not be able to swallow dragees without difficulty, so it is better to give preference to a sweet suspension.
Pharmacological properties and indications for use
The active substance that is part of the drug is able to destroy pathogens that enter the intestines.
Sensitive to this compound:
- salmonella;
- Proteus;
- shigella;
- streptococcus;
- staphylococcus;
- Klebsiella;
- enterobacteria;
- cholera vibrio;
- clostridia.
The therapeutic effect is achieved due to metabolic disorders (Krebs cycle and other biochemical processes) in bacteria present in the intestinal lumen. As a result, the colony disappears, and the symptoms of the disease gradually cease to bother the child.
Nifuroxazide has a selective effect. It does not affect beneficial bacteria that ensure the normal course of digestive processes. Consequently, the risk of developing dysbiosis during treatment is minimized.
Another advantage of the drug is its gentle effect on the body, due to which it is prescribed from an early childhood. The active substance enters the intestines and works there. For its distribution does not need a vascular bed. The spent medicine is removed along with the remnants of the digested food.
The drug is prescribed for signs of intestinal infection. The main one is diarrhea. A pediatrician will recommend a medicine if a child has loose stools for two or more days. Such a symptom often indicates intoxication with bacteria metabolism products.
Additional signs of intestinal infection include:
- profuse vomiting;
- bloating;
- cutting pains;
- fever.
Before prescribing a medicine, you need to make sure that the symptoms of the disorder are caused precisely by the presence of pathogenic bacteria, and not parasitic worms, since the second case requires a different therapy. To determine the exact diagnosis, you need to examine the blood and feces of the child.
The drug will not give an effect with rotavirus either. In this case, unpleasant symptoms will be provoked by intoxication associated with the vital activity of viruses. The active substance "Enterofuril" is not able to eliminate such microorganisms.
At what age can children be given
Enterofuril suspension for children is a mild and gentle product that does not adversely affect the body as a whole. The liquid form of the drug facilitates dosing and administration. Pediatricians prescribe medicine for children from birth. Capsules can be taken at the age of three.
Instructions for use Enterofuril for children
The drug is taken orally, regardless of meals. The dosage and form of the drug are selected taking into account the age of the child.
Method of administration and dosage
When using a suspension, the following dosages are adhered to:
- 2.5 ml of syrup 2-3 times a day for children from birth to six months;
- 2.5 ml of syrup 4 times a day for babies up to 2 years;
- 5 ml of liquid syrup 3 times a day for children under 7 years old;
- 5 ml of liquid syrup 4 times a day for children older than 7 years.
In the treatment of capsules adhere to the following recommendations:
- children from 3 to 7 years of age are prescribed 200 mg (2 capsules of 100 mg) 3 times a day;
- children over 7 years of age are prescribed 200 mg 4 times a day.
The total duration of treatment may vary depending on the rate of recovery of the child. Typically, the course lasts from 3 days to a week, but the drug can be canceled earlier if diarrhea or vomiting has already been eliminated and does not appear within 12 hours.
Special instructions for use
Doctors often prescribe Enterofuril together with sorbents that will absorb toxins released by microbes. So that such drugs do not reduce the effectiveness of an antiseptic, you must observe the interval between their doses. Enough 2 to 3 hours.
It is important to consider that prolonged diarrhea always provokes dehydration.
The child’s body will lose moisture and the minerals dissolved in it. This leads to weakness and a breakdown.For the prevention of such conditions, drugs are prescribed, which are solutions of electrolytes - Regidron, Reosolan, Trisol. In addition, it is important to provide the child with a plentiful drink. You can give not only ordinary water, but also other drinks - mineral water without gas, green tea, herbal decoctions.
Drug Interactions with Other Drugs
Enterofuril quickly has a positive effect and does not interact with any other drugs. It does not require the mandatory intake of probiotics, as it does not adversely affect its own microflora.
Contraindications, side effects and overdose
Enterofuril has no age restrictions on use. It is prescribed for intestinal disorders, even in infants.
Contraindications for admission may include:
- hypersensitivity to components;
- prematurity;
- sucrose deficiency;
- fructose intolerance.
In all other cases, the drug will become an effective assistant in the fight against bacterial infections that provoke intestinal disorders.
In some patients, side effects occur during treatment with the drug.
Typically, these are:
- hives;
- itchy skin;
- edema;
- dyspeptic disorders - nausea or vomiting.
Such conditions occur extremely rarely. Usually, the medicine is well tolerated by children of all ages. No evidence of overdose symptoms has been recorded.
Analogues of Enterofuril for children
Therapy of intestinal infections in childhood can be carried out using Enterofuril or its close analogues. In pharmacies, you can find drugs with a completely identical composition, the so-called generics.
The list of such medicines included:
- "Nifuroxazide";
- Ersefuril;
- Stopdiar;
- Ecoruril.
Among the generics, you can find both capsules and liquid forms - syrups, suspensions, which are convenient to give to newborn children and infants.
Many choose analogues of Enterofuril, which will cost less than the original drug.
In this case, doctors advise you to pay attention to such medicines as:
- "Ecofuril" - the cost starts at around 200 rubles;
- "Nifuroxazide" - can be purchased for 100 rubles or a little more expensive;
- "Stopdiar" - the price tag in most pharmacy chains from 150 rubles.
The doctor may prescribe another drug that has an antiseptic effect. Some agents have a different composition, but a similar mechanism of action. They also effectively kill bacteria in the intestinal lumen.
The list of the most effective includes:
- "Phthalazole";
- Enterol;
- Bactisubtil;
- salmonella bacteriophage.
The appointment of a drug is done by the doctor based on the answers of the tests and examination of the child. If during the diagnosis it was found that the pathogenic activity of bacteria became the cause of diarrhea, vomiting and fever, then the pediatrician will recommend a course of therapy with Enterofuril or one of its analogues.
