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What effect does Acecyst 200mg drug have, in what cases is it used to treat? Information about Acecyst 200mg is provided in full, detailed and easy to understand for patients in the content below.
1. What is Acecyst 200mg?
Acecyst medicine 200mg has ingredients from Acetylcysteine 200mg combined with excipients just enough. Acecyst medicine 200mg is indicated for use to relieve mucus in acute and chronic bronchial and lung diseases accompanied by increased mucus secretion.
2. What does Acecyst 200mg do?
With the ingredient Acetylcysteine, Acecyst medicine 200mg has specific effects:
Mucolytics Reduce the consistency of sputum in the lungs with or without pus, thanks to its ability to split disulfide bridges in sputum Create favorable conditions for expulsion sputum out by coughing, postural drainage or by other mechanical methods suitable to the patient's condition. Detoxification effect for people taking an overdose of Paraceamol.
3. Indications and contraindications of Acecyst 200mg
Currently, Acecyst medicine 200mg is indicated in the following cases:
Patients treating acute and chronic bronchitis Patients with pneumonia, tracheitis People who need expectoration, clearing the respiratory tract Indications of Acecyst 200mg, patients should pay attention:
Patients with hypersensitivity to the ingredients of the drug People with a history of asthma, which can cause bronchospasm with drugs containing Acetylcysteine Children under 2 years old
4. Usage and dosage of Acecyst 200mg
Acecyst medicine 200mg is taken according to the dose prescribed by the doctor with water, and the time of taking the drug is not too dependent on the meal.
Patients will be prescribed the actual dose appropriate to their condition by the doctor. Patients can also refer to the usual dose of Acecyst 200mg as follows:
For adults and children over 7 years old: take Acecyst 200mg 1 tablet/dose 2-3 times/day For children aged 2-6 years: 1 capsule/time, 2 times a day. When using Acecyst to detoxify Paraceamol overdose, patients refer to the starting dose of Acecyst as 140mg/kg, once every 4 hours at a dose of 70mg/kg and take a total of 17 times.
Acecyst is most effective when used within 8 hours of detecting an overdose of Paraceamol. After this golden period, the detoxification effect will decrease. However, within 24 hours, there is still effective detoxification. In the case of detoxification, the drug should be dissolved in water to drink.
5. Treatment of overdose and missed dose of Acecyst
Patients who forget the dose of Acecyst during treatment should take it as soon as they remember. The patient may also skip the missed dose if it is too close to the time to take the next dose. The next dose is taken as directed. Patients should pay special attention not to double the dose.
In case the patient takes an overdose of Acecyst 200mg compared to the indicated, there will be manifestations such as decreased blood pressure, respiratory failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation, renal failure, hemolysis. Patients need to listen to their body for early detection and immediately go to a medical facility for timely and effective treatment.
6. Side effects of Acecyst 200mg
Clinical fact, patients using Acecyst 200mg often have symptoms of side effects such as nausea and vomiting. Some less common manifestations are rash, drowsiness, headache, tinnitus, stomatitis, runny nose. Symptoms of fever, chills, bronchospasm with systemic anaphylaxis are also rare but rare when Acecyst 200mg is used during treatment.
Patients using the drug, if the symptoms mentioned above are serious and do not improve, they should immediately notify the treating doctor or go to a medical facility for advice and handling.
7. Interactions of Acecyst 200mg
To ensure the effectiveness of the drug Acecyst 200mg, patients using the drug should pay attention to the following interactions of Acecyst 200mg:
Do not take Acecyst 200mg close to tetracycline within 2 hours Do not take Acecyst 200mg with other cough suppressants simultaneously. , can cause severe mucus congestion in patients Acecyst 200mg may increase the vasodilator effect and inhibit platelet aggregation of nitroglycerin Should not be combined with substances with oxidizing properties.
8. What should be noted when using Acecyst 200mg?
Pregnant or lactating women using Acecyst 200mg should have a doctor's prescription and advice.
Asthmatics, if using Acecyst 200mg, need to be closely supervised by the treating doctor. If bronchospasm occurs, Acecyst 200mg should be discontinued immediately.
During treatment with Acecyst 200mg, the patient has a lot of thin sputum in the bronchi, the patient's ability to cough is reduced, the sputum needs to be sucked out.
With full information about the above-mentioned Acecyst 200mg drug, hopefully the patient can use the drug correctly, effectively and safely during the time of using the drug.
Acecyst 200mg is sold at prescription pharmacies nationwide. During use, it is necessary to store the medicine in a cool, dry place with a temperature below 30 degrees, avoid direct light and keep out of reach of children.
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