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Suggest A Cough Syrup For Allergic Cough In A Child

Posted on Tue, 27 Sep 2016

Question: hi doctor,
my son is 1 year 9 months old...we r moving to u.s for 2 to 3 yrs..whenever gets cold doctor prescribed him blukof cough suppressant syrupwhen we were in XXXXXXX ..Right now i am in XXXXXXX and we didn't get that particular syrup anywhere....it contains terbutalin ,ambroxyl hcl etc.....wat is the alternate medicine that can be carried abroad...and pls let me know some of he sos medicines that has to be carried abroad for an emergency need..i want to know about coslyte XXXXXXX prescribed by the doctor ..i want to know for what it is used.

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Suggestions on sos medicines

Detailed Answer:
Hi.... Greetings from XXXXXXX I am a consultant Pediatrician at XXXXXXX Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Nungambakkam in XXXXXXX

The medicine Blukof is not commonly available in XXXXXXX It isa combination medication and many of the combination medications have been recently banned.

I do not suggest use of combination medication in cough syrup as sometimes they can cause a faster heart rate.

Rather, it is better to use, single component medicines for symptomatic treatment.

Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children. For cold you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do.

For fever - Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500mg) every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.

For cold you can use Cetrizine at 0.25mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days.

For nasal block, plain saline nasal drops will do, every 4-6th hourly to relive nasal congestion

Coming to your other question - Coslyte XXXXXXX is indicated for the treatment of acidity, gastric problems, kidney stones, carbohydrate depletion, dehydration, fluid depletion and other conditions.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (10 hours later)

thanks doc...i know very well,child trust, its good ..i have been satisfied with your answers too...my native is XXXXXXX I carry alerid syrup ,calpol-250,sinarest ,econorm XXXXXXX emeset syrup,coslyte XXXXXXX with me ..is it fine ? and cough syrup what should I take ?may i have ur suggestions pls

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You can carry Ascoril-D Junior cough syrup with you

Detailed Answer:
Hi...you can carry Ascoril-D cough syrup with you. The dose will be 2.5ml thrice a day for 3 days. Better avoid Sinarest.

Rest of the things are fine.

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Regards - Dr. Sumanth

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng