The drug "Immunal": reviews and instructions

The drug "Immunal" (tablets and solution) is a drug used to enhance immunity, which is made from medicinal plants. The solution is usually brownish in color, can be either cloudy or transparent. Sometimes a sediment forms during storage. Tablets have a flat round shape, light brown color, a smell of vanilla.

The drug "Immunal": instructions for use

A drug is produced in the form of tablets and a solution. The trade name of the medication is "Immunal". Composition of the preparation:

• The grass juice of the Echinacea plant is purple;
• Auxiliary substances (for tablets: lactose, silicon dioxide, sodium saccharinate, magnesium stearate, cherry flavor, vanillin, for solution: sorbitol, ethanol).

Pharmacological properties of medicament

There is a number of valuable properties of the juice from the herb of the Echinacea purpurea plant , which is part of the immunostimulating natural preparation "Immunal". Reviews of scientists about Echinacea contain information that the plant has properties similar to antibiotics, shows excellent results in combating bacterial and viral diseases. Echinacea supports in the tone of white blood cells. This property allows you to cope with the disease in a short time. So, the medical preparation "Immunal" (reviews of experts confirm this) increases the number of leukocytes, activates phagocytosis. Reproduction of pathogens slows down considerably, this helps the body to quickly overcome the disease. The drug shows colossal results in the destruction of herpes and influenza pathogens.

Medication Immunal: evidence

The drug is able to significantly strengthen the immune system during acute infectious diseases. It is shown to people with frequent colds; For preventive purposes against viral diseases, including influenza; People who are prescribed a long course of antibiotics, as well as to everyone who, for various reasons, there is a decrease in immunity.

Contraindications for the use of the drug "Immunal"

• Tablets are not assigned to babies up to 4 years;
• Solution is not used in the treatment of infants (under 1 year);
• Individual allergy to plants from the family of Compositae or other components of the agent;
• Autoimmune systemic diseases (lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Behcet's disease, systemic vasculitis, autoimmune hepatitis, sarcoidosis of the lungs), HIV, AIDS, tuberculosis.

If we talk about the drug "Immunal" during pregnancy and breast-feeding, there are no direct contraindications for taking this medication. However, each case requires medical advice.

Method of application of the preparation "Immunal"

The doctors' reviews contain the following recommendations for use:

• Children (1year - 6 years old) - 1 ml of solution 3 times or 1 tablet 1-2 times per day (from 4 years);
• Children older (6 - 12 years) - 1.5 ml of solution 3 times or 1 tablet 1-3 times per day;
• Adolescents and adults (12 or more years) - 2.5 ml of solution 3 times or 1 tablet 3-4 times per day.

The course of taking this medication is no more than 2 months.

The drug "Immunal": side effects

In some cases, the following reactions develop: skin itching, rash, bronchospasm, dizziness, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, angioedema, anaphylactic shock is the least common. With abuse of doses or with a long (more than 8 weeks) course, leukopenia is observed.

Special instructions when taking medication "Immunal"

Testimonials of those who have tested this drug will contain recommendations for admission. For young children who do not yet know how to swallow tablets, first rinse the medicine to a powdery appearance, then add some liquid (however, it is best to use the solution in this case). Doctors recommend stopping the medication in case there are side effects or the symptoms of the original disease persist for more than 10 days from the beginning of treatment.