Tylenol: instructions for use, description, composition and reviews

"Tylenol" is an effective drug used for the treatment of colds, ARI and influenza.

The agent belongs to the form of analgesics and has an effect on the pain centers. Due to the action of the active ingredient (paracetamol) it helps to normalize the thermoregulatory system almost immediately after taking Tylenol. Instruction for use indicates that the constituent components do not have a harmful effect on the processes of water-salt metabolism in the body, do not irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa.

Form of issue and indication

The product is produced in the form of infusion and drinking solutions, rectal suppositories, suspension, and also in capsules. For children is produced in the form of chewable tablets, suspensions with fruit taste, as well as powder for self-production of the solution, as detailed in the instructions attached to the preparation "Tylenol".

The indications, the use of the medicine for which it is necessary, are as follows:

• Febrile conditions due to infections;
• Frequent headaches and dental pain;
• Pain due to myalgia or migraine, and also arisen because of arthralgia with algodismenorea.

Indications for receiving funds for children are as follows:

• Fever in colds and colds;
• Severe and moderate pain after vaccination, tonsillitis, with teething.

Tylenol: route of administration and dose

The medicine should be taken 1-2 hours after eating.

Adult patients and children from 12 years weighing more than 40 kg a single dose of the drug is determined in an amount of 500 mg four times a day for 5-7 days.

With existing liver and kidney diseases, Gilbert's syndrome , the doctor should adjust the dosage of the drug in the direction of decrease. For patients at the age of, in addition to the reduced dosage, it is also necessary to increase the intervals between doses of the drug.

There is a clear gradation of the dosage of the child "Tylenol", depending on the age and weight of the child:

• At the age of a child up to 6 months and body weight up to 7 kg, no more than 0.35 g of drug per day is required;
• Children under one year and weighing less than 10 kg daily dose of the drug should not be more than 500 mg;
• Children 1-3 years with a weight of up to 15 kg should take up to 0.75 grams of medication per day;
• For a child of 3-6 years and weighing up to 22 kg, the daily norm is prescribed in the amount of up to 1000 mg;
• A child from 6 to 9 years and weighing up to 30 kg can give up to 1.5 grams of medication per day;
• A children's dose for the age of 9 to 12 years is recommended 2000 mg per day of the drug "Tylenol".

Instruction for the use of the suspension says that a child of 6 to 12 years of age should be given 10-20 ml of the drug, and at the age of 1-6 years - 5-10 ml. A child from 3 months to a year needs 2.5-5 ml of suspension, and dosage to children who have not reached the age of three months is prescribed by the pediatrician individually.

Reception of the suspension is no more than 4 times a day. Without medical supervision, at home, the medicine can be taken no more than 3 days to bring down the heat, and in anesthetizing purposes - no more than 5 days.

Rectal suppositories are prescribed only to adults in an amount of 0.5 g 4 times a day. Children of 12-15 years are prescribed 0.25-0.3 g of Tylenol, the instruction for use recommends not exceeding four meals per day. Just like when taking a suspension, the dosage and the number of doses per day decrease depending on the age of the child.

Contraindications to admission

According to the instruction, "Tylenol" is contraindicated for individual intolerance of the active components of the drug, and also for children up to a month.

When appointing Tylenol, you should pay special attention to patients who have the following diseases:

• Renal and hepatic impairment;
• Hepatitis of a viral origin;
• Benign hyperbilirubinemia;
• Blood diseases;
• Chronic alcoholism;
• diabetes;
• Pregnancy and lactation;
• elderly age.

In addition, the instruction notes that its action can significantly reduce the effect of taking funds that are favorable for the excretion of uric acid.

Negative role in reducing the effect of the drug "Tylenol" instruction for use allocates long-term intake of barbiturates, as well as ethanol contained in hot drinks. The intake of alcohol during treatment with Tylenol is inadmissible, since it can cause acute pancreatitis.

Side effects

Despite its high efficacy and the availability of a child drug option, Tylenol has a number of side effects with unpleasant symptoms:

• Edema angioedema;
• Dizziness and nausea;
• erythema;
• Epigastric and cardiac pain;
• Shortness of breath, anemia;
• Thrombocytopenia;
• Hepatonecrosis;
• Leukopenia;
• Neutropenia.

In rare cases, allergic reactions may occur, manifested in the form of skin rashes, hives, severe itching, especially in children after taking Tylenol (child). Instructions for use clearly prescribes the dosage of the medicine, which must be observed.

Overdose of the drug

Taking too much of a dose of Tylenol can lead to the onset of renal colic, interstitial nephritis, papillary necrosis.

Overdose usually occurs after taking 150 mg per 1 kg of weight taken in a short period of time. The symptomatology of this state is as follows:

• In the first 24 hours - pallor and nausea, vomiting, strong, often cutting pain in the abdominal area.
• 12-48 hours later, there is damage to the liver and kidneys with the possible occurrence of liver failure (there may be encephalopathy, coma, a possible fatal outcome).

Damage to the liver is almost inevitable after adults take 10 g of the drug for a short period.

In case of overdose symptoms:

• Immediately flush the stomach;
• Induce vomiting;
• To drink "Acetylcysteine" or "Methionine";
• Take symptomatic drugs in accordance with the emerging signs of malaise.

Interaction with drugs

The drug is able to increase the effectiveness of other anticoagulants of indirect action (in particular, coumarin and its derivatives). Also, taking Tylenol increases the likelihood of liver damage with hepatotoxic drugs.

The rate of absorption of the drug increases with simultaneous administration with "Metoclopramide" and decreases in combination with "Kolestyramin." Simultaneous reception with barbiturates reduces the antipyretic efficacy of Tylenol.

Precautionary measures

Admission of the drug to adults is limited to 10 days as an analgesic and 3 days as an antipyretic. The drug should not be taken together with other products containing paracetamol, which is used as an active substance and in the preparation Tylenol.

Instruction, application, testimonials indicate that the intake of a child's variant of the drug should be limited to 5 days as an analgesic, provided that the therapeutic doses corresponding to the child's age are met. How antipyretic for children "Tylenol" can be given to children no more than 3 days.

Cost and patient feedback

In their responses, patients talk about the high efficacy of the drug. It is indicated, in particular, that the drug is capable of removing or significantly reducing any inflammatory processes. Before use, the instruction for use should be carefully studied for Tylenol.

The price of the drug may vary considerably depending on the form of the drug. "Tylenol" today can be purchased only in foreign online pharmacies, and its cost ranges from 1.2 to 15.3 dollars (approximately 79-1000 rubles).

In the retail network of Russian pharmacies, the medicine is not sold.