The drug "Sanorin" refers to decongestants. This is an alpha-adrenergic agonist, which has a direct stimulating effect on the alpha-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic system of nerves. The intranasal agent "Sanorin" is especially often used for children. Reviews of parents about him are mostly positive.
Pharmacological properties
After instillation into the nose, the medicine quickly produces a pronounced and persistent vasoconstrictive effect on the vessels of the mucous membranes of the nasopharynx, nose, and sinuses. The drug relieves hyperemia and swelling, due to which the patency of the nasal passages improves, and breathing is facilitated. At the same time, patency in Eustachian tubes is also being restored . As a rule, the therapeutic effect develops within five minutes after intranasal administration and lasts for four to six hours.
Indications for appointment
The medicine "Sanorin" for children shows instructions for use in acute rhinitis with any etiology, sinusitis, otitis media (used as an additional drug to reduce swelling of the nasopharynx), laryngitis, eustachitis. A medication is also prescribed in the process of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, when there is a need to remove swelling of the sinuses and mucous membranes of the nose, and if necessary, stop nosebleeds.
Release form. Composition. Price
In three versions, the drug "Sanorin" for children is produced. These are drops, spray and emulsion. The active ingredient of each dosage form is naphazoline nitrate. Spray and drops are a clear, colorless solution, and the emulsion is a white liquid. The medicine in any case is dispensed in vials of ten milliliters. Naphazoline nitrate in ten milliliters drops is contained in an amount of 0.005 or 0.01 grams, a spray is 0.01 grams, an emulsion is also 0.01 grams. Minor ingredients in the composition of the spray and drops are boric acid, water, ethylenediamine, methyl parahydroxybenzoate. The emulsion as auxiliary components contains, in addition to the above, cetyl alcohol, essential eucalyptus oil, liquid paraffin, polysorbate 80, cholesterol.
In any pharmacy you can buy the product "Sanorin" for children. The price of concentration drops of 0.05 percent averages 83-97 rubles, 0.1 percent - 76-85 rubles. The cost of the spray varies from 117-134 rubles, and about 90-119 rubles will have to be paid for a bottle of emulsion.
Is Sanorin safe for children?
Doctors often hear such a question from concerned parents. The main thing is to prevent overdose. And for this you should use a solution of the desired concentration. So, the drug "Sanorin" (for children) is specially produced in a concentration of 0.05%. It can be used for babies from the age of two. A medicine containing an active ingredient in an amount of 0.01 grams (0.1%) can also be used for children, but only from the age of fifteen. For young children, it is not suitable. It is also recommended to use an ordinary glass pipette to instill the drug in small children, and not a factory-made dropper package - this way you will definitely avoid an overdose and will not harm the baby.
Dosage
In the form of drops, the drug "Sanorin" (for children) instructs you to use twice or thrice a day, one or two drops in each nasal passage. Children after fifteen years old can use drops in a concentration of 0.1 percent, a spray or emulsion and use an adult dosage: one to three drops or one to three doses in each nasal passage twice or thrice a day. The interval between instillation should be at least four hours. The medicine "Sanorin" for children, the instruction recommends using briefly, no more than three days. If breathing through the nose becomes easier, it is possible to complete the use of the drug earlier. Start using the product again is allowed only after a few days.
If nosebleeds occur, you can moisten a cotton swab with a 0.05% solution of the drug and place it in the nasal passage. To prolong surface anesthesia with rhinoscopy, a 0.1 percent solution in the amount of two to four drops with one milliliter of anesthetic is used.
Method of use
Drop drops or an emulsion should be slightly thrown back head. When injecting medicine into the right nasal passage, tilt your head to the left, and vice versa. Before using Sanorin Spray for children for the first time, first press the metering device a few times until a compact aerosol cloud appears. After that, remove the protective cap and, holding the bottle in an upright position, insert the end of the dispenser into the nasal passage of the child, then press the applicator sharply and quickly. The spray is intended for adult children, and, as a rule, they can do all the manipulations on their own. Immediately after injection, you need to make a light breath with your nose.
As already mentioned, the effect after instillation develops after five minutes, and sometimes earlier, and lasts four to six hours. At the end of this time, the effect of the drug gradually weakens. That is why the means "Sanorin" for children should be used twice or thrice a day. You can’t use it more often, because in this case the so-called “tachyphylaxis” will develop, that is, the body will get used to the drug and will not respond to it. As a result, even if, after three days from the start of treatment, rhinitis has not been eliminated, the medicine must be canceled and switched to some other one (which one, the doctor will tell you).
Side effects
If you use the drug in recommended doses, it is usually well tolerated. The tool does not affect the reaction rate and activity that requires concentration. In the reviews of some parents, it is reported that children after instillation of the medicine complain of a burning sensation in the nose. Indeed, such an unpleasant sensation may occur, but it passes very quickly. Children with hypersensitivity to the drug may experience a feeling of dryness in the nose.
If you use the drug for more than a week, chronic obstruction of the nasal passages and atrophy of the nasal mucosa may develop. In rare situations, ricocheting hyperemia occurs. Also, the medicine can produce a resorptive effect. Due to the general effect on the body and irritation of the sympathetic system of nerves in extremely rare cases, allergic reactions can develop.
Contraindications
It is forbidden to use Sanorin spray and drops for children if the patient has intolerance to the components of the product, suffers from atrophic or chronic rhinitis, severe eye diseases, tachycardia.
Overdose
If you use the medication systemically, symptoms such as excessive sweating, tremors, nervousness, increased blood pressure, tachycardia, and headache may develop. There is also the likelihood of cyanosis, nausea, mental and respiratory disorders, the temperature may rise. With CNS depression, drowsiness, bradycardia, lowering of temperature, weakness, collapse, and in extremely rare cases coma are observed. It is worth remembering that children to this type of drug are much more sensitive than adults, so the risk of an overdose is significantly increased.
Drug interaction
With the simultaneous use of the drug with monoamine oxidase inhibitors, as well as fourteen days after their withdrawal, blood pressure may increase, since in this case the deposited catecholamines are released by the action of naphazoline. Therefore, such combined use is prohibited. Also, the drug is able to slow down the absorption and prolong the action of local anesthetics.