Ascoxol-P Drops
Give this medicine to your child by mouth with or without food. If your child develops an upset stomach, prefer giving it with food. You may require to give this medicine to your child for a few days to weeks, depending upon the severity of the infection. For maximum benefit, do not stop the medication abruptly by yourself even if your child starts to feel better and continue the medicine until the full prescribed course. Do not give more than the prescribed dose for fast relief as it may cause unwanted effects and worsen your child’s condition.
Ascoxol-P Drops
Basic Information
Important information about this medicine
About This Medicine
General information about this product
Ascoxol-P Drops comprises four active ingredients that together help treat wet cough (cough with mucus). It also relieves throat irritation, clears congestion, and soothes sore throat to enable easy breathing in your child.
Give this medicine to your child by mouth with or without food. If your child develops an upset stomach, prefer giving it with food. You may require to give this medicine to your child for a few days to weeks, depending upon the severity of the infection. For maximum benefit, do not stop the medication abruptly by yourself even if your child starts to feel better and continue the medicine until the full prescribed course. Do not give more than the prescribed dose for fast relief as it may cause unwanted effects and worsen your child’s condition.
Some of the common side effects of this medicine include excessive saliva production, fatigue, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, irregular heartbeat, rash, tremors, and abnormal sensations. Usually, these episodes subside once your child’s body adapts to the medicine. However, if these effects persist or become bothersome for your child, report to your child’s doctor on a priority basis.
Do not give this medicine to your child for the long term or the treatment of any chronic respiratory illness without consulting your child’s doctor. Check the medicine label properly and never combine this medicine with other cold and flu medicines as that may lead to side effects.
Narrate your child’s complete medical history, including any previous episode of respiratory illness, allergy, heart problems, blood disorders, birth defects, airway obstruction, lung anomaly, sinus issues, liver impairment, and kidney malfunction. This information is critical for dose alterations and for planning your child’s overall treatment.
03Uses
Treatment of Wet Cough
04How It Works
Ascoxol-P Drops is a combination of four medicines: Guaifenesin, Ambroxol, Terbutaline, and Sorbitol. Guaifenesin is an expectorant which decreases the stickiness of mucus (phlegm) and helps in its removal from the airways. Ambroxol is a mucolytic that thins and loosens mucus (phlegm), making it easier to cough out. Terbutaline is a bronchodilator that relaxes and widens the muscles in the airways. Sorbitol is an artificial sweetener.
05What If You Miss A Dose?
Do not panic. Unless your doctor has advised a specific regime for your child, you can give the missed dose as soon as you remember it. Skip the missed dose if it’s almost time for the next dose. Do not give a double dose and follow the prescribed dosing schedule.
06Benefits
In Treatment of Wet Cough
Ascoxol-P Drops helps gently soothe and relieve your child’s cough. It increases the water content of the mucus, making it thin enough to be coughed out easily. It also relaxes the airways. This makes breathing easy and reduces the frequency of coughing. Along with medications, drinking lukewarm water and gargling with warm salt water may also help ease your child’s symptoms.
07Side Effects
Ascoxol-P Drops does not pose serious side effects and is well-tolerated by children. In case the side effects do occur, they’re likely to subside once the body adapts to the medicine. Consult your child’s doctor if these side effects persist or bother your child. The most common side effects include-
Abnormal sensation
Tremor
Rash
Irregular heartbeats
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Dizziness
Headache
Fatigue
Vomiting
Nausea
Excessive salivation
08Safety Information
Kidney:CAUTION
Ascoxol-P Drops should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Ascoxol-P Drops may be needed. Please consult your doctor.The use of $med_name is not recommended in children with severe kidney disease.
Liver:CAUTION
Ascoxol-P Drops should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Ascoxol-P Drops may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
09Drug Tips
Do not give Ascoxol-P Drops if your child has a dry cough.
Encourage your child to drink plenty of fluids. This makes the mucus thin and easy to cough out.
Do not give this medicine to your child for a long term without consulting your child’s doctor.
Never combine Ascoxol-P Drops with other cold and flu medicines as that may increase the chances of side effects.
Practice self-care tips:Avoid giving dairy and caffeinated products, spicy and fried food to your child as all these may irritate the airways and trigger coughing. A teaspoon of honey may also help to ease out a cough reflex.Ask your child to gargle with warm salt water as it eases the expelling of mucus.
Avoid giving dairy and caffeinated products, spicy and fried food to your child as all these may irritate the airways and trigger coughing.
A teaspoon of honey may also help to ease out a cough reflex.
Ask your child to gargle with warm salt water as it eases the expelling of mucus.
References
Sources and references
Seattle Children’s: Patient and Family Education. Over the Counter Medicines and Kidney Disease. 2017. view
Albrecht HH, Dicpinigaitis PV, Guenin EP. Role of guaifenesin in the management of chronic bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infections. Multidiscip Respir Med. 2017;12:31. view
Dash RP, Srinivas NR, Babu RJ. Use of sorbitol as pharmaceutical excipient in the present day formulations – issues and challenges for drug absorption and bioavailability. Drug Dev Ind Pharm. 2019;45:1421-29. view
