Carbocisteine Solmux Mucolytic Oral Drops 15ml

Carbocisteine (Solmux) is a mucolytic agent used to relieve cough characterized by excessive or sticky sputum or phlegm to help treat respiratory tract disorders such as acute bronchitis. Carbocisteine also reduces the number of exacerbations associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and inhibits the adherence of bacteria and virus to human respiratory cells. Carbocisteine is also used in the treatment of otitis media with effusion (glue ear).

Dosage/Direction for Use

Missed dose: If the patient missed a dose, just take the next dose if still needed for the condition being treated, and the subsequent doses at the recommended time or schedule, i.e., every 8 hours (for adults and children 2 years and older) or every 6 hours (for children 1 to 2 years old). Do not double the dose.

Overdosage

Symptoms: Carbocisteine overdose is usually associated with stomach or intestinal discomfort.

Management: If the patient has taken more than the recommended dosage, consult a doctor or contact a poison control center right away.

Administration

Should be taken with food.

Contraindications

If patients are allergic to any ingredient in the products. Avoid carbocisteine in patients with active stomach or intestinal ulcer.

Special Precautions

These medicines should be given with care in patients with a history of stomach or intestinal ulcer and gastrointestinal bleeding.

Do not take more than the recommended dose.

Stop taking the medicine and consult the doctor immediately if the patient develop any of the following: Skin rashes; stomach or intestinal bleeding; if symptoms do not improve or new symptoms appear. 

Adverse Reactions

Carbocisteine is generally safe.

Nausea, stomach discomfort, diarrhea, and skin rashes are the most common undesirable effects.

Carbocisteine rarely causes dizziness, insomnia, headache, palpitations, mild lowering of blood glucose, dryness of mouth, abnormal heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation), and "gassiness".

Storage

Store at temperatures not exceeding 30°C.

Action

These medicines contain carbocisteine, a medicine that causes phlegm to be less thick and sticky and thus easier to cough up and expel. Carbocisteine, in an in vitro study (outside the living organism), was shown to have significantly reduced the ability of bacteria to adhere to human pharyngeal cells.