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The professional's guide to product selection
The professional's guide to product selection
Non-sedating antihistamine.
For symptomatic relief of allergy, such as hay fever, or chronic idiopathic urticaria.
• Child 2–11 years: body weight under 31 kg, 5 mg, once daily, body weight 31 kg and over, 10 mg, once daily.
• Over 12 years: 10 mg, once daily.
For symptomatic relief of allergy, such as hay fever, or chronic idiopathic urticaria.
Avoid use in the case of hepatic impairment, pregnancy or when breast feeding.
Oral solution, Tablets
Oral solution
5 mg/5 ml, 100 ml
Non-sedating antihistamine.
Adult and child over 12 years: 8 mg, 3 times daily.
Sedating antihistamine.
By mouth for symptomatic relief of allergy such as hay fever, urticaria, food allergy, drug reactions, relief of itch associated with chickenpox.
• Child 1–23 months: 1 mg, twice daily.
• Child 2–5 years: 1 mg, every 4–6 hours, maximum 6 mg daily.
• Child 6–11 years: 2 mg, every 4–6 hours, maximum 12 mg daily.
• Over 12 years: 4 mg, every 4–6 hours, maximum 24 mg daily
• Elderly: 4 mg, every 4–6 hours, maximum 12 mg daily.
Emergency treatment of anaphylactic reactions or symptomatic relief of allergy by intramuscular injection or by intravenous injection over 1 minute.
• Child 1–5 months: 250 mcg/kg (maximum per dose 2.5 mg), max 4 doses daily
• Child 6 months–5 years: 2.5 mg, maximum 4 doses per day.
• Child 6–11 years: 5 mg, maximum 4 doses per day.
• Over 12 years: 10 mg, maximum 4 doses per day.
Non-sedating antihistamine.
• Child 1–5 years: 1.25 mg once daily.
• Child 6–11 years: 2.5 mg once daily.
• Over 12 years: 5 mg once daily.
Non-sedating antihistamine.
Seasonal allergic rhinitis
• Child 6–11 years: 30 mg, twice daily.
• Over 12 years: 120 mg, once daily.
Sedating antihistamine.
By mouth for symptomatic relief of allergy such as hay fever, urticaria, food allergy, drug reactions, relief of itch associated with chickenpox.
• Child 1–23 months: 1 mg, twice daily.
• Child 2–5 years: 1 mg, every 4–6 hours, maximum 6 mg daily.
• Child 6–11 years: 2 mg, every 4–6 hours, maximum 12 mg daily.
• Over 12 years: 4 mg, every 4–6 hours, maximum 24 mg daily
• Elderly: 4 mg, every 4–6 hours, maximum 12 mg daily.
Emergency treatment of anaphylactic reactions or symptomatic relief of allergy by intramuscular injection or by intravenous injection over 1 minute.
• Child 1–5 months: 250 mcg/kg (maximum per dose 2.5 mg), max 4 doses daily
• Child 6 months–5 years: 2.5 mg, maximum 4 doses per day.
• Child 6–11 years: 5 mg, maximum 4 doses per day.
• Over 12 years: 10 mg, maximum 4 doses per day.
Non-sedating antihistamine.
Over 6 years old: one spray twice daily to be administered in each nostril.
Non-sedating antihistamine.
Adult and child over 12 years: 8 mg, 3 times daily.
Non-sedating antihistamine.
• Child 1 year: 250 mcg/kg twice daily.
• Child 2–5 years: 2.5 mg, twice daily.
• Child 6–11 years: 5 mg, twice daily.
• Over 12 years: 10 mg, once daily.
Non-sedating antihistamine.
• Child 1–5 years: 1.25 mg once daily.
• Child 6–11 years: 2.5 mg once daily.
• Over 12 years: 5 mg once daily.
Non-sedating antihistamine.
• Child 1–5 years: 1.25 mg once daily.
• Child 6–11 years: 2.5 mg once daily.
• Over 12 years: 5 mg once daily.
Non-sedating antihistamine.
Seasonal allergic rhinitis
• Child 6–11 years: 30 mg, twice daily.
• Over 12 years: 120 mg, once daily.
Non-sedating antihistamine.
Over 6 years old: one spray twice daily to be administered in each nostril.