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  What is the peritol effect?

Please tell me what is the peritol effect? Is it a stimulant? What are the drugs prescribed? What are the side effects of it? What are the side effects of using this medicine for children? Thank you!

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Reply:
Peritol has the active ingredient cyproheptadine. There are 4mg tablets and 40mg / 100ml syrup on the market. This drug belongs to the active antihistamine active anti-sedative, causing sleepiness by inhibiting the central nervous system.

Cyproheptadine is present in about 30 different medicines including both imported and domestically produced. Peritone abuse is an anorexia for children, especially under 2 years of age, which affects children's intellectual development.

What is the drug peritol?

Peritol is an antihistamine, which is indicated for allergic reactions such as itching, eczema, urticaria, allergic rhinitis, dermatitis, vascular headache, impaired ... This drug has side effects. Desire is an appetite so in some special cases, it is used for people who refuse to eat or not cooperate in nutrition therapy. Many doctors use this feature to treat anorexia as a mistake. Because peritoneal use in children under 2 years of age can cause dry mouth, constipation, blurred vision, difficulty urinating, and central nervous system disorders.

Peritoneal is an antihistamine drug that slows down brain development

Long will harm the intellectual development ... In the manual 4mg tablet peritol also noted: Do not use peritol tablets for children under 2 years. The recommended dose for children above 2 years of age is 0.25mg / kg body weight / day. Children from 2 to 6 years of age can give 4-6mg (1-1.5 tablets) a day. The maximum daily dose for this age group should not exceed 12 mg (3 tablets).

However, in fact, many pediatricians and nutritionists prescribe peritoneal infants to be very dangerous to the development of the child later. Many people take drugs on their own, so they can not control the dosage that is dangerous for their development because they do not know how to respond to adults with adverse reactions. Until long-term medication, the symptoms get worse.

Contraindications of Peritol
Peritoneal is not only contraindicated for patients with acute asthma, patients with hypertension, gastric ulcer, pregnant women, breastfeeding women ... but especially should not be used for Children under 2 years old.
Peritol must be used with extreme caution, especially for children and the elderly. As with other CNS depressants, this medication is not recommended for driving or operating machines because of drowsiness. Children who take this medicine for a long time will get drowsiness, attention loss, dry mouth and vomiting. In adults, drugs cause dizziness, hallucinations, headaches and confusion.