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Can The Phlegm Be Reduced By Levolin Usage And Will A 5 Day Course Has Any Side Effects ?
Hi, my child is 3 years and 4 months. He is mouth breathing ,snoring and wheezing as well. The cough has been persistent since he started school last September. We nebulized him for 2 weeks with levolin and budecort but the cough has been on and off. Have consulted n number of Pediac's and recently consulted an ENT specialist who prescribed him a steroid dosage of 5 ml twice a day for 5 days. It is a omnacurt fortes syrup plus nebulization with dublin and levolin. and metatop nasal drops. Please advise if the phlegm can be reduced via this steroid and will a 5 day course has any side effects ?
Wed, 19 Mar 2014
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As you mentioned in the query that there is phlegm and you have taken a long treatment with many drugs as levosalbutamol , steroid , prednisolone ( omnacortril ) .
No doubt steroid ( omnacortril ) is an anti inflammatory drug and it provide relief in may cases .
Particularly five days treatment has no any side effect .
In my clinic I usually don't prescribe such type of treatment to my patient .
As you mentioned that your child is 3 years & 4 months , so I prescribe LEVOFLOXACIN 25-30 mg / kg orally once a day for 10 days without any side effect.
The second point is that your child is having asthmatic allergic bronchitis so he may need some bronchodilator ( I prescribe monteleukast+ bambuterol syrup ) .
In my opinion all these drugs are a prescription drugs , so consult one more paed doctor and get his opinion.
As you mentioned in the query that there is phlegm and you have taken a long treatment with many drugs as levosalbutamol , steroid , prednisolone ( omnacortril ) .
No doubt steroid ( omnacortril ) is an anti inflammatory drug and it provide relief in may cases .
Particularly five days treatment has no any side effect .
In my clinic I usually don't prescribe such type of treatment to my patient .
As you mentioned that your child is 3 years & 4 months , so I prescribe LEVOFLOXACIN 25-30 mg / kg orally once a day for 10 days without any side effect.
The second point is that your child is having asthmatic allergic bronchitis so he may need some bronchodilator ( I prescribe monteleukast+ bambuterol syrup ) .
In my opinion all these drugs are a prescription drugs , so consult one more paed doctor and get his opinion.
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