After receiving an appointment for newborns to take any medications, moms often think about the advisability of their use, especially with regard to prescriptions from a neurologist, since they usually prescribe nootropics. That's why the Pantogam preparation was specially developed for newborns, and since it is a relatively new medicine, not everyone knows about it.
Therefore, in the article we will consider what the Pangogam for newborns are assigned to and how to take it properly.
What is Pantogam?
Pantogam is a medicine of nootropic action. And nootropics are considered stimulants of brain activity, so very many parents are afraid of giving them to their children, believing that this can be done to harm them. But Pantogam for newborn babies is just a solution based on nootropics with various flavor additives that help to get rid of side effects.
The active substance in Pangogam is gopanthenic acid, which improves the absorption of oxygen by the brain and has a mild calming effect, without causing drowsiness.
Indications in newborns for the use of Pantogam
Due to this effect of Pantogam on the body, it is recommended to use it for newborns as a medicine in the treatment of such neurological diseases:
- birth injuries ( trauma ) of the nervous system, obtained during childbirth;
- lesions of the nervous system obtained during pregnancy;
- epilepsy or convulsive alertness;
- severe lesions of the nervous system: infantile cerebral palsy or hydrocephalus ;
- damage to the brain as a result of trauma;
- sleep disorders;
- excessive excitability of the nervous system.
How to give Pantogam to newborn children?
Since Pantogam in pill for newborn babies is unsuitable for taking, it is recommended to give it in the form of syrup.
Of course, the duration of the course and the maximum amount of the medicine is determined by the doctor, based on the condition and illness of the child, but it must be taken into account that the daily dosage of Pantogam in the syrup for newborn infants should not exceed 1 mg, the reception of which is divided twice - in the morning and in the evening.
Regardless of the dosage form (tablet or syrup), there is a specific system for taking Pantogam:
- the first 7-10 days the dose of the taken Pantogam gradually increases to the maximum volume, while it is necessary to carefully monitor the reaction of the organism of a small child;
- the main period appointed by the doctor, Pantogam is taken to the maximum extent;
- the last 10-12 days the dosage of the drug taken is gradually reduced, until the drug is completely discontinued.
Take Pantogam recommended 15 minutes after feeding. The duration of the entire course of treatment should be agreed with the doctor (from 1 month to 6 months) and in the case of the need for a second course, it can begin only after 3-6 months.
Side effects of Pantogam for newborns
Pantogam in a syrup for newborns can be taken from the first days of a child's life, as it very effectively and quickly helps, but it causes a minimum of side effects, such as:
- an allergic rash;
- rarely drowsiness and nausea;
- development of conjunctivitis or rhinitis.
Such small and rare cases of these side effects after the start of Pantogam administration are not grounds for stopping the course of treatment.
Rapid sleep normalization, loss of seizures, and reduced irritability in newborns are an indication of the high efficacy of Pantogam in the treatment of neurological diseases. Therefore, when assigning it to very young children, parents can not doubt the rationality of its application.