The doctor should decide what is best for Fenistil or Suprastin, especially since these medications can cause a number of undesirable effects.
If adverse effects occur, specialist advice is required.
To treat allergies of various origins, antihistamines are used, which include Fenistil and Suprastin. Let’s see which drug is better when.
The gel and emulsion Fenistil can provoke the following side effects:
- Dry skin.
- Burning sensation.
Taking drops of Fenistil can cause undesirable effects such as:
- Anxiety.
- Fatigue, drowsiness.
- Headaches, vertigo.
- Dry mouth.
- Nausea.
- Dyspeptic disorders.
The following adverse reactions may occur during treatment with Suprastin:
- Decrease in all uniform elements of blood.
- Drowsiness, trembling of certain parts of the body, fatigue, headaches, cramps, euphoria, excessive agitation, encephalopathy.
- Vision problems, glaucoma.
- Hypotension, heart rate, heart rhythm disturbance.
- Photosensitivity.
- Myasthenia gravis
- Gastralgia, dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, loose stools, constipation, weakening or increased appetite.
- Urinary retention.
Fenistil
Fenistil is available in the form of an emulsion and gel for external use and drops for oral administration. The therapeutic effect of the medication is explained by dimetinden maleate.
The gel is a homogeneous, colorless, transparent or slightly opalescent mass that almost does not smell.
It consists of the following inactive components:
- Trilon B.
- Macrogol.
- Carbomer.
- Sodium hydroxide.
- Benzalkonium chloride.
- Water.
The emulsion is white, homogeneous, semi-liquid. It smells of benzyl alcohol. The composition of the emulsion includes the following additional ingredients:
- E1519.
- Benzalkonium chloride.
- Trilon B.
- Macrogol.
- Kokoil kaprilokaprat.
- Water.
- E524.
- Carbomer.
- Vaseline oil.
- E321.
- Cetostearomacrogol.
Drops are a clear, colorless liquid that is almost odorless.
They contain the following inactive substances:
- E330.
- Trilon B.
- Macrogol.
- Water.
- E210.
- E393.
- E954.
The drug belongs to blockers of histamine H1 receptors. It has anti-allergic and antipruritic effect, reduces capillary permeability, which is increased due to the pathological process.
When taken orally, the antihistamine action begins in half an hour and reaches a maximum after 5 hours.
When applied to the skin, the medicine has a local anesthetic effect, reduces itching and irritation, which are caused by skin-allergic reactions. The gel has a cooling effect, it begins to act within a few minutes.
After oral administration, the drug is rapidly absorbed from the digestive tract, its highest concentration is reached after 2 hours. The bioavailability of the drops is 70%. Up to 90% of the drunk dosage binds to proteins. In the liver, the drug is metabolized. It is excreted through the intestines and kidneys, the half-life is 6 hours.
