It is not very correct to compare medicines, since medicines have different compositions and are not interchangeable.
Only a specialist can correctly diagnose and choose an adequate treatment regimen and decide which drug, when is it best to prescribe, taking into account the patient’s age, the presence of concomitant pathologies, and tolerability of therapy.
To treat cough, you can drink Rengalin and Ascoril. Each of the medications has its own characteristics, which must be clarified before treatment.
Rengalin
Rengalin refers to homeopathic remedies. The drug is available in a solution for oral administration and lozenges.
The solution is a clear, colorless or almost colorless liquid.
The tablets are white or almost white, flat-cylindrical, have a chamfer and risk. On one side is the name of the drug, on the other the name of the company.
As therapeutic components, the drug contains affinity-purified antibodies to the following substances:
- Morphine.
- Bradykinin.
- Histamine.
The composition of the solution includes the following inactive ingredients:
- Glycerol.
- E330.
- Water.
- E464.
- E965.
- E202.
Tablets contain the following formative components:
- MCC.
- E330.
- E576.
- Aerosil.
- Sodium cyclamate and saccharin.
- Isomalt.
The medicine has an antitussive, antispasmodic, and antiallergic effect, relieves inflammation and pain, expands the bronchi.
Rengalin is used to treat the following diseases:
- Dry and wet cough caused by acute respiratory viral infections, including flu, acute pharyngitis, laryngotracheitis, laryngitis with obstruction, chronic bronchitis and other infections, and allergic respiratory diseases.
- Diseases of the bronchopulmonary system, which occur in acute and chronic form and are accompanied by cough and bronchospasm.
Ascoril
Ascoril is available in tablets and syrup. This is a combined medication, the therapeutic effect of which is explained by salbutamol, bromhexine, guaifenesin.
The tablets are round, white, flat, have a bevel and at risk.
They include the following additional ingredients:
- Calcium hydrogen phosphate.
- Maize starch.
- E216.
- E218.
- E553b.
- Aerosil.
- E576.
The syrup is a clear orange liquid with a characteristic odor.
It consists of the following inactive ingredients:
- E330.
- Fragrance pineapple and blackcurrant.
- Macrogol.
- Water.
- Sucrose.
- Sorbitol.
- Glycerol.
- E211.
- E200.
- E110.
- Menthol.
Ascoril has a mucolytic effect, expands the bronchi, helps sputum discharge. It facilitates the transition of dry cough to wet.
Ascoril is used in combination with other medicines for coughing, which is accompanied by sputum that is difficult to separate. It can be drunk in the presence of the following pathologies:
- Inflammation, tuberculosis and emphysema.
- Bronchial asthma.
- Bronchitis with obstruction.
- Inflammation of the trachea and bronchi.
- Whooping cough.
- Pneumoconiosis.
What is common between drugs
The drugs have the following similarities:
- Both drugs should not be drunk with intolerance to their composition.
- Rengalin and Ascoril can cause allergies.
- Medicines should be stored in a dry, dark place at temperatures up to 25 degrees.
Comparison and differences
The following differences exist between Rengalin and Ascoril:
- Rengalin is allowed to be used during pregnancy and lactation. Ascoril is forbidden to treat women in position and supporting breastfeeding.
- Rengalin is contraindicated in patients under 3 years of age, Ascoril in syrup is allowed from birth.
- Ascoril, regardless of the form of release, can not be drunk with high intraocular pressure, bleeding from the digestive tract, palpitations, myocarditis, heart defects, diabetes mellitus in the stage of decompensation, hyperthyroidism, impaired liver and kidney function, recurrence of peptic ulcer, bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, tablets are forbidden with high blood pressure, they should be drunk with caution in the presence of diabetes mellitus, peptic ulcer in remission. Rengaline in solution should be taken with caution for diabetics, it is contraindicated in cases of hereditary intolerance to fruit sugar.
- High doses of Ascoril may cause headaches, vertigo, difficulty falling asleep, drowsiness, trembling of certain parts of the body, convulsive seizures, nausea, upset stomach, vomiting, gastrointestinal ulcer, tachycardia, excessive nervous irritability, staining of urine pink.
- Rengalin does not affect the ability to drive a car, and Ascoril drivers need to drink with caution.
- Rengalin is an over-the-counter drug, Ascoril Prescription.
- If the recommended doses of Ascoril are exceeded, poisoning with them may occur. It is manifested by increased side effects. Taking Rengalin in high doses can cause unwanted reactions from the digestive system, such as nausea, vomiting, and indigestion. And in both cases, the antidote is unknown, the victim is prescribed drugs that eliminate signs of intoxication.
- Cases of drug interaction of Rengalin with other medicines are not described. During treatment with Ascoril, it is not recommended to use alkaline drink, non-selective β-adrenergic receptor blockers, you can not drink it at the same time with antitussive drugs, since they make it difficult to discharge sputum. Its component bromhexine facilitates the migration of antibiotics into the lung tissue. Because of salbutamol, it is undesirable to drink it to people taking MAO inhibitors. Diuretics and glucocorticosteroids enhance the hypokalemic effect of salbutamol, β2-adrenergic agonists and theophylline potentiate its other undesirable effects.
- The shelf life of Ascoril is 24 months, the shelf life of Rengalin is 36 months.
