"Ambroxol" - effective medicine which is applied to treatment of cough. However it is worth meaning that this medicine is most effective at treatment of certain types of cough.
The application instruction of Ambroxol medicine says that this means belongs to group of the drugs possessing mukolitichesky influence. It, in turn, means that the main direction of its influence - suppression of cough which often arises at the caught a cold person.
Actually "Ambroxol" is the medicine directed to relief of symptoms of the catarrhal disease or sharp respiratory and viral infection (SRVI), first of all cough therefore it is applied, as a rule, as a part of complex therapy which other components are directed to elimination of the reasons of the pathological condition of the patient. Therefore you shouldn't count that "Ambroxol" is capable to cure the cause of illness completely.
Besides, the people subject to catarrhal diseases and often suffering from their symptoms, know that they can cause various types of cough among which so-called dry cough and damp cough are the most widespread. So, if dry cough is characterized by the expressed feeling of irritation in the throat and lack of allocations, then damp, on the contrary, - existence in the throat of the patient of the phlegm. At the same time it is worth remembering that "Ambroxol" represents medicine which main direction of action is focused on damp cough: it dilutes the viscous phlegm also promotes its office in the course of cough that, in turn, provides release of this slime rich with microbes from the organism and improvement of the general condition of the patient.
This medicine is produced the pharmaceutical companies both in the form of tablets, and in the form of syrup that allows the patient to choose independently the dosage form which is most acceptable for it. So, for the medicine dosage in the form of syrup the producer recommends to use the ordinary teaspoon by means of which it is necessary to take medicine 2-3 times a day. At the same time the single dose of reception for children age up to 12 years has to make 2 teaspoons, and for children of more advanced age and adults - 4 teaspoons. Also it is necessary to carry out reception of tablets 2-3 times a day, and adults and children are more senior than 12 years have to receive for once on one tablet containing 30 milligrams of active agent, and children of younger age - on the half of the tablet, that is 15 milligrams of active agent. At the same time you shouldn't take the drug longer than 4-5 days.