Russian-made cold remedies. The best flu and cold medicines are inexpensive but effective. Inexpensive means for gargling with ors, orvi and sore throats

Almost everyone suffers from a cold at least once a year. No matter how strong the human body is, it cannot be completely insured against viruses and infections, especially if the off-season or winter has come. Manufacturers for disease control offer inexpensive cold and flu medicines. You need to know which ones are not only cheap, but also effective.

Antivirals are inexpensive but effective

All cold and flu remedies fall into three broad categories:

1. Antiviral. These drugs fight the virus, make the cells of the body more resistant to its effects.
2. Immunomodulators. Preparations for correcting the protective reactions of the body to a natural level.
3. For symptomatic treatment. The drugs in this group do not suppress the infection, but simply remove the symptoms of a cold or flu.

Antiviral tablets

The most famous drugs in this category:

1. Tamiflu, Oseltamivir. Adults and teenagers drink 1 tablet twice a day for five days. The medicine is not recommended for those who have diseased kidneys.
2. "Amixin". Adults drink two tablets of 125 mg on the first day of illness, and then - one at a time every other day. The dosage of the children's drug is halved. The drug should not be taken by pregnant women.
3. Ribavirin. A new generation drug, very effective. Adults take 0.2 g four times a day. Course - 5 days.

Immunomodulators

Inexpensive good cold and flu medicines in this category:

1. "Cycloferon". A drug for adults and children who are already four years old. The course is 20 days, take a tablet every other day.
2. "Kagocel". This medicine can be combined with antibiotics. Adults take two tablets three times the first two days, and then one at a time. "Kagocel" should not be taken by pregnant women for the first three months.
3. "Anaferon". Homeopathic medicine. Adults drink one tablet 3-6 times a day.

For symptomatic treatment

List of drugs that can remove the symptoms of the disease:

1. Coldact Flu Plus. Capsules with paracetamol and excipients. You need to drink them one by one every 12 hours. During treatment, it is necessary to categorically refuse alcoholic beverages.
2. "Coldrex". Helps with colds with wet cough. It is necessary to take one tablet 3-4 times a day. This drug should not be taken if you have diabetes, liver or kidney failure.
3. "Rinza". Tablets are taken one at a time 4 times a day. They should not be drunk by pregnant women, children under 15 years old, people with heart disease, blood vessels. Course - 5 days.
4. "Fervex". The drug is produced in the form of sachets with powder, which must be dissolved in warm water. Do not use Fervex for more than three days. Do not drink more than 4 packets per day.

Cold remedies

In addition to pills, there are many other drugs that effectively fight the disease. If you do not want to take antiviral drugs for colds and flu, drink complex symptomatic remedies, then you can try a different treatment tactic. The decision must be made based on the severity of the disease. There are many inexpensive cold and flu medicines that will help you get better.

For sore throat

To relieve inflammation and irritation, the following medicines will help you:

1. "Grammidin". Fast acting lozenges with anesthetic. You need to take them two pieces 4 times a day, observing a weekly course.
2. Strepsils. They relieve pain and have an antiseptic effect. Tablets should be sucked one by one every three hours. It is allowed to be treated with the drug for children older than five years. Completely remove the pain in the throat in three to four days.
3. Faringosept. A powerful medicine that is forbidden to be taken by children under six years of age. It is recommended to dissolve the tablets after meals and then not to drink liquids for some time. Per day - no more than five pieces. The course of treatment is three days.

Nasal drops

A runny nose will help you remove such drugs:

1. Sanorin. They have a vasoconstrictive effect. Do not treat nasal congestion, but temporarily eliminate it. These drops should not be used for more than five days in a row. As part of a reduced concentration of vasoconstrictor substances and eucalyptus oil.
2. "Pinosol". Medicinal drops with a therapeutic effect. They slowly fight the causes of a runny nose, but do not eliminate congestion.
3. Aqua Maris. Means for moisturizing the nasal mucosa. Does not dry out blood vessels, speeds up the healing process. Moisturizing drops are recommended to be used for any type of runny nose.
4. "Vibrocil". Antiviral drug. Drops remove not only the common cold, but also its cause. They have a vasoconstrictive, antihistamine effect, kill bacteria, relieve swelling.

Antipyretic

The following medicines will quickly reduce the temperature:

1. "Paracetamol". A time-tested and inexpensive remedy that removes fever, relieves pain and inflammation. It has practically no side effects. Paracetamol is the main active component of many other drugs: Panadol, Fervexa, Flukold, Coldrex.
2. "Ibuprofen". This medicine is rather anti-inflammatory, but it also lowers the temperature well. It should not be taken by those who have an ulcer, kidney or liver disease. It is part of Nurofen, Ibuklin.
3. "Aspirin" (acetylsalicylic acid). Antipyretic and analgesic. Should not be taken by pregnant women, children under 12, those with reduced blood clotting. It is the main component of a huge number of other antipyretic drugs.

For herpes

This unpleasant symptom of a cold will help to overcome such ointments:

1. "Acyclovir". The cheapest remedy. Fights the virus, does not allow it to multiply. If you are pregnant or nursing a child, then do not use the drug. If you often have herpes, then it is better to alternate Acyclovir with another antiseptic ointment or cream so as not to be addictive.
2. Zovirax. The composition of the cream includes propylene glycol, thanks to which the active substance penetrates into the cells faster and more efficiently. Well absorbed into the skin. "Zovirax" must be used clearly according to the instructions.
3. "Fenistil Pencivir". A very powerful medicine that eliminates herpes instantly. Prevents wounds from becoming scars. The drug should not be used by pregnant women, nursing mothers, children under 12.

From cough

Table of drugs:

Inexpensive analogues of drugs

If you can't afford even the cheapest antiviral drugs, use Paracetamol, Aspirin, or Ibuprofen. For symptomatic treatment, use local remedies: Naphthyzin or Farmazolin nasal drops, Septifril tablets for treating sore throat, Cough medicine. Gargling with Chlorophyllipt will also be effective.

Medicines to prevent flu and colds

To protect yourself from the disease, and not to cope with its manifestations, it is best to use drugs with an immunomodulatory effect. The rules of preventive administration are described in the instructions for each of them. You can try capsules "Broncho-munal", which is allowed to be combined with almost all drugs. Such drugs as Ribomunil, Immunal, Rimantadine, Arbidol, Amizon have a good preventive effect.

Video: homemade "Coldrex" for a cold

Reviews

Olya, 27 years old: At the first symptoms of the flu, I always take some symptomatic medicine, for example, Rinza or Coldrex. This does not allow the infection to "play out". I have never taken immunomodulators because of the high price. And I try to treat the child with folk remedies, only I bring down his temperature with Paracetamol. I trust more domestic drugs.

Lena, 35 years old: Now the pharmacy offers so many names of medicines for colds that it's hard not to get confused. I try to use antipyretics like Aspirin or Paracetamol. If a runny nose begins, then I use Pinosol. It helps well, although it does not pierce the nose. If a sore throat begins, I use Chlorophyllipt.

Tanya, 24 years old: I always get colds with fever and cough. I drink Fervex in powders, and I also buy ACC. Thanks to this treatment, the disease goes away in three or four days. Last winter I drank Arbidol for prevention, but I still got sick, so I don’t recognize medicines for correcting immunity. I am treated when the cold has already begun.

Overview of antiviral drugs for SARS and influenza

Any disease, especially ARVI and influenza, is easier, cheaper and safer not to treat, but not to allow, to prevent its occurrence. Recently, especially worried about the "point" - safer. Should I take antiviral pills at all? In today's complex world, how to deal with questions:

• Will there be an effect from the use of an expensive antiviral drug?
• What is the best medicine for influenza to take for adults, children?
• Will this remedy do the opposite - harm to health?
• Is there a better cure for the flu?
• Effective antiviral drugs - is it advertising, business, dummies or not?

Antiviral agents for the treatment of ARVI in the pharmaceutical market of Russia are united by the following:

Almost all antiviral drugs for ARVI and influenza do not have an evidence base for their antiviral efficacy. The studies are very expensive, they are carried out by the manufacturers themselves and the parties interested in a positive conclusion. Today, most clinical trials of new drugs are regularly falsified in order to bring "miracle" drugs to the market with a new price tag. Given the fabulous commercial benefits from the sale of expensive antiviral drugs during an epidemic, one cannot believe in the honesty and objectivity of research. As you know, pharmacological publications, even in medical journals, today are about 90 percent of custom articles of an advertising nature.

Today, there is an abundance of various medicines in pharmacy chains, some of which, in fact, are not “medicines”, since there are a lot of fakes, outright dummies and ineffective remedies. Advocates of patients' rights in Ukraine, for example, argue that in 4 drugs registered as antivirals, the active substance was not found. However, a wide advertising campaign allows manufacturers to earn millions of hryvnias a year on them.

Antiviral agents for ARVI are conditionally divided into:

• Vaccines - stimulation of antibody production before infection with a virus
• Immunostimulants - drugs that briefly enhance nonspecific immunity, promote the production of interferons
• Antiviral drugs - drugs that affect neuraminidase (viral enzyme), suppressing the reproduction of the virus (Oseltamivir, Zanamivir) and M2-channel blockers Amantadine, Remantadine - these drugs have proven clinical efficacy, but like any means they have a number of side effects.

Most antiviral drugs for ARVI and influenza have been developed and used for no more than 10-40 years. The drug should have a longer "trial period" in order to make a conclusion about its effectiveness and side effects. As for immunostimulants, these drugs can have delayed consequences (risks of developing autoimmune diseases, blood cancers, etc.) and should be prescribed according to strict indications.

Immunomodulators and antivirals

Immunostimulants produced today show the activation of immune responses at the biochemical level (what is called "in vitro"), but their real benefits and long-term consequences of use are quite complex, little-studied areas. Since relatively recently information about many mechanisms of immunity has become known, and every year scientists receive more and more new information about its functioning. Therefore, there is no confidence in the safety and correctness of the general stimulation of the “understudied” immune system (see what immunity is and whether drugs are needed to increase it). Especially careful should be the prophylactic use of immunostimulants and treatment with antiviral drugs for SARS in children.

“Pharmacy immunostimulants can not only help the body, but also harm,” says Ph.D. Tatyana Tikhomirova, immunologist-allergist. Such a state as hyperactivation of the immune system, as well as immunodeficiency is extremely dangerous, the human body functions normally only when the immune system is in balance. And if a person stimulates (“improves one’s immunity”) every time, then in the presence of predisposing factors, this can result in pathological inflammation, the launch of immune aggression on healthy tissues, hyperactivation of the immune system and theoretically (in an extreme situation) to the development of an autoimmune or oncological disease.

If the next of kin has any autoimmune disease (rheumatoid arthritis, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, Sjögren's syndrome, multiple sclerosis, etc.), then under no circumstances should a person use any immunostimulants. Even if a person is healthy, there are already disorders in the immune system, and you can live with them all your life, but if you try to stimulate your immune system rudely and persistently, this can end with the debut of an autoimmune disease.

Fortunately, for most healthy people, without the presence of any predisposing factors, it is quite difficult to “boost” your immunity in such a way as to seriously harm your health. Since most of the known immunostimulants either do not work at all, or almost do not work. One part of the preparations is an ordinary deception, the other is ineffective means. But it should be remembered that any drug has side effects.

Alexander Khadzhidis, chief clinical pharmacologist of St. Petersburg, states the following: “Some doctors, for some reason, first prescribe antipyretic drugs to patients, and then immunomodulators, supposedly to produce interferon - which is illogical and generally absurd. That is, first, by bringing down the temperature, they “forbid” the body to fight the virus (antibodies against the virus and infection are produced at a high temperature), and then they artificially “force” it to do so.

In developed countries, there are no interferonogens (drugs that stimulate the production of interferon) at all. Interferons can work only with parenteral (intravenous) administration, and even then, their effectiveness is questionable. In Russia, these drugs are extremely popular, despite the fact that they are useless.

As for antipyretics for a virus, it is better to bring down the temperature with paracetamol and one-time when the temperature rises, and not 4 r / day - “just in case”. Taking Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) for acute respiratory viral infections, especially for children under 12 years of age, is contraindicated, it can cause severe damage to the central nervous system and liver, it is not recommended to use it for those who have suffered from gastrointestinal ulcers.

A well-known doctor in Russia, Alexander Myasnikov, declares that all immunomodulators widely advertised in our country today are a waste of money. In the United States and Western Europe, it has already been unambiguously recognized and proven that these drugs are ineffective, but most Russian doctors continue to believe in the power of immunomodulators in the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections.

Pharmacological action: Complex immunostimulatory, antiviral drug, has an interferonogenic effect. As part of the drug - Thymogen sodium, ascorbic acid, bendazole. Thymogen is a synthetically obtained dipeptide, it enhances the nonspecific resistance of the organism. Ascorbic acid normalizes capillary permeability, reducing the activity of the inflammatory process. Bendazole stimulates the production of endogenous interferon in the body.

Side effects: in persons suffering from vegetative-vascular dystonia, it causes a decrease in blood pressure.

Contraindications: during pregnancy, children under 1 year old, thrombophlebitis, severe hypotension, diabetes mellitus, stomach ulcer, urolithiasis.

Produced: since 2001 in capsules, for children since 2006 in syrup, in powder for solution
Research: There are no reliable data on clinical trials confirming its effectiveness and safety. Doctors and pharmacists often recommend this remedy for children, but it should be used with caution or not at all in the treatment of children.

Reviews: Quite a lot of feedback from patients using Tsitovir, about the effectiveness and absence of side effects. Improvement in well-being is observed on the second or third day, in isolated cases the drug did not help.
Price: Tsitovir 3 - on average 240-580 rub.

Kagocel

Pharmacological action: inducer of interferon synthesis, has antiviral, immunomodulatory effect. Composition: sodium salt of the copolymer, which causes the formation of late interferon with high antiviral activity. The greatest effect occurs if treatment is started within the first 24 hours of the disease, but no later than the 4th day after the onset of an acute infection. For the purpose of prevention, it is possible to take it at any time, it is better immediately after contact with a sick ARVI or flu.

Side effects: the appearance of allergic reactions.
Produced: Registered in 2003, since 2005 it has been produced in tablets, since 2011 it has been approved for use in children over 3 years of age for the treatment of influenza, as a prophylaxis of SARS, it is possible to use children over 6 years of age.

Efficacy and safety studies: There is conflicting information here. The active substance is the sodium salt of the gossypol copolymer with carboxymethylcellulose. Moreover, Gossypol itself, a natural polyphenol, has been banned in the world since 1998 due to its toxicity. Gossypol has been actively studied by some countries as a contraceptive for a very long time, with its prolonged use, spermatogenesis completely stops. Chinese and Brazilian scientists say boys and men who take gossypol may experience infertility in the future. However, Kagocel is not gossypol in its pure form, it is the sodium salt of the copolymer, which has other properties that differ from those of the chemical itself.

The manufacturer actively advertises the drug and claims that the salt in Kagocel is negligible, 4 times lower than the concentration allowed by international standards. Multiple stages of product purification ensure the absence of free Gossypol in the final drug, which is checked during the quality control of each series of Kagocel tablets. The method used to test for the presence of free gossypol is very accurate and can detect levels above 0.0036%. At the beginning of 2013, data on tests conducted on rats were published - no changes in reproductive function in animals could be found.

So no research has been done on primates? It is known that gossypol for different animal species has its own toxicity limits, according to the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) for rats, the maximum toxic dose is 2200-3300 mg/kg., for pigs 550, for guinea pigs up to 300 mg/kg. The studies carried out by the manufacturer consisted of administering therapeutic doses to male rats, and doses up to 25 times the therapeutic dose ( 250 mg/kg). Can the rest of the claims and "research" be trusted?

Kagocel is not used in Western Europe or the USA, and is not on the WHO drug lists. The effectiveness of the drug has not been proven according to representatives of the Formulary Committee of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and OSDM. No statistical studies have been conducted on the development of side effects as of autumn 2013.

Reviews: It helps a lot, some children and adults have allergic reactions in the form of a rash, swelling, itching.
Price: Kagocel - average 180-280 rub. In 2012, the sales volume amounted to 2.64 billion rubles

Tiloron (Amiksin, Lavomax)

Pharmacological action: the active substance Tiloron has antiviral and immunomodulatory action, it is a synthetic inducer of interferon, stimulating the formation of interferons alpha, beta, gamma.

Side effects: short-term chills, allergic reactions, contraindicated in breastfeeding and pregnancy.

Produced: almost 40 years ago, children under 7 years old are strictly forbidden to use.

Research: The benefits of the drug are undoubted both for the treatment and prevention of viral diseases, but this may be offset by potential harm to the body. In the 80s in the USA, after tests on mice, the drug was banned, as it had a highly toxic effect, in experimental animals, retinal dissection, liver lipidosis and other side effects were observed. It does not apply in the US and the European Union. In our country, the antiviral Amixin continues to be produced and doctors prescribe it to patients.
In a small study, 14 patients who were prescribed tilorone at a dose of 152 and 189 g participated, in 2 the drug caused keratopathy and retinopathy (while visual acuity did not decrease), these effects were reversible. The authors of the study concluded that the drug has a potential health hazard.
Reviews: The occurrence of allergic reactions, the high cost of the drug.
Price: Amiksin - average 500-560 rub. Sales volume in 2012 amounted to 1.17 billion rubles.

Additionally! Medicines, the so-called immunomodulators - Licopid, Polyoxidonium, Cycloferon, Proteflazid, Timogen, Panavir, Isoprinosine, Neovir, Groprinosin, etc. - should not be used to treat children (for various diseases) without an immunogram and serious indications, since they do not have proper clinical trials of efficacy and safety in the treatment of children.

Antivirals

Below are just some antiviral medicines for SARS, reviews about them, a brief description, comments on well-known studies of their effectiveness, the average price in pharmacies.

Pharmacological action: the active ingredient is imidazolylethanamide pentanedioic acid. It is active against adenovirus infection, influenza A, B, respiratory syncytial infection, parainfluenza. It is an immunomodulator that affects the functional activity of the interferon system.

Side effects: allergic reactions

Contraindicated: children under 18 years of age.

Produced: as a drug for the treatment of influenza and SARS since 2008, before that, according to prof. Vlasov Vasily, the drug Vitaglutam (imidazolylethanamide of pentanedioic acid) was used in Russia until 2008 as a hematopoietic stimulator in cancer patients receiving anticancer therapy.

Research: According to the manufacturers, the idea of ​​​​producing Ingavirin originated in the 1980s, but only after many years of research on its safety and effectiveness, the drug was filed for registration by 2008. When Vitaglutam was used in patients with cancer, there was no conclusive evidence of its effectiveness. And when Ingavirin appeared on the pharmaceutical market in 2008 without full-fledged research, a “swine flu epidemic” began in the country, so Ingavirin was actively sold. The drug was recommended by the Ministry of Health and Social Development, even despite the lack of placebo-controlled studies, substantiated evidence of its effectiveness.

One study done per 105!!! patients with confirmed influenza showed the following results:

• Taking ingavirin reduced the duration of fever to 34.5 hours (provided it was used in the first 1-1.5 days from the onset of the disease)
• In the placebo group it is 72 hours
• In the group taking Arbidol - 48 hours

After analyzing the duration and intensity of flu symptoms - weakness, headache, dizziness in the study groups while taking Ingavirin, a decrease in the severity of the disease was confirmed, no side effects were detected.

In May 2009, Alexander Chuchalin, chief therapist of the Russian Federation, ( he led the drug development team) gave an interview to Ogonyok magazine: “The new antiviral agent Ingavirin has a much higher efficiency than the American one. The Russian drug quickly and easily integrates into the A/H1N1 virus genome, immediately destroying it. It is also effective against other dangerous viruses.”

Reviews: Most of the drug does not help, isolated cases confirm a reduction in the duration of the disease.

Price: 380-460 rub. From January to June 2010, Ingavirin's sales amounted to 220 million rubles, 467 thousand packages were sold .

Pharmacological action: Antiviral agent, has the ability to suppress influenza A and B viruses, SARS - severe acute respiratory syndrome, associated coronavirus. Arbidol is also used in the complex therapy of acute rotavirus intestinal infections.
Active ingredient: Methylphenylthiomethyl-dimethylaminomethyl-hydroxybromindole carboxylic acid ethyl ester.

Side effects: the use of children under 3 years is prohibited, individual allergic reactions.
Produced: invented in 1974, in 1992 its industrial production was started.

Research: Until 2013, there was no convincing evidence of its effectiveness and safety. The studies carried out in the USSR were never published. In Russia in 2008, a study of 300 people showed that Viferon was more effective than Arbidol. In 2004, in China, tests on 230 patients with symptoms of Orvi showed that it was not effective, unlike Tamiflu and Ingaverin. In 2009, in the UK journal Antiviral Research, the authors of the studies stated that strains resistant to Arbidol form less frequently than those of Remantadine and Amantadine.

The FDA denied registration of Arbidol in the US, and the WHO has never considered this drug as an effective antiviral drug.

Latest information about the drug: At the end of 2013, the World Health Organization registered Arbidol (umifenovir) as a direct-acting antiviral drug, assigning it an individual code J05AX13. Thus, Pharmstandard received nominal permission for the widespread use of the drug in the Russian Federation, where Arbidol is included in the standards for the treatment and prevention of influenza and SARS in children and adults.

However, the multicenter trial of the effectiveness of Arbidol, which was planned to be completed in 2013, has not been completed to this day, and its dates have been postponed to 2015. The results of this trial, which has serious sponsors and does not suffer from a lack of patients, could dot the I in the arbidol epic, but for unknown reasons this does not happen. That is there is still no evidence of effectiveness, it remains to wait ...

Reviews: The same number of positive reviews and opinions about the inefficiency of its use. There are isolated cases of allergic reactions in the form of dermatitis, angioedema, pain in the epigastric region.
Price: Arbidol - average 130-710 rub. In 2012, the sales volume is over 5 billion rubles.

An analogue of Arbidol appeared on the pharmaceutical market of Belarus, the manufacturer of JLLC "Lekpharm". This is a generic drug, in Belarusian import-substituting packaging - Arpetol. The instructions for it indicate that the active substance is: arbidol hydrochloride? Once again, the commercialization of today's pharmaceutical market and the lack of proper control are proved!

Pharmacological action: an antiviral drug, which includes oseltamivir carboxylate (active metabolite), suppresses influenza A and B viruses. It is not effective in ARVI.

Side effects: Nausea, insomnia, diarrhea, dizziness, lethargy, cough, headaches, take with caution to pregnant women and lactation. Contraindicated in children under 1 year old.

Available: since 1996, the pharmaceutical company "F. Hoffmann-La Roche has registered the right to develop medicines containing oseltamivir.

Research: Tamiflu has the disadvantage of being difficult to diagnose because the side effects are similar to those of the flu. This during the epidemic with long-term use becomes dangerous. Only short-term use is optimally effective - a few days at the very beginning of the flu. Independent researchers requested from the Swiss manufacturer a standard report of 4-5 study modules. To which the pharmaceutical company provided only the first modules, repeated requests for full details were never satisfied.

Since 2004, cases of neuropsychiatric disorders have been recorded, more often in children and adolescents who took Tamiflu during the flu - hallucinations, nightmares, confusion, convulsions, anxiety, etc.

Japanese post-marketing studies of this drug in 2006 stated the risk of developing impaired consciousness in humans - psychosis, depression, suicidal tendencies, especially in children. And also 54 deaths were recorded after the use of Tamiflu, 16 of which were in adolescents 10-19 years old (15 committed suicide, 1 died after being hit by a car), the rest died from kidney failure (it is possible that due to severe influenza).

The most recent information about this drug: Back in April 2014, the Cochrane Society (an independent health research network) represented by the Tom Jefferson group and the British Medical Journal published data from a Cochrane review of studies that did not confirm the effectiveness of Tamiflu and Relenza in the treatment and prevention of influenza. The effectiveness of reducing influenza complications by taking these drugs has also been questioned. Timid attempts by the manufacturer Roche to fight back with a firm promise to provide irrefutable evidence in the form of randomized trial results have so far been unsuccessful. Evidence is pending.

On April 10, 2014, the Cochrane Collaboration published the results of these 26 Relenza and 20 Tamiflu clinical trials, which involved 24,000 people.

As a result of the research, it was found that:

• Oseltamivir, as a prophylactic, slightly reduces the risk of developing influenza in families without reducing the ability of the influenza virus to spread from person to person.
• The duration of symptoms is reduced by 16 hours (from 7 to 6.3 days), in children this effect is completely absent.
• The drug has no effect on the risk of severe complications (sinusitis, otitis media, pneumonia, bronchitis), that is, it does not reduce the likelihood of complications.
• The drug is recognized as quite toxic, increasing the risk of nausea, vomiting in both children and adults.
• When used for prophylactic purposes, the drug turned out to be hazardous to health, since it leads to mental disorders, impaired kidney function, in some cases it has been found that it helps to reduce the production of one's own antibodies to the virus.

Based on these studies, health officials in the leading countries of the world should decide to stop mass purchases of antiviral drugs with the active ingredient Oseltamivir due to the high risk of side effects and low efficiency as a drug for the treatment and prevention of the influenza virus during the epidemic.

Reference: only on the basis of the claims of the manufacturer Tamiflu that the drug significantly reduces the risk of serious complications and hospitalization of patients during the epidemic, countries such as the UK and the USA in 2009 purchased these drugs for 40 million doses in connection with the swine flu epidemic ( US $1.3bn, UK £424m).

Based on the latest data on the low effectiveness and safety of this antiviral agent, an international group of experts in evidence-based medicine called on the governments of the world's leading countries to stop the bulk purchases of Tamiflu and Relenza.

Reviews: Enough reviews of side effects in the form of vomiting, dizziness, psychosis, headache. Efficiency in influenza, many confirm.

Price: Tamiflu - average 1200-1300 rub.

Remantadine (Rimantadine)

Pharmacological action: an antiviral drug, a derivative of adamantane, suppresses various strains of the influenza A virus (including swine flu).

Side effects: contraindicated in pregnant women, children under 1 year. Reduces concentration, causes dizziness, nervousness, headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, dryness in the mouth.

Produced: information about the first use of the drug has been known since 1968.

Studies: Tests were carried out from 1981 to 2006, in general they showed less toxicity of Remantadine in comparison with Amantadine. One study showed that Amantadine was 61% effective in preventing influenza infection compared to a placebo group, and if a person fell ill, it reduced the febrile syndrome for 1 day. In the same study, it was compared with Tamiflu, it produced an effectiveness of 73% of the placebo group. Rimantadine (Remantadine) is currently considered a drug with proven clinical efficacy, but some strains of the influenza virus may be resistant to it.

Reviews: There are reviews that Remantadine causes side effects - dizziness, tachycardia, bitterness in the mouth. Mostly the reviews are positive.
Price: Remantadin - average 50-150 rub.

It is with influenza (including swine) at the first symptoms that therapists and pediatricians recommend: for adults - Remantadine, Tamiflu. Children older than 1 year are shown Orvirem (rimantadine syrup), Viferon. Children over 8 years old can - Remantadin (in the table), Tamiflu.

Interferon preparations

Interferons are messenger proteins secreted by cells infected with viruses. They seem to inform other cells about the infection and the required inactivation of the virus. Alpha interferons are produced by lymphocytes, beta - by fibroblasts. In addition to Viferon, the alpha group includes Intron, Reaferon, Kipferon.

Viferon

The creation of the drug was scientifically substantiated in the period 1990-1995. a group of scientists from the Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamalei under the guidance of prof. Malinovskaya V.V.
Since December 1996, on the basis of the same research institute, serial production of recombinant interferon alfa-2b in suppositories has begun. Viferon are candles with different content of the active substance.

Application:

• Viferon-1 (150,000 IU) is designed for babies from birth to 7 years. It is used for acute respiratory viral infections, herpetic infections, as an additional remedy for prolonged pneumonia or sepsis, including in preterm infants with intrauterine infections. The drug is prescribed for 5 days. Children under 7 years old are recommended 1 candle 2 times a day. Premature, born at a period of more than 34 weeks - as children under 7 years old. With a shorter gestation period - 1 suppository three times a day. If necessary, after a five-day break, the course can be repeated for another 5 days.
• In children older than seven years, adults, the drug in suppositories of 500,000 IU is used twice a day for five days. It is possible to use viferon in pregnant women.
• Candles containing viferon 1000000 and 3000000 IU are used in the treatment of viral hepatitis and herpetic infections.
• The drug in the form of an ointment is intended for the treatment of herpes on the skin and mucous membranes in adults and children over one year old.

Side effects: the main side effect of viferon preparations can be an allergic reaction, which happens infrequently.

Research: With regard to the effectiveness of the drug, it is not included in list A of evidence-based pharmacology. That is, there have not been large randomized trials in humans that meet international standards. However, there is a positive practical experience of treatment with Viferon in pediatric practice. (By the way, nitroglycerin also lacks randomized trials to prove its effectiveness, which does not make it an ineffective first-line drug for angina relief.) Publications of data from clinical trials of the drug are available only in Russian and were carried out only in domestic clinics. The price-quality ratio allows pediatricians to recommend the drug for the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections in children under seven years of age. For adults in the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections, the drug has limited use due to the rectal form of administration and the availability of alternative drugs.

The main arguments of the opponents of the drug:

• high molecular weight protein molecules that cannot be absorbed in the gut
• lack of clinical trials that meet international standards.

Kipferon

Candles are somewhat expensive for the treatment of banal colds. Therefore, it is replaced by viferon. But, in severe forms of intestinal dysbacteriosis in children of the first two years of life, the drug shows good clinical results.

Studies: No randomized trials have been conducted, i.e. the drug belongs to the list of drugs with unproven effect. Main claims:

• high molecular weight that interferes with normal absorption
• adding components of donor blood to the preparation, which can cause fever and allergies.

Cycloferon

Cycloferon was originally registered as a veterinary drug in 1993 for the treatment of animals with viral infections, in 1995 it was already honey. a drug.

The drug Cycloferon is approved for use in adults and children over four years of age. Available in solution for injection, tablets, liniment. Refers to immunomodulatory drugs, is an inducer of interferon, enhancing its production and showing antiviral, anti-inflammatory and immunostimulating properties.

Application: on the territory of the Russian Federation it is used in the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections, influenza, viral hepatitis, herpes infection, human papillomaviruses and other urological and gynecological pathologies (for example, candidiasis, chlamydia).
Contraindications: The drug is not recommended for pregnant and lactating women. May cause allergic reactions.
Research: Cycloferon is an immunostimulant that stimulates the action of the immune system and the production of interferons. To date, all clinical trials of this drug, published in the medical literature, were carried out only on the territory of the Russian Federation and do not meet international standards.

There are no serious clinical trials for cycloferon that would prove its effectiveness or disprove the absence of long-term harmful effects of this drug (development of autoimmune diseases). It is not superfluous to recall that all drugs that have been on the pharmaceutical market for less than five years are still at the fifth level of pharmacological tests and it is quite likely that previously unknown adverse effects from drugs of this series will be detected. In the presence of newly identified harmful effects, the drug will be withdrawn from pharmacy chains and discontinued, and most of those who were treated with this drug and earned some kind of health failure are unlikely to receive at least some compensation.

Conclusions:

The ineffectiveness of antiviral agents due to the resistance of virus strains

The absence of a positive effect when using some antiviral drugs for influenza is also possible due to the fact that drug-resistant viruses appear and a particular influenza strain may already be resistant to a particular drug (for example, Remantadine).

Other treatments and placebo effect

It is also possible that patients whose testimonials indicate the effectiveness of such drugs recovered quickly due to other methods of symptomatic treatment, and a placebo effect cannot be ruled out (see surprising facts about placebo).

Strong immunity

In a healthy body, after 2-3 days, the immune system produces enough protective antibodies against the virus, it does not need additional drugs. It is enough to follow the well-known rules - bed rest, plentiful hot drinks, fortified foods and drinks, clean air in the patient's room, gargling, etc.

Speedy recovery with antiviral drugs

In various life situations, reducing the duration of the disease even by one day can be very important, for example, a wedding day, an urgent business trip, an important business deal, an exam, an interview, etc. It is in such cases that the use of antiviral agents that reduce by 2-3 days the duration of the disease may have a meaning.

No adequate research

The lack of benign studies on the effectiveness and side effects (on a large group of people, different ages, for a long time) in most antiviral agents for ARVI and influenza suggests the caution of their use or even their abandonment.

Don't waste your money on rubbish

Spending money, in some cases a lot, on drugs with unproven efficacy, side effects, and questionable safety is probably not advisable. Any medicine, even useless or dummy, can harm the body.

Video broadcast: How the placebo effect works

• from 9:24 min. - about what drugs are most often prescribed by doctors
• from 24:00 - about the effect of placebo on the functioning of the immune system
• from 31:07 - about the high placebo effect in children
• from 33:55 - about dummy drugs prescribed for ARVI
• from 34:40 - about homeopathy and antiviral drugs for ARVI
• from 42:27 - about how modern research is carried out

Cold and Flu Medicines: A List of the Best Fast-Acting Remedies

Every year during seasonal fluctuations in temperature, people suffer from many unpleasant symptoms caused by the common cold.

In pharmacy chains, the range of antiviral drugs simply rolls over with its diversity.

Medicines differ not only in price, but also in the principle of action, form of release, composition.

Naturally, you should not arbitrarily prescribe cold medicines for yourself, but in order to navigate a little in such remedies, you should familiarize yourself with the proposed article. A list of cold medicines will allow you to understand the features of each drug.

Arbidol, Teraflu, Anaferon

Arbidol is a film-coated tablet against viruses. Their main active ingredient is umifenovir, auxiliary: potato starch, microcrystalline cellulose. The remedy is shown for:

1. acute respiratory disease (ARI);
2. severe respiratory syndrome;
3. influenza type B, A,

The medicine may well become part of complex therapy in the treatment of pneumonia, chronic bronchitis. Much less often, it is recommended for the prevention of health problems after undergoing surgical interventions in order to strengthen immunity.

Tablets for colds and flu are fast-acting. They will help improve the patient's condition the very next day after the start of the course of treatment.

Arbidol has no contraindications. The only caveat when using it: it can not be used for children who are under 3 years old. Babies under 12 years old are given 1 tablet per day, and 2 tablets for adults and children over 12 years old.

Healthy patients are not prescribed this cold remedy for prevention purposes.

Powder Theraflu

It needs to be diluted with hot boiled water. The main active ingredient is paracetamol. Auxiliary substances were pheniramine maleate, phenylephrine hydrochloride.

This is a new generation cold remedy. It is able to get rid of the disease and runny nose in just a day, but subject to the exact observance of the doctor's instructions and bed rest. Theraflu is characterized by the action:

• antiviral;
• antipyretic.

The powder must not be taken together with beta-blockers and antidepressants. Theraflu should not be prescribed to patients with diabetes mellitus, pregnant women, lactating women, people suffering from alcoholism, children under 12 years of age.

The medicine is fast-acting, but it is better to use it carefully. This is true if the patient suffers from arterial hypertension, severe disorders of the kidneys and liver.

Tablets for colds and flu contain antibodies that activate the functioning of the human immune system. The drug is recommended for the treatment of children from 12 years and adult patients. For kids, a special tool Anaferon for children is produced. It can be used from 1 year of age.

You should know that this medicine is not only against viruses, but also to strengthen the immune system during seasonal fluctuations in air temperature. It helps to treat a herpes virus infection in a mild form.

Cold medicine Anaferon:

1. acts quickly;
2. has no contraindications;
3. does not cause adverse reactions.

The drug should be abandoned only in case of individual intolerance to any of its components. In extremely rare cases, a skin rash is possible.

Kagocel, Coldrex, Antigrippin

Kagocel is the best fast-acting cold remedy. Not suitable for children under 3 years old, pregnant women and lactating women. You can not take pills with individual intolerance.

Preparations of such a plan are good to use to get rid of the common cold, herpes, flu, and acute viral infections. Kagocel is also suitable for the prevention of these ailments.

In order not to get sick in the autumn period, it is enough to take 1 tablet every day for a week. If a cold has already begun, you should take 2 pieces three times a day in the first few days. Children are given 1 tablet.

Provided that the patient strictly follows the doctor's instructions and strictly adheres to the instructions for use, the possibility of developing adverse reactions of the body is negligible. When the patient notes the development of allergies, you need to stop taking the medicine and consult a doctor to replace it.

Coldrex

This cold remedy comes in powder form. It should be diluted with boiling water and drunk hot. The drug Coldrex is characterized by a powerful antiviral effect and helps to cope with the signs of SARS. The list of symptoms, in addition to the common cold, includes:

• headache;
• nasal congestion;
• increased body temperature;
• aches in the joints;
• discomfort in the throat.

Coldrex is no less effective against the common cold. The powder is not recommended to drink for colds in children, pregnant, lactating women, with severe liver dysfunction, diabetes, heart problems, angle-closure glaucoma.

For adults, a remedy for colds and flu in the first days of illness should be taken 1 packet every 4 hours. As soon as the symptoms of the disease stop, there is no need to apply the powder. The maximum course of therapy should not exceed 5 consecutive days.

If an overdose has occurred, the patient is at risk of severe liver damage. In addition, the long term use of the drug increases the chance of developing side effects, for example, sleep disturbances at night, increased blood pressure, nausea, headaches.

It is worth refraining from treatment with Coldrex without first consulting your doctor.

Antigrippin

Another drug against viruses is Antigrippin. It is believed that the medicine is the best and helps against the common cold, colds quickly and effectively. The tool is produced in the form of a tablet, like many similar drugs. Assign it to patients from 15 years.

This medicine will not help with a bacterial infection. It should be taken 1 piece 2-3 times a day until the patient feels better.

Antigrippin should not be taken by children with hypersensitivity to vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and paracetamol. It is also prohibited for such violations:

1. renal failure;
2. phenylketonuria;
3. prostatic hyperplasia.

Contraindicated in pregnant and lactating women. It is prescribed with extreme caution to patients with viral hepatitis, alcohol dependence, and the elderly.

Ferveks, Amiksin, Ingavirin

There are drugs that instantly help with a cold. Fervex powder is commonly referred to as such. It will be no less effective in case of rhinopharyngitis.

The powder can be taken in combination with other anti-flu medicines. If the phase of the disease is acute, it is recommended to take 1 packet three times a day. During therapy, an interval between consumption of at least 4 hours should be observed.

The drug should not be taken by sick people suffering from renal insufficiency, excessive sensitivity to its individual components. During pregnancy, it is allowed only from the second trimester.

As for the lactation period, some components of the product may appear in breast milk. For this reason, it is better to refuse Fervex at this time.

It is forbidden to combine a cold medicine with products containing alcohol. This can lead to severe liver damage. Sometimes patients complain about the development of adverse reactions:

• nausea;
• pain syndrome in the abdominal cavity;
• gagging;
• dizziness.

Extremely rarely, allergic reactions can begin, for example, skin itching, rashes.

This remedy against viruses has an immunomodulatory effect. It is produced in the form of tablets, the main active ingredient is tilaksin. Auxiliary components of croscarmellose sodium, calcium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose.

Tablets are perfectly combined with other drugs against viruses, flu. During seasonal temperature fluctuations, they can be used to prevent SARS (in adults and children).

For adult patients with flu and colds, it is enough to take 1 tablet once a day for 3 days. For prevention, take 1 piece. The agent cannot be prescribed to patients with hypersensitivity of the body to the components of the drug, during pregnancy, lactation.

Medicines for colds and flu under this name are produced in the form of capsules. Ingavirin helps quickly and efficiently. Fever, headache, discomfort in the throat, body aches disappear a day after taking the remedy.

Capsules are prescribed to drink 1 time per day, regardless of food. Usually the general course of treatment does not exceed 5-7 days. Begin therapy immediately after the onset of the first symptoms of the disease, such as a runny nose. When treatment is delayed, the remedy, like other drugs, begins to work with less efficiency.

So, if the first capsule was drunk a few days after the onset of the disease, the result will not be able to come quickly.

Viferon, Anvimax, Grippferon

Many of the cold remedies and cold medicines discussed above are not always allowed for future and young nursing mothers and children. Therefore, the treatment of colds, runny nose, SARS in these patients cannot do without the medicine Viferon.

Candles are perhaps the fastest remedy for treating viral ailments. They have no contraindications, except for the first trimester of pregnancy. Such an effective medicine during flu and cold helps to get rid of symptoms.

Viferon copes with acute respiratory infections better than tablets and other drugs. Adult patients are prescribed 1 suppository three times a day. For children from one year old, the dosage is reduced to 1 suppository per day. And it should be noted that this is an extreme treatment for ARVI and flu at home.

Side effects in those who used cold and flu remedies in candles are usually absent. Allergic rashes and pruritus occur only in particularly extreme cases. If this happens, the treatment is canceled and other drugs against the common cold and viruses are used. The list of allowed funds is very extensive.

Anvimax cold and flu remedy is presented in the form of a powder. It is necessary for symptomatic therapy; it is not able to influence the root cause of the disease. The composition includes:

• vitamin C;
• paracetamol.

Patients with hypersensitivity to these components should use such drugs against the common cold and other symptoms of a cold with extreme caution. Powder is the best remedy among the rest. Anvimax is a fast-acting drug that relieves body temperature, headaches, aches and sore throats. If applied correctly, the medicine helps to overcome the disease in a short time.

The powder should not be administered to patients under the age of 18, people with renal insufficiency, sarcoidosis, chronic alcohol dependence, hypercalcemia, phenylketonuria.

Like many other cold medicines, Anvimax cannot be a remedy for pregnant and lactating women.

Take the powder strictly according to the instructions. During an exacerbation of symptoms, you need to drink 1 packet 2 to 3 times a day. On average, the course should not be longer than 5 days in a row.

Grippferon

Grippferon is a good medicine based on interferon, which helps fight viruses. It is also characterized by an immunomodulatory effect on the body.

The drug is approved for the treatment of pregnant women and children up to a year. The only contraindication is intolerance to individual components. The course of treatment is 5-7 days.

The named pills and other drugs are far from a complete list of effective drugs. Flu remedies should be selected on an individual basis. However, even in this case, the development of adverse reactions cannot be avoided. Therefore, the treatment process should take place under the supervision of a doctor, as detailed in the video in this article.

Antiviral drugs for colds are the main tool in the fight against this category of ailments.

As you know, during the period of activation of colds, it is better to engage in their prevention, and not bring them to states where treatment is already necessary. Activating the immune system in the cold season is the most effective measure to protect yourself from colds. Then the disease will not develop, or at least the situation will not become severe.

If the disease is of a viral nature - an acute respiratory viral disease (ARVI) - then treatment is indispensable here. And best of all in this case, antiviral drugs cope with the problem. The essence of their action is in the impact on the virus itself, which is an etiological factor.

Antiviral drugs are used to treat SARS and influenza. These drugs interfere with the replication of the virus in such a way as to stop it from multiplying. Antiviral drugs have a synthetic base or a natural one. They are used both in the fight against the disease and for its prevention. Different stages of the common cold can be affected by antiviral drugs. To date, modern science knows about five hundred pathogens of different types of colds. There are few antiviral drugs to combat them.

Basically, viral diseases are treated with three types of drugs:

• broad spectrum flu medicines;
• drugs for the treatment of herpes infections.
• means for combating cytomegalovirus.

In the case of a severe form of the disease, antiviral drugs are taken, with a mild form, the use of interferons is acceptable. Within a day and a half after the onset of the first symptoms, it is urgent to start taking an antiviral drug. If the virus is allowed to multiply to such an extent that it colonizes the entire body, then it can be brought to the point that taking medications will not have any effect.

The effect of antiviral drugs in colds

With the help of antiviral drugs, the causes of the onset and development of acute respiratory disease are eliminated. The results of this action are:

• reducing the risk of exacerbations of chronic diseases (chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, etc.);
• shortening the duration of the course of a cold by several days, alleviating its symptoms;
• reducing the risk that severe complications will appear after an acute respiratory illness.

Antiviral drugs for colds are also used as an emergency prophylaxis in the event that a family member is ill and it is necessary to reduce the risk of infection of healthy people.

Antiviral pills for colds

In the class where there are synthetic antiviral drugs that do a good job with the influenza virus, there are two groups of effective drugs. The essence of the action of M-channel blockers is to block the virus so that it cannot enter the cells and multiply. One of the proven drugs against viruses in this category is Amantadine (Midantan), as well as Rimantadine (Remantadine). For the desired effect, they must be taken as soon as the disease begins to manifest itself. Another drawback is that it is not always possible to understand what kind of virus a person has fallen ill with. And these antiviral drugs are indicated for an epidemic of the influenza A virus. In addition, bird and swine flu are resistant to them. It is important to remember that taking an antiviral drug for a cold should be done not only by the sick person, but also by all members of his family.

An effective antiviral remedy for colds

But neuraminidase inhibitors act on influenza viruses A and B. The essence of their action is to suppress the enzyme that is responsible for the reproduction of the virus. Representatives of this group of drugs are Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and Zanamivir (Relenza). You can start taking them within two days from the initial manifestations of the disease.

List of antiviral drugs for colds

• "Relenza";
• "Grippferon";
• "Amixin";
• "Kagocel";
• "Remantadin";
• "Viferon";
• "Ribavirin";
• "Amizon";
• "Cycloferon".

Antiviral drug for colds "Zanamivir"

"Zanamivir" is prescribed for influenza in adults and children over 5 years old, 5 mg inhalation twice a day for 5 days. The total daily dose reaches 10 mg. The drug is not combined with other inhaled drugs (including bronchodilators), due to the fact that exacerbations are possible in patients with bronchial asthma and other nonspecific lung diseases. In a number of people without pulmonary pathology, there may be signs of irritation of the nasopharynx, reaching in rare cases until the appearance of bronchospasm.

Antiviral drug for colds "Oseltamivir"

For influenza for adults and children over 12 years of age, the recommended dose of Oseltamivir is 75 mg 2 times a day for at least 5 days. "Oseltamivir" is prescribed for children over 1 year old - with a body weight of less than 15 kg, 30 mg, from 15 to 23 kg, 45 mg, from 23 to 40 kg, 60 mg, more than 40 kg - 75 mg twice a day for five days.

The drug is prescribed with caution in renal failure, it can cause nausea and vomiting when taken.

Antiviral drugs for colds with a broader spectrum of action - Ribavirin (Ribarin) and Inosine Pranobex (Groprinosin).

Antiviral drug for colds "Ribavirin"

"Ribavirin" acts on influenza A and B group viruses, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus, coronaviruses, rhinoviruses. A feature of the drug is its high toxicity, so it is used only if a respiratory syncytial infection is confirmed, which often leads to bronchiolitis in children.

Ribavirin is used to treat influenza in adults over 18 years of age (200 mg 3-4 times a day with meals for 5-7 days) in the absence of pregnancy, renal failure and hemolytic anemia.

Antiviral drug for colds "Inosine pranobex"

"Inosine pranobex" fights influenza viruses, parainfluenza, rhinoviruses, adenoviruses. This antiviral drug for colds stimulates the human body's defenses. For the treatment of influenza and other acute respiratory viral infections, it is recommended to take it: for adults, 2 tablets 3-4 times a day at regular intervals for 5-7 days; children daily dose is 50 mg per kilogram of body weight.

Take the daily dose in 3-4 doses at regular intervals. The duration of treatment is 5-7 days.

Interferons and interferon inducers

Another large group of antiviral drugs for colds are interferons and interferon inducers. Interferons are protein substances that the body synthesizes as a response to infection, due to them the body is more resistant to viruses. They have a wide spectrum of action, which compares favorably with many other synthetic drugs. But some experts argue that with SARS they are not very effective. In the case of colds, they are prescribed as nasal drops and rectal suppositories. Native leukocyte interferon is instilled four to six times a day, Reaferon (interferon alfa-2a) two drops twice to four times a day. Viferon (alpha-2b interferon) usually comes as suppositories, adults usually use Viferon 3 and 4.

There are also interferon inducers. These are drugs that stimulate the body to produce its own interferons. Colds are treated with "Tiloron" ("Amiksin"), "Meglumine acridone acetate" ("Cycloferon") and a number of other antiviral drugs for colds.

Antiviral drug for colds "Amiksin"

For the treatment of influenza and acute respiratory infections, Amiksin is prescribed orally after meals, two tablets of 0.125 g for adults and 0.06 g for children over 7 years old on the first day of illness and then 1 tablet every other day.

For a course of treatment - up to 6 tablets. Contraindicated in pregnant women and children under 7 years of age.

Antiviral drug for colds "Cycloferon"

"Cycloferon" is used to treat influenza and acute respiratory infections in the form of intramuscular injections at a dose of 250 mg (12.5% ​​in 2 ml) two days in a row, then every other day or 1 tablet of 0.15 g every other day for 20 days.

Antiviral drug for colds "Kagocel"

"Kagocel" is an interferon inducer with a direct antiviral and immunomodulatory effect.

Usually it is prescribed for influenza and acute respiratory infections for adults, 2 tablets 3 times a day for the first two days (daily dose is 72 mg), then 1 tablet 3 times a day (daily dose 36 mg). In total, up to 18 tablets fall on a 4-day course.

Antiviral drug for colds "Arbidol"

An antiviral drug such as Arbidol is effective in treating colds. It acts against viruses A, B, they are also treated with parainfluenza, syncytial infections, adenoviruses. The essence of the action of the drug is to stimulate the production of endogenous interferon, it has an antioxidant effect, strengthens the immune system.

Arbidol for colds without complications is prescribed: for children from 3 to 6 years old - 50 mg, from 6 to 12 years old - 100 mg, over 12 years old and adults - 200 mg 4 times a day (every 6 hours) for 5 days. With the development of complications (bronchitis, pneumonia, etc.), children from 3 to 6 years old take Arbidol 50 mg, from 6 to 12 years old - 100 mg, over 12 years old, adults - 200 mg 4 times a day (every 6 hours ) for 5 days, then a single dose once a week for a month.

Antiviral drug for colds "Amizon"

The antiviral drug for colds "Amizon" is an inducer of endogenous interferon, has antiviral, immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects.

Adults take "Amizon" 2-4 times a day after meals with moderate flu and acute respiratory infections, 0.25 g, with severe - 0.5 g for 5-7 days; the course dose of treatment is 3-6.5 g. Children aged 6-12 years old drink 0.125 g 2-3 times a day for 5-7 days.

Antiviral drug for colds "Anaferon"

"Anaferon" refers to homeopathic remedies with antiviral and immunomodulatory effects. It is also used to treat colds and flu. Dosage for adults: 1 tablet, sublingually from three times a day to six, depending on the severity of the disease.

Treatment begins at the first respiratory symptoms. After the condition improves, it is recommended to switch to taking the drug once a day, for 8-10 days. For children from six months to three years old, dissolve one tablet in 15 ml of water and give to drink. For prevention, "Anaferon" is prescribed one tablet once a day, for one to three months.

Antiviral drug for colds "Grippferon"

"Grippferon" is an immunomodulatory, antiviral and anti-inflammatory drug for intranasal use. The duration of the course of use and the dose of the drug "Grippferon" is usually determined by the attending doctor.

The recommended dose for children under 1 year of age is 500 IU (1 drop of the drug) 5 times a day; for children from 1 to 3 years old is 1000 IU (2 drops of "Grippferon") 3-4 times a day; from 3 to 14 years is 1000 IU (2 drops of the drug "Grippferon") 4-5 times a day. The recommended dose for adults is 1500 IU (3 drops) 5-6 times a day. The duration of the course of application is 5 days.

Herbal antivirals for colds

Some medicinal herbs also have antiviral effects. The action of many herbal preparations is directed against viruses belonging to the herpes family. Colds are often accompanied by herpetic eruptions, in addition, the course of cytomegalovirus infection also often occurs with the same symptoms as SARS. Alpizarin belongs to this category of drugs. The active substance in it is an extract of plants such as alpine kopeechnik, yellowing kopeechnik, mango leaves. The antiviral drug "Flakozid" contains an active ingredient, which is obtained from Amur velvet and Laval velvet. For external use, ointments are used "Megozin" (cotton oil), "Helepin" (the ground part of the Lespedeza penny), "Gossypol" (obtained when cotton seeds or cotton roots are processed).

Altabor also belongs to antiviral drugs that are used for colds. It is based on an extract of gray and black (glutinous) alder seedlings.

Soddy pike and ground reed grass give life to the drug "Proteflazid", it is also used in the treatment of colds, flu and for their prevention. The German drug "Imupret" has an antiviral and immunomodulatory effect. It consists of horsetail, walnut leaves and oak bark.

The price of antiviral drugs for colds

The run-up in prices for antiviral drugs for colds is quite wide - from 20 to 200 hryvnia (of course, it still depends on the packaging and the number of tablets). In any case, it is better to consult with your doctor, who will prescribe a drug that will be most effective in a particular case.

If we call the approximate prices for the main antiviral drugs used to treat colds, in Ukrainian pharmacies they are: "Amizon" - from 20 UAH, "Arbidol" - from 50 UAH, "Amiksin" - from 30 UAH, "Anaferon" - from 40 UAH, "Remantadin" - from 11 UAH, "Kagocel" from 70 UAH, "Viferon" - from 70 UAH - from 110 UAH.

Inexpensive antivirals for colds

Inexpensive antiviral drugs for colds, which are often prescribed by doctors and widely used - "Amizon", "Amiksin", "Anaferon". For 20-40 hryvnia, you can buy 10 tablets. But once again we pay attention: before deciding on the purchase of an antiviral drug for a cold, you should consult with your doctor.

With the help of antiviral drugs, it is not the consequence that is eliminated, but the cause of the onset of a cold. This is a great advantage of antiviral drugs in the treatment of colds, this also explains their effectiveness. Antiviral drugs shorten the duration of a cold by two to three days, making it easier for her. Due to the intake of antiviral drugs for colds, the risk that other chronic diseases will worsen (exacerbation of bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis and other diseases) will decrease, and various complications will not arise, as is often the case with other drugs. In addition, antiviral drugs for colds have an excellent effect in the prevention of acute respiratory viral infections, influenza, including among healthy family members when the patient is at home.

Inexpensive cold medicines

Antiviral drugs are often used for colds. Not everyone has the opportunity to buy an expensive medicine, so the question arises of what inexpensive means can be quickly cured. A frugal person knows that it is easier to prevent a disease than to cure it. At the peak of colds, it is necessary to activate the immune system.

The effect of antiviral drugs on the body

ARVI is best treated with an antiviral drug, it stops the reproduction of the virus, prevents it from aggravating. There are two groups of drugs - synthetic and natural. They can be used for treatment and prophylaxis. Pharmacology has developed three main groups of drugs to fight viruses:

• Flu drugs.
• Medicines for herpes infection.
• Drugs for cytomegalovirus.

All of them have a different cost, a lot depends on the manufacturer. The same drug may have a different price. For example, one that is produced abroad will cost more, a domestic drug with the same composition is always cheaper. Please note that anti-cold drugs are effective only at the beginning of the disease. When the virus has already managed to completely populate the entire body, the antiviral drug will no longer help.

The drug eliminates the cause of the onset and development of SARS, with the help of it you can:

• Protect yourself from further exacerbation of a chronic disease (tonsillitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, rhinitis, sinusitis, sinusitis, etc.).
• Reduce the duration of a cold, relieve symptoms. After taking the person recovers after 2 days.
• Reduces the risk of severe complications of SARS.
• Protects from infection. The drug is used as a prophylactic drug. If one of the family members falls ill, it is imperative to take the medicine, so you can protect yourself from SARS.

Inexpensive cold pills

Proven synthetic drugs are Rimantadine and Amantadine. To increase efficiency, you need to take them at the first symptoms of the disease. Please note that they are more suitable for the influenza A virus, and when a person becomes ill, he cannot independently find out what kind of virus he has.

Inexpensive and effective cold remedies include neuraminidase inhibitors, they help with influenza viruses B, A. They completely destroy enzymes and stop the activity of the virus. This group of drugs includes Tamiflu, Grippferon, Relenza, Kagocel, Amiksin, Anaferon, Arbidol, Viferon, Amizon.

Anti-cold diseases of plant origin

The inexpensive group includes drugs that contain herbs. They are recommended to be used when cold sores are observed. We can distinguish such antiviral herbal preparations:

• Alpizarin in its composition it has mango leaves, yellowing kopeck, alpine kopeck.
• Flacoside consists of Amur velvet and Laval.
• Megozin ointment used externally, it contains cottonseed oil.
• Helepin ointment consists of the ground part of the penny lespedeza.
• gossypol ointment in its composition has a cotton root and cotton seeds.
• Altabor- an effective anti-cold drug. It contains black and gray alder.
• Proteflazid suitable for the treatment of flu, colds. It contains ground reed grass, soddy pike.
• Imupret is an expensive German drug. It consists of an extract of oak bark, horsetail and walnut leaves.

Prices for cold medicines

The cost of all medicines is different. It is best to pay attention to efficiency and safety. You can save money first, and then treat the consequences after taking the drugs. Without a doctor, you do not need to prescribe drugs yourself.

Inexpensive antiviral drugs include Amiksin, Anaferon, Amizon. You can first buy a plate with 10 tablets, check your reaction and the effect of the drug, if everything is fine, you can continue treatment with this remedy.

Please note that colds do not eliminate the symptoms of a cold, but the cause of its occurrence, therefore they are effective. With their help, you can reduce the disease.

Inexpensive cold medicines to relieve symptoms

To speed up recovery, it is necessary to pay attention to all failures in the body. When your throat hurts, you can prepare a soda-salt solution at home and constantly gargle with it. Inflammation from the throat will help remove the tincture of calendula, eucalyptus. It is necessary to take 200 ml of warm water, dilute a tablespoon of tincture in it. Rinse every 3 hours.

To relieve the condition with a sore throat, such inexpensive drugs will help:

• Septefril- an antiseptic drug, it is used to treat pharyngitis, tonsillitis, stomatitis.
• Chlorophylipt contains extracts from eucalyptus. The drug anesthetizes, removes purulent plugs from the tonsils. Available in the form of an oil and alcohol solution, also in the form of a spray.
• streptocide It is advised to use with a severely inflamed throat. Efficiency increases if Streptocid powder is mixed with honey.
• Miramistin solution has an antiseptic effect, helps with colds to get rid of inflammation in the throat.

If nasal congestion is observed, you can use such inexpensive nasal drops Sanorin, Naphthyzin, Farmazolin, Pinosol, Galazolin for several days. Softens the nasal mucosa with eucalyptus and mint oil. Constantly rinse your nose with saline solution, so you will quickly clear the mucous from the virus.

When a cold is accompanied by a high fever, it is necessary to use antipyretic drugs. Inexpensive drugs include Acetylsalicylic acid, Paracetamol, Ibuprofen.

So, in order not to have to spend money on cold medicines, keep an eye on your immune system. Constantly strengthen your body, temper it, play sports, eat right and move as much as possible!

Almost everyone suffers from a cold at least once a year. No matter how strong the human body is, it cannot be completely insured against viruses and infections, especially if the off-season or winter has come. Manufacturers for disease control offer inexpensive cold and flu medicines. You need to know which ones are not only cheap, but also effective.

Antivirals are inexpensive but effective

All cold and flu remedies fall into three broad categories:

1. Antiviral. These drugs fight the virus, make the cells of the body more resistant to its effects.
2. Immunomodulators. Preparations for correcting the protective reactions of the body to a natural level.
3. For symptomatic treatment. The drugs in this group do not suppress the infection, but simply remove the symptoms of a cold or flu.

Antiviral tablets

The most famous drugs in this category:

1. Tamiflu, Oseltamivir. Adults and teenagers drink 1 tablet twice a day for five days. The medicine is not recommended for those who have diseased kidneys.
2. "Amixin". Adults drink two tablets of 125 mg on the first day of illness, and then - one at a time every other day. The dosage of the children's drug is halved. The drug should not be taken by pregnant women.
3. Ribavirin. A new generation drug, very effective. Adults take 0.2 g four times a day. Course - 5 days.

Immunomodulators

Inexpensive good cold and flu medicines in this category:

1. "Cycloferon". A drug for adults and children who are already four years old. The course is 20 days, take a tablet every other day.
2. "Kagocel". This medicine can be combined with antibiotics. Adults take two tablets three times the first two days, and then one at a time. "Kagocel" should not be taken by pregnant women for the first three months.
3. "Anaferon". Homeopathic medicine. Adults drink one tablet 3-6 times a day.

For symptomatic treatment

List of drugs that can remove the symptoms of the disease:

1. Coldact Flu Plus. Capsules with paracetamol and excipients. You need to drink them one by one every 12 hours. During treatment, it is necessary to categorically refuse alcoholic beverages.
2. "Coldrex". Helps with colds with wet cough. It is necessary to take one tablet 3-4 times a day. This drug should not be taken if you have diabetes, liver or kidney failure.
3. "Rinza". Tablets are taken one at a time 4 times a day. They should not be drunk by pregnant women, children under 15 years old, people with heart disease, blood vessels. Course - 5 days.
4. "Fervex". The drug is produced in the form of sachets with powder, which must be dissolved in warm water. Do not use Fervex for more than three days. Do not drink more than 4 packets per day.

Cold remedies

In addition to pills, there are many other drugs that effectively fight the disease. If you do not want to take antiviral drugs for colds and flu, drink complex symptomatic remedies, then you can try a different treatment tactic. The decision must be made based on the severity of the disease. There are many inexpensive cold and flu medicines that will help you get better.

For sore throat

To relieve inflammation and irritation, the following medicines will help you:

1. "Grammidin". Fast acting lozenges with anesthetic. You need to take them two pieces 4 times a day, observing a weekly course.
2. Strepsils. They relieve pain and have an antiseptic effect. Tablets should be sucked one by one every three hours. It is allowed to be treated with the drug for children older than five years. Completely remove the pain in the throat in three to four days.
3. Faringosept. A powerful medicine that is forbidden to be taken by children under six years of age. It is recommended to dissolve the tablets after meals and then not to drink liquids for some time. Per day - no more than five pieces. The course of treatment is three days.

Nasal drops

A runny nose will help you remove such drugs:

1. Sanorin. They have a vasoconstrictive effect. Do not treat nasal congestion, but temporarily eliminate it. These drops should not be used for more than five days in a row. As part of a reduced concentration of vasoconstrictor substances and eucalyptus oil.
2. "Pinosol". Medicinal drops with a therapeutic effect. They slowly fight the causes of a runny nose, but do not eliminate congestion.
3. Aqua Maris. Means for moisturizing the nasal mucosa. Does not dry out blood vessels, speeds up the healing process. Moisturizing drops are recommended to be used for any type of runny nose.
4. "Vibrocil". Antiviral drug. Drops remove not only the common cold, but also its cause. They have a vasoconstrictive, antihistamine effect, kill bacteria, relieve swelling.

Antipyretic

The following medicines will quickly reduce the temperature:

1. "Paracetamol". A time-tested and inexpensive remedy that removes fever, relieves pain and inflammation. It has practically no side effects. Paracetamol is the main active component of many other drugs: Panadol, Fervexa, Flukold, Coldrex.
2. "Ibuprofen". This medicine is rather anti-inflammatory, but it also lowers the temperature well. It should not be taken by those who have an ulcer, kidney or liver disease. It is part of Nurofen, Ibuklin.
3. "Aspirin" (acetylsalicylic acid). Antipyretic and analgesic. Should not be taken by pregnant women, children under 12, those with reduced blood clotting. It is the main component of a huge number of other antipyretic drugs.

For herpes

This unpleasant symptom of a cold will help to overcome such ointments:

1. "Acyclovir". The cheapest remedy. Fights the virus, does not allow it to multiply. If you are pregnant or nursing a child, then do not use the drug. If you often have herpes, then it is better to alternate Acyclovir with another antiseptic ointment or cream so as not to be addictive.
2. Zovirax. The composition of the cream includes propylene glycol, thanks to which the active substance penetrates into the cells faster and more efficiently. Well absorbed into the skin. "Zovirax" must be used clearly according to the instructions.
3. "Fenistil Pencivir". A very powerful medicine that eliminates herpes instantly. Prevents wounds from becoming scars. The drug should not be used by pregnant women, nursing mothers, children under 12.

From cough

Table of drugs:

Inexpensive analogues of drugs

If you can't afford even the cheapest antiviral drugs, use Paracetamol, Aspirin, or Ibuprofen. For symptomatic treatment, use local remedies: Naphthyzin or Farmazolin nasal drops, Septifril tablets for treating sore throat, Cough medicine. Gargling with Chlorophyllipt will also be effective.

Medicines to prevent flu and colds

To protect yourself from the disease, and not to cope with its manifestations, it is best to use drugs with an immunomodulatory effect. The rules of preventive administration are described in the instructions for each of them. You can try capsules "Broncho-munal", which is allowed to be combined with almost all drugs. Such drugs as Ribomunil, Immunal, Rimantadine, Arbidol, Amizon have a good preventive effect.

Video: homemade "Coldrex" for a cold

Reviews

Olya, 27 years old: At the first symptoms of the flu, I always take some symptomatic medicine, for example, Rinza or Coldrex. This does not allow the infection to "play out". I have never taken immunomodulators because of the high price. And I try to treat the child with folk remedies, only I bring down his temperature with Paracetamol. I trust more domestic drugs.

Lena, 35 years old: Now the pharmacy offers so many names of medicines for colds that it's hard not to get confused. I try to use antipyretics like Aspirin or Paracetamol. If a runny nose begins, then I use Pinosol. It helps well, although it does not pierce the nose. If a sore throat begins, I use Chlorophyllipt.

Tanya, 24 years old: I always get colds with fever and cough. I drink Fervex in powders, and I also buy ACC. Thanks to this treatment, the disease goes away in three or four days. Last winter I drank Arbidol for prevention, but I still got sick, so I don’t recognize medicines for correcting immunity. I am treated when the cold has already begun.

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Antiviral drugs for colds are the main tool in the fight against this category of ailments.

As you know, during the period of activation of colds, it is better to engage in their prevention, and not bring them to states where treatment is already necessary. Activating the immune system in the cold season is the most effective measure to protect yourself from colds. Then the disease will not develop, or at least the situation will not become severe.

If the disease is of a viral nature - an acute respiratory viral disease (ARVI) - then treatment is indispensable here. And best of all in this case, antiviral drugs cope with the problem. The essence of their action is in the impact on the virus itself, which is an etiological factor.

Antiviral drugs are used to treat SARS and influenza. These drugs interfere with the replication of the virus in such a way as to stop it from multiplying. Antiviral drugs have a synthetic base or a natural one. They are used both in the fight against the disease and for its prevention. Different stages of the common cold can be affected by antiviral drugs. To date, modern science knows about five hundred pathogens of different types of colds. There are few antiviral drugs to combat them.

Basically, viral diseases are treated with three types of drugs:

• broad spectrum flu medicines;
• drugs for the treatment of herpes infections.
• means for combating cytomegalovirus.

In the case of a severe form of the disease, antiviral drugs are taken, with a mild form, the use of interferons is acceptable. Within a day and a half after the onset of the first symptoms, it is urgent to start taking an antiviral drug. If the virus is allowed to multiply to such an extent that it colonizes the entire body, then it can be brought to the point that taking medications will not have any effect.

The effect of antiviral drugs in colds

With the help of antiviral drugs, the causes of the onset and development of acute respiratory disease are eliminated. The results of this action are:

• reducing the risk of exacerbations of chronic diseases (chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, etc.);
• shortening the duration of the course of a cold by several days, alleviating its symptoms;
• reducing the risk that severe complications will appear after an acute respiratory illness.

Antiviral drugs for colds are also used as an emergency prophylaxis in the event that a family member is ill and it is necessary to reduce the risk of infection of healthy people.

Antiviral pills for colds

In the class where there are synthetic antiviral drugs that do a good job with the influenza virus, there are two groups of effective drugs. The essence of the action of M-channel blockers is to block the virus so that it cannot enter the cells and multiply. One of the proven drugs against viruses in this category is Amantadine (Midantan), as well as Rimantadine (Remantadine). For the desired effect, they must be taken as soon as the disease begins to manifest itself. Another drawback is that it is not always possible to understand what kind of virus a person has fallen ill with. And these antiviral drugs are indicated for an epidemic of the influenza A virus. In addition, bird and swine flu are resistant to them. It is important to remember that taking an antiviral drug for a cold should be done not only by the sick person, but also by all members of his family.

An effective antiviral remedy for colds

But neuraminidase inhibitors act on influenza viruses A and B. The essence of their action is to suppress the enzyme that is responsible for the reproduction of the virus. Representatives of this group of drugs are Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and Zanamivir (Relenza). You can start taking them within two days from the initial manifestations of the disease.

List of antiviral drugs for colds

• "Tamiflu";
• "Relenza";
• "Grippferon";
• "Anaferon";
• "Amixin";
• "Kagocel";
• "Remantadin";
• "Viferon";
• "Arbidol";
• "Ribavirin";
• "Amizon";
• "Cycloferon".

Antiviral drug for colds "Zanamivir"

"Zanamivir" is prescribed for influenza in adults and children over 5 years old, 5 mg inhalation twice a day for 5 days. The total daily dose reaches 10 mg. The drug is not combined with other inhaled drugs (including bronchodilators), due to the fact that exacerbations are possible in patients with bronchial asthma and other nonspecific lung diseases. In a number of people without pulmonary pathology, there may be signs of irritation of the nasopharynx, reaching in rare cases until the appearance of bronchospasm.

Antiviral drug for colds "Oseltamivir"

For influenza for adults and children over 12 years of age, the recommended dose of Oseltamivir is 75 mg 2 times a day for at least 5 days. "Oseltamivir" is prescribed for children over 1 year old - with a body weight of less than 15 kg, 30 mg, from 15 to 23 kg, 45 mg, from 23 to 40 kg, 60 mg, more than 40 kg - 75 mg twice a day for five days.

The drug is prescribed with caution in renal failure, it can cause nausea and vomiting when taken.

Antiviral drugs for colds with a broader spectrum of action - Ribavirin (Ribarin) and Inosine Pranobex (Groprinosin).

Antiviral drug for colds "Ribavirin"

"Ribavirin" acts on influenza A and B group viruses, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus, coronaviruses, rhinoviruses. A feature of the drug is its high toxicity, so it is used only if a respiratory syncytial infection is confirmed, which often leads to bronchiolitis in children.

Ribavirin is used to treat influenza in adults over 18 years of age (200 mg 3-4 times a day with meals for 5-7 days) in the absence of pregnancy, renal failure and hemolytic anemia.

Antiviral drug for colds "Inosine pranobex"

"Inosine pranobex" fights influenza viruses, parainfluenza, rhinoviruses, adenoviruses. This antiviral drug for colds stimulates the human body's defenses. For the treatment of influenza and other acute respiratory viral infections, it is recommended to take it: for adults, 2 tablets 3-4 times a day at regular intervals for 5-7 days; children daily dose is 50 mg per kilogram of body weight.

Take the daily dose in 3-4 doses at regular intervals. The duration of treatment is 5-7 days.

Interferons and interferon inducers

Another large group of antiviral drugs for colds are interferons and interferon inducers. Interferons are protein substances that the body synthesizes as a response to infection, due to them the body is more resistant to viruses. They have a wide spectrum of action, which compares favorably with many other synthetic drugs. But some experts argue that with SARS they are not very effective. In the case of colds, they are prescribed as nasal drops and rectal suppositories. Native leukocyte interferon is instilled four to six times a day, Reaferon (interferon alfa-2a) two drops twice to four times a day. Viferon (alpha-2b interferon) usually comes as suppositories, adults usually use Viferon 3 and 4.

There are also interferon inducers. These are drugs that stimulate the body to produce its own interferons. Colds are treated with "Tiloron" ("Amiksin"), "Meglumine acridone acetate" ("Cycloferon") and a number of other antiviral drugs for colds.

Antiviral drug for colds "Amiksin"

For the treatment of influenza and acute respiratory infections, Amiksin is prescribed orally after meals, two tablets of 0.125 g for adults and 0.06 g for children over 7 years old on the first day of illness and then 1 tablet every other day.

For a course of treatment - up to 6 tablets. Contraindicated in pregnant women and children under 7 years of age.

Antiviral drug for colds "Cycloferon"

"Cycloferon" is used to treat influenza and acute respiratory infections in the form of intramuscular injections at a dose of 250 mg (12.5% ​​in 2 ml) two days in a row, then every other day or 1 tablet of 0.15 g every other day for 20 days.

Antiviral drug for colds "Kagocel"

"Kagocel" is an interferon inducer with a direct antiviral and immunomodulatory effect.

Usually it is prescribed for influenza and acute respiratory infections for adults, 2 tablets 3 times a day for the first two days (daily dose is 72 mg), then 1 tablet 3 times a day (daily dose 36 mg). In total, up to 18 tablets fall on a 4-day course.

Antiviral drug for colds "Arbidol"

An antiviral drug such as Arbidol is effective in treating colds. It acts against viruses A, B, they are also treated with parainfluenza, syncytial infections, adenoviruses. The essence of the action of the drug is to stimulate the production of endogenous interferon, it has an antioxidant effect, strengthens the immune system.

Arbidol for colds without complications is prescribed: for children from 3 to 6 years old - 50 mg, from 6 to 12 years old - 100 mg, over 12 years old and adults - 200 mg 4 times a day (every 6 hours) for 5 days. With the development of complications (bronchitis, pneumonia, etc.), children from 3 to 6 years old take Arbidol 50 mg, from 6 to 12 years old - 100 mg, over 12 years old, adults - 200 mg 4 times a day (every 6 hours ) for 5 days, then a single dose once a week for a month.

Antiviral drug for colds "Amizon"

The antiviral drug for colds "Amizon" is an inducer of endogenous interferon, has antiviral, immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects.

Adults take "Amizon" 2-4 times a day after meals with moderate flu and acute respiratory infections, 0.25 g, with severe - 0.5 g for 5-7 days; the course dose of treatment is 3-6.5 g. Children aged 6-12 years old drink 0.125 g 2-3 times a day for 5-7 days.

Antiviral drug for colds "Anaferon"

"Anaferon" refers to homeopathic remedies with antiviral and immunomodulatory effects. It is also used to treat colds and flu. Dosage for adults: 1 tablet, sublingually from three times a day to six, depending on the severity of the disease.

Treatment begins at the first respiratory symptoms. After the condition improves, it is recommended to switch to taking the drug once a day, for 8-10 days. For children from six months to three years old, dissolve one tablet in 15 ml of water and give to drink. For prevention, "Anaferon" is prescribed one tablet once a day, for one to three months.

Antiviral drug for colds "Grippferon"

"Grippferon" is an immunomodulatory, antiviral and anti-inflammatory drug for intranasal use. The duration of the course of use and the dose of the drug "Grippferon" is usually determined by the attending doctor.

The recommended dose for children under 1 year of age is 500 IU (1 drop of the drug) 5 times a day; for children from 1 to 3 years old is 1000 IU (2 drops of "Grippferon") 3-4 times a day; from 3 to 14 years is 1000 IU (2 drops of the drug "Grippferon") 4-5 times a day. The recommended dose for adults is 1500 IU (3 drops) 5-6 times a day. The duration of the course of application is 5 days.

Herbal antivirals for colds

Some medicinal herbs also have antiviral effects. The action of many herbal preparations is directed against viruses belonging to the herpes family. Colds are often accompanied by herpetic eruptions, in addition, the course of cytomegalovirus infection also often occurs with the same symptoms as SARS. Alpizarin belongs to this category of drugs. The active substance in it is an extract of plants such as alpine kopeechnik, yellowing kopeechnik, mango leaves. The antiviral drug "Flakozid" contains an active ingredient, which is obtained from Amur velvet and Laval velvet. For external use, ointments are used "Megozin" (cotton oil), "Helepin" (the ground part of the Lespedeza penny), "Gossypol" (obtained when cotton seeds or cotton roots are processed).

Altabor also belongs to antiviral drugs that are used for colds. It is based on an extract of gray and black (glutinous) alder seedlings.

Soddy pike and ground reed grass give life to the drug "Proteflazid", it is also used in the treatment of colds, flu and for their prevention. The German drug "Imupret" has an antiviral and immunomodulatory effect. It consists of horsetail, walnut leaves and oak bark.

The price of antiviral drugs for colds

The run-up in prices for antiviral drugs for colds is quite wide - from 20 to 200 hryvnia (of course, it still depends on the packaging and the number of tablets). In any case, it is better to consult with your doctor, who will prescribe a drug that will be most effective in a particular case.

If we call the approximate prices for the main antiviral drugs used to treat colds, in Ukrainian pharmacies they are: "Amizon" - from 20 UAH, "Arbidol" - from 50 UAH, "Amiksin" - from 30 UAH, "Anaferon" - from 40 UAH, "Remantadin" - from 11 UAH, "Kagocel" from 70 UAH, "Viferon" - from 70 UAH - from 110 UAH.

Inexpensive antiviral drugs for colds, which are often prescribed by doctors and widely used - "Amizon", "Amiksin", "Anaferon". For 20-40 hryvnia, you can buy 10 tablets. But once again we pay attention: before deciding on the purchase of an antiviral drug for a cold, you should consult with your doctor.

With the help of antiviral drugs, it is not the consequence that is eliminated, but the cause of the onset of a cold. This is a great advantage of antiviral drugs in the treatment of colds, this also explains their effectiveness. Antiviral drugs shorten the duration of a cold by two to three days, making it easier for her. Due to the intake of antiviral drugs for colds, the risk that other chronic diseases will worsen (exacerbation of bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis and other diseases) will decrease, and various complications will not arise, as is often the case with other drugs. In addition, antiviral drugs for colds have an excellent effect in the prevention of acute respiratory viral infections, influenza, including among healthy family members when the patient is at home.

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Names of antibiotics for colds and flu

In the treatment of respiratory diseases, targeted drugs are used that affect the cause of the disease. They suppress pathogens. Such therapy is called etiological. In the fight against flu and colds, the main thing is to choose the right medications. Some people, in an effort to recover as soon as possible, begin to drink strong antibiotics for colds at the first symptoms of SARS. Is it correct?

When to Take Antibiotics for Colds and Flu

In most cases, respiratory diseases are caused by viruses that antibacterial drugs do not work against. Therefore, their reception from the first day of the disease is not justified. Therapy of respiratory diseases with antibiotics is justified if, on the 5th-6th day of the course of the flu or a cold, a person feels consistently unwell. As a rule, these are symptoms of a bacterial infection, which provokes the development of purulent tonsillitis, acute bronchitis, and pneumonia.

Signs of flu and cold complications:

• after the onset of acute respiratory viral infections, after improvement for 5-6 days, the body temperature rises sharply;
• general health worsens, fever, cough, shortness of breath appear;
• increased pain in the throat, chest area, ears;
• enlarged lymph nodes.

When treating colds and flu with antibiotics, do not interrupt treatment if you feel better. People who make this mistake then suffer twice as much. In this case, the improvement in a person’s condition does not mean that the disease has passed. A batch of bacteria died under the influence of antibiotics, but another part of them adapts to the drug and begins to attack the weakened body with renewed vigor. This leads to a new round of the disease with subsequent complications.

What antibiotics are better to take for a cold

For the treatment of respiratory diseases, bactericidal drugs are taken to destroy pathogenic microorganisms. Antibiotics in the fight against colds and flu are given the role of heavy artillery when there is a risk of acute complications. Three main groups of antibacterial drugs are used to treat respiratory diseases:

1. penicillin - ampioks, augmentin, amoxapclave;
2. cephalosporins - cefotaxime, cefpirome, cefazolin;
3. macrolides - roxithromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin.

List of effective antibiotics for adults

For colds of bacterial origin, doctors prescribe antibiotics in extreme cases. Prolonged cough, prolonged sore throat, severe fever, consistently high body temperature are alarming signs of the development of an acute illness. In this case, traditional antiviral drugs, immunostimulants, vitamins and medicinal herbs are powerless. For effective therapy, you need to know which antibiotic is best for a cold for an adult:

• amoxicillin;
• arlet;
• flemoklav;
• rovamycin;
• azithromycin;
• chemomycin;
• suprax;
• cefepime;
• erythromycin;
• levofloxacin.

Names of good drugs for children

For the treatment of bacterial diseases at an early age, antibiotics are used in extreme cases. With pneumonia, acute otitis media, purulent tonsillitis, which is the result of a respiratory illness, the use of such drugs is justified. The form of antibiotics is prescribed depending on the age of the child. Babies - drugs in injections, older children - in tablets. Babies do not always get injections, it is allowed to open the ampoule and give the child the medicine to drink in the right dosage. Children's antibiotics for colds:

• ampicillin;
• flemoxin solutab;
• moximac;
• avelox;
• augmentin;
• zinnat;
• macrofoams;
• fromilid uno;
• esparoxy;
• alpha normix.

Often parents mistakenly believe that antibiotic therapy is necessary to successfully treat flu and colds in children. This is a misconception about the effect of antibiotics on the child's body. With viral infections in children, the appointment of these drugs is unreasonable even at high temperatures, which persist for a long time.

Antibiotic treatment of children leads to dysbacteriosis, weakening of the immune system, anemia. It is advisable to carry out antibiotic therapy for babies only in critical situations. For example, when there is aerobic streptococcal angina, acute otitis media, pneumonia, inflammation of the paranasal sinuses. The use of antibiotics for the treatment of children with colds and flu without complications is justified when:

• pronounced signs of reduced body resistance - constant subfertile body temperature, frequent colds and viral diseases, HIV, oncology, congenital immunity disorders;
• rickets, malformations of general development, lack of weight;
• the presence in the anamnesis of the child of chronic recurrent otitis media.

Gentle preparations for the treatment of colds in pregnant women

When treating complications of a respiratory disease in a pregnant woman or a nursing mother, the effects of the antibiotic on the development of the fetus are taken into account. For treatment, sparing antibacterial drugs are selected. To choose the right medicine, the doctor identifies the causative agent of the disease, its resistance to various drugs. If it is impossible to conduct such a study, sparing antibiotics for pregnant women are prescribed:

• ampicillin;
• oxacillin;
• cefazolin;
• erythromycin;
• azithromycin;
• bioparox;
• minocycline;
• oxamp;
• ericcycline;
• ristomycin.

For the treatment of flu and colds in pregnant and lactating mothers, in order to avoid the occurrence of dysbacteriosis, it is advisable to take drugs in the form of injections. To avoid allergic reactions, the use of antibiotic therapy is combined with antihistamines. Chocolate, citrus fruits, coffee are excluded from the diet of pregnant and lactating women.

List of broad-spectrum antibiotics

In bacterial therapy for the treatment of complications of influenza and colds, drugs are prescribed aimed at suppressing groups of pathogens. These drugs are called broad-spectrum antibiotics. They help to cure the complications of influenza and acute respiratory infections. Cheap pills are as effective as expensive ones. These types of drugs are sold in pharmacies without a prescription. Before taking, read the instructions and read reviews about antibiotics. A good drug has few side effects. Broad spectrum antibiotics:

• amosin;
• becampicillin;
• ospamox;
• ecoball;
• inforo;
• kefselim;
• flamifix;
• cefodox;
• klacid;
• oletherin.

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Inexpensive antivirals for colds

Feeling weak, runny nose, drowsiness, pain all over the body, coughing and lack of appetite...these are the first symptoms of a cold. But, despite the terrible condition, lethargy and weakness, you need to pull yourself together and start treatment right now. Otherwise, a common cold can develop into flu, tonsillitis and lymphadenitis. How to get rid of a cold quickly, inexpensively and easily - read the article.

The first symptoms of a viral infection

SARS is a disease that can be found both at home and on the street. The viral infection is transmitted by airborne droplets through the sputum of infected people. They can sneeze on you in transport, on the street, you can drink tea from someone else's mug, take a sandwich with dirty hands and get infected. But, at the first symptoms of a viral infection, you definitely will not think about places where you could catch the infection.

Nasal congestion, dry cough, sneezing, a sharp sore throat, increased sweating give a signal to a person that decisive action must be taken.

Immunotherapy

The first thing you need to do at the first sign of a cold is to boost your immune system. Inexpensive vitamin C from the nearest pharmacy will help you with this, as well as a complex of vitamins and minerals. But, if your condition is so bad that you cannot go outside and ask someone for help, then make yourself warm tea with lemon.

Do not forget that vitamin C is found in black elderberry. It perfectly stimulates and strengthens the immune system. Burdock root, horsetail, hops, peppermint, fenugreek, kelp, sorrel, yarrow in the form of a decoction will saturate the body with vitamin C.

Doctors usually prescribe an expensive immunal based on echinacea extract as an immunotherapy. You can easily replace it with a cheaper analogue, namely the usual echinacea tincture.

Anesthesia

In order to ease the headache, as well as reduce body aches, painkillers are used at the first sign of a cold. It can be paracetamol tablets, ibuprofen, mefenamic acid, aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid, rimantadine, acyclovir, and also inexpensive analgin. Their more expensive analogues, which do not differ in their action, are arbidol, amixin, kagocel, tamiflu, anaferon, amizon, cycloferon.

We lower the temperature

If the body temperature is 37 degrees, then you should not bring it down. This will only make things worse for your body. After all, he had just begun to fight the infection on his own. Wait for the temperature to reduce to normal. If this does not happen within a day, then begin to influence the body with the help of medicines. For these purposes, you will need regular aspirin or its cheap equivalent - acetylsalicylic acid. Also effectively and quickly lowers the temperature of paracetamol tablets.

If you do not want to resort to drug therapy, then use the old proven method - a compress. Wet towels applied to the back of the head, under the armpits, in the groin area and on the chest will help reduce the temperature by a degree.

Eliminate cough

In order to eliminate the cough, it is necessary to determine whether it is dry or wet. The latter is a consequence of the inflammatory process of the respiratory tract. That is why, when expectorating, you can see traces of sputum - the mucous secreted by the lungs.

Dry cough treatment can be started by simply gargling with baking soda or salt solution and a few drops of iodine. If this method does not help, then you will need to resort to inhalation. Add a decoction of chamomile and eucalyptus essential oil to them and after a few hours a coughing fit will let you go.

A wet cough needs to be treated differently. In order for sputum to begin to stand out from the lungs, it is necessary to soften the tissues of the organ. Inexpensive medicines will help you with this:

• Mucoltin- has an expectorant and anti-inflammatory effect;
• Pertussin syrup based on thyme extract and potassium bromide. This drug perfectly dilutes sputum;
• Syrup or herbal infusion based on licorice root relieves inflammation and promotes expectoration;
• Tablets containing thermopsis herb and sodium bicarbonate able to reduce the level of sputum and reduce its viscosity;
• Doctor Mom- a popular, but quite effective drug. Located in the middle price category.

Inexpensive expectorants are: bromhexine tablets, ambloxol, acetylcysteine.

In order to alleviate a coughing fit in a child, steam inhalations with essential oils are most suitable. Use tea tree, eucalyptus, peppermint, lavender, rosemary, or cypress.

Sore throat

If you have a sore throat, do not rush to buy expensive medicines. Pay attention to inexpensive, but effective drugs:

• Septefril- a cheap antiseptic, which is used not only for SARS, but also for sore throat and stomatitis. Septefril should be used no more than 6 times a day.
• streptocide in powder or tablet form. This antibiotic has a wide range of actions, but a rather unpleasant taste. Therefore, it is better to mix it with honey or sugar before use.
• Chlorophylipt in the form of an oil or alcohol solution. The drug has an analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect.

Runny nose

Preparations for the common cold are mainly aimed at softening the nasal mucosa. As a result, mucus comes out faster through the nasal passage.

Sanorin reduces puffiness, constricts blood vessels and effectively facilitates breathing. Its clear advantage is in price, and the disadvantage is that the spray is addictive. Already on the 3rd, 4th day, its properties are reduced.

Xymelin, otrivin, galazolin, naphthyzine are drugs aimed at reducing swelling of the nose. They also have antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects.

Topical antivirals

When treating a viral infection, do not forget about the old proven remedies - these are Balsam "Asterisk" and mustard plasters.

The composition of the herbal preparation "Asterisk" includes essential oils of cinnamon, mint, cloves and peppermint. This remedy will help not only with the first symptoms of a cold, but also with headaches, rhinitis and flu.

Mustard plasters have a warming effect on the lungs and bronchi.

ARVI, acute respiratory infections, influenza - all these diseases must be treated in a timely manner, choosing a fast-acting cold remedy. As a rule, the presented conditions are characterized by the same symptoms. Only the causes of the development of the disease differ. We have compiled a list of effective medicines, divided them into groups, implying a different form of release.

effective cold pills

It is advisable to take pills for colds in order to recover faster. They are inexpensive and effective, remove all signs of illness in a few days. Antiviral drugs help strengthen the immune system and completely suppress the activity of the pathogen.

No. 1. Ibuklin

Price - 180 rubles. The remedy is prescribed for flu and colds. The active ingredients are paracetamol and ibuprofen. This duet is famous for its analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory properties. "Ibuklin" eliminates pain in the head with ARVI and acute respiratory infections, fights muscle spasms with influenza. It is taken three times a day. The course lasts 3 days. If after the allotted time there is no positive dynamics, you should consult a doctor.

No. 2. Efferalgan

Price - 170 rubles. The remedy is released as effervescent tablets for colds. Rapid action can be achieved through the inclusion of paracetamol. It has strong antipyretic, but weak anti-inflammatory properties. The drug does not adversely affect the gastrointestinal tract and water-salt metabolism. The result is visible after a day of admission. "Efferalgan" relieves fever, sore / sore throat, migraine and other symptoms of a cold. For a day, an adult is given 6 tablets, each of which must be dissolved in 0.2 liters before taking. water.

Number 3. Arbidol

Price - 340 rubles. Powerful antiviral tablets and capsules are prescribed for flu and colds for all categories of people. Differ in safety and fast achievement of result. The main substance is umifenovir, which has activity against influenza and SARS pathogens, as well as other infectious processes. To shorten the duration of therapy, it is necessary to take capsules, not a tablet form. The drug is drunk 1 time in 5-6 hours, the treatment lasts 5 days.

No. 4. Ingavirin

Price - 510 rubles. Immunomodulatory, antiviral, fast-acting cold remedy with the inclusion of imidazolylethanamide pentanedioic acid. The main purpose of the drug is to accelerate the production of interferons, increase the body's immune response to the action of viruses. "Ingavirin" refers to drugs that must be taken daily once. The course lasts 1 week, the signs of a cold disappear on the second day. If you start treatment in a timely manner, it will be possible to avoid complications and prolonged therapy.

No. 5. Tamiflu

Price - 1200 rubles. An expensive but effective drug based on oseltamivir. The high cost is offset by the rapid relief from colds and more complex viral diseases. Tamiflu is drunk during the spread of the flu, when it is easy to catch the virus. During such a period, the patient suffers from pain in the head, loss of strength, catarrhal manifestations of the disease, myalgia. The treatment lasts 5 days, provided that the medicine is taken twice a day.

The best cold powders

Cold and flu powder is a good alternative to tablets or capsules. But which drug to choose among all the variety? Let's try to figure it out together.

No. 1. Theraflu

Price - 480 rubles. A powdered remedy for colds concentrates paracetamol as the main substance. It has antipyretic and anti-inflammatory properties. Relieves muscle spasms and headaches in ARVI, influenza, acute respiratory infections. It is used in therapeutic and preventive therapy, helps to quickly get back on your feet. Eliminates severe symptoms the next day, if you drink at night. Daily dosage - 3 sachets, course - until recovery.

No. 2. Coldrex

Price - 300 rubles. Drug for symptomatic therapy of acute respiratory diseases. It relieves nasal congestion and sore throat, lowers the temperature, does not cause drowsiness. The antipyretic and analgesic effect of paracetamol is supported by ascorbic acid, which improves the body's immune response to the action of pathogens. The medicine is taken 4 times a day before recovery. Symptoms of the disease begin to subside 12-24 hours after the use of the remedy. It is possible to get rid of a cold completely in 3-5 days.

Number 3. Fervex

Price - 290 rubles. Combined cold medicines concentrate several active substances. "Coldrex" is used to combat acute respiratory diseases. It consists of paracetamol, ascorbic acid, pheniramine. The medicine is famous for its analgesic, antipyretic, antihistamine and vasoconstrictive properties. Therefore, it eliminates nasal congestion, sore throat, temperature in a few applications. In order not to provoke adverse reactions, take no more than 3 sachets per day.

No. 4. Antigrippin

Price - 220 rubles. A popular remedy that is most often taken for colds and flu. Powders such as Antigrippin are inexpensive but quite effective. The main thing is to start taking at the first sign of illness. The tool boasts a pronounced antipyretic and analgesic effect. Acts as an immunostimulant. The finished drink eliminates nasal congestion, chills, headache, lowers body temperature. No more than 3 sachets are shown per day with an interval of 5 hours.

Other Effective Cold Remedies

Alternatively, you can consider equally effective remedies, which are also often prescribed for colds and flu. They are efficient and cheap.

No. 1. Upsarin-Upsa

Price - 200 rubles. Does not contain paracetamol. The drug is based on acetylsalicylic acid. Additionally, excipients in the form of aspartame, povidone, etc. are concentrated in the composition. After taking the remedy, it relieves the main symptoms within a few minutes. Improves overall well-being. Body aches, headache. "Upsarin-Upsa" copes with high temperature in a short period of time. Available in the form of effervescent tablets. It is allowed to take no more than 4 units per day. The drug is well tolerated by the body, adverse reactions are extremely rare. Contraindicated during lactation, pregnancy.

No. 2. Grippferon

Price - from 300 rubles. The immunomodulating agent is available in various forms. It helps against colds by increasing the production of interferon in the human body. The drug is used for the treatment and prevention of influenza, SARS. Depending on the form, the frequency of use of the drug will differ. All details are described in the instructions. Regular use of the remedy allows you to eliminate the disease and unpleasant symptoms as soon as possible. The composition is safe and has no adverse reactions.

Number 3. Zovirax

Price - 180 rubles. It should be noted right away that the cream copes only with a herpes infection, which can occur in the form of a cold on the lips. The active substance is acyclovir. It quickly inhibits the activity of pathogens, preventing their further spread. Often the disease manifests itself against the background of a general decrease in immunity. When herpes occurs, it is important to take timely measures to prevent complications. The drug eliminates itching, burning and other discomfort. You need to use the composition every 4 hours. The duration of the course is a week.

No. 4. Cefekon-N

Price - 120 rubles. An antipyretic for colds is available in the form of rectal suppositories. It is inexpensive, but extremely effective. The main ingredient is naproxen. At high body temperature, it is advisable to use "Cefekon-N". It quickly has an analgesic effect, eliminates the inflammatory process. After half an hour, the state of health improves, cheerfulness appears. Suppositories are administered in the morning after bowel movements and hygiene. The course should not last more than 3 days. The drug has some contraindications, which must be read before therapy.

No. 5. Fluditec

Price - 420 rubles. When an acute respiratory viral infection occurs, a cough appears in the first few days, which must be fought. The medicine "Flyuditek" saves not only from the common cold, but also other unpleasant symptoms. A fast-acting agent removes accumulated mucus from the respiratory system. Prevention of bacterial bronchitis occurs. Additionally, the syrup has an immunostimulating effect on the body. Take the medicine three times a day, 15 ml. an hour before a meal. It is not recommended to carry out therapy without first consulting a doctor. The course lasts no more than 10 days.

No. 6. Otrivin Complex

Price - 260 rubles. A highly effective remedy is presented in the form of a nasal spray. He is prescribed for colds and runny nose. The active ingredients are xylometazoline and ipratropium bromide. When used, the drug has an anticholinergic effect and a vasoconstrictor effect. Against this background, not only breathing becomes easier, but secretion production also decreases. The spray begins to act from the first minutes, it is allowed to apply no more than 3 times a day. It is forbidden to use the drug for more than a week.

Many remedies have been developed to fight the common cold. Almost all of them show high efficiency if treatment is started immediately when the first signs of the disease occur. In case of untimely therapy and worsening of the condition, more serious medications in the form of antibiotics may be required.

Not a single cold season is complete without a banal cold and flu. We spend money on expensive medicines, trying to quickly get rid of all the unpleasant symptoms, forgetting about effective and inexpensive medicines. Meanwhile, there are cold pills that are several times cheaper than advertised analogues. The main thing is to understand the mechanism of action of drugs, use them competently and purposefully.

What pills to take for flu and colds

Medicines that help to cope with colds, SARS, acute respiratory infections, flu, are divided into two groups. The first of them is intended for symptomatic treatment. Cold tablets of this group have antipyretic (aspirin), antihistamine (dibazole), analgesic, vasoconstrictive, sputum thinning (acc) action, fight the following manifestations of the disease:

• nasal congestion;
• elevated temperature;
• lacrimation;
• muscle pain;
• swelling of mucous membranes.

The second group of drugs affects the immune system and the causative agent of the disease. They are prescribed only if the viral nature of the common cold is detected. Tools in this category include:

• interferon inducers;
• viral protein blockers;
• neuraminidase inhibitors.

Antivirals

Antiviral cold medicines are not antibiotics. Their task is not to destroy the pathogen, but to destroy its protein shell, which blocks the development of the virus in the body. Antibiotics for colds are prescribed only when bacterial complications occur. Popular effective antiviral drugs:

1. "Tamiflu" is a drug based on oseltamivir (azintomivir, aziltomyrin). Suitable for adult and child.
2. "Grippferon" is a complex drug based on interferon alfa-2b.
3. "Relenza". The main active ingredient of the drug is zanamivir. It is prescribed for the treatment of influenza A, B.
4. "Ingavirin" is an effective medicine for swine flu, SARS.
5. "Amixin". The analogue of the drug is Tiloron, Lavomax.
6. Arbidol is a drug for the treatment of influenza A, B, subtypes H1N1, H2N2, H3N2 and H5N1.
7. Acyclovir is an antiviral drug based on thymidine nucleoside.
8. "Cycloferon" is a medicine containing methylglucamine acridone acetate.

Immunomodulators

This type of medicine includes homeopathic and synthetic medicines. For colds, thymus preparations, interferons, cytokines are prescribed:

• "Imunofan";
• "Betaleikin";
• "Timogen";
• "Amixin";
• "Aflubin";
• "Roncoleukin";
• "Kipferon;
• "Ribomunil";
• "Bronchomunal";
• "Pyrogenal";
• "Galavit";
• "Diucyphon".

It should be remembered that it is impossible to take synthetic immunity modulators on your own. When prescribing them, the doctor necessarily takes into account the age of the patient, the degree of weakening of the body's defenses, the variety of the disease. In some cases, immunity stimulation is limited to taking vitamins or drugs of natural origin (tincture of echinacea, eleutherococcus, ginger, lungwort, chicory, etc.).

List of the best drugs for the treatment of colds in adults and children

Modern combined cold medicines for simultaneous symptomatic treatment:

• "Anaferon";
• "Arbidol";
• "Baralgetas";
• "Antigrippin";
• "Grammidin";
• "Coldrex";
• "Kagocel";
• "Remantadin";
• "Rinza";
• "Rinicold";
• "Sinupret";

Tablets to help quickly get rid of a cough:

• "Butamirat";
• "Glaucin";
• "Mukaltin";
• "Dextromethorphan";
• "Levodropropizin";
• "Prenoxdiazine".

For sore throat:

• Strepsils;
• "Trachisan";
• "Linkas";
• "Grammidin";
• "Septefril";
• "Faringosept";
• "Lisobakt".

Homeopathic preparations:

• "Oscillococcinum";
• "Aflubin";
• "Engistol";
• "Aconite".

What can pregnant and lactating mothers drink

Antiviral drugs for ARVI are mostly contraindicated during pregnancy, feeding newborns, so the main task of women is the prevention of colds. If it was not possible to protect yourself from the disease, then you have to choose safe medicines that help bring down the high temperature, cope with the cough, and give an anti-inflammatory effect. Paracetamol is best for fever. This medicine has both antipyretic and analgesic effects. Analogues of "Paracetamol" - "Panadol", "Efferalgan".

Safe (according to the instructions!) For pregnant and lactating mothers, medicines for sore throats will be tablets based on lysozyme (a natural enzyme) - "Laripront", "Lizobakt". Tablets for a cold accompanied by a strong cough will be Lazolvan, ACC (powder), Coldrex broncho (syrup). Homeopathic Oscillococcinum, Anaferon, Aflubin are also allowed. In any case, the medication must be coordinated with the doctor, who will make the final verdict in favor of or prohibition of any medication.

What medicines are inexpensive, but effective for the prevention of colds

Pharmaceutical companies offer a huge range of cold tablets, which are easy to find cheap analogues. So, for example, the composition of most combination drugs for symptomatic treatment includes paracetamol, which tops the rating of cold pills. You can take it already at the beginning of the disease. Fast-acting effervescent aspirin will successfully replace inexpensive acetylsalicylic acid, and interferon, which is part of antiviral drugs, is easy to find in pharmacies as an independent medicine for the prevention of influenza.

For this purpose, it is worth using oxolinic ointment, an inexpensive tincture of Eleutherococcus or Rhodiola rosea, ascorbic acid. The expensive Immunal will be replaced by echinacea tincture, Nurofen - Ibuprofen, Lazolvan and Ambrobene - Ambroxol, Mukaltin, cough tablets. Gargling with furacilin tablets will help like Strepsils or Grammidin.

Feedback on the results after application

Marina, 30 years old: I simply don’t know a better medicine for acute respiratory infections than the powerful Cycloferon. Perfectly copes with a viral infection in five to six days! I bought the notorious Coldrex, Theraflu and other newfangled drugs, but paracetamol is much more effective and cheaper! I recommend everyone to take our domestic analogues of expensive imported tablets and not overpay money in vain.

Irina, 36 years old: I caught a cold once at a conference where I had to make a presentation. Runny nose, fever - just a nightmare. I asked the pharmacy to choose something effective, they advised me to "Rinicold". I drank a pill at night, and then in the morning. All symptoms disappeared! It was easy to perform, in the photo the nose was not red. So the pills are excellent, but you need to drink them according to the scheme, every 4 hours.

Dmitry, 56 years old: Do not buy expensive imported pills for colds. Instead, take a package of paracetamol, echinacea and ascorbic acid from the pharmacy. As times they and are part of any koldaktov. In order not to get sick, use oxolinic ointment and interferon, and drink aspirin from the temperature. Do not be tempted by fashionable names, at the first sign of inflammation, drink Ibuprofen and Paracetamol.

Inexpensive but effective antiviral drugs for adults: a list of cheap remedies

Antiviral agents for SARS are the best medicines for adults, using which you can alleviate the symptoms of colds.

All doctors insist that during the spread of viral infections, it is necessary to carry out prevention, and not wait until the flu or tonsillitis appears.

The most effective preventive measure in winter and autumn is to stimulate the protective functions of the body. Good immunity will not allow pathogens to provoke the disease, or at least avoid the complications that are increasingly developing against the background of colds.

When the disease is caused by viruses - SARS, then treatment should be carried out without fail. The best solution in this case are effective antiviral drugs. Their principle of action is to influence the etiological factor, that is, the virus.

As a rule, antiviral drugs are used for influenza and SARS. Broad-spectrum anti-inflammatory tablets affect the replication of the virus, stopping its reproduction.

Anti-influenza drugs can have a natural or synthetic basis. They are used not only in the treatment of SARS or influenza, but also for preventive purposes.

Such a best medicine can be used in the treatment of different stages of a cold. Today, more than 500 pathogens of various types of colds are known to medicine. Therefore, the choice of funds to help overcome the disease is also quite extensive.

As a rule, viral diseases are treated with three groups of drugs:

1. Broad-spectrum anti-influenza agents.
2. Drugs that fight cytomegalovirus.
3. Medicines that treat herpes infection.

If the disease has become severe, then it is necessary to take antiviral pills, and mild stages can be treated with interferons.

Within 24-32 hours after the onset of the initial manifestations, it is important to quickly start taking an antiviral agent.

If the reproduction of the virus is not stopped in time, then it will flood the entire body.

In this case, antiviral pills will be ineffective in their effectiveness.

What is the effect of antiviral drugs in ARVI?

Antiviral drugs for colds eliminate the factors of occurrence and its development. So, the result of the action of such funds is:

• reducing the risk of exacerbations in chronic diseases (asthma, bronchitis, etc.);
• relief of painful manifestations, a decrease in the duration of the course of acute respiratory viral infections for a couple of days;
• reducing the risk of complications.

Antiviral drugs for influenza are used as emergency preventive care if someone close to you is sick and it is necessary to reduce the risk of infection.

Antiviral tablets for SARS

In the category in which synthetic antiviral drugs that effectively fight viruses are located, there are 2 groups of effective drugs. The principle of operation of M-channel blockers is to prevent the virus from entering the cells and multiplying there.

A good remedy in this category is Rimantandin (Remantadin) and Amantadine (Midantan). To obtain the necessary effectiveness, treatment must begin when the first symptoms of the disease appear. However, their disadvantage is that it is difficult to determine which type of virus has infected a person.

Doctors prescribe such antiviral agents during an epidemic of influenza A. Moreover, swine and bird flu are resistant to them. It should be remembered that cold tablets must be taken not only for the sick person, but also for people who are close to him.

Neuraminidase inhibitors actively fight influenza B and A viruses. Their action is based on the suppression of the enzyme responsible for the spread of the virus.

Medicines belonging to this group are Zanamivir (Relenza) and Oseltamivir (Tamiflu). Reception of such funds should be started in the first two days after the onset of the primary symptoms of SARS.

The list of anti-cold drugs includes:

1. Cycloferon;
2. Tamiflu;
3. Relenza;
4. Ribavirin;
5. Grippferon;
6. Arbidol;
7. Anaferon;
8. Viferon;
9. Amiksin;
10. Kagocel;
11. Viferon;
12. Remantadin.

Zanamivir

This antiviral medicine is prescribed for adults and children from 5 years of age with influenza. Inhalations should be done twice a day, 5 mg for 5 days. So, the total daily dosage is 10 mg.

The agent should not be combined with other inhalation mixtures, including bronchodilators, due to the fact that exacerbations may occur with bronchial asthma and other nonspecific lung diseases. In some people who do not have lung disease, sometimes there is irritation of the nasopharynx, which occasionally leads to bronchospasm.

For the treatment of adults and children from 12 years of age, the doctor may prescribe the antiviral drug Oseltamivir. The recommended daily dose is 75 mg, which should be divided into two doses. Tablets should be taken for five days.

In addition, the remedy can be prescribed to a child from 1 year old, provided that his body weight is not less than 15 kg. So, if the weight is 15 kg, then the dose is 30 mg, up to 23 kg - 45 mg, up to 40 kg - 60 mg and more than 40 kg - 75 mg. Capsules should be taken twice a day for 5 days.

However, people with kidney failure should take this remedy with extreme caution, because it can cause nausea and vomiting, so first you need to carefully study the instructions on what to drink with a cold and how.

In addition, the doctor may prescribe inexpensive antiviral drugs, including broad-spectrum Pranobex (Groprinosin) and Ribavirin (Ribarin).

Ribavirin

This antiviral drug acts on influenza viruses B and A. In addition, it is effective against rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, SARS, respiratory syncytial virus and parainfluenza.

But this remedy is quite toxic, for these reasons it is prescribed only when a respiratory syncytial infection is confirmed. Often it becomes the cause of bronchiolitis in children.

Ribavirin is a good new generation drug, the price of which is quite high. It is used for the treatment of colds in adults 4 times a day, 200 mg for 1 week. But with hemolytic anemia, renal failure and pregnancy, Ribavirin is prohibited.

Inosine pranobex

Anti-cold tablets Inosine Pranobex of the new generation are effective for:

• adenoviruses;
• flu
• rhinoviruses;
• parainfluenza.

This anti-cold medicine stimulates the immune system. To cure influenza and other viral infections in adults, Inosine Pranobex should be taken 4 times a day, 2 tablets for one week. For children, the daily rate should not exceed 50 mg per 1 kg of body weight.

The drug is taken up to 4 times a day at the same time. The duration of therapy is from 5 to 7 days.

Interferons and interferon inducers

These antiviral agents are protein elements synthesized by the body in response to an infection, thereby developing resistance to viruses. Interferons are in no way inferior to narrowly targeted groups of drugs in terms of effectiveness. They have a wide spectrum of activity, making them top of the list among other synthetic anti-flu agents.

However, some doctors are convinced that this group of drugs is ineffective in ARVI. These antiviral drugs for colds can be prescribed in the form of rectal suppositories and nasal drops.

So, native leukocyte interferon should be instilled into the nose up to 6 times a day, and Reaferon 2 drops 4 times a day. Basically, Viferon is prescribed in the form of candles, and adults are prescribed Viferon 3 or 4.

Regarding interferon inductors, they are a kind of stimulator for the production of interferons by the body. For a cold, the doctor may prescribe Meglumine acridone acetate (Cycloferon), Tiloron (Amixin) and other antiviral tablets.

Amiksin

To cure acute respiratory infections and influenza, you should take Amiksin, a new generation drug, the price of which is quite low.

This remedy should be taken orally after meals. The dose for adults is 0.125 g, and for children from 7 years old - 0.06 g. Tablets are drunk on the first day of illness, and then every other day.

The duration of therapy involves taking 6 tablets. However, Amiksin should not be taken by children under 7 years of age and pregnant women.

Cycloferon

Cycloferon tablets are similar in their effectiveness to Amiksin. They are used in the treatment of acute respiratory infections and influenza.

Often the drug is used as a solution (12.5%) for intramuscular injections of 2 ml for two days. After that, injections are given every other day, or tablets (0.15 g) are taken for 20 days.

Kagocel

It is an interferon inducer that has an immunomodulatory and antiviral effect.

As a rule, the drug is prescribed for colds three times a day, 2 tablets. In the first two days of treatment, the daily dosage should be 72 mg.

After the medicine should be taken three times a day, 1 tablet (36 mg). For 4 days of treatment, the patient drinks about 18 tablets.

The most inexpensive drug that is effective for viruses A and B, adenoviruses, parainfluenza and syncytial infections. The principle of action of the drug is to stimulate the synthesis of endogenous interferon. Arbidol helps to strengthen the immune system and has an antioxidant effect.

If there are no complications with a cold, the medicine can be prescribed to children and adults:

1. 3-6 years - 50 mg;
2. 6-12 years - 100 mg;
3. After 12 years - 200 mg.

Arbidol should be taken for 5 days four times a day every 6 hours. After that, the medicine is drunk 1 time in 7 days for a month.

Inexpensive antiviral agent, which is an inducer of endogenous interferon. It has anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and antiviral effects.

Adults Amizon should be taken after meals up to 4 times a day for moderate acute respiratory infections and influenza, 0.25 g each, and for severe forms of the disease, 0.5 g per week. The dose for children under 12 years of age is 0.125 g three times a day for 5 days.

Anaferon

It is a homeopathic preparation that has an immunomodulatory and antiviral effect. In addition, it is used in the treatment of influenza and SARS. Adults need to take 1 tablet up to 6 times daily.

Treatment with Anaferon should be started at the first respiratory manifestations. When the patient's condition improves, the drug is taken 1 time per day for 10 days.

Children from 0.5 to 3 years old should dissolve one tablet in 15 ml of water and then drink. For preventive purposes, Anaferon is prescribed 1 tablet 1 time per day for 1-3 months. Plus, it's pretty cheap.

Grippferon

A drug for intranasal use that has anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. The duration of the therapeutic course and dosage are determined by the attending physician.

At the age of 14 years, the daily dose is 2 drops (100 IU) five times a day. An adult should take Grippferon up to 6 times a day, 3 drops (1500 IU). The duration of the treatment course is five days.

Herbal antivirals are inexpensive

Many medicinal plants have anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects. Often, herbal remedies help fight herpes infection.

Very often, a cold is accompanied by herpes. Moreover, the course of cytomegalovirus infection is often accompanied by the same symptoms as with ARVI.

The list of drugs that fight viruses and infections includes Alpizarin. It contains an extract of mango leaves, yellowing kopek and alpine kopek.

In addition, a good medicine based on natural ingredients is Flacoside. The active substance of the drug is obtained from Laval velvet and Amur velvet.

Externally, you can apply ointments such as:

• Gossypol (the active substance is obtained by processing the cotton root or cotton seeds).
• Helepin (the active ingredient is the leaves of lespedeza koppechkova).
• Megosin (cotton oil).

In addition, natural antiviral drugs for colds include in their list such drugs as Altabor (based on the seedlings of sticky and gray alder) and Proteflazid (an extract of the ground part of the reed and soddy pike). These funds are actively used for preventive and therapeutic purposes for influenza and other colds.

Another immunomodulatory and antiviral effect is provided by a drug from a German manufacturer - Imupret. This remedy contains oak bark, walnut leaves and horsetail. What is a rational approach to the treatment of SARS, and how to use drugs - in the form of this article.

Inexpensive cold medicines

Antiviral drugs are often used for colds. Not everyone has the opportunity to buy an expensive medicine, so the question arises of what inexpensive means can be quickly cured. A frugal person knows that it is easier to prevent a disease than to cure it. At the peak of colds, it is necessary to activate the immune system.

The effect of antiviral drugs on the body

ARVI is best treated with an antiviral drug, it stops the reproduction of the virus, prevents it from aggravating. There are two groups of drugs - synthetic and natural. They can be used for treatment and prophylaxis. Pharmacology has developed three main groups of drugs to fight viruses:

• Flu drugs.
• Medicines for herpes infection.
• Drugs for cytomegalovirus.

All of them have a different cost, a lot depends on the manufacturer. The same drug may have a different price. For example, one that is produced abroad will cost more, a domestic drug with the same composition is always cheaper. Please note that anti-cold drugs are effective only at the beginning of the disease. When the virus has already managed to completely populate the entire body, the antiviral drug will no longer help.

The drug eliminates the cause of the onset and development of SARS, with the help of it you can:

• Protect yourself from further exacerbation of a chronic disease (tonsillitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, rhinitis, sinusitis, sinusitis, etc.).
• Reduce the duration of a cold, relieve symptoms. After taking the person recovers after 2 days.
• Reduces the risk of severe complications of SARS.
• Protects from infection. The drug is used as a prophylactic drug. If one of the family members falls ill, it is imperative to take the medicine, so you can protect yourself from SARS.

Inexpensive cold pills

Proven synthetic drugs are Rimantadine and Amantadine. To increase efficiency, you need to take them at the first symptoms of the disease. Please note that they are more suitable for the influenza A virus, and when a person becomes ill, he cannot independently find out what kind of virus he has.

Inexpensive and effective cold remedies include neuraminidase inhibitors, they help with influenza viruses B, A. They completely destroy enzymes and stop the activity of the virus. This group of drugs includes Tamiflu, Grippferon, Relenza, Kagocel, Amiksin, Anaferon, Arbidol, Viferon, Amizon.

Anti-cold diseases of plant origin

The inexpensive group includes drugs that contain herbs. They are recommended to be used when cold sores are observed. We can distinguish such antiviral herbal preparations:

• Alpizarin in its composition it has mango leaves, yellowing kopeck, alpine kopeck.
• Flacoside consists of Amur velvet and Laval.
• Megozin ointment used externally, it contains cottonseed oil.
• Helepin ointment consists of the ground part of the penny lespedeza.
• gossypol ointment in its composition has a cotton root and cotton seeds.
• Altabor- an effective anti-cold drug. It contains black and gray alder.
• Proteflazid suitable for the treatment of flu, colds. It contains ground reed grass, soddy pike.
• Imupret is an expensive German drug. It consists of an extract of oak bark, horsetail and walnut leaves.

Prices for cold medicines

The cost of all medicines is different. It is best to pay attention to efficiency and safety. You can save money first, and then treat the consequences after taking the drugs. Without a doctor, you do not need to prescribe drugs yourself.

Inexpensive antiviral drugs include Amiksin, Anaferon, Amizon. You can first buy a plate with 10 tablets, check your reaction and the effect of the drug, if everything is fine, you can continue treatment with this remedy.

Please note that colds do not eliminate the symptoms of a cold, but the cause of its occurrence, therefore they are effective. With their help, you can reduce the disease.

Inexpensive cold medicines to relieve symptoms

To speed up recovery, it is necessary to pay attention to all failures in the body. When your throat hurts, you can prepare a soda-salt solution at home and constantly gargle with it. Inflammation from the throat will help remove the tincture of calendula, eucalyptus. It is necessary to take 200 ml of warm water, dilute a tablespoon of tincture in it. Rinse every 3 hours.

To relieve the condition with a sore throat, such inexpensive drugs will help:

• Septefril- an antiseptic drug, it is used to treat pharyngitis, tonsillitis, stomatitis.
• Chlorophylipt contains extracts from eucalyptus. The drug anesthetizes, removes purulent plugs from the tonsils. Available in the form of an oil and alcohol solution, also in the form of a spray.
• streptocide It is advised to use with a severely inflamed throat. Efficiency increases if Streptocid powder is mixed with honey.
• Miramistin solution has an antiseptic effect, helps with colds to get rid of inflammation in the throat.

If nasal congestion is observed, you can use such inexpensive nasal drops Sanorin, Naphthyzin, Farmazolin, Pinosol, Galazolin for several days. Softens the nasal mucosa with eucalyptus and mint oil. Constantly rinse your nose with saline solution, so you will quickly clear the mucous from the virus.

When a cold is accompanied by a high fever, it is necessary to use antipyretic drugs. Inexpensive drugs include Acetylsalicylic acid, Paracetamol, Ibuprofen.

So, in order not to have to spend money on cold medicines, keep an eye on your immune system. Constantly strengthen your body, temper it, play sports, eat right and move as much as possible!

Antiviral drugs for colds

Treatment of such an ailment as a cold involves the use of a number of measures to reduce temperature and reduce inflammation. However, if the disease is viral in nature, then there is a possibility of developing complications, because the patient is prescribed antiviral drugs for colds, which have a direct effect on the particle that infects the body.

Antiviral drugs for colds - a list

Taking these drugs helps to strengthen the immune system and prevent the occurrence of complications. They are recommended to be taken as a prevention of many diseases. With a cold, doctors advise resorting to antiviral agents, and not to antibacterial ones, in order to overcome the virus that caused the disease. Antibiotic treatment is carried out in the presence of bacterial complications.

The most popular antiviral drugs for colds are those with the following names:

• Relenza;
• Kagocel;
• Tamiflu;
• Grippoferon;
• Arbidol;
• Remantadine;
• Cycloferon:
• Groprinosin.

As well as homeopathic antiviral drugs for colds:

• Anaferon;
• Aflubin;
• Oscillococcinum

Consider some of the drugs presented:

1. Ribavirin prescribed for diseases associated with the activity of viruses of groups A0 and A2, effectively copes with rhinoviruses.
2. Arbidol used to get rid of diseases caused by viruses A and B. Also, the agent inhibits adenoviruses and is effective for laragrippe.
3. Groprinosin reduces the load on the body created by viruses, stimulates the synthesis of interferon, thus increasing resistance to diseases.
4. Inosine Pranobex especially effective in the treatment of ailments associated with the influence of rhinoviruses, group B viruses and adenoviruses. Also, the use of the drug helps to cope with parainfluenza and the influenza virus.

Inexpensive antivirals for colds

Among the cheap means of destroying infectious particles are:

1. , which has a clear interferonogenic effect. In addition to low cost, its advantages are the absence of side effects, including allergic reactions;
2. Anaferon, which inhibits the activity of influenza viruses, parainfluenza, rotavirus, adenovirus, supports immunity. The drug is actively used with other drugs in combination for the treatment of diseases caused by the herpes virus.
3. Amiksin stimulates the immune system, has a long-term effect. In many cases, a week is enough to drink one tablet.

Strong antiviral drugs for colds

The most powerful of all drugs are neuraminidase inhibitors, which weaken the enzyme responsible for the development of the virus. These include Zanamivir and Tamiflu.

Medicines inhibit the growth of viruses in groups A and B. Their use reduces the duration of the febrile stage by 50%, reduces the likelihood of complications by half. The main advantage of such funds is that they lose their action throughout the duration of the disease. However, due to numerous side effects, they are not prescribed to children under the age of twelve.

The most effective antiviral drugs for colds

The most convenient and effective form are interferons. These components are active against all viruses, since their activity is not limited by anything. Interferon is synthesized in the body, therefore the main side effect is intolerance to a foreign protein. The best antiviral drugs for colds in this category are: Cycloferon, Laferon, candles - Kipferon, nose drops - Grippferon.

Recover from a cold without spending fabulous sums? It is quite possible if you know which of the inexpensive drugs are the most effective.

What is a cold?

It turns out that there is no such disease. This is the general name for diseases caused by hypothermia. Common cold is called:

• rhinitis;
• flu;
• SARS;
• pharyngitis;
• laryngitis.

Rather, they are caused by infection. Cold temperature provokes a decrease in immunity and increases the body's susceptibility to pathogenic microorganisms.

Heal and don't break

To recover and save your wallet from ruin, you need to remember the old cold medicines, inexpensive and effective. After all, the manufacturers themselves frankly admit that in recent years fundamentally new antipyretic and analgesic drugs have not been created. Therefore, you can always find a cheaper, but the same high-speed analogue.

The easier it is, because you have to purchase several drugs at once. When treating a cold, the patient faces two tasks:

The nose is stuffed up, the head hurts, sores on the lips, shivering - you need to deal with the first signs as soon as possible.

Against viruses

Pharmacy counters are full of an abundance of antiviral drugs, advertised and very expensive. Money down the drain - this is how experts speak of them.

1. they are effective when they are taken on the first day after the onset of cold symptoms;
2. Most of them have not been proven effective.

Means containing interferon have a proven effect. It is a protein that is produced by cells when viruses invade the body. It performs vital functions, preventing the reproduction of viruses and stimulating the immune system to fight them.

Medicines containing human recombinant interferon have undoubted advantages:

• fight viruses of various modifications;
• allowed to children from birth;
• safe for pregnant and lactating women;
• do not form habituation and dependence.

The only limiter is the high price, but it is justified. Ahead is acquaintance with the most budgetary representatives of immunostimulants.

The action of Grippferon

Available in the form of drops for the nose. After all, most often the penetration of viruses occurs through the nasal cavity. Grippferon also copes with the symptoms of the disease, so it does not require additional drugs.

The simultaneous use of Grippferon with vasoconstrictors is not recommended, because it has a drying effect.

Taking it, you can reduce the duration of the disease by almost half. How to use drops?

Among the contraindications and side effects of Grippferon is the possibility of allergic reactions with intolerance to the components.

Genferon light

It does not radically differ from Grippferon, except perhaps in the form of release. Genferon light is produced in the form of rectal suppositories. One suppository contains human alpha-2a interferon, taurine and anesthesin. Due to the active components, a therapeutic effect is carried out:

Rectal administration helps to increase the absorption of the components and avoid some side effects. With a cold during the day, candles are administered twice exactly 12 hours later.

Relieve the condition

Wait for the interferon to take effect? But what about a severe headache and high fever? Doctors advise dealing with symptoms and taking antipyretic and pain medications.

Among the wide variety, it is difficult to choose the best cold medicine, fast-acting and inexpensive, but possible. In the pharmacy, let's turn our heads to the most modest packages.

Paracetamol and its analogues

Time-tested Paracetamol will help out. It is on the list of essential medicines of the World Health Organization, in Russia it is recognized as a vital and essential drug. Paracetamol prices are controlled by the state.

A tablet of Paracetamol will help relieve headaches and lower the temperature without irritating the gastrointestinal mucosa and without disturbing the water-salt metabolism. It is taken 1-2 hours after a meal.

You can repeat the reception only after 4 hours. The daily maximum should not exceed 8 tablets.

Overdose can lead to liver failure.

The drug is prohibited for children under 3 years of age and with severe kidney and liver diseases, individual intolerance. Manufacturers emphasize that it should not be taken with alcoholic beverages.

Popular analogues of Paracetamol also have a very budget price. Alternatively, you can buy:

During pregnancy and lactation, all paracetamol-containing drugs are used with caution.

Therapeutic effect of Ibuprofen

Simple Ibuprofen tablets cost mere pennies, but meanwhile it is a component of more expensive drugs - such as Nurofen, Ibufen, Dolgit, Ibuklin (in combination with paracetamol). Why overpay if the drugs have the same active ingredients?

Ibuprofen is also on the WHO list of essential medicines. This is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory device that simultaneously relieves fever and pain.

To relieve cold symptoms, take 1 tablet three times a day.

Ibuprofen should not be used simultaneously with acetylsalicylic acid.

The drug has a number of contraindications relating to patients with asthma, liver failure, pregnancy and lactation. Small children are best treated with children's forms of the drug.

Acetylsalicylic acid

Another vital drug that we used to call Aspirin. But if you really save money, then you need to turn your attention to the tablets with just that name - Acetylsalicylic acid.

The drug is known for its analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory properties, therefore it belongs to NSAIDs. Consumed after meals. The maximum amount per day is 6 tablets.

Eliminate nasal congestion

From a cold, the nose seems to be bursting, there is nothing to breathe and there is simply no strength. Then a box with a vasoconstrictor is placed in a bag with purchased anti-cold drugs. In this case, how not to be deceived by bright packages and not spend extra money?

Many vasoconstrictor drugs are made on the basis of xylometazoline. We discard expensive DlyaNos, Otrivin, Rinomaris, Rinostop and Xymelin, and opt for the affordable Galazolin.

Galazolin is a combination drug in its action. At the same time, it constricts the vessels of the nasal mucosa, reduces redness and swelling. The effect after use is achieved after 5 minutes, and lasts for 5-6 hours and even more.

During the day, 2-3 drops are instilled twice or thrice in both nasal passages. For children from 2 to 6 years old, drops labeled 0.05% are purchased and instilled 1-2 times a day. The maximum course of treatment is 2 weeks.

Price comparison

The time has come to sum up the cost of a cold. In order not to spend too much, use the table of analogues and prices.

Now going to the pharmacy isn't so scary, is it?