Brand Name: Purilin
Manufacturer: Opsonin Pharma Limited.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Opsonin Pharma Limited
Side effects: Hypocalcaemia, palpitation, fine tremors of the skeletal muscle & muscle cramps may occur. The other likely side effects are nausea, vomiting, burning substernal or epigastric pain & diarrhea.
Precautions and warnings: Particular caution is advised in acute severe asthma as this effect may be potentiated by hypoxia & by concomitant treatment with xanthine derivatives, steroids & diuretics. Serum potassium levels should be monitored in such situations.
Pregnancy category:The drug should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk of the fetus. It is not known whether levosulbutamol is excreted in human milk. So, caution should be exercised when oral levosulbutamol is administered to a nursing woman.
Child: Recommended
Therapeutic class: Levosulbutamol
Dosage and administrations: 12 years: Img to 2mg, 3 times daily. Children (6-11yrs)- 1mg (5ml) 3 times daily. By inhalation: Adults & children above the age of 4 years: For the relief of acute episodes of bronchospasm- 1 or 2 puffs as necessary; to prevent allergen or exercise induced bronchospasm- 2 puffs 15 minutes prior to exercise or exposure to allergen. The maximum dose is 8 puffs in 24 hours.
Indication: Levosulbutamol is indicated for the treatment & prevention of bronchospasm in adults, adolescents, & children 6 yrs of age & older with reversible obstructive airway disease
Composition action: History of hypersensitivity to levosulbutamol or any of its components.
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