Elkar preparation for newborns

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

After the birth of a child, parents want their baby to be all right. Therefore, attentive and loving parents experience and observe all the processes that occur with the child. The main reason why Elkar is prescribed for newborns is a lack of appetite.

Composition of the drug

The components that make up the drug "Elkar" for newborns are:

• The main substance is L-carnitine. It is similar in composition to B vitamins. It normalizes protein metabolism, stimulates the secretion of intestinal and gastric juice and enzymatic activity. Helps digestion of food and normalization of body weight, reduces the amount of fat in the muscles, increases endurance to physical exertion. Adjusts the consumption of glycogen and helps to increase its reserve in the liver and muscles.
• Excipients: citric acid, methyl parahydroxybenzoate, propyl parahydroxybenzoate and purified water.

For what indications is the drug prescribed

Medicine "Elkar" fornewborns are prescribed with the following indicators:

• bad appetite;
• digestion problems;
• weak reflexes;
• prematurity and malnutrition;
• poor weight gain;
• excess weight gain;
• vitamin deficiency;
• hyperexcitability;
• cardiopulmonary failure;
• regurgitation, sleep disturbance and thermoregulation;
• delayed mental and motor development;
• neurotic reactions (enuresis, tics);
• vision loss;
• atopic dermatitis.

When identifying these signs, you should contact a pediatrician or neurologist. After prescribing the medicine, one should not delay the purchase of the drug "Elkar" for newborns. Reviews of mothers testify to the good tolerance of this remedy by children. According to the observations of parents, allergies, excitability, and sleep disturbance can act as side effects. If you notice these symptoms or other abnormalities after taking the medicine, then you should report them to the doctor who prescribed the treatment.

How to use the drug

Elkar medicine for newborns is taken orally. The required dose of the drug should be diluted in a small amount of drinking water shortly before use. In order to obtain the best therapeutic effect, it is necessary to take the medicine for 30 minutes. before eating food. The duration of the drug and the dosage for children under 3 years old is determined by the doctor.

Standard dosage for newborns

Before use, 3 ml of 20% of the drug "Elkar" is mixed with 200 gr. 5% glucose solution. The resulting solution is used in 10-20 ml half an hour before feeding twice a day.

The medicine is widely used in the maternity hospital. A pediatrician with a birth injury in a baby may prescribe the drug "Elkar". Newborns are carefully examined and observed while taking the medicine. Infants can be given the drug from the first day of life, with a birth injury - from the fifth. The duration of the course averages from 15 to 45 days, regardless of where the child is, at home or in hospital.