Airfast 4 mg Chewable Tablet 30

Product Description:

What Montelukast  is:

• Montelukast  is a leukotriene receptor antagonist that blocks a group of substances called leukotrienes.

How Montelukast  works:

• The leukotrienes cause narrowing and swelling of the airways in the lungs.
• By blocking the leukotrienes, Montelukast improves asthma symptoms and helps control asthma.
• The doctor has prescribed Montelukast to treat your child's asthma and prevent asthma symptoms during the day and night.
• Montelukast  is used to treat asthma in patients aged 2 to 5 years who are not adequately controlled by their medication and need additional treatment.
• Montelukast  may also be a treatment alternative to inhaled steroids for patients aged 2 to 5 years who have not recently taken corticosteroid tablets for their asthma and who cannot use inhaled steroids.
• Montelukast  also prevents exercise-induced narrowing of the airways in patients aged 2 years and older.
• Your doctor will decide how to use Montelukast depending on the symptoms and the severity of your child's asthma.

How To Use:

• Make sure your child always uses this medicine exactly as the doctor has told you.
• Contact your child's doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure.
• This medicine should be given to children under adult supervision.
• For children who have difficulty taking chewable tablets, granules, which are taken by mouth, are available.
• Your child should only take one chewable tablet of Montelukast daily as prescribed by the doctor.
• They should be taken even if your child has no symptoms or if she/he has an acute asthma attack.

For children from 2 to 5 years:

• The recommended dose is one 4 mg chewable tablet daily, taken in the evening.
• If your child is taking Montelukast , you must be sure that he/she is not taking other medicines that contain the same active ingredient Montelukast .
• This medicine should be taken by mouth.
• The tablets should be chewed before swallowing.
• Montelukast  4 mg chewable tablets should not be taken with food. They should be taken at least 1 hour before or 2 hours after food.
• If your child takes too much Montelukast
• Contact your child's doctor immediately for advice.
• Most of the overdose reports report no side effects. The most commonly reported symptoms of overdose in adults and children are abdominal pain, sleepiness , thirst, headache, vomiting and hyperactivity.

If you have forgotten to give Montelukast  to your child:

• Try giving Montelukast as prescribed. However, if your child misses a dose, just continue with the usual dose of one chewable tablet daily.
• Do not give a double dose to make up for a missed dose.

If the child interrupts treatment with Montelukast:

• Montelukast  can only treat your child's asthma if he/she continues to take it.
• It is important that your child continues to take Montelukast as long as the doctor has prescribed it.
• It will help your child control his asthma.
• Ask your child's doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions about using this medicine.

Warnings And Precautions:

• Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before your child uses Montelukast .
• If your child's asthma or breathing worsens, contact a doctor immediately.
• Montelukast  in tablet form is not intended to treat acute asthma attacks.
• If a seizure occurs, follow the instructions the doctor has given you for your child.
• Always have your child's emergency medicine available.
• It is important that your child takes the asthma medicine as prescribed by your doctor.
• Montelukast  should not be used in place of other asthma medicines that your doctor has prescribed for your child.
• If your child is taking asthma medication, be aware that if he/she develops a combination of symptoms including a flu-like sensation, tingling or numbness in the arms and legs, worsening of lung symptoms and/or rash, contact the doctor.
• Your child should not take acetylsalicylic acid or anti-inflammatory drugs (also known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or nsaids ) if it makes her/his asthma worse.
• Patients should be aware that various neuropsychiatric side effects (eg behavioral and mood-related changes) have been reported in adults, adolescents and children with Montelukast .
• Talk to your child's doctor if your child develops such symptoms while using Montelukast .

Ingredients:

• Active ingredient is: Montelukast .
• Each chewable tablet contains Montelukast sodium equivalent to 4 mg Montelukast .