Airfast Pediatrics 4 mg 28 sachets

Product Description:

What is Montelukast:

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

How does Montelukast work:

• Leukotrienes cause narrowing and swelling of the airways in the lungs.
• By blocking leukotriene, montelukast improves asthma symptoms and helps control asthma.

When to use Montelukast:

• The doctor has prescribed montelukast to treat your child's asthma and prevent asthma symptoms during the day and night.
• Montelukast granules are used to treat asthma in patients 6 months to 5 years of age whose condition is not adequately controlled by their medications and who need additional treatment.
• Montelukast granules can also be a therapeutic alternative to inhaled steroids for patients aged 2 to 5 years who have not recently taken corticosteroid tablets for asthma and cannot use inhaled steroids.
• Montelukast granules also prevent exercise-induced airway narrowing in patients 2 years of age and older.
• Your doctor will decide how to use montelukast granules depending on your child's symptoms and their severity.
• How to use:
• Make sure your child always uses this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you.
• Talk to your child's doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
• This medicine should be given to children under adult supervision.
• Your child should take montelukast granules every evening.
• It should be taken even if your child has no symptoms or if he or she has a severe asthma attack.

For children from 6 months to 5 years:

• The recommended dose is one sachet of montelukast 4 mg granules taken by mouth every evening.
• If your child is taking montelukast granules, you should make sure that your child is not taking other medicines that contain the same active ingredient (montelukast).
• For children 6 months to 2 years of age, Montelukast:

Montelukast 4 mg granules are available:

• Montelukast 4 mg granules are available for children 2 to 5 years of age.
• Montelukast 4 mg granules are not recommended for use in children under 6 months of age.

How do I give Montelukast 4 mg granules to my child:

• This medication should be taken by mouth.
• The bag is opened immediately before use.

Montelukast granules can be given either:

• Directly in the mouth.
• Or mixed with a tablespoon of cold or soft food at room temperature (such as applesauce, ice cream, carrot puree, and rice).
• Mix the montelukast granules with a spoonful of cold or soft food at room temperature.
• Make sure to mix the entire dose with food.
• Make sure your child eats the full spoonful of granules/food at once (within 15 minutes). Important:
• The pellets/food mixture should not be stored for later use.
• Montelukast granules are not intended to be dissolved in liquid, but the liquid may be taken immediately after swallowing the granules.
• Montelukast granules can be taken without regard to food intake.

If you take too much montelukast granules:

• Contact your child's doctor immediately for advice.
• Most reports of overdose do not indicate any side effects.
• The most common symptoms reported in overdose in adults and children are abdominal pain, drowsiness, thirst, headache, vomiting, and hyperactivity.

If you forget to give your child Montelukast granules:

• Try giving Montelukast granules as prescribed. However, if your child does not take a dose, continue with the usual dose of one sachet daily.
• You should not give a double dose to make up for a missed dose.

If your child stops taking montelukast granules:

• Montelukast granules will not treat your child's asthma unless he or she continues to take them.
• It is important that your child continue to take montelukast granules for as long as your doctor has prescribed.
• It will help your child control asthma.
• Ask your child's doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions about the use of this medicine.