Otrivin Express, menthol scented spray 0.05% 10 ml

Otrivin Express (oxymetazoline) is a sympathomimetic agent acting on alpha-adrenergic receptors of nasal mucosa.

Indications

Symptomatic treatment of stuffy nose in acute respiratory diseases with rhinitis (runny nose), acute allergic rhinitis, pollinosis, sinusitis, eustachianitis, otitis media (to reduce nasopharyngeal mucosa edema).

Active ingredient

Oxymetazoline

How to take, the dosage

Intranasal.

Interaction

Otrivin Express is not recommended for patients currently receiving monoamine oxidase inhibitors or who received them in the previous 2 weeks.

Special Instructions

With caution: elevated intraocular pressure, arterial hypertension, hyperthyroidism, diabetes, pheochromocytoma, porphyria, prostatic hyperplasia, diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity to the drug components, transsphenoidal hypophysectomy and brain surgery (in anamnesis), closed-angle glaucoma, pregnancy, atrophic rhinitis, age under 12 years.

With caution:

Increased intraocular pressure, arterial hypertension, hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus, pheochromocytoma, porphyria, prostatic hyperplasia, diseases of the cardiovascular system. Caution is recommended during therapy of patients receiving MAO inhibitors at this time or who received them during the previous 2 weeks, tri- and tetracyclic antidepressants, as well as other drugs that increase blood pressure.

If you have one of the diseases listed above, before taking the drug, be sure to consult your doctor.

Pregnancy and lactation:
Otrivin Express is contraindicated during pregnancy due to its potential systemic vasoconstrictor effect.

During breastfeeding the drug should be used only after careful assessment of the ratio of benefit and risk to the mother and fetus, it is not allowed to exceed the recommended dosage.

Side effects

Classification of the frequency of adverse reactions: Very frequently, more than 1/10 appointments (> 10%); frequently, more than 1/100, but less than 1/10 appointments (> 1%, but < 10%); infrequently, more than 1/1000, but less than 1/100 appointments (> 0.1%, but < 1%); infrequent – more than 1/10000 but less than 1/1000 appointments (> 0.01%, but < 0.1%); very rare – less than 1/10000 appointments (< 0.01%).

Overdose

In case of oxymetazoline overdose the clinical picture is characterized by: mydriasis, nausea, cyanosis, fever, tachycardia, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, arterial hypertension, pulmonary edema, dyspnea, mental disorders, hallucinations, seizures.

Similarities

Afrin, Nasivin, Nasol, Nasol Advance, Nasivin Sensitive, Rinostop, Nesopin, Oxyfrin, Sialor, Rinostop Extra, No Time to Be Sick