Meda Echinacin liquid 50 ml

Echinacin MADAUS - liquid contains the pressed juice from fresh flowering purple coneflower (Echinaceae purpureae herba) (fresh plant: pressed juice/ 1.7-2.5 : 1) as an active ingredient.
Echinacea purpurea acts as a non-specific immune stimulant.

Areas of application:
Echinacin MADAUS - Fluid is a herbal medicinal product for the supportive treatment and prevention of recurring infections in the respiratory tract in adults and adolescents over 12 years of age.

If you do not feel better or if you feel worse after 10 days, contact your doctor.

Contraindications

Echinacin MADAUS - liquid must not be taken,

• if you are allergic to purple coneflower, other plants of the daisy family (e.g. chrysanthemum, arnica) or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
• Because of its immune-stimulating activity, Echinacin MADAUS - Fluid can be used in progressive systemic diseases, autoimmune diseases, immune deficiencies, immunosuppression and diseases of the leukocytes (such as: tuberculosis, leukemia or 3 leukemia-like diseases, inflammatory diseases of the connective tissue (collagenosis), multiple sclerosis, AIDS diseases, HIV infections, chronic viral diseases) are not used.
• By children under 2 years of age.

interactions

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking/using, have recently taken/used or might take/use any other medicines.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.

In the absence of sufficient data, use during pregnancy and breast-feeding cannot be recommended. 

application

Posology
The recommended dose for
adults and adolescents over 12 years of age is:

For acute infections:
For shock treatment on the 1st day: initially 2.5 ml, then up to 7 times at intervals of 1-2 hours: 1.25 ml.
From the 2nd day for further treatment: 3 times a day 2, 5ml

For prevention (prophylaxis):
2.5 ml 3 times a day

Use in children
Children under the age of 2 years must not take Echinacin MADAUS liquid.

In the absence of sufficient data, use in children aged 2-12 years cannot be recommended.

Type and duration of use
To be taken orally, if necessary with some liquid. Echinacin MADAUS - Liquid must not be used continuously for more than 8 weeks. If you do not feel better or if you feel worse after 10 days, contact your doctor.

side effects

The following side effects have been observed:

• Anaphylactic shock (allergic reaction, often accompanied by a drop in blood pressure, nausea and possible shortness of breath)
• Hypersensitivity reactions (skin rash, itching, hives, allergic painful swelling of the skin and mucous membranes, especially in the facial area [Quincke's edema])
• obstructive bronchospasm (shortness of breath due to narrowing of the airways), asthma
• Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome (severe skin disease affecting general well-being, painful blistering of the skin especially in the mouth, eyes and genitals), angioedema of the skin (sudden swelling of the mouth and throat or mucous membranes)

Taking medicines containing purple coneflower preparations has been associated with the occurrence of immune disorders. These can express themselves through

• Disorders of the nerve pathways (tingling, muscle spasms, paralysis, gait disturbances, bladder dysfunction and visual disturbances),
• painful acute inflammation of the subcutaneous fatty tissue,
• anemia, decrease in the number of red blood platelets,
• Dry mouth, dry eyes, muscle and joint pain.

Such reactions can be triggered in patients with a tendency to allergic reactions (see section 2. Warnings and precautions).

composition

The active ingredient is: pressed juice from fresh flowering purple coneflowers (Echinaceae purpureae herba) (ratio of fresh plant: pressed juice 1.7-2.5:1). 100 g contain 80 g pressed juice.

The other ingredients are: ethanol, purified water.

Total ethanol content: approx. 22% by volume