What Respivax is and what it is used for:
Respivax is a polybacterial immunostimulant that increases the body's natural resistance and specific immunity to various respiratory infections by stimulating the humoral and cellular factors of the immune system. It has a proven stimulating effect on the cells of the immune system of the intestine and mesentery and to a significant extent on the lymphoid formations in the lung located peribronchially.
Before you take Respivax:
Do not take Respivax if you are diagnosed with celiac disease, as it contains wheat starch.
Taking other medications:
No incompatibility with other drugs was observed.
Respivax can be combined with any other treatment, including antibiotic therapy. Allows repeated application without danger of habituation.
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.
Taking Respivax with food and drink:
No incompatibility was observed.
Pregnancy and lactation:
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine. Respivax is not recommended during the first 3 months of pregnancy.
Driving and using machines
Respivax has no adverse effects on the ability to drive and use machines.
Important information about some of the ingredients of Respivax:
The preparation contains wheat starch, which can pose a danger to people with celiac disease.
How to take Respivax:
Respivax for adults with a daily dose of 50 mg is used for immunotherapy and immunoprophylaxis.
Respivax is administered as follows:
Treatment course (immunotherapy): For 30 days 1 tablet daily, in the morning on an empty stomach; maintenance course of treatment - to achieve a lasting effect of treatment, it is recommended to take 1 tablet of Respivax in the morning on an empty stomach for 20 consecutive days in 3 consecutive months. This course of treatment can be repeated after 5-6 months.
At the discretion of the attending physician and in cases of significant suppression of the immune system as a result of various diseases, including and malignant, the course of treatment can be extended, as patients take Respivax 1 tablet in the morning on an empty stomach without interruption for 3-6 months.
Prophylactic course (Immunoprophylaxis): One tablet of Respivax daily, in the morning on an empty stomach for 20 days in 3 consecutive months. It is recommended that prevention begin in October.
Possible side effects:
To date, no adverse reactions have been observed with Respivax. Clinical results show very good tolerability.
What Respivax contains:
Active substance - Each Respivax tablet contains 50 mg of lyophilised killed bacterial cultures of the following microbial species: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Branhamella catarrhalis, Group A Streptococcus pyogenes, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, respectively, 1,25 in pneumonia; cells of any kind.
Contains from 0.001 to 0.1 mg of formaldehyde.
The other ingredients in Respivax are:
Microcrystalline cellulose 0.066 g
Wheat starch 0.065 g
Colloidal anhydrous silica 0.006 g
Povidone 0.010 g
Magnesium stearate 0.003 g
Dextran 40 included in the composition of
active substance as stabilizer 0,030 g
Marketing Authorization Holder and Manufacturer: BUL BIO-NCZPB EOOD, Bulgaria.