Instructions for use of the drug Atma oral drops 50ml

Synonyms: Atma

The drug "Atma" is a homeopathic herbal remedy that helps with various types of coughs. The medicine treats the respiratory system, diluting sputum and has not only a mucolytic and bronchodilator effect, but also relieves allergic reactions, inflammation of the bronchi and has an immunomodulatory effect.

The medicine is produced in the form of tablets and drops. The drops contain:

• Ethyl alcohol – 43%;
• Plant extracts – black elderberry and bittersweet nightshade;
• Arsenic is white;
• Potassium tartar salt of antimony;
• Dibasic sodium sulfate.

Instead of alcohol, the tablet form contains additional inactive components such as starch, lactose and magnesium stearate. The color of the tablets is green-brown, and the drops are a faint yellow-green shade, transparent. The medicine has no odor.

Atma drops

According to the accepted medical classification, these drops belong to complex agents used in the treatment of ENT organs . They have a wide range of actions: mucolytic (sputum thinning), antiallergic, bronchodilator, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory. Such effects are achieved through a mixture of active ingredients - black elderberry, potassium tartar, antimony, dibasic sodium sulfate, white arsenic and bittersweet nightshade fruits.

Compound

Atma, a mucolytic with antiallergic effect, is available only in the form of drops. Read the composition and description of the drug in the table:

Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics

The drug Atma belongs to complex homeopathic remedies with a systemic therapeutic effect, which is due to the combination and mutual enhancement of active components. The medication taken by yoga followers can eliminate spasms, reduce bronchial reactivity, and reduce the frequency and intensity of shortness of breath. Homeopathic drops improve the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of sputum, dilute it , help enhance the discharge of thick mucus and restore the functioning of the ciliated epithelium of the bronchi and lung tissue.

The drug has an anti-inflammatory effect, which prevents damage to the bronchi and lungs by free radicals and proteases. The medication is able to protect pulmonary blood flow from the action of inflammatory mediators, reduce inflammatory infiltration and swelling of the mucous membrane, and prevent sclerotic changes in the bronchi and lungs. Drops increase systemic immunity, normalize functional indicators of humoral immunity , help stabilize mast cell membranes and reduce eosinophilia.

The properties of the drug directly depend on the effectiveness of its constituent components. Check out their characteristics:

1. Black elderberry. It has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, expectorant, diaphoretic and diuretic effects. It provokes an exacerbation of the condition in order to mobilize the body’s internal reserve to fight the disease. The plant treats dry cough, spasms, and attacks of suffocation at night.
2. Natrium sulfuricum or Glauber's salt. Helps cope with coughs that arise due to dampness and hypothermia, and has antigenic stimulation of the bronchial tree.
3. Arsenicum album or white arsenic oxide. A powerful remedy that, in small doses, helps cope with chronic diseases of the respiratory system, is an analgesic, antiseptic and antimicrobial agent.
4. Dulcamara or bittersweet nightshade. It acts due to the glycoalkaloid solanine and helps to cope with coughs that arise against the background of damp cold.

Indications for use

According to the instructions, various diseases are indicated for the use of Atma drops. Common factors for using the drug:

• infectious, allergic cough or its mixed origin;
• acute, chronic bronchitis, including obstructive syndrome with inflammatory infiltration;
• complex therapy of bronchial asthma;
• smoker's cough and bronchitis.

Atma for cough

In the treatment of smoker's cough or chronic bronchitis, the medication improves coughing, breathing , and prevents the development of an asthenic symptom complex of hypoxic and infectious origin. Atma stimulates the individual compensatory capabilities of the body, increases its nonspecific reactivity to infections, and improves the psychometric parameters of quality of life.

For bronchial asthma

Atma increases the effectiveness of complex treatment of bronchial asthma , enhances the bronchodilator effect of inhaled corticosteroids, which helps reduce their dosage. In the treatment of obstructive bronchitis, the drug reduces broncho-obstructive syndrome, improves the dynamics of clinical and subjective symptoms (external respiration, peak flowmetry).

Release form and composition

The drug is available in the form of homeopathic drops, 100 ml of which contain 10 ml:

• Sambucus (Sambucus nigra) D1;
• Tartarus emeticus D12;
• Natrium sulfuricum D6;
• arsenic (III) oxide (Arsenicum album) D12;
• Dulcamara D6.

Auxiliary components used in the production of Atma are 43% ethanol and purified water.

Atma drops are sold in dark glass bottles equipped with a dropper, 20, 50 and 100 ml.

Atma - instructions for use

For adults and children over 12 years of age, the drug is prescribed 10 drops in pure form , you can dilute them in a tablespoon of water. A child aged 1-12 years should take 2-7 drops with water, and up to one year - a drop in a teaspoon of water or milk. The dosage regimen is three times a day. At the initial stage of diseases or during exacerbations, it is recommended to use Atma every half hour to an hour up to eight times a day until the condition improves, but not longer than three days in a row. After this, the regimen changes to three times a day.

To maximize the effect of the drops, take them between meals (half an hour before or an hour after), after holding the solution in your mouth for a while before swallowing. The course of treatment for acute bronchitis is 2-4 weeks, for chronic non-obstructive bronchitis - a month, for prevention - 2-3 weeks twice a year . Obstructive bronchitis, bronchial asthma, smoker's cough are treated for 2-3 months, prevention lasts 1.5-2 months 2-3 times a year.

Analogs

Travisil

Plethiko Pharmaceuticals, India

Price from 156 to 357 rubles.

Travisil is a complex herbal remedy that is used for the symptomatic treatment of respiratory diseases accompanied by cough. The composition includes plant extracts. Travisil is available in the form of a solution, syrup, lozenges, and ointment.

Pros:

• Availability of several dosage forms
• Natural composition
• High efficiency.

Minuses:

• Provokes an allergic reaction
• Not effective for ARVI.

Stodal

Laboratory Boiron, France

Price from 200 to 390 rubles.

Stodal is a homeopathic medicine that is successfully used to treat dry cough. The drug contains a complex of plant extracts that have a positive effect on the respiratory system. The herbal medicine is produced in the form of syrup.

Pros:

• Low price
• Reduces the frequency and severity of cough
• Can be given to children from 2 years old.

Minuses:

• The therapeutic effect is observed with long-term use of the drug
• Contraindicated in case of sucrase-isomaltase deficiency.

special instructions

When studying the instructions for use of the drug, it is important to pay attention to the special instructions section. Some excerpts from there:

1. At the initial stage of therapy, a short-term increase in the signs of the disease is possible - this indicates the action of the drug, effective drainage of the bronchi and clearing of accumulated mucus. This factor is favorable and does not require discontinuation or adjustment of the dosage of drops.
2. Atma contains plant components, so the taste, clarity and color of the solution may change slightly during storage. This does not reduce the effectiveness of the medication.
3. The drug contains 0.4 g/ml ethyl alcohol, therefore it is contraindicated for use in patients with alcohol dependence.
4. The use of the medication does not affect concentration or speed of psychomotor reactions. According to reviews, during treatment you can control transport and machinery.

Pharmacological authorities

Pharmacodynamics.

The drug has a systemic therapeutic effect due to the combination and mutual enhancement of the active components. Carry out bronchodilator, mucolytic, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and anti-allergic actions.

The drug relieves spasm and changes the reactivity of the bronchi, changes the airway, and helps reduce the frequency and intensity of attacks of the airway. Improves the volume (volume of purge) and clear (physico-chemical) characteristics of sputum, reduces the thinness and effectively removes thick mucus. Renews the work of the migratory epithelium of the bronchi.

The anti-inflammatory effect of the drug reduces the damage to the bronchi and lungs by free radicals and proteases, protects the blood flow from inflammation mediators.

Replaces ignition infiltration and swelling of the mucous membrane, avoiding sclerotic changes in the bronchi and legs. Improves systemic immunity, normalizes the functional state of the cell wall and indicators of humoral immunity (IgE level and CIC), and also changes antigenic stimulation. It stabilizes the membranes of dangerous cells, changing eosinophilia.

The medical treatment is included in the complex treatment of bronchial asthma. Enhances the bronchodilator effect of inhaled corticosteroids and β2-agonists, allowing for shorter administration or doses of these basic therapy drugs. When treating bronchitis, including obstructive bronchitis, the drug changes broncho-obstructive syndrome, improves the dynamics of clinical (including auscultatory symptoms, indicators of the function of the external respiratory tract, picflowmetry data ) and subjective manifestations. When treating chronic bronchitis, the drug relieves coughing, reduces coughing, fatigue and the quality of life, and prevents the development of irreversible changes in the bronchi and legs. Provides relief from asthenic symptom complex of hypoxic and infectious genesis. Stimulates individual compensatory capabilities of the body, promoting non-specific reactivity of the body to infection.

Side effects

Those taking Atma drops rarely report side effects during cough treatment. Exceptional cases of the development of negative reactions are associated with hypersensitivity of patients to the components of the composition. As a result, allergies appear - rash, hives, itching, swelling, irritation, bubbles or blisters, and increased salivation is also noted. To date, no cases of drug overdose have been recorded .

Features of the drug

It was stated above that the medicine is a homeopathic remedy. That is why it does not cause adverse reactions in patients. In addition, the drug has virtually no contraindications. The only limitation to taking this drug is individual hypersensitivity.

Thus, Atma drops are a completely safe drug that can effectively eliminate cough. It is excellent for all patients, including newborns.

Price of Atma

Atma drops are produced by the Austrian company Bittner. In pharmacies, their cost depends on the level of trade markup. Check out the approximate prices for the drug and its analogues in retail outlets in Moscow:

Patients' opinions

Of course, those who are thinking about the effectiveness of the drug “Atma” are primarily interested in reviews of people who use the medication. What do such patients say about this remedy?

The opinions of patients, as often happens, are quite different. There are ardent supporters of this medicine. But there are those who consider the drug ineffective.

However, much more often there are positive reviews about Atma drops. Such people claim that the medicine is excellent for relieving cough. Moreover, its effectiveness is observed after the first dose. The medicine can relieve a suffocating cough and is good at stimulating mucus production. The big advantage of the drug is its naturalness. Patients emphasize that the herbal composition of the medicine gives them confidence.

However, patients also find disadvantages in this drug. People point out the unpleasant taste of the drops. Disadvantages include long-term drug therapy. Another significant disadvantage is the high cost of the medicine.

Features of good stagnation

Atma®, oral drops, should not be used in patients with alcohol addiction; the drops in one dose of the drug (5 – 10 drops) contain 80 – 160 mg of alcohol.

Instead of alcohol, use it also when the drug is frozen for pregnant women, women who are breastfeeding, children and patients with a high risk of liver disease and a risk of epilepsy attacks.

In case of respiratory failure, elevated temperature, bloody or purulent sputum, it is necessary to consult a doctor.

If, regardless of treatment, the symptoms of illness persist for more than 7 days or if they persist on their own, it is recommended to immediately consult a doctor.

When treated with the drug, obvious symptoms of illness may immediately develop (initial reaction). Such a reaction is not unprofitable. If you don’t know the symptoms, you need to take the drug. After the initial reaction has subsided, the drug can be reinstated. If the symptoms of stagnation recur, take a medicinal solution.

If you treat with homeopathic medicines, you can control the medicine against the fact that the homeopathic medicines have become stagnant, as symptoms may occur that are not indicated in the instructions for medical stagnation.

Atma® fragments contain rich and other natural ingredients, which, when saved, can avoid slight changes in taste, flavor or color, so as not to lead to a decrease in the sweetness and effectiveness of the drug.

Suspension during pregnancy or breastfeeding.

It is important to take a medicinal dose during pregnancy or breastfeeding every day. There is no evidence of any risk to taking the drug during pregnancy or breastfeeding.

It is recommended to use the drug during pregnancy or breastfeeding with caution, and especially in cases of seizures, as the doctor thinks, the extracted measles for the mother outweighs the potential risk for the fetus/infant.

It is important to inject the drug on reproductive function every day.

This is due to the fluidity of the reaction during treatment with vehicles or other mechanisms.

The medical supply does not pour in, or a very insignificant influx can be made onto the site using transport means or other mechanisms.