Montel 4mg 28 Chew Tablets

Montel 4mg 28 Chew Tablets

Uses:

• Montelukast is used to treat asthma in patients ages 2 to 5 years who are not adequately controlled by their medications and need additional treatment.
• Montelukast may also be a therapeutic alternative to inhaled steroids for patients 2 to 5 years of age who have not recently taken corticosteroid tablets for asthma and who cannot use inhaled steroids.
• Montelukast also prevents exercise-induced narrowing of the airways in patients ages 2 years and older.
• Your doctor will decide how to use montelukast depending on the symptoms and severity of your child's asthma.

How to use:

• Make sure your child always uses this medicine exactly as your doctor tells you to.
• This medicine should be given to children under adult supervision.
• For children who have difficulty taking chewable tablets, oral granules are available.
• Your child should take only one chewable tablet of Montelukast per day as directed by the doctor.
• They should be taken even if your child has no symptoms or has a severe asthma attack.

For children from 2 to 5 years:

• The recommended dose is one 4 mg chewable tablet daily, taken in the evening.
• If your child is taking montelukast, you should make sure he or she is not taking other medicines containing the same active ingredient as montelukast.
• This medication should be taken orally.
• The tablets should be chewed before swallowing.
• Montelukast 4 mg tablets should not be taken with food. They should be taken at least one hour before or two hours after food.
• If your child takes too much montelukast call your child's doctor right away for advice.
• Most overdose reports indicate no side effects and the most common symptoms of overdose reported in adults and children are abdominal pain, drowsiness, thirst, headache, vomiting, and hyperactivity.

If you forget to give montelukast to your child:

• Try giving montelukast as prescribed. However, if your child misses a dose, simply continue with the usual dose of one chewable tablet daily.
• Do not give a double dose to make up for a missed dose.

If a child discontinues treatment with montelukast:

• Montelukast can only treat your child's asthma if he continues to take it.
• It is important that your child continues taking montelukast for as long as the doctor prescribes it.
• It will help your child control his or her asthma.
• Ask your child's doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions about using this medicine.

Warnings and precautions:

• Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before your child uses montelukast.
• If your child's asthma or wheezing worsens, call the doctor immediately.
• Montelukast tablets are not intended to treat severe asthma attacks.
• If a seizure occurs, follow the instructions your child's doctor gave you.
• Always have your child's emergency medications on hand.
• It is important that your child takes asthma medication as prescribed by the doctor.
• Montelukast should not be used in place of other asthma medications your doctor has prescribed for your child.
• If your child is taking asthma medications, know that if he or she develops a combination of symptoms including a flu-like sensation, tingling or numbness in the arms and legs, worsening lung symptoms, and/or a rash, call the doctor.
• Your child should not take acetylsalicylic acid or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (also known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs) if it worsens their asthma.
• Patients should be aware that numerous neuropsychiatric side effects (eg, behavioral and mood changes) have been reported in adults, adolescents, and children taking montelukast.
• Talk to your child's doctor if your child develops such symptoms while using montelukast.

The components:

• The active ingredient is montelukast.
• Each chewable tablet contains Montelukast sodium equivalent to 4 mg Montelukast.