Josette for Cough: Instructions for Use

Josette is a combined medicine of expectorant, mucolytic and bronchodilator action.

It consists of salbutamol, bromhexine, menthol and guaifenesin. Due to their combined effect, the motor mucosa of the bronchi improves, the amount of mucus synthesized increases and its consistency is diluted. It facilitates breathing and helps to sputum.

On this page you will find all information about Josette: the full instruction on the application for this medicine medium, average prices in pharmacies, complete and incomplete analogs of the drug, as well as reviews of people who have already applied syrup Joset. Want to leave your opinion? Please write in the comments.

Clinical and pharmacological group

The combined preparation has a bronchodilator, expectorant, mucolytic effect.

Conditions of leave from pharmacies

It is released on prescription.

Price list

How much does Josette cost? The average price in pharmacies is at the level of220 rubles.

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Form of issue and composition

Pharmacological effect

The composition of the drug determines its medicinal properties. The syrup contains the following main components:

1. Guaifenesin. It liquefies phlegm. Turns dry non-productive cough into a moist productive.
2. Salbutamol. Thanks to it, the bronchi expand and consequently sputum goes away faster. The appearance of bronchodilator spasms is prevented.
3. Menthol. Relieves spasm of the bronchi, stimulating the secretion of the bronchial glands. Soothes the damaged mucous membrane, acting on it antiseptically.
4. Bromhexine. Acts on phlegm as a mucolytic. It becomes less viscous and dense. The main property is the improvement of expectoration due to the activation of the cilia of the ciliated epithelium, the secondary is getting rid of dry cough.

In addition, children's syrup from the cough Josette contains a number of auxiliary elements: sodium methylparahydroxybenzoate, sorbic acid, sodium saccharinate, sodium propyl parahydroxybenzoate, water, a dark yellow dye, sorbitol, propylene glycol, sucrose.

Indications for use

This drug has a number of indications. The main ones are:

• violation of contraction of lung tissue;
• inflammation of the bronchial mucosa;
• pneumonia;
• Chronical bronchitis;
• bronchial asthma;
• diseases of the respiratory system due to the ingress of industrial dust into them;
• pulmonary tuberculosis;
• chronic lung disease caused by external factors (smoking, contaminated air, the presence of harmful substances in it).

Josette is a potent drug, so before you start taking it, you should seek advice from a doctor, especially if it is about the health of the child.

Contraindications

Before starting therapy with Josette, the patient should carefully read the attached instructions. The drug has the following contraindications:

1. Diabetes;
2. Thyroid dysfunction;
3. Increased intraocular pressure;
4. Heart rhythm disturbances;
5. Stenosis of aortic valves;
6. Myocarditis;
7. Severe liver and kidney damage;
8. The period of breastfeeding;
9. Pregnancy;
10. Individual intolerance of active or auxiliary components;
11. Bleeding of the intestine or stomach, an admixture of blood in the stool of unexplained etiology;
12. Inflammatory processes of the mucous membrane of the organs of the alimentary canal of chronic course in the phase of exacerbation.

With special care, the drug is prescribed to patients with arterial hypertension or against a background of treatment with beta-blockers.

Application in pregnancy and lactation

The drug is contraindicated for use by pregnant women. It is not known what effect salbutamol has on the course of pregnancy and intrauterine development of the fetus.

The components of Joset can also penetrate into breast milk, and then into the baby's body, so treatment with this syrup during lactation is not carried out. If it is necessary to administer the drug, breastfeeding should be discontinued.

Instructions for use

The instructions for use indicate that the syrup is taken inside.

The recommended dosing regimen, if there are no other doctor's prescriptions:

• children under 6 years: 5 ml (1 teaspoon) 3 times / day;
• children 6-12 years: 5-10 ml (1-2 teaspoons) 3 times / day;
• adults and children over 12 years: 10 ml (2 teaspoons) 3 times / day.

Side effects

The drug may have side effects and has contraindications for use. Before taking it is recommended to read them.

Possible side effects:

1. From the side of blood vessels and heart: lowered arterial pressure, tachycardia, collabs.
2. The urinary system: Guaifenesin has the property of staining urine in pink.
3. Problems with the gastrointestinal tract: upset of the stool (normalized after withdrawal), exacerbation of gastritis, ulcers, duodenitis (inflammation of the duodenum), gastroduodenitis. There may be pain in the stomach, nausea.
4. Problems from the central nervous system: anxiety, increased excitability, migraine, dizziness, insomnia, a feeling of drowsiness, tremor, convulsions.
   Possible allergic manifestations: skin rash, dermatitis, urticaria.

Overdose

A very high dose of syrup, for example, if a small child accidentally drank it in large quantities, results in tachycardia, vomiting, drowsiness or increased excitability, collapse, loose stools, dizziness and other negative symptoms.

Treat an overdose recommend symptomatically.

special instructions

1. Guaifenesin stains urine in pink.
2. It is not recommended to drink the drug with alkaline drink.
3. With caution should be used in diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer in anamnesis; simultaneously with antitussive agents, nonselective blockers of beta-adrenergic receptors, inhibitors of MAO.

Drug Interactions

1. Diuretics and GCS increase the hypokalemic effect of salbutamol.
2. MAO inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants increase the effect of salbutamol, which can lead to a sharp decrease in blood pressure.
3. Beta2-ademinomimeticheskie funds, theophylline and other xanthines with simultaneous use with the drug increase the likelihood of development of tachyarrhythmias.
4. The bromhexine included in the preparation promotes the penetration of antibiotics into the lung tissue.
5. It is not recommended to be used simultaneously with nonselective blockers of β-adrenergic receptors.
6. Simultaneous use with drugs containing codeine and other antitussive drugs makes it difficult to remove diluted sputum.

Reviews

We picked up some feedback from people about the drug:

1. Natalia. Until I read the reviews about the drug, Dzhoset, received from coughing Ascoril. It costs 2 times more, and the effect is the same.
2. Valentina. The syrup was prescribed to me by the attending physician when the complication began and the acute bronchitis passed into a chronic form. The drug is effective. The doctor has decided to take it 2 weeks. It became better to go away phlegm, stopped waking up at night from coughing, well-being improved. Mum my syrup has not approached or suited, as at it or her a tachycardia. The drug was canceled.
3. Oksana. My son often has colds, and first of all his neck suffers. Every time we, me and my child, take syrup Josette. The cold passes quickly and never causes complications.
4. Alexey. I started taking joset yesterday, I felt a positive result the first night-the frequency of cough decreased, my cough went from deep, long and spasmodically suffocating into an easy one. I did not expect such a quick effect. I liked the drug very much. Before he took lazolvan, bronchicum, bromhexine for a week - the result is zero. I advise you to try Dzhoset, it is very effective with a deep paroxysmal moist cough.

Analogues

A similar drug will be hard to pick up, because Josette is a complex tool that contains 4 active components.

• There are a number of drugs that have similar actions: ATSTS, ambroksol, bromhexine, ascaril, ambroben, doctor mom and others.

Before using analogues, consult your doctor.

Storage conditions and shelf life

Store at a temperature not exceeding 30 ° C. Keep away from children.

Shelf life - 2 years.

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