Product Description:
- To treat asthma and prevent daytime and nighttime asthma symptoms. Montelukast is used to treat adults and adolescents 15 years of age and older who are not adequately controlled with their medicines and need additional treatment.
Product Name:
- Airfast 5 Mg, Chewable Tablets, Asthma Medicine, Prevents Asthma Complications - 28 Tablets
Scientific name:
- Montelukast 5 mg chewable tablets
Airfast 5 mg chewable tablets category:
- Asthma medications
Mechanism of action of Montelukast:
- Montelukast is a member of the leukotriene receptor antagonist family of drugs.
- It works by blocking the action of leukotriene D4 in the lungs, which results in reduced inflammation and relaxation of smooth muscles.
Therapeutic indications for Airfast 5 mg chewable tablets:
- Your doctor has prescribed montelukast to treat your asthma and prevent asthma symptoms during the day and at night.
- Montelukast is used to treat adults and adolescents 15 years of age and older who are not adequately controlled on their medications and need additional treatment.
- Montelukast also helps prevent exercise-induced narrowing of the airways.
- In asthma patients who are prescribed montelukast for asthma, montelukast can also provide relief from symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis.
How to give Airfast 5 mg chewable tablets:
- Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you.
- Consult your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Dosage depends on your medical condition:
- This medicine should be given to a child under adult supervision.
- Chewable tablets or granules should not be taken immediately with food; they should be taken at least 1 hour before or 2 hours after food.
- For children who have trouble taking chewable tablets, an oral granule formulation is available.
- For children 2 to 5 years of age: One 4 mg chewable tablet (or 4 mg granules) daily taken in the evening.
- For children 6 to 14 years of age: 5 mg chewable tablets are available.
- The 4 mg chewable tablets are not recommended for use in children under 2 years of age.
- Doses may change under special circumstances, so always follow your doctor or pharmacist's instructions.
- If you take more than you should, talk to your doctor or go to the hospital immediately.
- If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember unless it is almost time for your next dose.
- Do not take a double dose (two doses at the same time) to make up for a missed dose.