Name: Sulfamethoxazole 800mg Trimetoprim160 mg - 10 Tabs
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Sulfamethoxazole 800mg Trimetoprim160 mg – 10 Tabs

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When to Take Benzonatate?

This drug can be taken when the patients have experienced multiple coughing sessions and feel discomfort in their throat and air passage due to coughing. However, the dosage will vary based on the patient’s age, severity of health condition, reaction to the first dose, and other medical conditions.

Availability of Benzonatate

The drug is available in capsule form under its generic name Benzonatate in 100 mg, 150 mg, and 200 mg strengths.

Dosage Information

For 18 Years and Older –

100-200 mg capsules can be taken every day, divided into three times a day when the patient is actively coughing. However, the dosage should not exceed the limit of 600 mg/ day.

For 11 to 17 Years Old

100-200 mg capsules can be taken every day, divided into three times a day when the patient is actively coughing. However, the dosage should not exceed the limit of 600 mg/ day.

Note: The medicine is not used for pediatric purposes. Therefore, it is not considered safe to give the medicine to children less than 10 years old.

Things to Know Before Starting Benzonatate

There are a few things that every patient needs to keep in mind before you start with the medicine dosage.

General Rule

You need to take this medicine as a whole. Crushing, chewing, or breaking this medicine before swallowing is not recommended at all.
You can take this medicine both before and after taking food.
Check the availability of the medicine in our store before placing the order.

Storage Information

You can store it at room temperature 59°F to 86°F. It is going to be the best if you can keep the medicine at 77°F.
Do not keep the medicine in a moist or damp environment, such as a bathroom.
Keep it away from direct sunlight exposure.

Travel Storage Information

While you are traveling and having coughing episodes, you can keep it in your hand luggage and carry on with your recommended dosage.
Try to carry the pharmacy label with the medicine while traveling via airways
The X-ray machine is not harmful to the medicine. So, you don’t need to worry about it.
If you are going by car, it is better not to leave it inside the car because then it will be exposed to either extremely hot or extremely cold temperatures which is not an ideal condition for the medicine to store.

Description

How to Use the Medicine?

The medicine anesthetizes the peripherally located stretch receptors in the respiratory passage, pleura, and lungs. Benzonatate dampens the activity of these organs and thus minimizes the cough reflex right at its source.The medicine comes in the form of liquid-filled capsules to be taken orally. The standard dosage of the medicine in times of cough is 3 times a day. However, the dosages may differ based on your health conditions.

The medicine begins to work after 15-20 minutes after swallowing. The effect of the medicine stays for 3-8 hours. Sometimes, the medicine needs to be taken with something else when needed as it works as a combination therapy. The right method of taking the medicine is to swallow the medicine as a whole. Do not try to break, cut, crush, suck, chew, or dissolve the medicine. In case the liquid inside the capsule gets loose in the mouth before swallowing, it may cause numbness in the mouth, leading to choking.

In case, you feel any sort of numbness or a tingling effect inside your mouth, throat, tongue, or face, you must refrain from eating or drinking anything at that point. If you feel the tingling effect or numbness is not going away after a long time or getting worse over time, then you should not waste any time getting in touch with your healthcare provider.