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Espumizan drops for newborns: how much and how to give?
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Last reviewed: 03.07.2025
Espumisan drops for newborns can be a real salvation for parents in the first few months of life. Colic often bothers babies due to the immaturity of the digestive organs. And one of the main drugs for treatment is Espumisan.
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Indications Espumizan for newborns.
Indications for use of the drug are increased gas formation not only in infants, but also in older children. The active substance of the drug is simethicone - a surfactant.
Use of Espumisan for colic
Crying is a normal infant response that newborns can have and can often be associated with tummy troubles. Other signs of tummy troubles include: pulling legs up to tummy, crying when feeding, having a swollen and hard tummy, and a red face. If your baby cries for 3 or more hours a day, at least 3 days a week, for at least 3 weeks, he or she may have colic. Colic is caused when your baby develops gas bubbles in the gastrointestinal tract. These bubbles often form when your baby takes in excess air while eating. If your baby is breastfed, changing your diet can also cause her to develop gas. Switching between types of formula can also cause an upset stomach in babies.
If your baby suffers from gas-related discomfort, then you know how frustrating it can be when your little one is in discomfort or pain. Gas happens to both breastfed and formula-fed babies, and most parents report problems at some point during the first few months. Many things can cause colic, including an immature digestive system, excessive crying, and eating too quickly or too slowly. During the newborn period, your baby still has many developmental changes to go through. At this point, the enteric nervous system, which controls digestion, is not fully developed in newborns, and it takes time for these systems to learn how to process food efficiently and pass both gas and stool. Often, this means that food causes bloating and discomfort.
Before you start treating colic, you can also try more natural methods to relieve your baby's pain. Your feeding methods may be causing excess gas. Any time your baby cries before or during a feed, he or she swallows excess air, which can cause pain. Feed when your baby is calm. Move your baby upright or lay them on their tummy to help the gas pass without discomfort. Lay your baby on their back and pump their legs up toward their chest like a bicycle. Let them relax in a warm bath to try to relieve their pain. You can help your baby get relief by laying them face down on your forearm or across your legs, allowing your hand or foot to apply gentle pressure to their tummy and help them pass gas more easily.
If you are breastfeeding, try eliminating caffeine and dairy from your diet and see if that helps your baby’s tummy. If your baby is formula fed, use an appropriately sized nipple to keep air out while your baby is feeding. Keep your baby close to your breast while feeding to prevent air from getting into her digestive tract. After feeding, keep your baby calm and still for at least 20 minutes to give her time to properly digest the food.
Gentle belly massage can help treat colic. Gently rub your baby's belly in a clockwise direction, this can help move the air around in the belly. A warm swaddle can soothe your baby. Go for a walk: Sometimes a change of scenery, fresh air, and different sounds can be just what can calm and restore a baby.
To help your baby get rid of colic, it is recommended to use drops to reduce gas formation. Formulated with simethicone, drops to reduce pressure safely reduce the surface tension of gas bubbles, causing them to combine into larger bubbles in the stomach that are easier to tolerate, providing your baby with almost instant relief from that full, bloated feeling. The names of these simethicone-based colic medications can vary, one such drug is Espumisan.
Release form
The release form is an oral liquid medicine intended to relieve discomfort from colic, bloating and abdominal pain caused by trapped gas in the stomach and intestines. There are also capsules with the same substance content for adults.
Espumisan 40 is drops that contain an equivalent dose of simethicone 40 milligrams. Espumisan L is just such a product with a content of 40 milligrams of the active substance. Espumisan baby contains 100 milligrams of the substance, which affects the dosage for children. Espumisan emulsion contains 40 milligrams of the substance in 1 milliliter.
Dosing and administration
The method of application is oral only. Doses depend on the content of simethicone, if the dosage of the substance is 40 milligrams, then 25 drops are needed per dose. If simethicone contains 100 milligrams, then 5-10 drops are needed per dose.
How to give Espumisan to a newborn? It all depends on your child's character, if you can drop it directly onto his tongue, then you can use this method. You can also drop drops into water or tea for the child, or dissolve in milk.
Contraindications
Contraindications for use are limited only to individual intolerance.
Interactions with other drugs
There is no interaction with other drugs, since the drug is not absorbed.
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Storage conditions
Storage conditions and shelf life are normal and comply with the instructions.
Analogues of Espumisan are drugs with a similar active ingredient, which include Bobotik and Kuplaton.
There are also analogues that are an effective alternative to simethicone. Plantex, Baby Calm, Sab simplex are preparations based on dill or fennel, which have a natural vitrogonic effect. Dill water for newborns can also be used for colic, as an alternative to Simethicone.
Parents' reviews are mixed. Some reviews showed that simethicone is no more effective than placebo, and for some children it is a lifesaver.
Parents often turn to Espumisan to relieve symptoms of excess gas in a newborn or young child. In some cases, this, along with non-drug treatments, is one of the most effective treatments.
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