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Carbophos Uses |
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Acute diarrhoea, prevention of absorption in oral intoxications & acceleration of elimination in intoxication w/ substances subject to enterohepatic circulation eg carbamazepine, phenobarb, phenylbutazone, theophylline.
Carbophos also contains the following excipients: Bentonite and cornstarch.
Diarrhoea: Recommended Dose: 2-4 tablets 3-4 times daily, depending on the severity of the case.
Children: Half the recommended dose.
Acute Intoxications: 0.5-1 g/kg body weight. Adults
Adults and Adolescents or ≥60 kg body weight: 120-240 tablets. Children 10-14 years or ≥30 kg body weight: 90-120 tablets; 6-9 years or ≥20 kg body weight: 60-80 tablets; 3-5 years or ≥15 kg body weight: 45-60 tablets; 1-2 years or ≥10 kg body weight: 30-40 tablets.
Flatulency: Adults 1 or 2 tablets repeated every 2 hrs or 2 tablets at 2 hrs after meal.
Administration: Diarrhoea: Carbophos tablets should be taken on an empty stomach with plenty of liquid. Allow Carbophos tablets to disintegrate in water with stirring or take whole with liquid. It is advisable to administer Carbophos tablets together with a glucose electrolyte solution in order to replace any loss of water and salt. Milk or milk products are not suitable. Carbophos tablets should be used until the stools have returned to normal. If the patient has not responded to treatment after about 3 days, other therapeutic or diagnostic measures must be taken.
Acute Intoxications: Stir Carbophos tablets in water to make a paste and administer in small quantities. In unconscious patients, a physician or a nurse under medical supervision, should administer the suspension of Carbophos tablets in water by gastric tube. Administration may be repeated at intervals of 2-4 hrs. Due to the risk of hypochloraemia, the suspension should be given in isotonic saline or full electrolyte solution where multiple doses are administered. Milk or milk products are not suitable. It is recommended to additionally administer 1 tablespoonful (adults) or ½-1 tablespoonful (children) of sodium sulfate (Glauber's salt) in 1 glass of water 30-60 min later. This saline laxative induces rapid intestinal passage. By this measure, the poison which is bound to the Charcoal (Carbophos), is removed from the intestinal tract before part of the poisonous substances are to be liberated. To accelerate elimination in intoxications with substances subject to enterohepatic circulation, 1 tablet/1-2 kg body weight should be given. This measure can be repeated every 2-4 hrs.
The sooner the Charcoal (Carbophos) is administered after intoxication, the stronger its effect. Carbophos tablets should be administered as soon as the intoxication is detected.
Flatulency: After disintegration in liquid, Carbophos tablets can be taken immediately after meal.
Carbophos should not be administered together with other drugs because their efficacy can be reduced.
As most undesirable effects are based on post-marketing spontaneous reporting, precise frequency estimation is not possible.
No adverse reactions to Carbophos are known to occur if taken in the recommended dosage to treat the diarrhoea. After very high doses as those taken in intoxications, constipation and intestinal obstruction (mechanical ileus) may occur in individual cases; this can be prevented by administering saline laxatives (eg, sodium sulfate). As medicinal Charcoal (Carbophos) is excreted in unchanged form, the stools turn black (discoloured faeces) after intake of Carbophos tablets.
Febrile diarrhoea. Medicinal Charcoal (Carbophos) should not be taken in the case of intoxication with corrosive substances (strong acids and alkalis) as this would complicate diagnostic measures eg, oesophagoscopy and gastroscopy.
Charcoal/Activated in France, Tunisia.
Activated/Charcoal in France, Tunisia.
Calcium carbonate/calcium phosphate/Vegetable charcoal in France.
Unit description / dosage (Manufacturer) | Price, USD |
Tablet, Chewable; Oral; Charcoal Vegetable 400 mg | |
Carbophos 2 tube x 20 Tablet | |
List of Carbophos substitutes (brand and generic names): | |
Carbonis activate Tsiteli A (Georgia) | |
Carbosorb (Australia, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Slovakia) | |
Carbotox (Czech Republic, Slovakia) | |
Carbotural (Mexico) | |
Carbovit (Switzerland) | |
Carbovital (France) | |
Carverol (Brazil) | |
Charac (Canada) | |
Suspension; Oral; Charcoal Activated 50 g / 225 ml (Omega) | |
Charac-25 (Canada) | |
Charac-50 (Canada) | |
Charactol-25 (Canada) | |
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Charactol-50 (Canada) | |
Charbogir (Belgium) | |
Charbon de belloc (Belgium, France) | |
Capsule; Oral; Charcoal Activated 125 mg (Omega) | |
Charco (Canada) | |
Charcoal Plus (United States) | |
Charcoal Red Seal (New Zealand) | |
Charcoal/Activated (Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom) | |
Cralex (Georgia, Hungary) | |
Cralex 125 mg (Hungary) | |
Deltacarbon (Thailand) | |
Deltacarbon 250 mg x 10 x 10's (Sriprasit Pharma) | |
Deltacarbon tab 250 mg 10 x 10's (Sriprasit Pharma) | |
EZ-Char (United States) | |
Farmacarbon (Turkey) | |
Formocarbine 15% (France) | |
Greater Ca-R-Bon (Thailand) | |
Greater Ca-R-Bon 5 g x 25's | |
Karbon (Pakistan) | |
Karbosorb (Hungary) | |
Kohle Boxo-Pharm (Germany) | |
Kohle-Hevert (Germany) | |
Kohle-Pulvis (Germany) | |
Kohletabletten Hänseler (Switzerland) | |
Kolsuspension (Iceland, Sweden) | |
Kull (Norway) | |
Mamograf (Argentina) | |
Medical Charcoal Tsiteli A (Georgia) | |
Medicinal Carbon Nichi-iko (Japan) | |
Medicinsko oglje (Slovenia) | |
Meticom (Colombia) | |
Minicam Carb (Argentina) | |
Nature's Way Activated Charcoal (New Zealand) | |
See 117 substitutes for Carbophos |
Users | % | ||
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Useful | 1 | 100.0% |
Users | % | ||
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Not expensive | 1 | 50.0% | |
Expensive | 1 | 50.0% |
Users | % | ||
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1 week | 1 | 33.3% | |
5 days | 1 | 33.3% | |
1 day | 1 | 33.3% |
Users | % | ||
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1-5 | 5 | 31.2% | |
< 1 | 3 | 18.8% | |
16-29 | 3 | 18.8% | |
30-45 | 3 | 18.8% | |
6-15 | 1 | 6.2% | |
46-60 | 1 | 6.2% |
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Information checked by Dr. Sachin Kumar, MD Pharmacology
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