Pediatricians and pediatric neurologists often prescribe glycine as a mild sedative and nootropic agent. It helps to normalize metabolic processes, improve sleep and relieve emotional stress. The drug is prescribed both for prophylactic purposes, for example, to facilitate the adaptation of a child in kindergarten, and as a remedy, for example, in case of poor school performance.
Instructions
Step 1
Glycine can be prescribed to patients of any age. Unfortunately, even newborns often need treatment. With increased excitability and some other problems, neurologists try to start therapy with mild drugs with a minimum of side effects, which include glycine. The convenience of using this medication in newborns lies in the fact that you do not need to crush the pill and put it in the baby's mouth (which should not be done in principle). The drug can be taken by a breastfeeding mother. Since glycine perfectly penetrates into all body fluids and tissues, the therapeutic dose of the drug will also be found in breast milk. It will not harm the nursing mother, and on the contrary, it will be beneficial. Unless in case of individual intolerance to the drug, you should not resort to this advice. The dosage of the medicine for a nursing mother should be chosen by the doctor, but usually one tablet three times a day is enough to get the effect on the infant.
Step 2
If the baby is artificially fed or the mother has an individual glycine intolerance, the drug is prescribed directly to the child. no medicine is needed.
Step 3
For older children, the drug is prescribed for poor sleep or to alleviate the psychological state when adapting to various life situations. The kid, whom the working mother leaves with the nanny, will be very worried at first. Also, many children find it difficult to adapt to a nursery or kindergarten. Parental divorce tends to have a negative impact on the child. In all these and similar cases, neuropathologists recommend taking one tablet of glycine three times a day. Young children are shown taking the crushed form of the drug. For those who are older, you can offer to dissolve the pill by placing it under the tongue.
Step 4
If the child suffers from sleep disturbances, the intake of glycine should be postponed to the evening. Usually, a 30-day course of treatment is enough to normalize sleep. And the dosage is still the same - one tablet.
Step 5
Younger schoolchildren and adolescents are prescribed glycine to improve performance at the end of the school term and during exams. 1-2 tablets of the drug three times a day help to cope with any mental stress.
