Drotaverin, instructions for use

If you have purchased Drotaverin, the instructions for use are always attached, and before using the tablets, carefully study it.

Drotaverin - tablets of yellow color with a green tint. One tablet as the active substance contains 0.04 g of drotaverine hydrochloride.

The chemical structure and pharmacological properties of it are close to papaverine, but the effect is stronger and longer. Promotes a means of dilating the blood vessels, as well as the muscles of the internal organs reduces its activity.

Drotaverin, the instruction for use of which is given below, has a wide range of indications. It is used for renal, intestinal, biliary colic, dyskinesia of the gallbladder, cholecystitis, postcholecystectomy syndrome, pyelitis, proctitis, spastic constipation, spastic colitis, gastroduodenitis, peptic ulcer and duodenal ulcers, as well as spasms of the cerebral, peripheral and coronary arteries. It should be borne in mind that Drotaverin has indications for use in gynecology, including with threatening miscarriage, threatening premature birth, cervical spasms during childbirth or with prolonged exposure, as well as in instrumental studies.

The method of application is as follows: adults take no more than two tablets inside three times during the day. Children under 6 years of age are prescribed a single dose of a quarter or half of the pill, and children from 6 to 12 years of age - one-half tablet a day or twice a day.

If you take the drug Drotaverin, the instructions for use warn of side effects, such as palpitations, dizziness, hypotension, arterial, allergic dermatitis, sweating. One should be careful of those patients who are prone to atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries, glaucoma, prostate adenoma. It will not prevent caution in taking medication throughout pregnancy and lactation.

In case you decide to take Drotaverin, the instructions for use have already been studied, pay special attention to contraindications. They include individual intolerance, marked cardiac, hepatic and renal failure. Do not take the drug with AV blockade II-III degrees.

ATTENTION! During treatment it is necessary to refrain from driving motor vehicles and other occupations that are potentially dangerous activities requiring great attention and instant reaction.

Storage conditions require a place protected from light, not accessible to children.

Shelf life is limited to 3 years from the date of manufacture.

The drug Drotaverina hydrochloride, the instructions for use of which is directly in the package, should also be studied in detail before starting its administration.

Its tablets have a light yellow color.

The composition of one tablet includes drotaverine hydrochloride (0.04 g), microcrystalline cellulose auxiliary substances, potato starch, steppe calcium, aerosil, milk sugar.

Drotaverina hydrochloride is used for urethraliasis, nephrolithiasis, cystitis, pelitis, with ulcers of the stomach and duodenum, enteritis, gastritis, colitis, spasm of the cardiac sphincter and pilorospasm, constipation or flatulence, pancreatitis, vascular pains, gynecological diseases (dysminorrhea, adnexitis, Convulsive labor clashes, threatening abortion).

Dose to adults - one or two tablets no more than 3 times a day. Children up to 6 years of age - half a tablet are not sick 3 times during the day. Children older than six years - from two to five times a day for one tablet.

As side effects may be headaches, dizziness, nausea, insomnia, palpitation, sweating, in rare cases, signs of allergic dermatosis.

Contraindications of the drug - the presence of severe disorders of the kidney and liver function, heart disease, AV-blockade II-III degrees, hypotension.

Overdose threatens to increase the side effects of the drug. Possible cardiac arrest, paralysis of the center of the respiratory tract.

Especially cautiously apply the drug to pregnant women.

Patients who have an imponderability to lactose, can experience a violation of the stomach in the presence of lactose in tablets.

Keep the medicine in a dark place at a temperature of about 25 degrees.

Shelf life is limited to two years.

It should be remembered that any reception of "Drotaverin" tablets should be performed only on the advice of a doctor in order to avoid serious consequences.