'Hexavit' preparation: instructions for use

"Hexavit" - a drug that is used to prevent the development of hypovitaminosis and conditions, which are accompanied by an increase in the need for vitamins. The drug is also used to strengthen the body during recovery from severe diseases, infectious and non-infectious. This drug is a good tool for increasing visual acuity with significant eye fatigue while working at the computer, reading. Sometimes it is used after chemoprophylaxis of oncological diseases. The drug is available in the form of a dragee, which is packed in polymer jars.

Dragee "Hexavit". Instruction: composition, description

The preparation contains the following active substances: retinol acetate, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin, ascorbic acid, nicotinamide, peridoxine hydrochloride. Auxiliary components are talc, sugar, refined sunflower oil and wheat flour, essential peppermint oil, dye, starch syrup, tropeoline. Dragee has a spherical shape of yellow-orange or greenish-yellow color, a weak characteristic odor.

Dragee "Hexavit". Instructions for use: pharmacological properties

Active substances of the drug are easily absorbed in the stomach, intestines. The given process can proceed incorrectly at infringement of splitting, absorption of fats, pathological conditions of a liver. Drug is excreted by the liver, kidneys after the formation of compounds with glucuronic acid. The main component (vitamin A) improves visual function. Another active substance, thiamine, has a good absorption in the intestine. It accumulates mainly in the spleen, kidneys, brain, heart, liver. It is excreted by the kidneys and through the intestine.

Dragee "Hexavit". Instructions for use: dosage, side effects

The drug is intended for internal reception. For the prevention of hypovitaminosis, it is sufficient to take one pills a day. In other cases, the dosage increases in direct dependence on age. The course of treatment reaches one month. Repeated use is possible after one to three months as needed. Among the side effects, there is only the appearance of a variety of allergic reactions.

Dragee "Hexavit". Instructions for use: contraindications, drug interactions

Among the contraindications it is necessary to note the hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, pregnancy (individual active substances penetrate the placenta, adversely affect the development of the fetus), the age of up to three years. The drug should not be taken together with other vitamins.

Dragee "Hexavit". Instructions for use: special instructions, overdose

The drug can change the color of urine to yellow, which is completely harmless and is explained by the presence of riboflavin in the substance. Application in the lactation period is only allowed by the doctor's prescription. The drug does not have an active effect on the ability to manage dangerous mechanisms and vehicles.

The drug "Hexavit", the use of which excludes the appearance of hypovitaminosis, should be used in reasonable dosages. In opposite cases, there are dangerous toxic effects.

Symptoms of an overdose: redness of the skin, hives, itching. For treatment, it is necessary to cancel the drug, the use of desensitizing therapy.

The drug should be stored in dry places, protected from sunlight, at temperatures that do not exceed 25 ° C. The drug is suitable for one year. After the end of this period, all the beneficial properties of vitamins disappear, and the possibility of developing side effects of toxic effects increases.