Ointment with snake venom: names, indications, instructions for use

The venom of snakes has long been used for medical purposes. About its medicinal properties knew people who lived thousands of years ago. In modern medicine, this substance is used in pharmacology for the manufacture of ointments and creams. For these purposes, suitable are the poisons of cobras, vipers and giurzy. Since the substance besides useful properties contains toxins capable of killing a person, it is used in scanty doses.

Preparations containing snake venom are of high cost. This is due to the laborious process of mining the substance. To date, there are special farms where cobras and vipers are grown.

Snake venom is not used in its pure form. Before entering the drug, the substance is subjected to special treatment.

Composition of poison

The snake's bite often becomes deadly to humans, which is why many are wary of using drugs based on the venom of these reptiles. However, fears are in vain, since modern medicine has learned to isolate useful enzymes from this substance and to use their useful properties.

The venom of snakes is produced by a special gland, which is located behind the eyes of a reptile. It has a specific yellowish color. Depending on the type of snake, the composition of the substance may be slightly different. In general, the poison contains:

• Proteins;
• lipids;
• Nucleotides;
• Amino acids;
• Peptides;
• Sahara;
• Inorganic salts;
• Derivatives of guanine.

Characteristics of substance properties

The use of poison was practiced by the ancient Romans and Greeks. In search of a cure for smallpox and leprosy, healers discovered useful properties of the substance. With the development of medicine, it was found that the poison has wound healing and hemostatic effect.

If it is unreasonable to use a substance, this can lead to:

• To paralysis of the respiratory system;
• Serious violations in the work of the heart and blood vessels;
• Lethal outcome.

In minimal doses, the poison is not dangerous and has a positive effect on the human body.

Characteristic features of the poison are such properties as:

• anesthesia;
• Wound healing;
• disinfection;
• Normalization of metabolic processes in the body;
• Decreased swelling;
• Stop bleeding.

Types of snake venom

In modern pharmacology, reptile venom is used to create medicines. The doses used are minimal, so they are safe for humans. According to its effect on the body, snake venoms are divided into two groups:

1. Poisons, which include cardiotropic and neurotoxic substances. Such poisons can paralyze the nervous system and respiratory system.
2. Poisons, which have hemocoagulation and necrotic effects, negatively affect the functioning of the cardiovascular system. The action of the poison affects the tissues and contributes to the necrosis of the cells.

The substance is used in the preparation of injections and ointments. Poisons of the first group are effective in the treatment of neuralgia. They are an excellent analgesic. But for the treatment of such a rare disease as hemophilia, apply substances related to the second group of poisons.

Indications for use

Medicines, which include snake venom, are used for pain relief, as well as for inflammatory processes. These medications are treated:

• Diseases of the cardiovascular system;
• Blood diseases (hemophilia);
• Rheumatic conditions;
• Leprosy neuritis.

Medicines based on poison stimulate the immune system. Also small doses of the substance are used as an antidote. Such drugs are administered to people whose activities are related to snakes and who are at high risk of being bitten.

Analgesics based on snake venom can be a good substitute for narcotic drugs, since they have the same properties, and they are not addicted to the body.

To treat bruises, all kinds of injuries and rheumatism, you can use ointment with snake venom.

Diseases and pathologies in which the reception of such drugs is indicated:

• Complications caused by diabetes mellitus;
• migraine;
• Allergic manifestations of a different nature;
• Neuralgia;
• Myositis;
• multiple sclerosis;
• hypertension;
• Inflammatory processes in the digestive tract;
• Neurodermatitis;
• Rheumatoid conditions;
• radiculitis;
• Alzheimer's syndrome;
• bronchial asthma.

Contraindications

Despite its many useful properties, ointment with snake venom can cause side effects in a certain category of people in the form of:

• An allergic reaction;
• Burning;
• Itching;
• Dermatitis.

Therefore, before using the product, you should carefully read the instructions for use and the composition of the drug. If the patient has intolerance to any component - you need to stop using the medicine.

When starting therapy, you can make a preliminary test, which will show how your body reacts to the substances of the medication. To do this, ointment with snake venom is applied to a small area of the epidermis. If no adverse reactions have occurred after a time, you can start the treatment safely.

There are also a number of contraindications for the use of drugs, which contain snake venom. Do not use the medicine:

• If the patient is diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis;
• With feverish conditions;
• People with circulatory disorders;
• With skin diseases;
• If there are wounds or cuts on the epidermis;
• Pregnant and lactating women;
• With severe pathologies of the kidneys and liver;
• If there is a tendency to angiospasm;
• For the treatment of children.

Cobratox

"Kobrotox" is an ointment based on snake venom for joints and muscles. It has an analgesic effect and is effectively used to treat various pathologies:

• Muscle stretching;
• Bruises of soft tissues ;
• Arthritis;
• Neuralgia;
• Inflammatory processes in the joints and muscles;
• Dislocations;
• Injuries of the meniscus;
• Arthrosinovita;
• Bursitis;
• Periarthritis.

Cobratoxan ointment is very popular with dancers and professional athletes.

The main components of the facility are:

• salicylic acid;
• Cobra venom;
• Menthol and various essential oils.

Ointment can not be used during childbearing and feeding, as well as if there are serious diseases of the kidneys and liver. The medicine is forbidden to patients with tuberculosis and in the presence of damage to the epidermis.

Ointment "Viprosal": instructions for use, price

Medicines containing snake venom can not be used uncontrolled. Such medicines should be prescribed by the attending physician.

Ointment "Viprosal" is used as an anti-inflammatory and anesthetic for such pathologies and diseases:

• Arthritis;
• Radiculitis;
• Neuralgia;
• Lumbago, accompanied by severe pain;
• Ischialgia;
• Tenosynovitis;
• Myalgia;
• Arthralgia;
• Dislocation and sprain;
• Injury and injury to soft tissues;
• Bursitis.

The insert, attached to the ointment "Viprosal", - instructions for use. The price of the drug depends on the volume of the tube. The average cost of the drug - 330 rubles for 50 grams, and 250 rubles for 30 g of ointment.

The average course of therapy is 10 days. The composition of the medicine includes such components as:

• The venom of a viper;
• Salicylic acid;
• camphor oil;
• Turpentine and other auxiliary ingredients.

It is forbidden to use for allergic and purulent skin diseases. Ointment with snake venom is categorically contraindicated in people with pulmonary tuberculosis, as well as in severe hepatic and renal pathologies. It is not recommended to use with inclination to angiospasm and in cases of circulatory disorders in the brain. Ointment can not be applied to open wounds. Do not use the product during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Also a contraindication is a high sensitivity of the body to any component of the remedy.

Ointment "Nayatoks"

Ointment with snake venom "Nayatoks" is used in the treatment of bruises, diseases of the musculoskeletal system, sciatica and neuralgia. Also, the remedy is effective in pain syndromes of muscles and joints.

The composition of the ointment includes one of the strongest poisons in the world, which is extracted from the cobra.

The medicine has the same contraindications as the ointment "Kobrotoks".

Today these substances are used not only in pharmacology. Based on snake venom produce cosmetic products that have a rejuvenating effect. These are various serums and creams for skin care.

The most expensive and at the same time the most effective ointments are those in which the poison is used.