"Sermion": instructions for use, dosage, properties

Medical statistics call cardiovascular diseases the main problem of mankind in the twenty-first century. Problems with vascular health, to one degree or another, are available to virtually all members of the human race. Among numerous medicines, "Sermion" deserves special attention. Instruction for use contains information that this drug is classified as alpha-blockers.

The drug "Sermion" - what is it?

From numerous descriptions to understand what kind of medicine is not so simple. Complex scientific expressions are understood only by qualified specialists. If expressed in an accessible language, you can call the drug a means to improve blood flow and reduce blood viscosity (blocks the formation of blood clots and plaques). The effect of the drug is reduced to improving metabolism, hemodynamic processes in the brain, as well as improving blood levels. The medicine is produced in two main forms:

• Tablets "Sermion";
• Powder with liquid solvent.

Tablets are produced with different concentrations of 5, 10 and 30 mg. The powder is white, porous, very readily soluble in liquid. Tablets depending on the concentration can be white, yellow and orange. Removal of the drug is carried out mainly by the kidneys, only twenty percent of the substance a person excretes with feces.

Indications for use

The drug is used for:

• Disorders of cerebral vascular, including atherosclerosis, as well as failures in cerebral metabolic processes of a chronic and acute nature;
• Peripheral failure of vascular and metabolic processes.
• Hypertensive crises, as an additional therapeutic agent.

The drug "Sermion": instructions for use, dosage

Dosing and the order of admission is always determined by the doctor. As a rule, the course of treatment is no more than three months. The patient takes one tablet three times a day. The solution can be administered intramuscularly, or intravenously by a medical worker as directed by a doctor.

Contraindications

The solution and tablets "Sermion" have their contraindications. Among them:

• Sensitivity to the components of the drug;
• Postinfarction (myocardial infarction);
• Bleeding;
• Bradycardia;
• Disorders and failures in orthostatic regulation.

In addition, the drug "Sermion" is not used in pregnancy, as well as with lactation. Its appointment in these periods can be dictated only by the need for urgent assistance to a woman.

Side effects

What negative changes in the body can cause the drug "Sermion"? The instructions for use, among others, contain an indication of:

• Sleep disturbance, as well as pronounced drowsiness;
• Increased concentration in urine acid;
• Dizziness;
• Increased blood pressure;
• Dermatitis of allergic origin;
• heat;
• Phenomena of a dyspeptic nature.

Laboratory and clinical studies of the drug confirmed that if the dosage is observed and the doctor observes, the side effects are either not manifested at all, or are expressed weakly and are easily eliminated.

Storage conditions

Storage conditions differ little from other drugs. "Sermion", the instruction for use is always present in each package, stored at room temperature, in the dark, in places inaccessible to animals and children. The manufacturer has a shelf life of thirty-six months.

Are there any special instructions?

"Sermion" refers to drugs whose active substance is metabolized under the influence of one of the enzymes called cytochrome CYP450 2D6. Since this enzyme is involved in metabolic processes and with other drugs, it should be carefully combined with it.