Thioctic acid

Thioctic acid refers to detoxification, hepatoprotective, hypocholesterolemic, antioxidant, and hypolipidemic agents. It improves the functioning of the liver, reducing the effect on its functions of exogenous and endogenous toxic substances.

Alpha-lipoic (tioktovaya) acid is a crystalline powder with a light yellow color. By its chemical properties, it has the following characteristics: poorly soluble in water and good in alcohol.

Thioctic acid contributes to the normalization of energy and carbohydrate, as well as lipid metabolism. Its function is to regulate the metabolic processes of cholesterol. After ingestion on an empty stomach, thioctic acid is well absorbed into the bloodstream from the digestive tract. Its bioavailability ranges from thirty to sixty percent. The withdrawal of thioctic substance from the body is carried out by the kidneys in the form of metabolic products.

Manufacturers of pharmaceuticals produce pharmacological agents containing alpha-lipoic acid. There are medications in the form of coated tablets. These include the following drugs: "Alpha-lipon" and "Tiogamma." Solutions are also available for injection (Espa-lipon, Dialialon) and capsules (Dialialon).

Tioctic acid, the instruction for use of which points to the main area of use of the drug, is recommended for various pathologies. They include:

- polyneuropathy, which has a different genesis (alcoholic, diabetic, etc.);

- chronic type of hepatitis ;

- cirrhosis of the liver ;

- poisoning, obtained from salts of heavy metals and consumption of mushrooms;

- intoxications that are chronic.

Thioctic acid is also recommended as a preventive agent that reduces the risk of an atherosclerotic disease.

The main active substance of the drug in the body fulfills the function of coenzyme and plays one of the main roles in the processes that promote the formation of energy in the cell. Alpha-lipoic acid has an effect on the body, due to which the level of sugar in the blood decreases and the amount of glycogen in the liver increases. Intoxication or an overabundance of some substances formed as a result of decay may lead to a disruption in the exchange of this element or its deficiency. This, in turn, causes deactivation of aerobic glycolysis processes.

Alpha-lipoic acid in the body can be in an oxidized and reduced form, which have antioxidant and antitoxic effects. By its pharmacological properties, this drug is similar to vitamins belonging to group B. It is recommended for improving tissue regeneration processes.

Oral administration of the drug is prescribed in doses, the size of which depends on the patient's ailment. With polyneuropathy of the diabetic or alcoholic type, the medicament is used inside by three hundred and six hundred milligrams. If the patient suffers from hepatitis A or a given disease that is chronic, dystrophic or cirrhosis of the liver, various types of intoxication, then the oral administration is carried out at a dosage of twelve and twenty five milligrams.

Has a contraindicated drug. It is not prescribed with increased individual sensitivity to its components and children, the age of which has not reached six years.

When taking the drug, some side effects may occur. On the part of the digestive system they can become: vomiting and nausea, as well as abdominal pain and diarrhea. Taking medication can cause symptoms of allergic reactions in the form of itching, hives and rashes on the skin. Sometimes due to the use of the drug there is an anaphylactic shock state. The drug can cause headache and increased intracranial pressure, seizures and pinpoint hemorrhages in the mucous membranes and skin, as well as difficulty breathing.