Spazmalgon during pregnancy

Quite a lot of women are interested in the possibility of using spasmalgon during pregnancy. Some used spasmalgon as an anesthetic for headache or abdominal pain, and of course, when a woman learns about pregnancy, the question arises whether to use this tool further.

The effect of spasmalgon, as the name suggests, has a relaxing effect of smooth muscle, which removes spasm, usually discharges from diseases of the cardiovascular system. Spasmalgone is a combined analgesic, which in the composition has several components that have a pronounced antispasmodic effect (fenpiverinia bromide, pitofenone hydrochloride, metamizol sodium). The drug effectively relaxes the smooth muscles of internal organs, relieves pain, reduces tone, relieves inflammation, reduces gastric and intestinal motility. The analgesic effect of spasmalgone is observed after 20-30 minutes after administration.

It is mainly prescribed for patients who suffer from painful feelings of mild or moderate. Spasmalgon is also prescribed for diseases of the digestive system, diseases of the urinary system, dyskinesia of bile ducts, colic, urolithiasis, cholelithiasis.

Contraindications to the use of spasmalgon is intolerance of individual components of the drug, closed glaucoma, renal, as well as liver failure, decreased tone of the gallbladder or bladder, etc. It is also not prescribed when a pathology requiring surgery is suspected.

Spazmalgon is contraindicated in pregnancy, as there is no accurate data currently available on the safe use of the drug by pregnant women. If it becomes necessary to take spasmalgon during breastfeeding, you must stop feeding while taking the drug. You can not resume feeding until two days after the last pill is taken.

When taking spasmalgon, a number of side effects may occur: increased blood pressure, nausea, difficulty urinating, irritability, anemia, arrhythmia, visual impairment, exacerbation of stomach diseases, headache, etc.

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Can spasmalgon be used during pregnancy?

Spasmalgone is an antispasmodic agent of complex action. As a part of the medicinal product, there are three active substances: pitofenone, metamizole sodium (analgin), feniverinium, which have a miorelaksiruyuschee effect. On average, the abatement of pain and improvement in well-being is observed in half an hour after taking the drug. Due to this action spasmalgone is mistakenly considered an analgesic. As part of spasmalgon, in fact, there is one substance that has an analgesic effect (analgin), it is this component that poses a great danger in pregnancy. The use of anti-inflammatory non-steroid drugs, which include analgin, has a negative effect on the fetus (leads to congenital anomalies). With frequent admission of such drugs, there is a risk of developing pathologies.

In the last weeks of pregnancy, taking spasmalgon may cause a weak labor activity, as the drug suppresses the synthesis of substances that take part in the process of giving birth in the body. As a result, a woman can move around.

The use of spasmalgon during pregnancy (or its analogues) can provoke a fetal early closure of the duct between the aorta and the pulmonary artery. As a result, in the future, significant problems may arise with the heart and lungs. Also, prolonged action of analgin stimulates the development of serious side effects - an irreversible process of suppressing the immune system (agranulocytosis). As a result, even a minor cold will lead to serious complications, possibly with a fatal outcome. In many European countries, this action of analgin (metamizol sodium) was the reason for the ban. In our country, there is no ban on the production of drugs containing methamizole sodium, although there is already a prerequisite for this.

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Instructions for spasmalgon during pregnancy

Spazmalgon during pregnancy is not recommended in the first three months and the last 6 weeks. However, the effect of the drug on the fetus during pregnancy is not exactly known, therefore it is recommended to replace spasmalgon with another antispasmodic drug, which will use much fewer side effects. It is better to consult a gynecologist about the possible use of antispasmodic or anesthetic drugs to exclude the risk of developing pathologies with uncontrolled intake of medications.

Contraindications to spasmalgon during pregnancy

According to the instructions, contraindications to the use of spasmalgon is the intolerance of any components, a weak tone of the urinary or gall bladder, hepatic or renal insufficiency, impaired hematopoiesis, intestinal obstruction.

It is extremely cautious to use spasmalgon for people who have allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma.

Caution should be used by people whose work requires increased attention.

One of the contraindications is the period of pregnancy and the period of breastfeeding, and the drug is not prescribed for children under 15 years. It is not recommended to use the drug in the first and last trimester, because in this case, severe consequences are possible. Use of the drug in the first trimester provokes severe pathologies of fetal development, in the latter - to the weakening of labor. The effect of the drug in the second trimester on the body of a pregnant woman and a child is poorly understood, but individual components of the drug can cause developmental defects of the child, so the drug is prescribed to pregnant with extreme caution, if possible, the doctor replaces them with safer means.

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Consequences of spasmalgon during pregnancy

Taking the drug in the first three months of pregnancy leads to a violation of embryogenesis (development from fertilization to conception). It is at the beginning of pregnancy that all important human organs are laid, uncontrolled and prolonged use of spasmalgon leads to severe malformations (lungs, heart, eyesight, gastrointestinal tract, etc.)

In the third trimester, weakening of labor can be possible. This is a rather serious complication in the process of childbirth, characterized, first of all, by weak and short fights, which can stop at all. Weak bouts are accompanied by a very slow opening of the cervix and the advancement through the birth canal of the child. Weak labor leads to oxygen starvation of the child (hypoxia) or asphyxia (asphyxia). As a result, there is a disturbance in the metabolic processes of the newborn. The severity of changes in the baby's body depends on the duration and intensity of asphyxia. In acute asphyxia, the development of hypovolemia (blood thickening) is possible.

Weak labor leads to severe overwork of the mother in childbirth, bleeding may occur, infection of the birth canal.

Reception spazmalgona can provoke miscarriage, uterine bleeding.

Admission of the drug should be excluded throughout the pregnancy, and replace it with safer drugs.

Pregnancy and spasmalgone do not mix well with each other, because this drug causes a number of negative side reactions that can harm both the mother and her future baby. In this regard, it should, if possible, completely eliminate the use of spazmalgona future mother.

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