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Pills for weight loss "Trimeks": reviews

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Last reviewed: 10.08.2022
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Among the many means for weight loss there are particularly effective drugs that can not be bought uncontrolled, but only by prescription. These include trimeks for weight loss, the principle of which is to suppress the think tank, which is responsible for feeling hungry and appetizing. Thanks to this, a person begins to eat less and, correspondingly, significantly loses weight. Is this drug suitable for everyone who wants to lose weight?

Indications of the trimex

Trimix belongs to the group of sympathomimetics, appetite regulators. It has several effects, which makes it possible to use it for ARVI treatment, as well as in urology, in the therapy of urinary incontinence.

In the context of the topic of losing weight, its anorexigenicity is interesting, in other words, the depression of the think tank responsible for appetite (such a center is located in the hypothalamus). As a result, a person's body weight decreases. It follows that the indication for the use of trimeksa for weight loss is obesity caused by alimentary reasons.

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Release form

The form of release trimeksa for weight loss - tablets in blisters for 20 pieces or capsules. The drug in the form of drops is not used for weight loss, but for symptomatic therapy of respiratory infections.

Trimix tablets

The triméx tablet contains 75 mg of the active ingredient phenylpropanolamine. The substance has a depressing food center and sympathomimetic properties, which makes it effective in treating obesity of nutritional nature.

Tablets are consumed once a day, usually in the morning after breakfast, with a cup of water. There is a warning about young and elderly patients: dosage for them should be adjusted individually.

The drug is contraindicated in hypersensitivity, hypertension, as well as in the state of pregnancy and childhood. An overdose of trimix is very dangerous, and sometimes even ordinary doses can cause unwanted reactions: pain and twisting of the head, anxiety, insomnia.

Pharmacodynamics

Pharmacodynamics trimeksa for weight loss is multifaceted. In particular, the active substance of tablets:

  • promotes the release of the nerve endings of the active substance - noradrenaline;
  • suppresses the center of hunger;
  • removes excess weight;
  • Narrows the vessels in the nasal mucosa;
  • increases the contractility of the myocardium.

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Pharmacokinetics

Trimix for weight loss is taken orally, absorbed fairly quickly and completely. It is converted in the liver to an active metabolite, it is excreted through the kidneys.

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Dosing and administration

The course of treatment for obesity lasts up to 12 weeks. Tablets are consumed once, after a morning meal, 75 mg, with plenty of sips. Patients under 18 and after 68 years are required individual schemes, methods of administration and dose of trimix for weight loss.

Anorexigenic effect of usual capsules and tablets lasts 3 hours, prolonged - from 12 to 16 hours.

You can not stimulate the process of losing weight by increasing the daily dose; this will not lead to a reduction in mass, but to severe consequences requiring in-patient treatment: arrhythmias, hallucinations, convulsions, etc.

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Use of the trimex during pregnancy

Using trimeksa for weight loss during pregnancy and breastfeeding is contraindicated. It has been established that the tendency to mental disorders increases in women who have taken trimex for weight loss.

Contraindications

Contraindications to the use of trimeksa for weight loss:

  • individual intolerance to ingredients;
  • severe form of hypertension;
  • coronarosclerosis;
  • pregnancy;
  • lactation;
  • children's age to 12 years (and with caution - up to 18).

With caution, you should also use trimeks for weight loss with the following diseases:

  • ischemia of the heart;
  • diabetes;
  • thyrotoxicosis;
  • XPS;
  • mental disorders;
  • hypertrophy of the prostate;
  • angle-closure glaucoma.

There is evidence of an increased risk of mental disorders in children under 6 years of age, who used trimex for medicinal purposes.

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Side effects of the trimex

At usual doses, the side effects of trimimex for weight loss are rare. However, it is by no means safe because it has enough contra-indications and undesirable consequences.

When taking high doses of trimeksa for weight loss (and in this case they are higher than in the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections and allergies), the following manifestations are possible:

  • dizziness and headache;
  • insomnia;
  • dryness of mucous cavities of respiratory organs;
  • mild nausea;
  • weakness;
  • irritability.

In rare cases, severe head pain, high blood pressure, difficulty in urinating, constriction in the chest cavity.

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Overdose

Overdose trimeksa for weight loss is fraught with severe symptoms. First, there are pain in the head and in the abdomen, arrhythmia, irritability, intense sweating and weakness, nausea and vomiting. In the future, tachycardia and pulse arrhythmia, confusion and hallucinations, muscular tremor, etc. Are observed.

This condition requires urgent treatment. Since there is no antidote, symptomatic therapy is performed. It is necessary to induce vomiting, rinse the stomach, monitor vital functions.

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Interactions with other drugs

Interactions with other drugs are rather complicated. So, trimex for weight loss is incompatible with antidepressants, MAO inhibitors, phenylalkylamines, CNS stimulants.

Trimeks weakens the effect of diuretics, hypotensive substances and oral contraceptives, and reserpine weakens the effect of the drug itself.

Other sympathomimetics enhance the action of trimix, causing anxiety, insomnia, seizures.

Cardiac glycosides and inhaled anesthetics can trigger arrhythmias.

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Storage conditions

Conditions for storing trimeksa for weight loss:

  • temperature 15 - 30 degrees;
  • inaccessibility to children.

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Shelf life

Shelf life trimeksa for weight loss - 2 years.

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Trimix analogues

Active ingredient trimeksa for weight loss - phenylpropanolamine. It is in smaller doses found in many medications that are not intended for weight loss, for example, they are treated with a cold.

Analogous trimeksa for weight loss - phenylpropanolamine, lindaxa, dietrin. It, in particular, reduces the sensitivity of the gastric mucosa, thereby eliminating the feeling of hunger. Other analogs are goldline, meridia, sibutramine, sulmium.

The decision to replace trimix with analogues can not be taken independently, it can be entrusted only to a qualified specialist.

Real weight loss reviews and results

Real testimonials are thin and the results are mostly positive.

Valentine writes that for a month she lost 5 kg, then stopped to drink trimeks for weight loss, but she revised her diet and diet. As a result, the desired effect has been preserved, and the lifestyle and nutrition have become healthier.

"One losing weight" says: trimex so beats the appetite, that there is no feeling that you are limiting yourself in something. She prepares for the family any dishes, but she eats a little. Hopes to lose weight by 6 - 7 kg per month.

Martin, on the contrary, does not approve of triméme: after a week of treatment, she felt pain in the liver, so she refused to use it and decided to share with her other negative experiences.

Doctor's comments

The most comprehensive review of the doctor can be considered the article by Vadim Zhilyuk on the trimex for weight loss. The doctor makes such conclusions: the drug is effective due to the acceleration of metabolism and suppression of hunger, it fits well with exercise and exercise. Disadvantages of the drug - the presence of many contraindications and risks. Since the drug can not be consumed for more than 3 months, when expressed obesity, which requires a longer treatment, its use is inexpedient.

As practice shows, with any method of combating obesity, one should not expect lightning results. Miracles are possible only man-made, to achieve them it is necessary to combine medicines with one's own efforts. Trimix for weight loss works great in combination with healthy diet and physical activity. However, to someone it can and not to approach. Therefore, you can not act at random, and take such funds only with the approval of a doctor.

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