Chondroitin ointment

Chondroitin ointment has an anti-inflammatory and chondroprotective effect on the body.

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Indications Chondroitin ointment

It is used to treat diseases of a degenerative nature that affect the spine and joints (including osteochondrosis with osteoporosis, as well as arthrosis).

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Release form

The substance is released in ointment form, inside tubes with a volume of 25 g. The box contains 1 such tube.

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Pharmacodynamics

The medicine contains chondroitin sulfate, which is obtained from cartilage tissue taken from the trachea of cattle.

The ointment helps stabilize the metabolism of phosphorus with calcium inside cartilaginous tissues, reduces bone tissue resorption and promotes their healing, and also reduces the volume of lost calcium. In addition, it helps restore joint function, slows down the degeneration of cartilage tissues and stabilizes the production of fluid inside the joints.

In people with diseases in the joint area, the drug reduces the intensity of pain, reduces the severity of inflammation, improves the motor activity of the joints and relieves them from stiffness in the morning.

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Dosing and administration

The medicine is used for external treatment. Before use, the epidermis should be treated with a small amount of ointment to identify the possibility of an allergy to the drug.

Before performing the procedure, you need to wash your hands and clean the area that needs to be treated with the medicine. It is forbidden to lubricate the ointment on areas where the integrity of the epidermis is compromised. It is also necessary to prevent the medicine from getting on the mucous membranes or in the eyes. After completing the treatment, you need to wash your hands again. The ointment is applied in a thin layer and rubbed thoroughly into the skin.

The duration of treatment, as well as the portion sizes, are selected by the attending physician. For an adult, it is often prescribed to apply 1-3 cm of the medicine at intervals of 8-12 hours.

Taking into account the severity of the disease and concomitant therapeutic measures, the duration of the treatment cycle can be 14-21 days. According to medical indications, a repeat course may be prescribed after some time.

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Use Chondroitin ointment during pregnancy

The drug should be used with great caution in lactating and pregnant women.

Contraindications

It is prohibited to use the medicine if you have hypersensitivity to chondroitin sulfate.

It is also contraindicated for people who have acute inflammation in the area where the medication is being applied.

Caution is required when used in individuals with dermatological pathologies (also of allergic origin) and thrombophlebitis.

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Side effects Chondroitin ointment

Often the ointment is tolerated by patients without complications. Only in isolated cases, when using the drug, angioedema was observed, and in addition, allergy symptoms on the skin. Such manifestations were often observed in people with hypersensitivity to the active ingredient of the drug and its 2 auxiliary components.

If side effects occur, wash off the ointment and consult your doctor to prescribe an alternative drug.

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Overdose

There is no data on intoxication with Chondroitin ointment. If the medicine was accidentally swallowed, gastric lavage is required, and also consult your doctor.

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Interactions with other drugs

It is prohibited to use the ointment on areas of the epidermis previously treated with other local medications.

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Storage conditions

Chondroitin ointment can be stored at temperatures ranging from 2-20°C.

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Shelf life

Chondroitin ointment can be used within 36 months from the date of release of the therapeutic agent.

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Application for children

It is prohibited to prescribe Chondroitin ointment to children.

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Analogues

The analogs of the drug are Mucosat with Artrodol, Hondroflex, Artron Hondrex, Hondrolon with Hondroguard, as well as Hondroitin-Fitopharm and Artra Hondroitin.

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