The most modern means of influenza

Treatment of influenza involves not only tea with raspberries or antipyretics. Today, there are several ways to treat the flu, which are based on the use of symptomatic (to eliminate symptoms), pathogenetic (to eliminate heat and pain) and etiotropic (affecting the very cause of the disease) funds. What are these modern means of influenza?

Etiotropic means against influenza

These are chemical medications that have the ability to suppress the activity of viruses. A bright representative of such drugs is rimantadine, which doctors have successfully used in the treatment of influenza for more than two decades. He is very good at the type A influenza. Rimantadine is able to suppress the activity of viruses that cause destruction of body cells. The drug blocks their activity and prevents the virus from multiplying - in scientific terms, turns off the nuclear phase of virus reproduction.

This drug in the treatment of influenza is usually prescribed no later than two days after the manifestation of the first symptoms of influenza according to this scheme. Within 1 day, 300 mg are taken, the second day - 200 mg, the third day - 100 mg of the drug once. Doctors consider this drug to be very effective, but its significant disadvantage is too narrow a spectrum of action on viruses.

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Oseltamivir

Another effective drug for the flu is oseltamivir (we have it included in the tami-flu preparation). It is a drug from the new generation, which is used to treat the symptoms of influenza. It is good that affects both types of flu - A and B.

When its components combine with influenza viruses, it blocks the property of this virus to split the living cell, so that new viruses do not secrete from it. Therefore, the body does not become infected as actively as in the case of uncontrolled invasion of viruses.

If this drug is taken orally, a substance that suppresses the activity of viruses and prevents them from infecting the body and poisoning it with toxins of dead cells remains in the blood for a long time. The drug with oseltamivir in the composition (in our case Tamiflu) is recommended for the elimination of symptoms of influenza in children after 12 years of age and adults. It should be taken on the recommendation of a doctor for 75 mg at a time twice a day - in the morning and in the evening. The course of treatment is 5 days. The drug is good because it is easily tolerated even by those patients who, in addition to influenza, suffer from concomitant diseases.

Sometimes (rarely) the gastrointestinal tract does not respond well to the medicine, and then a person may experience symptoms such as nausea. Among the precautions for taking this medication is that it is not recommended for pregnant and lactating women, since the effect on the future or newly born child has not yet been studied.

Arbidol

This drug for the treatment of influenza is recommended not in vain. It is good because it affects influenza strains such as A and B, which cause its medium and heavy form. It perfectly improves the body's resistance to various kinds of infections, reduces intoxication of the body. In particular, arbidol does not allow the virus to merge with the cells of the body and act on them. Only take it without the advice of a doctor, like other drugs, it is not necessary, especially for people with hypersensitivity to its components. Arbidol is contraindicated in children under two years of age

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Immunotropic medicines for influenza

Treatment of influenza, as a rule, causes many unpleasant symptoms due to intoxication of the body with the products of the vital activity of viruses: nausea, headache, aches in joints, fever. Therefore, in the treatment of influenza combined therapy is used. To make it effective, interferon inducers or interferons themselves are introduced into the treatment course, which help the immune system cope with the disease.

Interferons have an excellent effect on viruses and suppress their activity. These drugs are good because they destroy viruses even at the initial stage of their reproduction - the synthesis of specific viral proteins.

Viferon, ridostin, hypoamine, amixin, reaferon, interferon are considered to be active agents of these medications.

Viferon

Viferon very well cope with the symptoms of influenza due to a substance similar to human interferons, as well as ascorbic acid and tocopherol in the composition. This drug actively fights with the multiplication of viruses and has an active effect on cells, activating their work. Viferon also perfectly stimulates the immune system, helping it cope with enemy viruses. Viferon usually appoint 500 thousand IU twice a day - in the morning and in the evening. The course of treatment is 5 days.

Ridostin

This drug is also considered a strong immunomodulator. It is an inducer of interferon, which has high molecular weight properties and a natural formula. It is considered a highly effective drug for flu and colds. The course of treatment is only 2 days. The drug is injected 2 times in 48 hours, its dose reaches 8 ml.

Hyporamine

It is a herbal medicament that effectively destroys both viruses and microbes, and also helps the immune system cope with the flu.

This medication is prescribed in the form of tablets of 0.02 g for 3 days. In a day it is taken from 4 to 6 times for one tablet. Hyporamine can also be in the form of rectal suppositories, which are administered against the flu 2 times a day for three days. Hyporamine can also be in the form of a solution - then with its help make inhalations in a solution of 0.2%.

It is necessary to know that the doctor appoints all etiotropic drugs for the treatment of influenza no later than two days after the appearance of the first symptoms of influenza. These drugs can shorten the duration and severity of your disease by almost half.

Pathogenetic means for influenza

Means from the flu of this group help to cure the disease. For treatment to be more effective, antihistamines, as well as ascorbic and calcium, drugs with routine in the composition are included in the treatment. In this case, drugs should not be prescribed against the action of bacteria. They are prescribed only in special cases - when a person is ill with concomitant diseases - pneumonia, diabetes and bacterial diseases. The course of treatment in this case is from 5 to 7 days.

Symptoms for the flu

This is basically the means that, in the case of the flu, eliminate its symptoms, thus facilitating the human condition. These drugs can be cough medicines or expectorants. If the nose is stuffy, then vasoconstrictors are used to help ease the cough. These drugs (drops, sprays) can be used no more than 6 days - due to the development of allergic rhinitis.

So, modern means for influenza are mainly aimed at suppressing the activity of bacteria and the destructive effects of viruses. Therefore, on the recommendation of a doctor, they should be used to remove not the symptoms themselves, but the cause of the disease.