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Mebikar
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Indications of the mebikara
It is used to eliminate the following violations:
- cardialgia, ischemic heart disease, and with it the recovery period after cardiac infarction (combined treatment);
- neurotic lesions (sensation of irritability, emotional instability or anxiety, and in addition disturbances having an anxiety-depressive, as well as a panic or phobic character) that have arisen because of various loads-physical, psycho-emotional or neuro-psychic;
- the need to improve the patient's tolerability of antipsychotics or tranquilizers;
- neurosis-like disorders in people with alcohol dependence;
- nicotine dependence (reduced nicotine requirement).
Release form
Release of the medication occurs in tablets, 10 pieces each with a volume of 0.3 g inside the blister pack. In the box - 1 or 2 such packages.
Pharmacodynamics
Mebikar has nootropic, anxiolytic, and also protects from stress effects. It promotes the improvement of oxygen supply of tissues located inside the myocardium and stabilizes the balance of electrolytes inside the plasma, the indices of potassium inside the blood, and besides this, red blood cells inside the tissues of the cardiac myocardium. In addition, potentiates protein binding and increases cellular energy.
Helps regulate the altered night's sleep, while not leading to the development of direct sleeping pills. Does not have muscle relaxant and anticholinergic properties and does not affect motor coordination. Together with this, it reduces the severity of nicotine withdrawal.
Pharmacokinetics
After oral administration, about 78-80% of the dosage passes into the blood.
The active substance passes through many tissues and through membranes. Peak LAN values are noted after 30 minutes from the time it was received.
Complete excretion of the drug occurs within 24 hours, the drug is excreted in the urine.
Dosing and administration
Tablets are used orally, without binding to food intake. The size of the standard portion of the drug per day is 0.3-1 g with a dose up to 3 times. The maximum possible size of a single dose is 3 g and the daily dose is 10 g. The duration of therapy or prevention is at least several days, and a maximum of 3 months. In the treatment of mental illness, a course of up to six months may be required.
To remove feelings of fear, irritability, anxiety, or emotional instability, you often need to take 0.3-0.6 grams of drugs three times a day.
Treatment of mental or autonomic disorders (feelings of anxiety or fear, memory and attention impairment, as well as asthenia and cardialgia not associated with coronary artery disease) require a triple intake of 0.6-0.9 g per day.
To reduce the need for nicotine or alcoholic beverages, and in addition to abstinence alcohol or nicotine origin, requires a 3-time application of 0.6-0.9 g of medicament per day. The therapy lasts a maximum of 1.5 months.
People with severe psychopathic abnormalities that are provoked by organic changes inside the brain, and besides this, when intolerance is manifested in relation to neuroleptics, it is necessary to appoint a triple use of 0.9-1.8 g Mebikara per day.
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Use of the mebikara during pregnancy
It is forbidden to prescribe Mebicar to pregnant women or breast-feeding mothers.
Contraindications
Contraindication is the presence of hypersensitivity to the drug.
Side effects of the mebikara
Taking drugs can cause allergy symptoms. If you consume large amounts of medication, the level of blood pressure may decrease for a short time, and dyspepsia or hyperthermia may develop.
Decrease in pressure values and increase in temperature do not require withdrawal of the drug - these phenomena soon normalize on their own.
Overdose
Because of the poisoning of the drug, the severity of its side effects may be potentiated.
To clean up the disorders, you need to perform gastric lavage and carry out procedures for de-toxication.
Storage conditions
Mebicard should be kept in a dry and closed place from small children at standard temperature levels.
Shelf life
Mebicar is allowed to be used for 4 years from the date of release of the drug.
Application for children
Do not use medicine to treat children.
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Analogues
Analogues of the drug are Tranquilar IC, Adaptol, and also Mebicar IC.
Reviews
Mebikar often receives good reviews of its sedative effect, high-speed exposure, and in addition, there is no sense of inhibition or drowsiness during therapy.
But often there are comments, which indicate a complete lack of effect from the use of drugs, as well as the appearance of negative effects.
Attention!
To simplify the perception of information, this instruction for use of the drug "Mebikar" translated and presented in a special form on the basis of the official instructions for medical use of the drug. Before use read the annotation that came directly to medicines.
Description provided for informational purposes and is not a guide to self-healing. The need for this drug, the purpose of the treatment regimen, methods and dose of the drug is determined solely by the attending physician. Self-medication is dangerous for your health.