Chondroitin ointment

Chondroitin ointment has anti-inflammatory, as well as chondroprotective effect on the body.

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Indications Chondroitin ointment

It is used to treat diseases that are degenerative in nature and affect the spine with joints (among them osteochondrosis with osteoporosis, as well as arthrosis).

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Release form

The release of the substance occurs in an ointment form, inside tubes having a volume of 25 g. The box contains 1 such tube.

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Pharmacodynamics

The drug contains chondroitin sulfate, which is obtained from cartilage tissues taken from the trachea of livestock.

Ointment helps to stabilize the metabolism of phosphorus with calcium inside the cartilaginous tissues, reduces the resorption of bone tissue and promotes their healing, and also reduces the amount of calcium lost. In addition, it helps to restore the function of joints, inhibits the degeneration of cartilage tissue and stabilizes the production of fluid inside the joints.

In people with joint diseases, the medication weakens 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 processing. Before using, you should treat the epidermis with a small amount of ointment to identify the possibility of having an allergy to the drug.

Before performing the procedure, it is required to wash your hands, and also to clean the area to be treated with the medicine. It is forbidden to lubricate with ointment areas where a breach of the integrity of the epidermis is noted. Also it is necessary to exclude the ingestion of the drug on the mucous membranes or in the eyes. After the treatment is complete, wash your hands again. The ointment is applied in a thin layer, it should be carefully rubbed into the skin.

The duration of treatment, as well as the sizes of portions are selected by the treating doctor. For an adult it is often prescribed to apply 1-3 cm of medication at intervals of 8-12 hours.

In view of the severity of the disease and the concomitant therapeutic measures, the duration of the treatment cycle can be 14-21 days. According to medical indications, a repetition of the course can be appointed after a while.

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Use Chondroitin ointment during pregnancy

The drug is used with caution in lactating and pregnant women.

Contraindications

Do not use the medicine in the presence of hypersensitivity to chondroitin sulfate.

It is also contraindicated to prescribe to people who have inflammations of an acute nature on the treatment site with a medicament.

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

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Side effects Chondroitin ointment

Often, the ointment is tolerated by patients without complications. Only occasionally with the use of drugs, the appearance of angioedema, and in addition to this 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 there are side effects, it is necessary to wash off the ointment and consult with your doctor to prescribe an alternative drug.

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Overdose

There is no evidence of Chondroitin ointment intoxication. If the medicine has been accidentally swallowed, it is required to perform gastric lavage, as well as consult your doctor.

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Interactions with other drugs

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

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Storage conditions

Chondroitin ointment can be stored at temperature marks within 2-20 ° C.

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Shelf life

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

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Application for children

It is forbidden to prescribe chondroitin ointment for children.

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Analogues

Analogues of the drug are Mucosate preparations with Artradol, Hondroflex, Arthron Chondrex, Chondrolon with Hondroguard, as well as Chondroitin-Phytopharm and Arthra Khondroitin.

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