Mexidol is an antioxidant drug used to improve cerebral blood flow and brain metabolism.
The tool effectively relieves
withdrawal symptoms, and is also used in acute inflammatory purulent processes in the abdominal cavity. The drug is produced in the form of tablets and a solution for injection. In addition, Mexidol toothpaste is available.
Pharmacological properties
It is known about the antioxidant, membrane-protective, antihypoxic, nootropic, anxiolytic, hypolipidemic and anticonvulsant effects of the drug “Mexidol”. The instruction speaks about the ability of the product to protect cells from oxidation, restore lipids in cell membranes, enhance mental activity, improve learning ability and memory, selectively suppress feelings of anxiety, anxiety, fear, and regulate cholesterol levels. Using the medication allows you to develop resistance to stressful situations in the body, as well as other negative factors, which include hypoxia, ischemia, shock, cerebrovascular accident, alcohol intoxication. Reviews say that the drug is included in the complex therapy of patients who have suffered an acute form of cerebrovascular accident. This allows you to reduce the intensity of signs of ischemic stroke, as well as increase resistance to oxygen starvation.
In acute pancreatitis, the drug reduces endogenous intoxication. The drug reduces the toxic effects of antipsychotics and alcohol, as well as relieves narcotic acute withdrawal symptoms.
Indications for use
The medicine "Mexidol", the instruction recommends using it for the treatment of acute cerebrovascular accidents, discirculatory encephalopathy, vegetovascular and neurocirculatory dystonia, and atherosclerotic brain dysfunctions. The medication is prescribed for neurotic, neurosis-like conditions, anxiety disorders, acute intoxication with antipsychotic drugs, with alcohol withdrawal syndrome. The tool helps with acute purulent inflammatory processes occurring in the abdominal cavity, pancreatitis, pancreatic necrosis, peritonitis, conditions that are accompanied by tissue hypoxia.
Contraindications and side effects
Mexidol means is forbidden to use the instruction for hypersensitivity, acute violations in the liver and kidneys. It is not recommended to take the medicine for pregnant and lactating mothers, since there have been no studies on the safety of the drug in these cases. The undesirable consequences of taking the medicine include nausea, allergic manifestations, and dry mouth.
Medication "Mexidol": instructions for use
Treatment begins with two tablets per day, gradually increasing the volume of the drug until the desired effect is obtained. The daily rate should not exceed 6 capsules. Therapy is carried out from 2 to 6 weeks. The solution is administered both in a vein and in the buttock.
Mexidol medicine: price
The cost of the drug is about 250 rubles.