The pharmaceutical drug Betaserk, the instructions for use contain this information, has the international name betahistine (it is generic). The medicine is available in the form of round, flat tablets. They are white and have beveled edges. On one side is marked "256".
One tablet contains, depending on the dosage, eight, sixteen or twenty-four milligrams of betahistine hydrochloride (this substance is an active ingredient). Among the auxiliary ones are microcrystalline cellulose, talc, mannitol, citric acid monohydrate, colloidal silicon dioxide.
It goes on sale in cardboard packs, each of which contains two blisters of fifteen tablets.
Medication "Betaserk" application instruction refers to the pharmacological group of antihistamines. It is able to reduce the frequency and intensity of dizziness, reduce tinnitus, improve microcirculation in the inner ear, as well as hearing, if its quality is reduced. It is noted that a noticeable improvement is observed already at the beginning of therapy, and a stable effect is felt after about fourteen days of regular use of the drug.
The drug in question is indicated for use in dropsy of the labyrinth of the inner ear, Meniere's disease, as well as vestibular disorders such as dizziness, headaches, vomiting, nausea, tinnitus and significant hearing loss. In addition, this medication is used to eliminate dizziness of central origin, diseases of the inner ear, conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, otalgia, discharge from the ear, epidemic dizziness and benign paraxismic dizziness.
The drug "Betaserk" (instructions for use informs) is nothing more than a synthetic analogue of histamine. It is able to improve microcirculation in the inner ear by relaxing the precapillary obturator muscles localized in it (since this helps to increase the flow of lymph to the vascular strip of the labyrinth). In addition, the medication in question favors the expansion of capillaries, lowering blood pressure, the occurrence of a spasm of the smooth muscles of the gastrointestinal tract and bronchi, and it also activates the secretion of gastric juice. This medicine reduces dizziness, reduces tinnitus, and improves hearing.
The drug "Betaserk." Instructions for use and dosage recommendations
The medication in question is used orally (inside). You should not chew it; you can drink it with a small amount of clean boiled water. To avoid the occurrence of dyspeptic phenomena, it is advisable to take the medication during or immediately after a meal. The Betaserk drug, the reception of which was given above, is taken eight to sixteen milligrams (one or two tablets) three times during the day. Treatment with this drug is usually long. The optimal duration is determined by the attending physician.
During therapy, nausea, vomiting, weakness, impaired consciousness, tremors, paresthesia, skin rashes, and other side effects may occur.
Symptoms of an overdose of the Betaserc drug (instructions for use include this information) are as follows: headaches, dizziness, facial flushing, bronchospasm, tachycardia, Quincke's edema (rare) and hypotension.
In case of bronchial asthma, pheochromocytoma and in early pregnancy, Betaserk is not prescribed.
Analogues of the medication in question are such drugs as Alfaserk, Betagistin, Asniton and Betaver.