With the onset of the autumn-winter period, most people begin to actively think about raising their own immunity and protecting the body from a variety of viral diseases. For these purposes, time-tested alternative methods are used, and modern medicines - immunostimulating drugs. And if with the former everything is pretty obvious, then with the latter there is no definite answer. Do immunostimulating drugs actually protect the human body from viruses and increase its resistance to various kinds of diseases? Let's try to figure it out.
To begin with, it should be decided that it is impossible to independently prescribe medications intended to enhance immunity. A person who does not have any visible health problems should not take this kind of remedy. In this case, it is best to turn your attention to such traditional methods as physical activity, hardening and good nutrition.
Immunostimulating drugs are necessary when a person is constantly sick, and all diseases pass in a severe form. In addition, they can very often be accompanied by various complications. All these are signs of the development of immunodeficiency - a violation of the immune system.
Only a qualified specialist can accurately determine the diagnosis and the degree of development of the disease. An experienced doctor will definitely prescribe the delivery of special tests and, on the basis of the results obtained, will prescribe the medications necessary to strengthen the immune system. These can be herbal, bacterial or nucleic acid drugs. In addition, the doctor may prescribe taking interferons and hormones of the thymus.
Herbal products are dispensed in pharmacies without a prescription, they can be taken as a prophylaxis of influenza and colds, and as a means of therapeutic therapy. The group of such preparations includes tincture of Echinacea purpurea,
tincture of ginseng, Eleutherococcus extract, and Immunal. Means of bacterial origin contain a small number of enzymes, pathogens of various infections. For example, it can be streptococcus or pneumococcus. Only a doctor can prescribe such immunostimulating drugs. Medicines with nucleic acids - "Poludan",
"Sodium Nucleinate" or "Derinat" - are also prescribed not for prevention, but for targeted treatment. For example, to eliminate
respiratory tract infection.Interferons - drugs with a pronounced antiviral effect, stimulate the protective functions of the body and make the cells immune to the virus. Such funds are most effective in the initial stages of the development of the disease. And finally, thymic hormones responsible for the activation of T-lymphocytes are prescribed strictly by a doctor for acute viral and chronic purulent diseases.
Summing up, we can say that for preventive purposes it is best to give preference to traditional methods of strengthening immunity and herbal medicines. Acceptance of all other drugs should be prescribed only by a qualified doctor after a comprehensive examination and necessary tests.