What do ordinary people know about tranquilizers? For most, these are some kind of scary pills that are taken by completely sick people. Meanwhile, tranquilizers are modern and safe drugs that help to survive grief (for example, the death of a loved one), not to fall into serious depression with life difficulties, and to establish a sound and healthy sleep. The instructions for "Adaptol" (reviews and analogues of the drug are described below) reports that this is such a drug. A new generation tranquilizer, which has a minimum of side effects and is able to pull a person out of the pit of depression and other mental problems.
Who should take Adaptol and why?
The modern rhythm of life makes each of us work hard. If problems in the family also overlap, a neurotic state is ensured. People often hesitate to consult psychologists or psychiatrists for a prescription for sedatives and antipsychotics.
As a result, chronic overwork, eternal workload of problems and reproaches of loved ones over the years lead to the development of serious mental problems. This depression of varying severity, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders. To overcome them, you need to take special medicines - tranquilizers.
Instructions and reviews on Adaptol tablets confirm that this drug belongs to the class of modern and safe tranquilizers with a mild effect. Often patients fear that psychotropic medications will turn them into a "vegetable", leaving no vitality. This is a mistake, on the contrary, taking Adaptol will make life easier and richer and easier.
Release form and composition
The instruction for Adaptol informs that the preparation is manufactured by OLAINFARM, AS (Latvia) in the form of round cylindrical white tablets with a risk.
The composition of one tablet includes:
- tetramethyltetraazabicyclooctanedione - 500 mg;
- methyl cellulose;
- calcium stearate.
There are two varieties of the drug: with a dosage of tetramethyltetraazabicyclooctanedione 300 mg and 500 mg. A drug with a lower proportion of the active substance is usually prescribed for adolescents and fragile girls (weighing less than 45 kg), while a larger dosage is used for therapy in adults or when high concentrations are needed to relieve acute psychotic conditions.
Terms of leave from the pharmacy and price
Instructions to "Adaptol" reports that the drug is dispensed by prescription from a doctor. Unscrupulous pharmacists can sell the drug without a prescription. The patient should be aware that with unauthorized intake and arbitrary dosage, the tranquilizer can have side effects and exacerbate the condition.
Only a psychiatrist or neurologist can prescribe the drug. Depending on the patient’s history and condition, a tranquilizer may not be necessary at all.
Often patients want to get a prescription for a tranquilizing drug, and the psychiatrist prescribes them normotics, nootropics or antidepressants - and after a couple of weeks the patient’s condition returns to normal. A competent doctor will always notice the subtleties invisible to the eye of a simple person without a medical education, and will select the optimal drug. In any case, before starting the patient should read the instructions for use.
"Adaptol" 300 mg costs about five hundred rubles. The price may vary depending on the region of purchase and the margin of the pharmacy chain. The cost of Adaptol 500 mg is about seven hundred rubles.
Indications for use
The instruction to "Adaptol" reports that the drug is effective as an independent or auxiliary agent in the following conditions:
- neurosis-like state;
- anxiety disorders;
- depressive disorders of varying severity;
- sleep problems of a psychosomatic nature;
- hypochondria and suspiciousness (in the elderly, these qualities become a symptom of paranoid disorder);
- premenstrual syndrome in women;
- withdrawal syndrome in people suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction.
Side effects that can cause Adaptol
Like other tranquilizers, this drug has an impressive list of side effects. They develop quite rarely and mainly only in the first week of admission. Later, cells of the nervous system and neurotransmitters adapt to the intake of tetramethyltetraazabicyclooctanedione, a person feels much better than before taking the pills.
The instruction for Adaptol reports that the drug may in some cases cause the following side effects:
- nausea, vomiting;
- pain in the epigastric region (when taking the pill on an empty stomach);
- drowsiness, feeling tired;
- lowering blood pressure;
- bronchospasm, severe weakness (while taking high doses or when combined with alcoholic beverages).
Contraindications
In some cases, you will have to refuse to take the drug. The instruction for Adaptol tablets reports that in the presence of the following diseases, the course of treatment may become life threatening to the patient:
- liver failure (metabolites of the active substance are concentrated in the liver and provoke fatty degeneration of cells with a predisposition);
- chronic renal failure;
- period of pregnancy and lactation;
- acute psychotic conditions and delirium (in this case, it is necessary to take antipsychotics, not tranquilizers);
- auditory and visual hallucinations.
Drug interaction
If necessary, Adaptol can be combined with other psychotropic drugs: normotimics, antidepressants, antipsychotics, nootropics. The 500 mg Adaptol instructions indicate that the drug is suitable for simultaneous administration with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. You can also combine it with MAO inhibitors (but not all of these drugs together - this can cause the development of serotonin syndrome).
Any combinations and combinations of psychotropic drugs should be prescribed by a psychiatrist. an independent combination can provoke an overdose and the development of side effects, in some cases - a fatal outcome.
Special instructions for admission
There is evidence that after taking ethanol-containing drinks, with the use of Adaptol, inhibition of the central nervous system developed, which was manifested by disorientation and memory disorders. The person lost coordination, fell (which became the cause of the traumatic brain injury), was inadequate and posed a danger to himself and others.
The instructions for Adaptol and the reviews of doctors confirm the fact that combining the drug with alcohol is strictly contraindicated. If the patient suffers from alcoholism at any stage and does not want to continue drinking, he should not take psychotropic drugs. This contributes to the rapid development of fatal liver diseases (tablets and alcohol - a huge burden on organs) - cirrhosis, toxic hepatitis, fibrosis. The cardiovascular system, the central nervous system suffers.
The indications for the use of "Adaptol" indicate that the drug is effective in withdrawal symptoms in people suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction. This means that the drug will help establish sleep and avoid anxiety and depression during a period when the body and nervous system are weaned from alcohol and drugs. And if the patient is not going to wean, but wants to continue drinking further, it is forbidden to take tranquilizers.
Patient reviews on the action of "Adaptol"
The responses of people who have been treated with this tranquilizer are different.
Someone was satisfied: “Adaptol” helped completely change the way of life, calm down, take a sober look at the surrounding reality. It leaves nervousness, suspiciousness, motor anxiety. A person becomes self-confident, self-confident. The importance of sound and regular sleep cannot be discounted: when a person suffers from insomnia, he cannot feel healthy and happy. Adaptol effectively eliminates all problems of a similar nature within a month. Hundreds of grateful reviews from patients confirm its effectiveness.
But there are also negative reviews about Adaptol. Basically, they are left by people who received side effects or who were prescribed an initially incorrect dose of the drug. Or they bought it themselves, without first consulting a doctor, although in fact, a completely different drug is needed to treat their problems.
Analogs and substitutes
The list of Adaptol analogues, the instructions to which confirm the presence of the general structural formula of the main active substance (tetramethyltetraazabicyclooctanedione):
There are many drugs that have a similar effect and the same indications for use as Adaptol, but they have a different composition:
- "Atarax" - is also a tablet prescription tranquilizer. It has a mild sedative effect. In the first week of admission, severe drowsiness and a depressed state are possible. intended for long-term therapy of anxiety and psychotic disorders. It can be used in conjunction with SSRI antidepressants and MAO inhibitors.
- "Neuroxymet" - the drug has not only a sedative sedative, but also a nootropic effect. It is often prescribed for age-related changes (memory impairment, cognitive abilities), circulatory disorders of the brain due to stroke, traumatic brain injury, concussion).
- "Sedinal" - a mild sedative, is a dietary supplement, can be purchased without a prescription. Relieves psycho-emotional stress in chronic overfatigue and constant stress. It will help at the initial stage of anxiety and depressive disorders. With a running mental disorder, Sedinal will be almost completely useless.