Orotic acid is a non-steroidal anabolic that is widely used in sports and medicine. The drug, which is better known in Russia as the “Potassium Orotat” preparation, is appreciated in sports for its ability to enhance the production of nucleic acids, activate tissue repair and metabolism, and accelerate regeneration. It helps withstand high and prolonged physical activity. For this, the drug is also valued by doctors.
The drug "Potassium Orotat", the instruction explains this, is able to multiply the amount of albumin formed by the liver, which is especially necessary after prolonged hypoxia. The medicine contributes to a more complete digestion of glycosides, helps magnesium to act more actively on ATP. The composition is able to stimulate appetite and has some diuretic characteristics.
Based on the above properties of the drug "Potassium orotate", the instruction determines its range of action.
The drug is recommended for the treatment of heart attacks, angina pectoris, coronary artery disease. It is an indispensable tool for eliminating the condition of ciliary or magnesium-dependent arrhythmias, angiospasm, spasms of other origin. With the help of the drug "Potassium orotate", the instruction points to this; atherosclerosis, hepatitis and hepatoses, diseases of the gall bladder and excretory pathways are cured. The medicine is indispensable for muscular dystrophy, myocardial dystrophy, various types of anemia. It is recommended to be used if a person is subject to high physical exertion.
Despite its apparent harmlessness, the medicine “Potassium Orotat”, the instruction draws the attention of potential patients to this, it can have contraindications and side effects.
It is forbidden to take to people suffering from nephrourolithiasis, kidney or liver failure, cirrhosis. Pregnant drug is not prohibited, but it is recommended to take it under the supervision of a doctor, only in extreme cases.
What side effects can the drug “Potassium orotate” provoke? Reviews suggest that athletes may experience hepatodystrophy on a low-protein diet. In other cases, there is a violation of the stool, the appearance of a rash, dyspepsia, diarrhea, some allergic manifestations.
In addition, the reviews of doctors who have studied the drug prove that it has the best effect on children. For athletes, this is an ineffective drug. Its use in bodybuilding, despite the widespread opinion, is completely meaningless: the body topography does not depend on potassium orotate.
However, it was found that if you take the medicine correctly, observing the diet and doctor's prescription, the course, if necessary, can be very long.
Usually, the doctor recommends the duration of administration and dosage of the medicine. However, there are average doses of the drug, which are indicated in the instructions. Adults, indicated there, should take from half a gram to one and a half grams per day for a month. Children are most often prescribed 10 mg per kilogram of weight. The course for them is limited to a week.
You need to take the medicine either an hour before a meal, or four hours after it. It provides a particularly beneficial effect in combination with vitamins, steroid anabolic substances, and miners. Therefore, most often the drug is prescribed as one of the components of a whole complex of therapeutic or vitamin supplements.
The doctor prescribing the course of the potassium orotate medication should explain that this drug reduces the effect of contraceptives, and diuretics and insulin, in turn, reduce the effectiveness of potassium.
Before buying pills in a pharmacy, consult with a specialist. Remember: only a doctor can determine whether the medicine will bring benefit or harm to you.