Vaginal suppositories, called suppositories, are classified as dosage forms. Their remarkable property is that at body temperature they gradually melt, but at room temperature they do not lose their solid consistency. This drug is very rarely prepared in pharmacy conditions. The vast majority of candles are made in factories. Unlike rectal suppositories, vaginal suppositories are larger and more rounded. Some of them have a spherical shape (balls), others - an egg-shaped (ovuli), others - the shape of a rounded flat body (pessaries) rounded at the end. Usually the mass of the vaginal suppository is from 1.5 to 6 g.
They are made from a base and active medicinal substances. Various substances (paraffin, vegetable and animal fat, glycerin) are used as the basis for candles, but the best of them is cocoa butter, which is a homogeneous plastic mass with a melting point of 32-34 ° C.
Vaginal suppositories, released by the pharmaceutical industry, are prescribed in an abbreviated form of the Latin prescription. It begins with the name of the form - Suppositorium (candle), and then follows the name of the most active drug substance and its dosage. The recipe ends with a prescription and signature.
Some candles with a complex composition have special names. Such suppositories are prescribed without indicating the constituent drug components and dosage. It begins with the name of the form of medicine in the accusative case and the plural - Suppositoria (candles), then the name is in quotation marks, and then the number of pieces is indicated.
Vaginal suppositories prepared in pharmacies are prescribed in expanded form. Indicate the active medicinal substances, their amount per candle. A mass of oil is almost never mentioned, but the following is written: Olei Cacao suppositorium vaginale. After that, the number of pieces is indicated.
There are many types of vaginal suppositories, designed to treat various gynecological diseases. Suppositories from thrush are produced with the following active substances: celandine, lactobacilli, bifidobacteria, oak bark extract, oat extract. Suppositories from thrush eliminate and alleviate the symptoms of the disease.
Release candles from uterine fibroids (fibroids): Fitoraksin, with propolis, with celandine. These herbal remedies have antitumor properties and are a good preventive measure against these diseases.
Bacterial vaginosis is treated with celandine suppositories, with lactobacilli (Lactonorm) and bifidobacteria (Bifonorm).
Vaginal anti-inflammatory suppositories are used during the treatment of diseases such as colpitis, vaginitis, erosion, adnexitis, and vaginal inflammation. For this purpose, candles with celandine, with oak bark extract, with sainfoin and Phytoraxin are used.
In the complex treatment of serious diseases such as endometritis and parametritis, vaginal suppositories are also used along with other drugs. They are also used to prevent relapse of the disease. In the treatment of using candles with extracts of sainfoin, celandine, oak leaves. At the final stage of treatment, Bifonorm is used.
Vaginal anti-inflammatory suppositories are also used in the complex treatment of diseases of the cervix and vagina, such as cervicitis and colpitis. They are also used for dysbiosis in the vagina.
Vaginal suppositories have not only a local effect, eliminating the symptoms of the disease: burning, itching, fetid discharge, but also a deeper effect, which in essence is comparable to injections. Their advantage is speed. When the base is dissolved, the drug is released exactly where it is most needed. The active substance penetrates the tissues and protects the mucous membranes from infections, without affecting the hormonal balance.