Tablets "Teturam" are a tool that is used in the treatment of alcoholism. The main active ingredient in this drug is disulfiram. After taking pills and drinking alcohol, such unpleasant sensations as flushing of the head, vomiting, nausea, tachycardia, low blood pressure and a feeling of general malaise occur. Thus, a person develops an aversion at the level of reflexes to the smell and taste of ethanol.
Teturam tablets, which are taken orally, act for two days, and those administered as implants last from 6 to 9 months. If the patient who uses the specified drug allows ethanol, then lipids are mobilized, the vessels expand at the site of implantation, and blood flow rises, as a result of which the flow of disulfiram into the blood increases.
Teturam tablets. Indications for use
The specified tool is intended for the treatment of chronic alcoholism, as well as for the prevention of relapse. The pills that are implanted are also used for the chronic form of the disease and for detoxification after chronic nickel poisoning.
Contraindications
You can not take the drug "Teturam" for people with hypersensitivity, patients with thyrotoxicosis, as well as people with diseases of the cardiovascular system in the stage of decompensation. It is also not recommended to take this drug for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, if there is a pronounced emphysema, as well as erosive lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, including a stomach ulcer. The Teturam medicine is not taken in the presence of kidney diseases and liver failure, diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, neuropsychic diseases, as well as glaucoma, central nervous system infections, lactation, polyneuropathy, neuritis of the auditory and optic nerves, malignant tumors, and pregnancy.
You should be careful to take this drug for elderly people, as well as those who have endarteritis and with residual effects of cerebrovascular accidents, as well as in the presence of psychosis while taking disulfiram.
Possible side effects
When taking pills, an unpleasant metallic taste may appear in the mouth, and there is an unpleasant odor in patients with colostomy from the mouth. In addition, polyneuropathy of the lower extremities, memory impairment, headache, neuropsychiatric disorders, asthenia, disorientation in time and space, allergic reactions to the skin may appear.
When using tablets for implantation, suppuration, allergic dermatitis are possible and, if the tablet is implanted close to the incision, there is a rejection phenomenon. The association of disulfiram-ethanol substances can cause side effects such as myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, collapse, hemorrhagic stroke, cerebral edema, angina pectoris.
In case of an overdose of “Teturam”, neurological complications, collapse and coma appear . In these cases, treatment is carried out, which is aimed at restoring the stable operation of the cardiovascular and respiratory system.
Mode of application
Teturam tablets are taken in the morning on an empty stomach, at the beginning of treatment the dose is about 500 mg / day, but gradually it decreases to 125 mg / day. If implantation is performed, a small incision is made, 8 tablets are introduced into it, which are placed in two pieces crosswise one above the other. After this, the incision is sutured and covered with a bandage.
Before implantation of a patient’s preparation, the patient is gradually weaned from ethanol. Also, in the place where the drug was administered, a small tubercle may form. If the drug is taken orally at the same time, then it is necessary to control the prothrombin content more often and adjust the dose accordingly, otherwise the risk of bleeding onset increases.