Digestion problems occur in almost everyone. Therefore, a little knowledge about the drug "Festal" will not be superfluous.
Digestive enzymes are constantly produced either by the pancreas or by other digestive organs. They should (by norm) be enough to digest all the food we use. But this is at the usual rate. But we do not always eat what you can eat. The abundance of heavy, fatty, carbohydrate food forcibly makes the pancreas work for wear. She may not be able to cope, especially if you already had problems with this body or if you load your digestive tract in this way not only once a year, but quite periodically. And to help the pancreas, it’s enough to enter some enzymes from the outside, which contains the medicine “Festal”. It is classified as an enzyme.
The composition of this drug contains pancreatin, hemicellulose and bile. Enzymes found in pancreatin (amylase, protease, and lipase) help digest food components such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. The drug "Festal" also recommends instructions to improve the processing of all components of the food intake, which is due to the presence of bovine bile and hemicellulose in it, which perfectly helps the stomach to cope with fiber, which is difficult to digest. In addition to all this, taking the drug significantly increases the production of enzymes by the human body.
When to take?
If the human pancreas (or other digestive organs) cannot cope with their tasks due to inflammation or other diseases, after radiotherapy, surgical interventions, then the described medicine can quickly help. The drug "Festal" also offers instructions for use for dystrophic age-related changes in any digestive organs, for abnormal chewing of food or preparation for ultrasound examination (x-ray) of these organs, with overeating or improper nutrition.
How to take the medicine?
The drug "Festal" is recommended to take 1 tablet at a time with a meal. Dragees themselves do not need to chew or grind. In very severe cases, you need to take 2 tablets. The duration of medication is unlimited. And if enzymes are not produced at all in the body, then it can be taken for many years in a row.
Side effects and contraindications
Festal instruction is presented as a drug that does not have very serious side effects. But still it is not recommended to take it in huge doses, because diarrhea, vomiting and discomfort in the stomach area can occur. Sometimes this medicine can provoke inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose, skin rashes, and tears.
It is forbidden to use it in acute forms of inflammation of the pancreas, and in cases of exacerbation of chronic inflammation of the pancreas . It is also not allowed to use it for liver diseases that are accompanied by an increase in bilirubin in the blood, with stagnation in the intestines, with non-infectious hepatitis, with diseases of the gallbladder (empyema), and also with individual intolerance to any components.
The medicine "Festal" affects the absorption of antibiotics and sulfonamides by the body. Do not overdose with the drug. Indeed, in such cases, the amount of uric acids in the blood plasma and in the urine can increase. If, by chance, it turned out that several dragees fell into the body at once, then you need to stop using this drug. It is advisable to take medications that reduce the discomfort that the drug "Festal" caused. The instruction states the free sale of a medicine without a prescription in pharmacies. No need to keep the tablets in moist and warm places. From the date of release, you can use it for 3 years.