In the arsenal of modern doctors, there are many drugs that can be prescribed to patients to alleviate the symptoms of heartburn. One of the most popular is the "Rennie" drug.
Every person has faced this problem at least once in his life. Many women complain of a burning pestering sensation, in which not only overall health is disturbed, but also the work of internal organs is worsened.
In most cases, the initial manifestations of sternal burning pains will help to cope with a diet and a proper diet. If such measures turn out to be useless, then medication cannot be dispensed with, since the excess of hydrochloric acid must be repaid and the mucous membrane of the stomach and esophagus protected from it.
In this article, the drug "Rennie", analogues, instructions for the use of this medication will be considered.
General Description of Heartburn Medicines
A group of medicines whose action is aimed at the repayment of acid of gastric juice, experts call antacids. Typically, these preparations are available in the form of chewable tablets, powders and suspensions. The composition of these funds protects the gastric mucosa from irritating hydrochloric acid, which, when excess, causes an unpleasant burning sensation in the esophagus and throat.
Pills "Rennie": instruction
The composition of chewable tablets "Rennie" includes two main components: calcium and magnesium carbonate. Take this medicine for burning chest pains, sour belching, with a feeling of heaviness in the stomach. It can also be used as an ambulance to correct errors in the diet when aggressive products for the mucosa, such as alcohol, spicy foods and coffee, were allowed.
Chew tablets one or two pieces. If this dosage does not give the desired effect, the reception can be repeated after two to three hours. The drug is used in adults and adolescents from the age of twelve, to young children it is prescribed extremely rarely. The maximum daily dose for adult patients is sixteen tablets. This drug can be used during pregnancy.
special instructions
If the symptoms of heartburn do not stop during the long time taking the "Rennie" pills, this may indicate a serious disease that requires more radical treatment.
With prolonged use in large quantities, the drug can cause an overdose, which is manifested by muscle weakness and vomiting. With such manifestations, the medication is stopped.
"Rennie" pills: analogues
This tool is often chosen by patients to reduce the acidity of the stomach. But what if these pills do not fit? Which analogue of "Rennie" is better and how to choose it?
Pharmaceutical companies offer a ton of remedies to help deal with the symptoms of heartburn. Inalan tablets are identical in composition, form of release, and other key indicators, such as indications for use, side effects, and so on. It is an antacid that can be taken as an emergency aid.
Another analogue of Rennie is Gaviscon. This is also an antacid, but the plus of the drug is that it is not absorbed into the bloodstream. Nonabsorbable antacids begin to act later than absorbable antacids (for example, "Rennie"), but their duration is longer and reaches 2.5-3 hours.
Analogs include such a drug as Pecaevsky tablets, whose action is aimed at reducing the acidity of the stomach, which is the cause of heartburn. However, it is used only in the case when this unpleasant phenomenon was the result of taking certain foods that affected the condition of the mucosa.
The above analogues and Rennie himself enter into a neutralization reaction with hydrochloric acid and thus reduce the acidity of the stomach. In contrast, H 2 blockers and proton pump inhibitors inhibit the production of hydrochloric acid.
If you decide to replace the "Rennie" pills, your doctor should pick up the analogues. Only under this condition can you be sure that the drug will not harm the body, especially if women are in a position to take the medicine.
The drug "Inalan"
The medicine "Inalan" is an analogue of "Rennie" from heartburn produced by the Russian company Nizhpharm. The action of this drug is aimed at neutralizing free hydrochloric acid in the stomach to reduce the activity of gastric juice, eliminate gastralgia and heartburn. Tablets are taken in two pieces, holding one after the other in the mouth until completely dissolved. Repeated intake can be only after two hours, and the maximum daily dose should not exceed 16 pieces.
This medication can not be used in patients with renal failure, in order to avoid hypercalcemia and hypermagnesemia. If after taking allergic rashes have been identified, the drug is canceled.
As a rule, like Renny tablets, analogues of identical composition, such as Inalan, can be taken as an ambulance when heartburn suddenly occurs.
The drug "Gaviscon"
The active components of this medication are sodium alginate, potassium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate. This analogue of “Renny” has differences in composition, and therefore, with sensitivity to magnesium, it can be a real salvation for people suffering from heartburn.
This medicine is available in several forms: suspensions and chewable tablets with different tastes. Due to the fact that the composition of the medication only envelops the mucous membrane with alginic acid formed as a result of dissociation and is not absorbed into the bloodstream, the Gaviscon preparation does not have a systemic effect on the body and can be used during pregnancy without fear.
This analogue of "Rennie" is allowed to use in the treatment of children from 6 years. Patients of this age are prescribed 1-2 tablets up to 4 times a day. For adults and children over 12 years of age, the dose is prescribed twice as much, the frequency of administration is the same. The duration of the course of therapy is usually one week.
The suspension is taken as follows: for babies 6 years old, 5-10 ml four times a day, for adults and adolescents - 10-20 ml. The course should also not be more than one week.
Pecaevsky tablets
This medicine belongs to biologically active additives, it is the Russian analogue of Rennie. The instruction for these pills suggests that the maximum result from therapy can be achieved only if the treatment is complex along with the classic antiulcer therapy. The action of the "Pechaevsky" tablets is also based on the neutralization of hydrochloric acid. They drink them three times a day, one at a time.
In the side effects column, the developers noted only a possible allergy, if there is sensitivity to individual components. The drug is prescribed with caution to people with kidney disease, as well as for diabetes. During pregnancy, it is not used.
Heartburn medicine pricing policy
Which analogues are better to choose instead of the Renny drug: cheap or expensive? This question is one of many that are discussed among patients. It is believed that the higher the cost of the product, the better it is, but with regard to medicines, this opinion is not entirely correct. So, for example, in the case of Renny tablets, about 310 rubles will need to be paid out for 12 pieces, and about 130 rubles for the Russian-made Inalan medicine, although the compositions of these funds are identical, these drugs are interchangeable.
Why do most generics cost less than Renny pills? Analogues are cheap primarily because the pharmacists who invented the medicine included all costs associated with testing, stages of creation and testing in its price, and there are no such amounts in the price of analogues, therefore copies of the drugs have the same composition, but with a different name, and are several times cheaper.
Reviews on drugs for heartburn
Leaders in good reviews are medicines such as Rennie and Gaviscon. Patients are of the same opinion that the ease of administration and the effectiveness of these drugs justify their cost. Many note that after ingestion of the Gaviscon suspension, relief occurs within a few minutes. Another plus that many mothers appreciated is that the medicine can be given to children.
In turn, doctors, giving positive reviews to drugs for heartburn, draw the attention of patients to the fact that self-medication can be dangerous. After all, removing the symptoms of heartburn, and believing that this is the result of malnutrition, you can start a serious illness.