"Spregal" is a remedy for eliminating scabies. The drug is in the form of an aerosol for external treatment of the skin. The contents of the bottle are a yellow solution, the main components of the drug are esdepalletrin and piperonyl butoxide, and additional substances are included in the structure of the drug - ethanol 96%, ether, macroglycerides.
Aerosol "Spregal" refers to the most effective drugs for eliminating scabies. It has a significant effect in the first hours after spraying, which is especially popular with people who constantly suffer from obsessive itching and scratching.
The advantage of the drug is the possibility of its use to patients of any age, including infants. Using a dispenser, the drug is able to cover large areas of the body, which allows three patients to use it immediately, if necessary.
Pharmacological actions
Scabies is provoked by scabies itching. The structure of the medication includes esdepalletrin - a neurotoxic substance that damages the nervous system of insects. And also the composition of the drug includes piperonyl butoxide, which stimulates the effects of esdepaletrin.
According to the instructions for use with the Spregal aerosol, it is known that the drug begins to affect immediately after the first use. In the patient’s blood, the active substances are determined one hour after application of the drug.
The maximum esdepalletrin content is reached in human blood in an hour, piperonyl butoxide substances - two hours after external use. Twenty-four hours after application of the aerosol, traces of the active components in the blood are not detected.
Indications
According to the instructions for aerosol "Spregal", it is known that it is intended for external use to eliminate scabies.
Scabies is a skin contagious disease from the category of parasitic ones, which is provoked by a microscopic parasite - scabies mite or itching.
Contraindications
Before starting aerosol therapy, you need to thoroughly study the instructions for use with the Spregal aerosol. The drug is not recommended for use if the patient has the following diseases and conditions:
- Individual intolerance to the substances of the drug.
- Bronchial asthma (chronic inflammation of the respiratory tract involving a variety of cellular trace elements).
- Bronchial obstruction (a clinical syndrome, which is considered one of the forms of respiratory failure, resulting from a violation of the patency of the bronchial tree).
Relative prohibitions on the use of the drug are pregnancy and lactation in women.
How to use the medication?
According to the instructions for use, the aerosol should be sprayed on the affected area of the skin before bedtime, so that the medicine works throughout the night.
After spraying the drug, it is not recommended to wash the treated skin for seven to nine hours. Before applying the spray "Spregal" the bottle must be shaken well, the spray should be kept at a distance of thirty centimeters from the lesion of the skin.
It is recommended to spray the medicine first on the body, and only then on the limbs, because after applying the drug, the skin becomes slippery. Especially good, the drug should be sprayed in the armpits and perineum, between the fingers and toes, as well as on the bends of the elbows and knees.
After nine hours, a person should take a shower and thoroughly rinse the preparation with soap and skin. As a rule, a single treatment of the skin with scabies is enough, but if signs of the disease persist within eight days after spraying the aerosol onto the body, processing is repeated.
When using the aerosol "Spregal" in pediatrics, it is necessary to ensure that the drug does not get into the eyes and respiratory tract. When localizing the pathology on the face or neck, it is necessary to treat the skin with a cotton swab, on which the medication is sprayed.
Can I use the medicine during pregnancy?
In the first three months of pregnancy, the use of the drug is contraindicated, as this can adversely affect the formation of the internal organs of the unborn baby.
In subsequent trimesters, you can use the medication under the supervision of a medical specialist in a situation where the benefit for the mother is higher than the possible risks for the unborn child.
If necessary, treatment with "Spregal" for women during lactation, it is necessary to consider that the active trace element of the medication is excreted in milk and enters the body of the child. Combining breastfeeding and therapy with this medicine is contraindicated so as not to harm the baby.
Adverse reactions
The most common side effect when using an aerosol is burning and irritation of the skin in places where the drug is sprayed. Such a reaction is not harmful and does not require discontinuation of therapy. As a rule, after fifteen minutes, all negative phenomena will pass on their own.
Overdose
Cases of poisoning with Spregal spray have not been recorded. If you accidentally inhale or swallow a person’s medicine, you must be taken to the hospital as soon as possible and left under the supervision of a doctor for at least a day. If the medication is inhaled, there is a possibility of severe bronchospasm or suffocation.
Interaction
There is no information on the medicinal interaction of Spregal with other topical preparations, but if the patient needs to apply some ointment or cream to the skin, then you need to do this after taking a shower and removing Spregal from the epidermis.
Features
Aerosol should be sprayed in a well-ventilated area. While spraying the medicine, the patient must hold his breath and make sure that the medication does not get into the eyes. If this happens, then they should be washed well with plenty of water and be sure to contact a specialist.
One bottle with the Spregal drug is enough to treat the entire surface of the skin for four people. The cylinder is under pressure, so you need to keep the spray away from heating appliances and open flames.
In order to avoid re-infection with scabies, all clothing and things that the patient came into contact with should be treated with the drug and left for twelve hours, after which it should be washed or washed well.
If traces of scabies mite are on the face, then the source of the lesion should be treated only with a cotton swab, which is moistened with the medicine.
Analogs of aerosol "Spregal"
The following drugs have a similar pharmacological effect with the spray:
- "Plus".
- Medifox
- "Benzyl benzoate" ointment.
- Permethrin ointment.
- "Parasidosis".
- Sulfuric ointment.
Before changing the drug prescribed by the doctor to one of the generics listed above, you must definitely study the instructions for use and consult a medical specialist.
Storage
Why there is no Spregal aerosol on sale? Today there is no reliable information why this wonderful medicine disappeared from the shelves. But it can always be replaced with any similar drug after consultation with a medical specialist.