How is Ismigen used? Instructions for use, reviews of doctors will be described later. You will also learn about whether it is possible to give this medication to children, how much it costs, what composition and form of release it has, how it affects the human body, etc.
Form, packaging of medicine and composition
In what form can I buy Ismigen? Instructions, reviews of experts report that this medication goes on sale in the form of flat-cream tablets of a light cream color with risk, brown spots and a weak aroma of mint.
The active substance of this medication is bacterial lysates. As for auxiliary ingredients, these include glycine, calcium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, colloidal silicon dioxide, ammonium glycyrrhizinate, magnesium stearate and mint flavor.
You can buy the drug in cell packs that are placed in packs of cardboard.
Pharmacological features
The drug "Ismigen", reviews of which are ambiguous, is a combined immunostimulating agent of bacterial origin. This medication is intended exclusively for sublingual (i.e., sublingual) administration.
Ismigen is a multivalent antigenic complex that includes bacterial lysates, that is, common pathogens of various respiratory infections. The components that make up this drug are obtained by mechanical action.
Like other immunostimulants having a bacterial origin (second generation), the medication in question is able to have a specific vaccinating and nonspecific immunostimulating effect.
Sublingual tablets can affect various parts of the immune system. They are able to stimulate both a humoral and local cellular immune response, as well as a systemic one.
This drug increases the content of lysozyme in saliva, activates phagocytosis, and also increases the number of immunocompetent cells. It increases the metabolic and functional activity of macrophages and polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
Also, the drug in question activates the oxidation processes and the expression of adhesion molecules on granulocytes and macrophage-monocytic cells. This effect ensures its cooperation with antigen-presenting cells and T-lymphocytes, destroying infectious agents.
What other properties does Ismigen have? Experts say that it is able to stimulate the secretion of prostaglandin E2 by macrophage-monocytic cells, activate natural killer cells, release anti-inflammatory cytokines, and also increase the concentration of secretory immunoglobulin in saliva.
After a course of therapy, the duration, severity and frequency of acute respiratory infections are reduced in patients. Leveling and relief of symptoms such as coughing, fever and shortness of breath are also noted. Patients have a reduced need for anti-inflammatory and antibacterial therapy.
It can not be said that in people with chronic respiratory diseases, while taking the drug in question, exacerbations are prevented.
Indications for use
For what purposes is Ismigen prescribed? Reviews of doctors report that this medication is intended for the treatment of subacute and acute infections of the lower and upper respiratory tract:
- tonsillitis;
- bronchitis;
- laryngitis;
- pharyngitis;
- sinusitis;
- rhinitis;
- otitis media, including complications after the flu (as part of complex therapy).
It should also be noted that the drug in question is often prescribed for chronic bronchitis (as a prophylaxis of exacerbations), recurrent infections of the lower and upper respiratory tract.
Contraindications
Under what conditions is it forbidden to use Ismigen sublingual tablets? Reviews of experts report the following contraindications:
- pregnancy period;
- hypersensitivity to auxiliary and active substances of the drug;
- breast-feeding;
- children under three years old.
How to take the drug Ismigen?
Price, reviews on this drug will be presented below.
Tablets should be placed under the tongue and kept until dissolved. Take this medication on an empty stomach. Sublingual tablets should not be absorbed, swallowed, or chewed.
With subacute and acute infections of the lower and upper respiratory tract, patients are prescribed one tablet per day until all signs of the disease disappear (at least 10 days).
With recurrent infections of the lower and upper respiratory tract, as well as for the prevention of exacerbations of chronic respiratory diseases, it is recommended to take one sublingual tablet for 10 days.
The preventive course of taking this drug includes three cycles of 10 days each with an interval of 20 days.
It is advisable to carry out treatment with this medication no more often than 1-2 times a year.
Side effects
What side effects can the drug in question cause? What does the instruction (description) say about this ? Ismigen is a relatively safe drug. Its administration rarely causes adverse events. In some cases, this medication can cause adverse reactions from the skin, which are manifested in the form of urticaria, impetiginous dermatitis and folliculitis. It is also extremely rare that this drug causes salivary gland inflammation, rhinitis and acute laryngitis.
Drug interaction
The drug "Ismigen" is allowed to be used simultaneously with other drugs that are intended for the treatment of chronic and acute respiratory diseases.
The drug interaction of this medication with other drugs has not yet been described.
Special recommendations for taking sublingual tablets
How should I give Ismigen to children? Pediatrician reviews report that babies 3-6 years old who are given tablets should be under special supervision of adults until the drug is completely dissolved in the oral cavity.
It should also be noted that taking this medication does not affect the ability of patients to control complex mechanisms and drive vehicles.
The cost of the drug and its analogues.
The price of the drug in question is quite high. So how much are Ismigen pills (0.007 N10)? Immunomodulators with bacterial lysates are estimated at 550-600 rubles. If you need a larger amount of the drug (N30), you will have to give about 1400 rubles.
As for analogues, such properties as Echinacea, Arpetolid, Estifan, Arpeflu, Engystol, Bioaron S, Tsitovir-3, Broncho-Vaxom, “ Taktivin ”,“ Broncho-Munal ”,“ Ruzam ”,“ Broncho-Munal ”,“ Half-Dan ”,“ Galavit ”,“ Imunofan ”,“ Herbion ”,“ Imudon ”,“ Doctor Tyss ”,“ Immunorm ”,“ Immunal "," Immunomax "," Immunex. "
Drug Reviews
Immunomodulators are often used by parents in relation to those babies who are prone to regular colds. Therefore, often before the start of the autumn-winter season, children are given a full course of stimulants in order to strengthen the bronchopulmonary system.
According to patient reviews, the drug in question should be taken only on the advice of a doctor. Its use for prevention can reduce the incidence of colds, and for medicinal purposes - it contributes to a quick and complete recovery. Although it should be noted that not all people are filled with such enthusiasm. Some of them report that the process of using sublingual tablets did not give any result. Experts argue that the effect will be obvious only after passing the full course of therapy.