In our turbulent times, many are under stress. To combat it, it is not necessary to take antidepressants or go to a psychotherapist. Medicines with a similar effect come to the rescue. There are a large number of such drugs that have an anti-stress effect. Novopassit is a medicine to calm the nervous system. It refers to natural, or phytoantidepressants.
But in addition to this, it helps with many disorders of the central nervous system. The composition of Novopassit is such that it can be used by almost everyone.
What does the drug consist of?
What is the composition of Novopassit? The instruction says that it does not contain chemicals - the main components of the drug are herbs that are used to treat certain diseases.
When combined, the effectiveness of each component increases, which allows for a small dosage to achieve a good soothing effect. The herbs that make up Novopassit have their own healing properties and act selectively.
Melissa officinalis
This herb has a sedative, relaxing and calming effect. In addition, it promotes concentration, improves memory. During critical days, she helps women survive pains and cramps. It has hemostatic and choleretic effects, which will be useful for patients with stomach ulcers. With the use of lemon balm, nervous tremors go away, the heart rate and blood pressure normalize. With chronic fatigue, mental and physical overwork, life rhythm is restored and the anxiety state disappears.
Valerian
Rhizomes of valerian are mainly used. They have such useful properties as reducing anxiety, relieving cramps and headaches and increasing performance. Neurosis, hysteria, nervous excitement and insomnia go away, while blood circulation improves, especially in the coronary vessels, and high blood pressure decreases to normal numbers. The emotional background then normalizes.
Hypericum perforatum
This famous herb finds and treats only damaged cells. St. John's wort normalizes the conductivity and sensitivity of nerve endings. In this case, a restoration of strength occurs, emotional stress is removed. Climax, PMS, neurosis with headache and insomnia are the main diseases of the nervous system that are well treated by St. John's wort. At the same time, the heart rate and functions of the gastrointestinal tract are restored, and the general and peripheral blood circulation normalizes.
Passiflora incarnate
In medicine, the aerial parts of the plant are used. Passiflora is used for asthenia, neurasthenia, menopause and in the treatment of alcoholism. It has an anticonvulsant effect. It helps well with hypertension, atherosclerosis, various encephalopathies, withdrawal symptoms with alcoholism, post-infectious asthenia. When used in combination with intravenous administration of novocaine, dizziness and tinnitus in Meniere's disease are eliminated .
The action of other components: hops, hawthorn, elderberry
It is impossible to treat neurosis, vegetative-vascular dystonia of the hypertonic type, and cardioneurosis without collapse of common hop.
The leaves and flowers of common hawthorn improve the nutrition of the heart muscle, thus ensuring a normal rhythm of heart contractions, lower blood pressure, and also dilate blood vessels on the periphery and in the internal organs. Hawthorn helps stop the growth of atherosclerotic plaques in the vessels and reduces the bioelectric activity of the cerebral cortex.
Elderberry flowers have a diuretic and diaphoretic effect, which allows you to cleanse the body of toxic substances, salts, reduces the likelihood of epileptic seizures. A good effect on capillaries is noted: the wall strengthens, permeability decreases and elasticity increases.
Guaifenesin. What is it?
The composition of Novopassit includes guaifenesin, an analogue of a natural substance obtained from the bark of a guaiac tree, which grows in America. It has a good anxiolytic effect, is safe to use and absolutely non-toxic. Its main anxiolytic action is the elimination of anxiety, fears, emotional stress, the blocking of obsessions. When using guaifenesin, headaches, palpitations, shortness of breath, insomnia, and vegetative reactions disappear.
Release Forms
The drug is available in two dosage forms. The first is Novopassit tablets. Syrup among consumers is better known. The liquid form is a dark liquid with a rather specific odor. Sometimes a precipitate is possible, which disappears after shaking the bottle. Orange flavoring does not help in eliminating an unpleasant odor, but it should be noted that the syrup acts immediately, its calming and anxiolytic effect appears after a few minutes. The effect after taking the pills occurs in 15-20 minutes, but they are convenient because they can be worn in a purse and taken if a stressful situation suddenly arises. And it is important to know what else, in addition to herbs, is part of Novopassit liquid. This is alcohol, of which 12%, because all tinctures of herbs are made on the basis of ethanol. Therefore, due to the unpredictability of the consequences, the use of alcohol is not recommended in the treatment with the liquid form of the Novopassit drug.
The composition of the tablet is almost the same as the syrup, but this dosage form consists of dry extracts of the same herbs. Excipients are colloidal silica, magnesium stearate, lactose, and opadri.
What diseases can I use the drug for?
There are many indications for the use of Novopassit. The composition of the drug is such that it can be used not only to treat the excitability of the nervous system. Symptoms and diseases in which an antidepressant is indicated:
- irritability;
- anxiety, fears;
- fatigue;
- insomnia;
- distraction;
- a state of constant nervous strain;
- neurasthenia;
- memory impairment;
- persistent headaches, migraine;
- dyspepsia;
- irritable bowel syndrome;
- cardioneurosis;
- VVD for hypertonic or mixed type;
- menopause disorders;
- threatened abortion;
- postpartum depression.
With eczema, psoriasis and urticaria, Novopassit soothes the patient and facilitates skin manifestations.
Contraindications
In various forms of the drug "Novopassit" composition (syrup or tablets) is almost identical. The tool can be used by almost everyone. Its administration is not recommended if there is intolerance to components, myasthenia gravis (fatigue and muscle relaxation), children under 12 years old, patients with diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, and brain injuries.
When using, you can not drink alcohol, since the action can be the opposite: calm is replaced by excitement or even aggression. It is not recommended to be treated with this drug to persons whose activity is associated with concentration (for example, driver, corrector, accountant, etc.).
You see how natural the composition of Novopassit is. The instruction, however, warns that it should not be used by pregnant and lactating women, since studies on these groups of people have not been conducted. However, in some cases, gynecologists prescribe pills while maintaining pregnancy in the early and late stages. This is due to the fact that the composition of Novopassit in tablets is medicinal herbs without alcohol.
Side effects
The manual reports that various complications are rare, but drowsiness, dizziness, lethargy, apathy, diarrhea, or constipation are possible. Reviews of many users report that these symptoms are very rare when using the drug "Novopassit". The syrup, however, has an unpleasant taste and smell, but you can get rid of them if you drink it with juice or acidified water.
Dose and method of application
It is necessary to start using the drug with a small dosage: from half a teaspoon or from half a tablet. Sometimes this is enough for people with a small body weight. The recommended dose of the drug "Novopassit": syrup is used three times a day for a teaspoon after a meal, it must be washed down with water. You can use it with food to eliminate the unpleasant aftertaste and aftertaste.
Tablets are also taken three times a day. In the event of a stressful situation or with the appearance of fear or anxiety, you can drink 1-2 additional tablets. Accumulation does not occur, therefore, the drug can be used for a long time. Doctors advise taking it no more than a month to prevent addiction, then take a break and, if necessary, continue taking another 1 month.
Phytoantidepressant analogues
The drug "Novopassit" significantly surpasses its analogues in the composition, calming effect. Among the drugs, several medications can be distinguished that have the same effects as Novopassit, but after reading the instructions for use of Sedasen, Afobazol, Nota, and others, you can see that these drugs besides Herbal extracts contain chemicals and at a more affordable price, their effectiveness is less. This is due to the fact that the largest number of active components - 8 herbs and guaifenesin - is part of Novopassit. The drug “Nobrassit” is similar in composition, but it is available only in the form of syrup, moreover, its cost is higher than that of “Novopassit”.