One of the biggest achievements of domestic medicine is the appearance of the drug “Cortexin”, which contributes to the treatment of various pathologies that occur in the brain of a person’s head. It took almost 30 years to develop the drug. The creation and testing of the drug was carried out by the Military Medical Academy.
Did Cortexin deserve at least one positive review? It has been proven by practicing clinicians and leading pharmacologists that this drug is the leading drug in the field of brain therapy and most of the concomitant ailments with neural etiology.
The principle of therapeutic effect
What is the Cortexin remedy, and what is its therapeutic effect? The drug is a complex morphological structure that has many elements. It consists of the simplest protein components that are balanced in a certain way from vitamins and other biologically necessary compounds. In a complex, all these components of the Cortexin preparation enable nerve cells to quickly restore their lost functions.
Long-term practice confirms the ineffectiveness of most fairly potent drugs in the case of the treatment of abnormalities in the work of the brain of the head. They do not cope with problems because of the inability to overcome the blood-brain barrier. This is a powerful body defense system that prevents the brain from exposure to a variety of adverse and aggressive factors.
Despite the fact that the drug "Cortexin" has a complex structure, it has a fairly low molecular weight. This allows the drug to quite easily overcome the described barrier and penetrate it into the brain, as a result of which the therapeutic effect is faster and stronger.
The mechanism of action of the drug
The effect of the drug "Cortexin" is its ability to restore an imbalance between amino acids. They affect the activity of important processes of a biological nature in the nervous system, memory, intellectual abilities, and also inhibit reactions in the form of seizures, interfere with the destruction of neurocytes. Such an effect of "Cortexin" allows you to use it not only in the field of neurology, but also in the case of mental disorders, in neurosurgery and other therapeutic actions. This versatility of the drug can only cause a positive review. “Cortexin”, in addition to a wide spectrum of action, has one more advantage.
The dose load of the drug on the body is minimal, which contributes to its use regardless of the age category of patients. Therapy with it can be prescribed both to newborns and to people of advanced age.
The scope of the drug
The positive effect of Cortexin can be observed in the case of hemorrhagic stroke. A few days after the start of taking the drug, the condition of the affected area of ​​the brain and the bloodstream of the vessels improves, the process of restoring the neuropsychic connections that were broken is accelerated, and positive dynamics are observed during the electroencephalogram. In this case, the drug "Cortexin" acts indirectly, stimulating an increase in blood flow and improving its access to the affected areas of the brain.
The effectiveness of the drug in the treatment of symptoms of various neuroinfectious ailments has been proven. With it, you can reduce the number of patients suffering from headaches, weakness and dizziness several times. This fact also causes more than one positive review.
"Cortexin" is also used for ophthalmic abnormalities - with damage to the retina or other parts of the optic nerve.
Other areas of drug exposure
The drug exhibits a quick rehabilitative effect, which provides a positive effect in the treatment of not only the brain of the head, but also parts of the nervous system that are remote from it. For example, Cortexin reduces inflammation in the case of sacral or lumbar radiculitis.
Indications for use
The drug "Cortexin" is used for the complex treatment of the following conditions and diseases:
- traumatic brain injuries;
- bacterial and viral neuroinfections;
- asthenia;
- encephalopathy;
- encephalitis;
- impaired thinking and memory;
- cerebral palsy (its various forms);
- decreased learning ability;
- delayed speech and psychomotor development at an early age;
- sciatica;
- pathologies of the retina and some others.
Contraindications and side effects of the drug
In some cases, when using Cortexin, allergic reactions occur. Slight redness may appear at the injection site of the drug. But pretty soon it disappears, as evidenced by more than one review. "Cortexin" is contraindicated for use in
period of pregnancy and lactation. With individual intolerance to the drug, it is also not recommended for consumption.
Mode of application
For whatever purpose the Cortexin preparation would be used, its effectiveness directly depends on the stage of the disease, during which treatment was started using it.
The method of introducing the drug into the body is intramuscular injection. The contents of the vials are dissolved by water for injection or sodium chloride. The drug is administered daily, once a day. The appropriate dosage for each patient should be prescribed by a doctor.
The recommended amount of Cortexin for newborns and babies weighing less than 20 kg is 0.5 mg per kilogram of the child’s weight. The rest is injected with 10 mg of the drug daily. The course of treatment is 10 days. If necessary, it is repeated. At the same time, a break between courses should be at least one month.
Interaction with other medicines
Means "Cortexin" is prohibited to use simultaneously with drugs of peptide origin. In the process of its dissolution, Novocain cannot be used.
The drug "Cortexin": price
The minimum cost of this drug is 67 rubles per bottle (5 mg). At the same time, the lowest price for a package, which includes 10 such bubbles, is 620 rubles. How much does the Cortexin-10 medication cost? The price of this drug ranges from 100 rubles per bottle to about 1090 rubles per pack (referring to 10 vials of 10 mg each).