"Sermion" - a drug designed to treat conditions caused by a violation of cerebral circulation. It improves blood microcirculation, relieves spasms of blood vessels, improves blood flow in the lungs, kidneys, and brain. The medicine "Sermion" improves the supply of glucose and oxygen to the body. It regulates central and peripheral blood circulation. By improving blood circulation, the drug normalizes blood pressure.
The drug "Sermion", the instruction explains, is shown to the following categories of patients:
- suffering from atherosclerosis, ischemia, thrombosis, brain embolism, other metabolic or vascular disorders;
- patients with impaired peripheral circulation, Raynaud's syndrome, in which the limbs are spasmodic and change color;
- hypertensive patients for therapeutic treatment and crisis management.
The Sermion medication is contraindicated, the instruction warns against this especially when bleeding, after a recent heart attack, gout, hypertension, during pregnancy and lactation.
The drug is available in several forms: for injection and oral administration. For injection, a lyophilisate is used - a porous mass or a white powder, which should be diluted with a solvent.
For oral administration, tablets are intended. The active substance of the tablets is nicergoline. This substance is a derivative of ergoline, improves metabolic and hemodynamic processes in the brain, and accelerates blood flow in the legs and arms.
On sale there are tablets containing 5, 10, 30 mg of the substance. The first ones are covered with an orange shell , the rest, respectively, are white and yellow.
Like any other potent medicine, the drug "Sermion", the instruction gives clear warnings, can not be used without medical supervision.
With parenteral (injection) administration, it can cause dizziness, a feeling of heat, itching, and skin rashes. Sometimes the drug provokes sleep disturbance. Usually the symptoms are not very pronounced and do not require additional treatment.
With an overdose, a sharp decrease in pressure is possible, which passes after a while.
Pills "Sermion", the instruction indicates this, usually prescribed for three times a day. For cerebral dementia, it is recommended to take 30 mg at a time. In other cases, the doctor selects the dosage, focusing on the condition, diagnosis and course of the disease. The course of treatment usually lasts several months. In this case, constant monitoring by a doctor, monitoring the chemical composition of the blood is recommended.
Injections are intended for intramuscular or intravenous administration. In the second case, the drug is administered very slowly, infusion.
The instructions for the drug have no indication of whether it is possible to prescribe the drug "Sermion" for newborns. However, in the absence of specialized "children's" drugs, neurologists sometimes prescribe this remedy for babies. This happens with diseases such as dysontogenetic dyskinesia, astheno-vegetative syndrome, and some other ailments. In this case, the dosage prescribed by the doctor should be carefully observed.
The medicine "Sermion" is produced in India, Italy, USA. The drug has several analogues that are manufactured at other enterprises in Italy and India or in other countries. First of all, this is the Russian medicine "Nicergoline", pleasantly surprising in its value. Replace the means "Sermion" (but only after consulting a doctor) can be Polish drug "Nilogrin".
Regardless of which particular medication the doctor has prescribed, it is recommended to take it only under medical supervision. Despite the fact that the drugs have one therapeutic substance, the auxiliary components may be different. Therefore, the absence of adverse reactions to one drug does not mean that they will not appear when using an analogue.