Medications for the gallbladder: names, list, composition, indications and contraindications

A huge number of people suffer from various diseases of the gallbladder, which cause them a lot of inconvenience and extreme discomfort. Some of them can be eliminated only by surgery, but most ailments are calmly treated with the help of certain drugs. For the gall bladder, the pharmaceutical market offers a very huge assortment of medicines that have repeatedly proven their effectiveness.

Symptoms of gallbladder disease

First of all, let's figure out in which cases you should think about the fact that you have problems with the gallbladder. And symptoms such as:

• yellowish skin color;
• pain in the right hypochondrium, which can be either acute or aching;
• the appearance of discomfort in the right hypochondrium after physical exertion, shaking while riding or eating spicy food;
• decreased appetite, nausea, and vomiting of bile;
• sleep disturbance and increased fatigue;
• the appearance of spider veins on the skin.

If you see at least a few of the above symptoms, you should immediately consult a doctor so that he prescribes you to take the right medicine for the gallbladder and liver. The main thing is not to delay a visit to a specialist, because the speed of full recovery depends on the timeliness of the start of treatment.

Drug selection

For example, you have found that you have minor problems or even a serious gallbladder disease. What medicines to drink in this case?

1. First of all, you should not self-medicate and buy advertised drugs or medicines that have helped your friends or relatives, since each case is individual.
2. It is necessary to make an analysis of bile and provide it to the doctor, as well as talk about all concomitant diseases. So he will be able to prescribe the right treatment, based on the available indications and contraindications to any medications.
3. The doctor selects such drugs that have a high degree of penetration into the bile, which will allow them to act faster and better.
4. The pharmacodynamics of the selected drug should be directed not only to the gallbladder, but also to other organs of the abdominal cavity, which will accelerate full recovery.
5. The drug should be prescribed in order not to destroy the liver and not cause allergies associated with intolerance to certain components.

Types of drugs

Next, we consider the available varieties of drugs for the gallbladder in order to know what exactly the doctor can prescribe. So, there are four types of drugs that are prescribed by specialists to patients who have come to them with complaints.

1. Hepatoprotectors are plant-based, in particular, with the presence of silymarin contained in milk thistle (used for liver damage and gallstone disease), and animal origin, developed from hydrolyzed liver of pigs or cattle (taken to get rid of toxins and restore normal microflora in the body).
2. Medicines are available in the form of choleretics based on bile and hypocholic acids (used to enhance the outflow of bile, prevent the formation of stones and minimize the precipitation of cholesterol). The group of cholekinetics is intended to increase the tone of this body ("Sorbitol", "Magnesium sulfate").
3. Anti-infective agents are prescribed to combat viral hepatitis (human lymphoblastoid and recombinant interferons).
4. Antimicrobials are antibiotics that are used to treat inflammatory diseases of the gallbladder and its ducts.

Painkillers

Very often, various ailments are accompanied by bouts of pain, which are sometimes so intense that they threaten endogenous shock and put a person’s life at risk. It is for such cases that you should remember which medications for the gallbladder can relieve acute symptoms in order to alleviate your condition before visiting a doctor. And analgesics can help in this, the main active ingredient of which is paracetamol. The most effective drugs among them are Cefecon, Acetaminophen, and Efferalgan. The only thing is, such medications do not need to be given to pregnant women and people suffering from liver or kidney failure, which is a contraindication to their use.

Antispasmodics

If the patient has a spasm that gives off pain in the right hypochondrium and is accompanied by a feeling of bitterness in the mouth, this indicates that problems have begun with the outflow of bile and an increase in its pressure on the organ. At the same time, increased salivation is observed. In this case, you need to urgently take a medicine for the gallbladder, which will remove this unpleasant symptom. Such drugs are antispasmodics, which are divided into two types:

• The selective ones are Aprofen, Spazmolitin and Mebeverina hydrochloride, which eliminate spasm and pain in the housing and communal organs and organs of the abdominal cavity.
• A wide range - No-shpa, Galidor and Bendazol. Medicines relieve pain of any organs in the body.

The only thing is that such drugs have contraindications in the form of increased intraocular pressure or work that requires a quick physical or mental reaction. Reception of such funds can cause lethargy in the patient.

Antibiotics

It happens that doctors will find inflammation caused by viruses or bacteria, which can lead to stagnation or thinning of the mucous surface of the gallbladder. What medicines to take in this case? Specialists treat these symptoms exclusively with antibiotics, which are developed from living organisms and isolated by biosynthesis, as a result of which they can inhibit the activity of bacteria. The course of treatment with such drugs is usually about ten days, after which the inflammation should stop.

The most effective antibiotics are Cefazolin, Erythromycin, Azithromycin. Separately, it is worth highlighting "Furazolidone", which completely destroys the causative agents of the disease. The only thing, after the use of antibiotics in some patients, allergic reactions or dysbiosis can occur. Indeed, along with pathogens, drugs also destroy beneficial bacteria, which affects the intestinal microflora. To prevent negative consequences, doctors prescribe probiotics at the same time.

Gallstones Dissolving Medications

If the patient has gallstones in the gallbladder whose diameter is no more than 15 mm, and their number occupies no more than 50% of the organ, preventing it from contracting normally, then he is shown special therapy. It is aimed at dissolving unwanted formations. The duration of such treatment is about six months, but it passes almost painlessly. And of the drugs in this case, the recommended drugs are Ursofalk, Ursokhol and Ursosan, which are based on bile ursodeoxycholic acid. The doctor may prescribe other medicines, for example, “Henosan”, “Henosol”, “Henofalk”. They are based on bile chenodeoxycholic acid.

True, taking them, you should refuse to take hormonal drugs, drugs that remove excess cholesterol, and those that reduce the acidity of the stomach. Contraindications to taking these medications are the following conditions: pregnancy, breastfeeding, stomach and duodenal ulcers, liver diseases and inflammation in the gallbladder and its ducts.

Drugs to stimulate secretion

The production of bile occurs in the liver. If bile stagnates in the body, this can lead to very disastrous consequences. It is necessary to undergo a course of treatment. Medications for the gallbladder and liver are expected to increase the secretion of a bitter specific fluid. They belong to the group of choleretics.

1. The drug "Allochol" should be taken a month, one tablet three times a day. It includes such components as garlic and nettle, so the medicine has no contraindications, except for individual intolerance.
2. The medicine "Cholenzym" to a greater extent consists of components of animal origin, it contains digestive enzymes, thanks to which it not only fulfills its main role, but also improves digestion.
3. Tablets "Tanacehol" contribute to the stimulation of the secret and normalize its biochemical composition. Since this is a herbal medicine, it has a small number of side effects.

Preparations for enhancing the outflow of bile

If the bitter secret is poorly excreted from the body, this can lead to the formation of stones, so with these symptoms, doctors prescribe medications for the gallbladder, which improve the drainage of fluid along the ducts. The most effective among them are:

• The drug "Duspatalin", the main active ingredient of which is mebeverin (contraindicated in children under 12 years old, pregnant and lactating mothers).
• The medicine "Odeston" (the active component is gimecron). However, the remedy has a number of contraindications: ulcerative colitis, obstruction of the biliary tract, Crohn's disease, hemophilia and peptic ulcer.
• Herbal medicine "Flaming", which is created from immortelle grass.

What medications are taken after gallbladder removal?

It happens that the patient goes to the doctor too late and the gall bladder is removed. In this case, he should urgently establish the digestion process, completely abandon junk food and normalize the production of secretions by the body. And just for this, patients need to take medications after removing the gallbladder, which contribute to the production of biological bitter fluid. These include Oxafenamide and Ursosan. The medicine should be taken three times a day, one tablet. True, they have some limitations: gastric and duodenal ulcers, cirrhosis, jaundice and hepatosis.

Other drugs for gall bladder problems

Sometimes cholecystitis can be caused not only by digestive problems, but also by organ dysfunction, which in the future can lead to the development of colitis, pancretitis and various types of gastritis. Therefore, in such cases, you can not put off taking medication. With cholecystitis of the gallbladder, drugs are prescribed in which there are enzymes of animal and vegetable origin. Trypsin, Pancreatin, or Pepsin are best suited in such cases.

If the patient has biliary dyskinesia due to which there are problems with fluid excretion, then doctors recommend taking Mezim Forte tablets, which not only normalize digestion, but also increase the secretion of gastric juice, which provokes the production of bile. In addition, in such cases, you can take drugs "Hepabene", "Ursosan" or "Cinarix."

Concomitant therapy

Now you know how the gall bladder is treated. Medications can be completely powerless if their administration is uncontrolled. First of all, you should definitely start eating right, trying to eat at least three times a day and not include anything fatty and spicy in your diet, as well as give up alcohol and fast food. And it is best to find out from the doctor what diet should be followed and eat according to the recommended menu. It is also very important to start a healthy lifestyle, exercise more and walk more often in the fresh air.

It will also be useful to deal with the treatment of concomitant diseases and chronic ailments, because they are often the cause of problems with the gall bladder, so that only comprehensive treatment will guarantee good health.