All people who have cats, probably paid attention to the fact that these animals in the case of illness begin to eat grass. They do this for a reason, because a very large percentage of modern antiviral agents of humanity is nothing more than extracts from various herbs. Among such preparations, a gel designed for local and external use, Panavir Inlight, occupies a worthy place.
The composition of the Panavir Gel preparation gives instructions for its use as follows: the active substance of this medicine is the patented Panavir® formula, which is a product of processing shoots of Solanum tuberosum (potato), their purified extract, in the amount of 0.002 grams per hundred grams of gel. In addition to the active substance, the composition of the dosage form includes auxiliary substances: polyethylene oxide 400, glycerin, sodium hydroxide, ethyl alcohol, purified water, lanthanum nitrate. The product is a homogeneous mass of white, having a slight specific smell.
The pharmacological effect of the Panavir Gel preparation is described in the instructions for its use as follows: this drug exhibits antiviral activity, which is expressed as a virologostatic effect, and is intended for external course use. It affects the herpes simplex virus of the first and second types. It is able to suppress the replication and polymerase reactions of pathogens by blocking the synthesis of viral DNA in infected human skin cells.
Indications for use of the Panavir preparation (gel); instructions for its use list the following: infectious inflammatory skin diseases that are caused by the Herpes simplex virus of the first and second types, including genital herpes.
There are such contraindications for the use of this drug: hypersensitivity to individual components of the drug, pregnancy at any time and the period of breastfeeding.
Dosage and method of use of the drug "Panavir" (gel). It is applied externally. The gel is applied to the lesions of the skin, as well as the mucous membranes, in a thin layer five times a day. The course of therapy lasts from four to five days, but can be extended according to indications and up to ten days.
Also for the Panavir preparation (gel), the instructions for its use also describe the intravaginal method of application: a small amount of the drug is administered vaginally and is distributed in a thin layer on the walls of the vagina. Therapy is carried out until the clinical manifestations of the disease have completely disappeared.
A side effect of the Panavir Inlight drug (gel), the instructions for its use result in this: in rare cases, there are rapidly passing redness and itching in places treated with gel.
For the use of the drug there are a number of special instructions:
1. It is recommended to start treatment at the earliest possible stage of the disease, at its first signs (tingling, itching, feeling of tension, redness), in this case, it is possible to prevent the transition of the disease into the bubble phase.
2. The use of the drug "Panavir (gel) Inlight" is prohibited in ophthalmology. And when applied to the face, it is important to prevent contact with eyes.
The form of release of the drug is a gel intended for local and external use, containing 0.002 percent of the active substance, in tubes of polymeric materials or of aluminum coated with varnish. Tubes come in three, five, ten and thirty grams, are equipped with instructions, packaged in cardboard bundles.
It is recommended to store the drug in places protected from light and inaccessible to children, at a temperature of four to twenty-five degrees Celsius.