The drug "Sonapax" is an antipsychotic drug that has a peripheral and central effect on the nervous system. The medication has a weak antidepressant, anti-autistic and antipsychotic effect.
Medicine "Sonapax": description, release form and composition
The medication is produced in the form of dragees, which contain the active substance thioridazine hydrochloride, as well as auxiliary components: stearic acid, corn starch, colloidal silicon dioxide, lactose, talc and gelatin.
Instructions for use describe the mechanism of the central effect of the drug “Sonapax” as the ability to suppress certain functions of the brain stem. The peripheral effect is the alpha-adrenolytic, anticholinergic and antihistamine effect. The medicine does not suppress motor activity and does not have an antiemetic effect.
Indications for the use of the drug "Sonapaks"
Doctors' reviews indicate the effectiveness of the drug in the treatment of schizophrenia, withdrawal symptoms (alcoholism and substance abuse), psychotic disorders that cause agitation and hyperactivity. The medication is prescribed for the treatment of Huntington's disease, severe or moderate depression in adult patients.
Also, treatment is carried out in case of neurosis, which is accompanied by anxiety, fear, sleep disturbances, depressed state. Dragees are taken with
psychomotor agitation, with skin diseases characterized by severe itching, as well as with
manic-depressive psychosis.
Contraindications to the use of the drug "Sonapaks"
Reviews of patients indicate a beneficial effect of the drug. However, doctors do not prescribe medication in all cases. It is forbidden to use the medication for systemic progressive pathologies of the brain and spinal cord, for severe cardiovascular failure, for traumatic brain injuries.
Treatment for blood diseases with aplastic processes, with ventricular cardiac arrhythmias, with severe bradycardia, severe arterial hypotension is unacceptable.
Contraindications include
coma, hypersensitivity to the components, hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia, breastfeeding and pregnancy, as well as the age of four years.
Side effects of the drug "Sonapaks"
Reviews of patients indicate possible negative manifestations while taking the drug. Therapy can be accompanied by a decrease in pressure, increased heart rate. From the digestive system, diarrhea, decreased or increased appetite, vomiting, and nausea can be observed. In addition, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, granulocytopenia, which sometimes occur after taking the drug “Sonapaks”, are related to side effects.
Reviews of some patients indicate their insomnia, loss of consciousness, doctors also talk about dystonic disorders and emotional disturbances when taking the drug. Also, in some cases, allergic reactions have occurred.