"Cyclodol" is a medicine that belongs to the pharmacological group of antiparkinsonian anticholinergics. The drug is intended for the treatment of Parkinson's disease - a chronic disease that is more characteristic of elderly people.
A typical example of a patient suffering from this disease is the world-famous heavyweight boxer Mohammed Ali. When it periodically appears on television screens, you can notice the characteristic signs of the aforementioned disease. Once the great boxing master, who, as you know, “fluttered like a butterfly and stung like a bee”, now suffers from trembling limbs and speech disorders.
Unfortunately, this disease is currently recognized as incurable and does not spare anyone, but there are effective methods that allow victims to live a more or less normal life. This disease was first described by the English physician James Parkinson - it was later named after him.
It is for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease that Cyclodolum (tablets) is intended.
This drug, having a strong central n-anticholinergic effect on the human body, also produces a pronounced peripheral m-anticholinergic effect. Thanks to this, its administration helps to reduce or eliminate motor disorders that are associated with extrapyramidal dysfunctions. In case of Parkinson’s disease (Parkinsonism), the medicine “Cyclodol” instructions for use Recognizes as quite effective means.
It helps reduce tremors (trembling limbs). On rigidity, bradykinesia, the degree of influence of the drug is expressed to a slightly lesser extent. The medicine also has antispasmodic properties, associated, in turn, with its anticholinergic activity, as well as with direct myotropic action.
How to take the medicine "Cyclodolum"? Instructions for use give such recommendations: tablets should be drunk before meals or with meals. Dosage should be selected strictly individually. Usually, therapy begins with the appointment of 0.5 to 1 mg / day. Subsequently, every few days (3-5), a dosage increase of 1-2 mg is performed. Such an increase in the daily dose of the drug “Cyclodol” recommends that the instructions for use be performed up to the intended therapeutic effect.
It should be noted that for adult patients, the maximum daily dose is 16 mg, and a single dose is 10 mg. A contraindication to treatment with this agent is, first of all, hypersensitivity to its active component - trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride. Also, this drug should not be prescribed for angle-closure forms of glaucoma, problems with the prostate gland (more precisely, stage III-IV adenoma).
Instructions for use warns of the following side effects while taking the drug:
- constipation
- urination dysfunction;
- headaches;
- heart rhythm disturbance (tachycardia);
- excited state;
- dry mouth
- impaired concentration of attention;
- skin rashes.
There have been cases of drug dependence on the drug Cyclodolum. Instructions for use also report signs of an overdose of this drug: characteristic are disorders of the central nervous system. In particular, we are talking about psychomotor agitation, the presence of delirium and hallucinations. Such drugs are sold strictly according to prescriptions, therefore, for their appointment, medical consultation is necessary.
For patients with a mental illness, the Cyclodolum medication should be prescribed with extreme caution!