Acute pancreatitis is a dangerous disease that can lead to the death of pancreatic tissue, and then to death. Therapy of this ailment is carried out by using special drugs. One of the effective drugs that is used in acute pancreatitis is the medicine "Contrical". You can buy this medication only by prescription, and he can only be treated within the walls of the hospital. Today we learn a lot of useful information regarding the medicine "Contrical": analogues, form of release, composition, cost. We also find out what other problems this medication can be prescribed.
Description of the drug "Contrical"
This is a remedy that can stop bleeding caused by an excess of substances that dissolve blood clots. Also, the drug inhibits the appearance of damage to the pancreas (self-digestion) during the release of enzymes against the background of another attack of pancreatitis.
The drug is available in only one form - a lyophilisate for intravenous injections. Often, a medicine is simply called - Contrical ampoules.
There are no tablets with this drug.
Structure
The medicine "Contrical", the analogues of which have a similar effect, consists of the following components:
- The main substance is aprotinin.
- An auxiliary ingredient is mannitol.
Both of these components make up the lyophilisate, which then still needs to be diluted and then administered intravenously.
The drug "Contrical" is sold along with physiological saline, which must be sterile. Therefore, the manufacturer seals it. One ampoule contains 2 ml of this solution and is used to dilute the lyophilisate from exactly one bottle. The product is sold in a box containing 10 vials of medicine and the same number of ampoules with solvent.
In what cases is appointed?
The drug "Contrical" is used for various health problems. It is used as a hemostatic agent in such cases:
- After surgery on the lungs as well as the prostate.
- Due to amniotic fluid embolism.
- After various injuries.
- With birth bleeding.
In addition, the medication is used to treat such pathological conditions:
- Acute pancreatitis.
- The death of pancreatic tissue.
- Acute postoperative mumps.
- Quincke's edema.
- Burn, traumatic, hemorrhagic shock.
- Deep injury, injury.
Cost. Producing country
The price of the drug "Contrical" varies between 1000–1300 rubles per 10 bottles of lyophilisate.
This medicine is produced in Germany and Croatia.
Medication "Contrical": analogues
This drug has plenty of substitutes. The following medicines can serve as analogues: Gordoks, Aprokal, Krivriven, Aerus, Vero-Narkap, Trasilol, Traskolan, Ingiprol, Iniprol, etc. Many people they ask the question: “Does the tool to which the article is devoted have substitutes in a convenient form for release?” Unfortunately, the medicine "Contrical" has no analogues in tablets or capsules. All substitutes for this drug are concentrates for the preparation of injectable solutions. Therefore, you should not even bother yourself and look for analogues in some other form of release. They are simply not there.
The drug "Gordox": a brief description
This medication is a popular substitute for Contrical. The medicine has the following composition:
- The active substance is aprotinin.
- Additional elements - sodium chloride, benzyl alcohol, water for injection.
It turns out that the active substance in the preparations "Contrical" and "Gordoks" is the same. This means that you can safely replace these medicines with each other if any of them are not in the pharmacy.
The medicine “Gordoks” is an analogue of “Contrikal” in ampoules. Each of them is placed in a plastic tray. The package contains 5 ampoules. The tool in the form of a solution is also administered intravenously. This drug is prescribed for the same problems as the medicine "Contrical".
The cost of the drug "Gordoks." Producing country
The price of this medicine in a pharmacy varies around 5 thousand rubles for a package consisting of 25 ampoules. You can purchase this drug individually. So, in various pharmacies in Moscow, the cost of one ampoule of this medicine can range from 180 to 250 rubles.
Produced in Hungary.
Opinions of patients about the drug "Gordoks"
This substitute for Kontrikala, a drug that saves patients from acute pain with pancreatitis, receives mostly positive feedback from patients. Most often, people write on forums that this drug helped them recover quickly from acute inflammation of the pancreas. Patients note that after 2 days of using the Gordox medication, their well-being improved significantly, acute pains were eliminated. There are also reviews on the Internet of people who were treated by the nurse with this tool: they stopped various types of bleeding. In this case, patients also noted the effectiveness of the Gordoks drug, the price of which, by the way, is quite reasonable.
This medicine has opponents, however, negative feedback is left by those women and men who have allergic reactions after using the medication. However, this does not mean that the Gordox ampoules are ineffective. Each organism simply reacts in its own way to the effects of this medication. He came up to someone, but not to someone. Therefore, it is imperative that before starting therapy it is necessary to ensure that the healthcare provider conducts a test injection for the patient.
The medicine "Contrivan"
This is another substitute for "Contrikal" - a tool that is popular within the walls of the hospital, which is available as an injection. The composition of the drug "Contrivan" is as follows:
- The main substance is aprotinin.
- Auxiliary components - sodium chloride, water for injection.
The medicine should be slowly administered intravenously. The patient’s position is lying. The tool "Contrivan" can also cause the appearance of side effects, so before using it, you should enter a test dose in the amount of 1 ml of the substance.
This medicine, as, indeed, and all other analogues of the medicine "Contrical", can be used only in a hospital.
This product is produced in Ukraine.
The cost of 10 ampoules of 1 ml will be about 400 rubles. And for 5 ampoules of 5 ml each will have to pay 800 rubles.
The disadvantage of the drug "Contrivan" is that it is difficult to find in Russia. The manufacturer of this tool focuses on the domestic market, so the drug is mostly sold in Ukraine.
The medicine "Trasilol"
This is a German drug that can make a good competition with the Contrical solution. The tool is also used for acute pancreatitis, treatment of shock conditions, prevention of fat embolism, bleeding after surgery, as well as injuries.
The drug "Trasilol" is a solution that contains such components: aprotinin, sodium chloride, water for injection. This medicine, like all others noted in this article, is administered intravenously once. Therefore, it is used only within the walls of the hospital.
Possible side effects after using this medication: thrombophlebitis, nausea, vomiting, bronchospasm, muscle pain, hallucinations. Before making an injection with this tool, it is necessary to conduct an intradermal test. And if the body normally takes the medicine, then it can be treated.
The cost of this drug is still unknown, since the solution "Trasilol" is being re-registered.
Conclusion
This article presented the reader with the effective Contrikal medication. Analogs of this drug have also been reviewed. What specific remedy against acute pancreatitis, injuries to buy, should be determined by the doctor. In any case, it is possible to be treated with the Kontrikal agent or its substitutes only in a hospital. After all, all such drugs are available in the form of solutions for injection.