Moditen Depot is an antipsychotic that is often used by doctors to treat various kinds of neurological and mental disorders. This drug can be taken only as directed by a specialist. In pharmacies, this medicine is not always found. Sometimes, unfortunately, it does not go to hospitals. In this case, of course, an analogue can be used instead of the Moditen Depot preparation.
Indications for use
This medicine is prescribed to patients in neuropsychiatric dispensaries, usually in the following cases:
- with increased aggression;
- paranoia;
- panic attacks;
- neurosis;
- hallucinations.
It is also prescribed to those patients in whom a
depressive-hypochondriasis syndrome was detected
. Also, with the help of this medication, anxiety is often relieved in patients suffering from dementia. The Moditen Depot is considered to be a very good remedy for the treatment of all kinds of emotional disorders in the elderly.
How to apply
Prescribe the drug "Moditen Depot" at the beginning of treatment, usually 12.5-25 mg. After three weeks, the amount of medication taken can be increased. The maximum allowable dose of this drug is 100 mg. Among other things, the medicine "Moditen Depot" is allowed to prescribe to children. Patients aged 5-12 years take it usually at 3.125-12.5 mg once. The drug is reintroduced after 1-3 weeks. For children over 12 years of age, Moditen Depot may be prescribed at 6.25-18.75 mg once every seven days. Further, the dosage usually rises to 12.5-25 mg once every 1-3 weeks.
Contraindications and side effects
This drug is not prescribed to patients in the following cases:
- low pressure;
- chronic heart failure;
- depression of the nervous system;
- brain injuries;
- pregnancy and lactation.
The Moditen Depot medication (and its analogues, of course, too) can have undesirable side effects on the patient’s body and all kinds of. This, unfortunately, is the main drawback of all antipsychotics. Side effects provided by the Moditen Depot product itself include:
- impaired coordination of movements;
- blurred consciousness;
- hyperthermia;
- vegetative lability.
Also, the Moditen Depot remedy can cause urinary retention, increase blood pressure, provoke tachycardia, allergies, seborrhea, anemia, etc.
Structure
Thus, we found out what “Modin Depot” medicine has instructions for use. The composition of this drug is not too complicated. It is, in fact, just an oily solution (decanoate) of fluphenazine. In pharmacies and hospitals, the drug is supplied in ampoules.
Drug Reviews
Most patients consider Moditen Depot to be a really good and effective drug. People with mental disorders, as you know, can spend in the hospital for several months a year. The use of this tool even once a month often returns them to normal.
Modern medicine "Moditen Depot": analogues
This drug is prescribed to patients, as already mentioned, only by a doctor. It is not on sale. The same goes for its counterparts. Which substitute should be used in the absence of the Moditen Depot medication can only be decided by the attending physician.
For example, drugs such as:
- "Etaperazin";
- "Majeptil";
- Clopixen Depot;
- "Triftazine";
- "Lioradin Depot."
The medicine "Etaperazin": description
This drug can be prescribed to patients with schizophrenia, chronic alcoholism, all kinds of psychoses and neuroses. Unlike the medicine "Moditen Depot", its analogue "Etaperazin" ("Perphenazine") is available in tablets. This substance is prescribed in an amount of 4-16 mg 1-4 times a day. The course of treatment can be 1-4 months.
Side effects such a drug, like Moditen Depot, can give a lot. Do not use it for chronic heart failure, brain injuries, pregnancy. It is not allowed to use it for violations of the hematopoietic function of the body. Unlike the medicine "Moditen Depot", this medicine is also used in dermatological practice, surgery and even gynecology.
Reviews about the tool "Etaperazin"
This drug has fewer side effects than Moditen Depot. This analogue is actually not bad, but it helps from mental disorders, judging by the reviews, a little worse. Some patients relate to its advantages, first of all, that it relieves anxiety very well and eliminates bad thoughts. But in most cases, patients believe that he has no effect on them - neither good nor bad.
The drug "Majeptil"
Doctors prescribe this antipsychotic to patients also with schizophrenia, hallucinations, acute and chronic psychoses, and attacks of delirium. It has a more pronounced effect on patients than Etaperazin. The drug Majeptil, as well as Moditen Depot, is available in the form of a solution for injection. It is supplied in ampoules.
This medicine is prescribed to patients in an amount of 2 to 80 mg per day intramuscularly. Every 2-3 days, the dose may increase by a few (usually 5) milligrams. A day, the patient is allowed to prescribe a maximum of 90 mg of this drug. After the disappearance of symptoms, the dose of the drug is gradually reduced.
Like the funds "Etaperazin" and "Modipten Depot", this medicine should not be taken by people with diseases of the cardiovascular system. For children, the drug Majeptil is prescribed extremely rarely due to the risk of extrapyramidal reactions. In adults, it also causes quite a few side effects. After taking it, patients may feel dizzy, develop nausea and diarrhea. This medicine also has side effects such as dry mouth and weight gain.
Reviews about the drug "Majeptil"
Doctors use this drug quite rarely. This antipsychotic is actually strong. Most patients find it very effective. The drug "Majeptil" can, according to many patients, become a good substitute for the medicine "Moditen Depot." This analogue, however, is also rarely sold in pharmacies.
The drug "Triftazinum"
Doctors usually prescribe this medicine to patients in combination with Cyclodol. The antipsychotic "Triftazinum" is used for disorders such as:
- schizophrenia;
- psychomotor agitation ;
- neurosis with a predominance of fear and anxiety.
Most often, this drug is used nevertheless with psychosis than with neurosis. Assign it to adults 1-2 mg 2 times a day. If necessary, increase the dose to 15-20 mg per day (for 2-3 weeks). Unlike the Majeptil, this antipsychotic is often prescribed including for children (from 6 years old). Such patients are prescribed it in an amount of 1 mg 2-3 times a day.
These tablets have more side effects than Majeptil. When treated with Triftazin, patients may experience drowsiness, dry mouth, and dizziness. The most unpleasant effects are stiffness and restlessness. It is in order to relieve adverse reactions, in combination with this medicine, Cyclodol is used.
Reviews on the drug "Triftazin"
Some patients, judging by the reviews available on the Web, this drug helps get rid of even auditory hallucinations. Many attribute it to one of the best antipsychotics to date. It is believed that with schizophrenia, all kinds of fears and anxieties, this drug helps very well. But for some patients Triftazin, unfortunately, has no effect at all. According to most patients, this remedy is very similar to the Haloperidol known to many. However, the drug “Triftazin” is considered to be softer.
The drug "Lioradin Depot"
Many patients are interested in what analogs in ampoules exist for the Moditen Depot product. The drug "Lioradin Depot" (Fluphenazine) is also available in the form of an oily solution for injection. Indications for use with this medicine are almost the same as with Moditen Depot. That is, it is prescribed for hallucinations, aggression, fear. Older people are prescribed it with all sorts of emotional excitations. They treat all forms of schizophrenia, psychosis, and neurotic conditions with the medicine “Lioradin Depot”.
Above, we examined what the Moditen Depot preparation instruction is for. Its analogues in ampoules are often used in much the same way. Means "Lioradin Depot" is available in the form of oil solutions for injection. It is administered to patients once every 1-3 weeks in an amount of 12-25 mg.
Side effects of this medicine may have the following:
- blurred consciousness;
- tachycardia;
- pressure reduction;
- urinary retention;
- constipation, diarrhea;
- violation of the activity of the endocrine glands.
You can not take this antipsychotic to people with diseases of the heart, brain and spinal cord, with hematopoiesis, oncology, during pregnancy, during lactation.
Clopixol Depot
This medicine (the active substance is zuclopentixol) is also available in the form of an oil solution. Apply it in the same cases as "Moditen" or "Lioradin" - once every 2-4 weeks (intramuscular injection). Especially often this drug is prescribed for hallucinations, mania and impaired thinking. Clopixol Depot, an analogue of Moditen Depot, can cause side effects such as drowsiness, dry mouth, and constipation.
Reviews
Patients consider Clopixol Depot to be quite powerful. Very often, he is assigned to violent patients. This medicine is good for mental disorders. But he has many side effects. Patients taking it, note such undesirable consequences as stiffness and lack of emotions.
Generics
These are the Moditen Depot analogues. Generics (drugs of the same composition, but not branded), of course, he also has. The action on the body of the means of this group have exactly the same, but they are cheaper.
The generic of Moditen Depot is, for example, Mirenil. The main active ingredient in this drug is fluphenazine. Apply it for schizophrenia and psychosis, anxiety, apathy. Reviews about him are also very good. Patients believe, for example, that he just perfectly removes the delirium.
In fact, the above described “Lioradin Depot” (Fluphenazine) can also be considered not as an analog, but as a generic of “Moditen”. The main active ingredient of this medicine is fluphenazine. But this drug costs about the same as the Moditen Depot - about 200 rubles.