The drug "Stopangin" (spray) instructions for use belongs to the category of combination agents. The medication has a local anesthetic and antimicrobial effect. The medicine is used in ENT practice and dentistry.
With irrigation of the mucosa, swelling and sore throat are reduced, and irritation is eliminated. The composition of the drug contains benzocaine. This component has a local anesthetic effect and is recommended for superficial anesthesia. The compound reduces the membrane permeability to sodium. Benzocaine promotes the displacement of calcium from receptors located on the inner surface of
cell walls . The component blocks neuromuscular transmission. Anesthetic effect develops a minute after application to the oral mucosa. The second active substance of the drug is thyrotricin. This antibiotic is obtained from a special type of bacteria. Tyrotricin is a mixture of linear and cyclic polypeptides. It contains up to 80% alkaline cyclic decapeptide and about 20% gramicidin (neutral linear penta decapeptide). The component is active in relatively many strains of gram-positive microorganisms, as well as spirochetes.
Appointment
According to the instructions attached to the drug “Stopangin”, the spray is recommended as a symptomatic treatment of infectious inflammatory pathologies in the larynx and oral cavity. Indications include stomatitis, pharyngitis, periodontopathy, gingivitis. The medicine is prescribed for aphthae, tonsillitis, glossitis, periodontal disease. Recommended remedy for lesions of the larynx and oral cavity of a fungal nature (candidiasis), infection of the alveoli. The drug is prescribed before surgery and after injuries or operations.
Dosage regimen
The drug is used locally (this is evidenced by the instruction attached to the medicine "Stopangin"). The spray is injected with delayed breathing into the oral cavity. Processing of the infected surface is carried out in one to two doses (in accordance with the nature of the lesion). Frequency of use - 2-3 times a day after meals.
Contraindications to the medicine "Stopangin"
The spray instruction does not recommend the appointment of patients under eight years of age, patients with individual intolerance to the components. Contraindications include dry atrophic pharyngitis. No medicine is prescribed in the first trimester of the antenatal period. During pregnancy and lactation, the appropriateness of therapy is determined by the doctor.
Side effects
During irrigation, as the instruction "Stopangin" warns to the medicine, the spray can cause short-term irritation of the mucous membrane. Patients with intolerance to substances may develop an allergic reaction. In case of complications that are not indicated in the annotation, you should visit a doctor, stopping therapy with Stopangin (spray). Reviews of specialists indicate that side effects occur extremely rarely and are of a short-term nature. Undesirable consequences are eliminated independently without additional exposure.