With the advent of colds, the human body is at risk of contracting respiratory diseases. To protect yourself and your family from the common cold, you need to strengthen the immune system. Doctors recommend a course of treatment with immunostimulating agents.
general characteristics
One of these drugs is the Ismizhen medication. Instructions for the description of the drug include the following: round, light cream tablets that have a characteristic odor and are at risk for division. Their height (3.5 mm) and diameter (9.0 mm) are indicated. Tablets are intended for resorption under the tongue.
The drug is produced by the British pharmaceutical company Glaxo Smith Klein. Its main task is to activate the non-specific and specific immune response due to the active ingredients contained in the tablets.
Structure
On the medicine "Ismizhen" the instructions for use indicate information about its qualitative composition. Each tablet includes a 7 mg freeze-dried bacterial lysate. It contains bacteria of the genus Streptococcus viridans, Streptococcus pyogenes, Klebsiella ozena, Neisseria cataris, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Hemophilus influenza, Streptococcus pneumonia, which are 6 in 10 9 units each.
The composition contains auxiliary components necessary for the formation of tablets with desired characteristics.
Action feature
To understand how Ismizhen affects the body, it is necessary to find out the meaning of the word lysate. Many patients may be frightened by the presence of 8 different kinds of pathological bacteria in the composition of the tablets. It turns out that the lysate is called fragments of bacterial cells obtained by cleavage, in this case by lyophilization or drying. Pieces of the cell membrane and the inner contents can no longer be considered alive, therefore they are not able to cause inflammatory processes in the body, but they are recognized by cell receptors in the mucous membrane of the respiratory system.
On the Ismizhen preparation, the instructions for use contain data on the activation of nonspecific (lasts from 2 to 4 weeks) and specific (up to 2 years) immunity.
With a short protection by membrane antigens from the lysate , dendritic and NK-shaped cells, neutrophils and macrophages are stimulated, phagocytosis and cell destruction are initiated.
An increase in immunity of a specific nature occurs due to an increase in the concentration of production of interleukin type 2, serum immunoglobulins A, G, M, secretory immunoglobulins A, type T and B lymphocytes.
As a result of treatment in the human body, resistance to specific and nonspecific infections increases, the risk of developing respiratory diseases decreases, and in case of infection, the disease proceeds in a milder form, and the number of complications decreases.
What heals
Ismizhen tablets are recommended for use in patients with acute, recurring, subacute or chronic infections that develop in the upper respiratory system. The drug is prescribed for acute respiratory viral infections, influenza, bacterial and allergic rhinitis, tonsillitis, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx, pharynx and tonsils, nasopharyngitis, sinusitis, epiglottis.
Tablets treat an acute, recurrent, chronic or subacute infection of the lower respiratory system, which is characterized by inflammation of the trachea, bronchi, tracheobronchitis, bronchiectasis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Taking the drug “Ismizhen”, which has an immunostimulating effect, helps to reduce the number and duration of acute respiratory infections in childhood. Thanks to the medicine, exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in infants are less common, and its course becomes less severe.
The uniqueness of the tablets allows them to be used for infections that are resistant to antibiotics, as well as for complications caused by viral or bacterial pathogens.
The medicine can be combined with mucolytic and antibacterial drugs.
Admission Rules
The drug “Ismizhen” recommends use for children only from the age of two.
For the treatment of acute diseases, 1 tablet is prescribed once a day. The drug is kept under the tongue and absorbed for 1 or 2 minutes, after which you can not eat for about half an hour. The course of treatment is at least 10 days, 1 tablet per day. The medication may be extended until all symptoms of the disease disappear.
For preventive purposes, the drug "Ismizhen" instructions for use recommend taking 1 tablet per day, which is kept under the tongue and absorbed for 1 or 2 minutes. The course of treatment is 10 days. Then a break is made for 20 days, after which the drug is taken for another 10 days. The duration of the entire course is exactly 90 days, subject to the maximum immunotherapeutic effect. During such preventive treatment, the patient should use 30 sublingual tablets.
For small children, in order to better swallow the tablet is pre-crushed, and then the powder is wetted with water. In such a pasty state, the medicine is placed in the child’s mouth.
Reviews
For the treatment and prevention of colds, Ismizhen tablets are recommended for use. Patient reviews about the drug are mixed. Doctors prescribe this drug to often sick children. Some mothers note an improvement in the condition of the child after a course of therapy with Ismizhen tablets. Subsequently, children are less likely to get a cold, and if they get sick, then in a mild form, lasting 3-4 days.
Other parents respond negatively about the medicine. During the illness after taking the Ismizhen preparation, some patients worsen, they have a fever and signs of secondary infection.
There are mothers who are afraid of information about the content of pathogenic bacteria in tablets. To dispel myths, you should check with your doctor if infection is possible, how safe the tablets are.
It is believed that the drug does not have a therapeutic effect on the body. Such conclusions are made by mothers in whom children after a three-month course of treatment continue to get sick with the same frequency. There is no effect that the instructions for use promise on the Ismizhen preparation. Price reviews are also not always positive.
Cost
On average, 10 tablets of medication can be bought for 480 rubles. For a three-month treatment, 30 tablets are needed, as indicated by the Ismizhen preparation, instructions for use. The price of such a course will be 1440 rubles.
Based on the cost of imported medicine, for many patients it may not be affordable.