"Hepabene" - a drug that contains ingredients of plant origin. It is used to combat various pathologies of the liver (viral ailments, toxic lesions), diseases of the gallbladder and its ducts. The composition of the medication includes a substance that protects the cells of these organs. The article is devoted to the description of Gepabene, reviews of specialists and patients about it.
General medicine information
The drug has a complex effect on the liver and gall bladder. Its healing properties and effect are due to its unique composition. The capsule contains the substance silymarin. This component was obtained from the fruits of milk thistle in the late sixties of the last century. This ingredient is able to protect the liver from adverse environmental factors, toxic compounds. It also helps maintain the health of the body after suffering infectious ailments.
The following sections describe the characteristics and rules of using the Gepabene medication, reviews of specialists who prescribed it, as well as the opinions of patients.
Drug properties
It is known that the destruction of hepatocytes disrupts the structure of their membranes. Therefore, the tissues that are responsible for the functions of the organ begin to die. As a result of such processes, metabolic disturbances occur, and bile production decreases. Hepatocytes lose their ability to regenerate. As part of the treatment of liver pathologies, many experts prescribe drugs containing natural components to patients. One of them is Gepabene. Instructions and reviews of doctors indicate that the ingredients that make up the product help to eliminate discomfort, cramping in various diseases. In addition, the substances from which the medicine is made normalize the process of bile production and its movement from the ducts to the intestines.
Milk thistle extract neutralizes the effects of toxins on liver cells. This component is a good antioxidant that protects and regenerates hepatocyte membranes. In addition, it contributes to the normalization of protein synthesis. The reviews of specialists available on the Hepabene drug indicate that the drug restores the liver in chronic pathological processes.
Herbal components that make up the drug
The medication contains the following ingredients:
- Dry smoky extract.
- Milk thistle powder.
- Additional components (cellulose, corn starch, macrogol, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide, titanium, iron).
- Distilled water.
The tool is made in capsules, which are located in a blister of ten pieces. One cardboard box of the drug contains 3 or 10 plates.
How does the medication work?
The ingredients that make up the product have a beneficial effect on the processes occurring in the liver tissues. For example, fumarine helps to normalize the passage of bile, regulates its amount, eliminates spasms of the ducts. It prevents the formation of calculi. Another compound, silymarin, restores tissue. Two hours after the use of the medication, its concentration in the body becomes maximum. According to experts, Gepabene normalizes the general well-being of patients. Patients have improved appetite and the process of digesting food.
In what cases should the drug be used?
The medication is used as a means for the complex treatment of the following ailments:
- Pathologies of the gallbladder and its ducts, having a chronic nature.
- Damage to the liver as a result of exposure to toxic compounds.
- Cirrhosis.
- Hepatitis characterized by a chronic course.
- Fatty liver disease.
"Gepabene", according to doctors, is prescribed after surgery to remove the gallbladder.
Recommendations for patients
The medication should be taken during meals.
It should be swallowed without chewing, washed down with a sufficient volume of liquid. Adult patients are prescribed one capsule three times a day. In the presence of severe discomfort at night, it is recommended to slightly increase the amount of funds. The duration of the medication is three months. The maximum dose of Hepabene, according to experts, is six capsules.
Unwanted exposure
The medication does not provoke serious side effects. However, in some patients, against the background of its use, such body reactions occur:
- Individual intolerance to the components that make up the drug.
- Disorder of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Increased urine output.
Additional guidance
The nutritional system prescribed by the specialist helps increase the effectiveness of the Hepabene product. Instructions for use and reviews of doctors indicate that while taking the medicine, you need to refrain from consuming products containing ethanol.
The drug is not recommended for acute pathologies of the bile ducts and liver, the presence of individual intolerance to the ingredients. It is forbidden to accept persons under the age of 18. During the period of gestation, the drug is prescribed in exceptional cases.
Means with a similar action
Patients can read information about the properties of the drug "Hepabene" in the instructions for use and reviews. Analogues of the drug are usually recommended in the presence of individual intolerance. Medicines with a similar effect include:
- "Sirepar."
- "Carsil."
- Heptral.
- Silimar.
- Essential Forte.
- "Metaprot."
- "Lipoic acid."
They have similar properties, but have a slightly different composition.
As for the price of Gepabene capsules, it varies from 340 to 480 rubles. In the presence of individual intolerance, doctors often recommend "Carsil", which has almost the same cost.
Opinions of specialists and patients
Reviews about this tool indicate that it is well tolerated and does not provoke serious side effects. Many consumers are satisfied with the affordable price of the drug and the lack of various chemical compounds in its composition. Women to whom capsules were recommended during the period of gestation, argue that the medicine did not adversely affect the body of the unborn child.
Specialists and patients say that the product is able to give a good effect if you follow all the rules for its use and use other methods of therapy (take pills, adhere to a special diet). The medication helps to cope with the consequences of severe infectious ailments of the liver, gall bladder and its ducts.
Signs of pathologies become less pronounced (the yellow shade of the skin disappears, discomfort under the right rib, appetite improves, nausea disappears). Patients who have been prescribed strong antibiotics have become easier to tolerate due to the fact that the drug helps to remove toxins from cells and tissues.
Difficulties in swallowing (capsules are quite large in size) and a side effect - upset of the stool are usually called the disadvantages of the drug. However, if you include rice porridge in the diet and limit raw vegetables, this unpleasant symptom can be avoided.
In general, due to the peculiarities of the action, many people use the Hepabene drug for liver pathologies. Reviews about the analogue, the drug "Karsil", are about the same, because these funds have a similar composition.