The drug "Medobiotin" is able to eliminate biotin deficiency. The instruction recommends that you consult a doctor before using this drug. The medicine has a beneficial effect on the skin, nails and hair, improves the patient’s psychological state, and has a positive effect on the gastrointestinal tract.
Composition and form of release
Medobiotin (the instructions for the medicine is attached and must be read before use) contains about 2.5 mg of biotin. Available in the form of rounded white tablets, packaged in aluminum blisters of 15 pieces. In a cardboard package there may be one or two blisters and instructions for use.
Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
The drug "Medobiotin" (the instruction advises you to comply with the recommended dose and undergo a full course of treatment) contains a water-soluble vitamin belonging to group B - biotin. This substance is vital for the human body to grow and develop cells.
The active component is involved in gluconeogenesis and lipogenesis, is used in the process of biotransformation of propionates. Biotin can normalize blood sugar levels. It positively affects the functioning of the central nervous system, takes an active part in the synthesis of collagen and purine nucleotides. It has beneficial effects on the skin, hair and nails.
With a balanced diet, biotin enters the body with food, where it is synthesized by the intestines. Improper nutrition, diets, malabsorption syndrome, as well as hemodialysis, resection of the small intestine - all this leads to a deficiency of biotin.
After taking the medicine, the active ingredient is absorbed in the upper part of the small intestine. For 80% it connects with blood proteins, 50% leaves the body with feces and urine unchanged, the rest comes in the form of inactive metabolites. The elimination half-life is equal to 24 hours and can fluctuate depending on a dose.
Indications and contraindications
"Medobiotin" (instructions for taking the drug is attached) is recommended for use in the complex treatment of diseases that arose due to a deficiency of biotin. These are diseases of the nail plate: onychodystrophy and hapalonychia. Excessive fragility of nails, their stratification and rather slow growth.
The drug is recommended for use with excessive dryness and brittle hair, split ends, seborrhea, itching of the scalp, dandruff, and inflammatory processes. Prescribe a drug with slow growth of strands, their loss, fatty roots, as well as with early graying of hair.
Tablets are recommended for use with skin hypersensitivity, as well as with excessive dryness or oily dermis. They are prescribed for dermatitis, peeling of the skin, an unhealthy shade of the dermis and its flabbiness.
A positive effect on the body will have the intake of Medobiotin in case of malabsorption syndrome, receiving nutrition through a probe. The drug is indicated for atrophy of the intestinal and gastric mucosa, in the period after resection of the intestinal organ, with nausea, vomiting reflex, and decreased appetite.
Doctors recommend taking pills for weakness, in a depressed state and in case of excessive patient fatigue. The drug is prescribed for irritability, and if there is psycho-emotional lability. Indications are sleep disturbance, drowsiness, depression, hyperesthesia, and headaches. Often tablets are used in combination with other drugs for the treatment of diabetes.
The drug is contraindicated in children under twelve years of age. Also, it can not be taken to people with excessive sensitivity to the components of the drug.
Medobiotin medicine: instruction
The description of the tablets recommends taking the medicine orally, before eating, with water.
For problems with skin, hair and nail disease, as well as to improve the psychoemotional state, Medobiotin is prescribed one tablet per day (2.5 mg biotin). If more intensive therapy is required , the daily dose is doubled during the first week of administration, up to 5 mg of biotin.
In the treatment of malabsorption syndrome, patients are prescribed to drink 4 tablets daily (10 mg of biotin). They need to be divided into four methods.
In the treatment of pathologies with multiple carboxylase deficiency, it is recommended to consume up to eight tablets per day, this is about 20 mg of biotin. Take 4 tablets twice a day.
The drug is well tolerated by patients, so it is often used in long-term therapy. The course of treatment is one month, but provided that there are no other doctor's prescriptions.
It is strongly advised to follow all the doctor’s recommendations during therapy with the Medobiotin preparation (see the photo of this medicine below).
Special instructions for taking the medobiotin medication
Instructions for use note that side effects in the treatment of this drug are rare. In rare cases, a rash on the skin and urticaria are observed.
The drug can be drunk during pregnancy and lactation, but only after consulting a specialist. Here, the risk and possible effect of the treatment should be weighed.
Anticonvulsants, as well as valproic acid, reduce the therapeutic effect of Medobiotin. The same effect has raw protein from chicken eggs, alcohol.
Vitamin B 5 and Medobiotin should be taken at different times, as they stop each other's effects.
In the treatment of skin diseases, the effect of Medobiotin can be enhanced by the simultaneous use of zinc-containing products.
There were no cases of overdose, even when taken in high doses of biotin. Regardless of the amount of medication used, the medicine is completely excreted from the human body.
Analogs, cost
The drug can be either bought at a pharmacy or ordered online. The cost of 15 tablets varies around 1200 rubles, 30 pieces - 2300 rubles.
Warns that it is a medicine and should be prescribed only by a doctor medication "Medobiotin" instruction. Analogs are easier to find in pharmacies. You can replace this medicine with the following means: Deakura, Volvit, Biotin, Neurovitan, Riboflavin, Biotin Complex, and others, that is, those drugs that contain vitamin B 7 (biotin) as active component, and as part of a complex of vitamins.
Patient Reviews
The drug Medobiotin received many positive opinions about itself. The instruction (reviews note that tablets are difficult to get at a regular pharmacy and sometimes have to be ordered via the Internet) describe in detail all the nuances of taking the drug. Patients report an improvement in hair condition. Their shine, silkiness, more intensive growth, lack of cut ends.
Many people got stronger nails when taking medication, which grew faster. Lamination and various deformations disappeared on the nail plate. Many patients have improved the state of the dermis. The skin has become more elastic, healthier and fresher.
A certain part of people claims that all the problems that the drug eliminated during administration returned after its withdrawal. Consumers also note the high cost of the drug, and for this reason many did not dare to undergo a full course of treatment.