"Neuleptil" is a drug that under no circumstances can be used without the advice of a doctor.
Even those people who have been repeatedly treated with “Periciazine” (international name “Neuleptil”), each new course should begin with a visit to the doctor.
“Neuleptil,” the manual explains, is characterized by strong psychotic, hypnotic, antiemetic, sedative, antispasmodic qualities.
The drug is indicated only for people with serious diagnoses:
• Psychopathies (persistent pathologies of character that determine the psychic portrait of the individual, not allowing him to socially adapt). "Neuleptil", the instructions for use contain this information, is prescribed for excitable or hysterical forms of this deviation.
• Psychopathic disorders of organic origin with a predominance of stenic (active) affect (arousal) and behavior.
• Psychopathic conditions in schizophrenia (including heboid), ie accompanied by a combination of affective-volitional deviations with the preservation of mental functions.
• Paranoid conditions within the limits of senile (senile), presinyl (preschool), vascular or organic diseases.
• Epilepsy with affectively explosive characterological manifestations and dysphoric conditions.
“Neuleptil” is often called a “corrector of behavior” because it has a selective normalizing effect.
"Neuleptil", the instruction warns about this, significantly enhances the effect of narcotic, analgesic, antihypertensive drugs, alcohol, barbiturates, tranquilizers. When prescribing a course of treatment, the doctor should consider this feature of the drug.
When conducting a course of treatment with Neuleptil, the instruction warns that adverse reactions are possible. The patient’s relatives and medical staff should be especially attentive to them, because some people who are being treated cannot control their condition on their own.
What adverse reactions can be expected?
• Spasmodic torticollis, trismus (difficulty opening the mouth from arising spasms), oculomotor crisis
• Extrapyramidal (motor) disorders
• Hypotension
• Constipation, urinary retention
• Impotence, gynecomastia, amenorrhea, frigidity
• Weight gain, jaundice
• Photosensitivity, anranulocytosis
When using the medicine, the supervision of a doctor is mandatory. It is especially necessary to carefully monitor the effect of the drug on people suffering from parkinsonism, epileptics, and patients of advanced age. The medicine is absolutely prohibited for porphyria, urinary retention, and hypersensitivity. For people whose work requires maximum attention, the drug "Neuleptil", the instruction warns about this especially, it is prescribed in extreme cases.
With adenoma, glaucoma, agranuocytosis, the medicine is not prescribed.
The drug is presented in pharmacies in several therapeutic forms.
Capsules, in addition to the therapeutic substance “Periciazine”, contain magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide, calcium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate.
The drops contain ascorbic and tartaric acid, glycerin, ethyl alcohol , caramel, peppermint oil, sugar syrup. "Neuleptil" drops are especially carefully prescribed to patients who have problems with the intestines or stomach.
The dosage of the medicine and the duration of the course are determined by the doctor. The daily dose should not exceed 60 mg of the drug.
Reviews of numerous patients, although they vary in variety, mainly note the positive effect of the drug. It removes excessive activity, disinhibition, but practically does not have a sleepy effect. Relatives of patients, however, note difficulties in the thought process, a sharp increase in appetite and rapid weight gain.
That is why Neuleptil is prescribed only in cases where the benefits that are expected to significantly outweigh the alleged harm.