The drug "Isoprinosine" application instruction refers to immunostimulating agents. Reviews about the medicine can be found various. However, in general, the drug is considered effective. Often, the medication is prescribed in pediatrics. According to many parents, the Isoprinosine product is well tolerated by children.
The drug is included in the group of purine derivatives.
Means "Isoprinosine". Description
The medicine has an immunostimulating, as well as non-specific antiviral effect. The drug helps to restore the function of lymphocytes against the background of an immunosuppressive state.
The drug is well absorbed from the digestive system. After an hour or two after ingestion, the maximum level of components in the blood is determined. Decay (metabolism) is fast enough. It is excreted in the urine.
The drug isoprinosine. Instructions for use. Appointment
The drug is indicated for the treatment of influenza, other acute respiratory viral infections, conditions caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1-4, genital, labial herpes, and herpetic keratitis. Isoprinosine medication is recommended for use in case of infectious mononucleosis provoked by Epstein-Barr virus, chicken pox, herpes zoster, measles in severe course, and cytomegalovirus infection. They also prescribe medication for molluscum contagiosum, warts, papillomavirus infections in women and men in the genital area, as well as for papillomas of the vocal cords or larynx (fibrous type).
Contraindications to the drug "Isoprinosine" instructions for use include renal failure in the chronic stage, arrhythmias, urolithiasis, hypersensitivity to the components. The drug is not prescribed for children under three years of age (with a body weight of less than twenty kilograms). Due to the lack of safety information, the medicine "Isoprinosine" is not recommended for pregnant and lactating patients.
Dosage regimen
Tablets should be taken after meals, by mouth with a small volume of water.
Patients from three years of age are shown a dosage of 50 mg / kg weight per day. The amount of the drug is divided into three or four doses. For adults, six to eight tablets are prescribed per day, for children - half a tablet per five kilograms of weight per day. In the treatment of severe forms of diseases of an infectious nature, the daily dose can be doubled (up to one hundred milligrams per kilogram), dividing it into four to six doses.
For adults, the maximum dose is three to four grams per day, for children - fifty milligrams per kilogram per day.
In the acute course of diseases, the duration of therapy, as a rule, is from five to fourteen days. Treatment should be continued after the symptoms disappear for another two days. If necessary, therapy may be increased (as agreed with the doctor).
Treatment of chronic repeated (recurring) pathologies is carried out in several courses from five to ten days, with eight-day breaks.
To eliminate all manifestations of herpes infection, as a rule, it takes from five to ten days. With an asymptomatic course of pathology, 1-2 tablets per day are recommended for a month.
Therapy for human papillomavirus infection is carried out for fourteen to twenty-eight days. In this case, the dosage for adults is two tablets three times, for children - half a tablet per 5 kilograms of weight three to four times a day.
It should be remembered that the drug "Isoprinosine" still has side effects. The most common are disorders of the digestive system (epigastric pain, diarrhea, vomiting, constipation and others).
Before using the medicine "Isoprinosine", you should always consult with your doctor, carefully read the instructions.