The medicine "Ursoliv" is a hepatoprotective medicine. The tool has hypolipidemic, cholelitolytic, choleretic effects, has hypocholesterolemic and to some extent immunomodulating effects. The active ingredient is ursodeoxycholic acid. The drug is in the form of capsules. The drug stimulates the production and secretion of bile, accelerating the transport of toxic bile acids from the intestines. The drug affects immunological processes, reducing the pathological expression of antigens, lowers the level of eosinophils. The maximum concentration of the drug is noted after two hours. The drug is metabolized in the liver. Decay products are excreted in the bile.
The drug "Ursoliv." Instructions for use. Appointment
The medicine is indicated as part of symptomatic therapy for biliary (primary) cirrhosis in the absence of manifestations of decompensation, biliary reflux esophagitis. The drug is prescribed for the dissolution of cholesterol stones (small size) with an active gall bladder.
Means "Ursoliv". Instructions for use. Contraindications
The drug is not recommended for atrophy of the gallbladder due to gallstone disease, non-functioning gallbladder, obstruction in the biliary tract, acute inflammatory pathologies in the intestine. The drug “Ursoliv” is not prescribed (expert reviews confirm this) in the presence of radiopaque stones (with elevated levels of calcium), when the size of stones is more than 20 mm. Contraindications include the active stage of pancreatitis, hypersensitivity, the degree of decompensation of cirrhosis, pregnancy. Not prescribed for patients weighing less than 34 kg, lactating women.
The drug "Ursoliv." Instructions for use
Take the medicine inside. To dissolve the stones, the drug is drunk in the evening hours before bedtime. The average dosage is 10 mg / kg. For patients weighing up to 60 kg - two capsules, up to 80 kg - three, up to 100 kg - four, more than 100 kg - five capsules. Duration of admission from six months to a year. For preventive purposes (to prevent the re-formation of calculi), you should take the drug a few more months after the stones are removed. In the symptomatic treatment of biliary primary cirrhosis, an average of two to six capsules is prescribed per day. They take medicine at the same time as eating. With biliary reflux esophagitis is prescribed by capsule daily in the evening. The duration of therapy is from ten to fourteen days to six months. In some cases, treatment can last up to two years.
The drug "Ursoliv." Instructions for use. Side effect
Based on the intake, gastrointestinal disorders, diarrhea, constipation, epigastric pain, calcification of stones, malaise, headaches are likely. The drug can provoke nausea, discomfort in the right hypochondrium, dizziness, alopecia, exacerbation of previously existing psoriasis. The negative reactions also include the possible occurrence of allergies, myalgia.
The drug "Ursoliv." Instruction Price
The cost of the drug is from 149 rubles.