All people have to take painkillers. Such drugs significantly improve a person’s quality of life and help get rid of unpleasant symptoms. It is worth noting that painkillers do not affect the cause of the symptom. Therefore, in order to receive the correct and effective treatment, you must consult a doctor.
With extreme caution, antispasmodics should be used during pregnancy. Such drugs should be prescribed by a gynecologist after examination and obtaining test results. The presented article will tell you about which antispasmodics during pregnancy can be used without consequences. You will also learn about the indications and contraindications for their use.
What antispasmodics are possible during pregnancy?
There is a list of safe medicines that women can take in an interesting position. Drugs help relieve pain, reduce muscle tension, eliminate spasm. Also, some of them dilate blood vessels and relieve inflammation. The release form of antispasmodics may be different. These are solutions for injection (intramuscular and intravenous use), tablets, rectal and vaginal suppositories.
What antispasmodics can be used during pregnancy? Trade names for such preparations are as follows:
- "No-spa" (injections and tablets);
- "Papaverine" (rectal suppositories, capsules and solution);
- Drotaverinum (pills and injections);
- Papazol (tablets);
- Ginipral (capsules and solution for intravenous use) and some others.
Please note that the method of use and purpose of each drug is different. Therefore, before use, you must always consult a doctor. The gestational age is different, at which one or another remedy is used. Let's consider them in detail.
Medicines "No-spa" and "Drotaverin"
The basis of these drugs is the active substance drotaverine hydrochloride. In one tablet, 40 milligrams of the component is present. Also available in the form of a solution for intravenous and intramuscular administration. Such antispasmodics during pregnancy eliminate uterine tone, relieve tension from smooth muscles. The active substance reduces blood pressure and increases the lumen of blood vessels. Due to this, a woman ceases to feel spasm and discomfort.
The No-Shpa and Drotaverin medicines are prescribed for hepatic, renal, biliary and intestinal colic. They help to cope with a headache that occurs due to vasospasm. Medications are also used during labor pains to relax the cervix. The use of funds is permissible at all stages of pregnancy. But special care should be taken in the first trimester.
The described antispasmodics during pregnancy are not used if a woman has an increased sensitivity to the components of the drug. It is forbidden to use “No-shpa” and “Drotaverin” with low blood pressure, glaucoma, severe renal or liver failure.
Suppositories and tablets "Papaverine"
The active substance of this medication is papaverine hydrochloride. The instructions indicate that the drug is prohibited to expectant mothers. However, many years of practice have shown the following. It is more dangerous not to use this medicine than to expect consequences from therapy. The medication does not adversely affect the fetus. It is preferable to use the tool in the form of rectal suppositories. Such antispasmodic suppositories during pregnancy act very quickly due to the immediate dissolution and absorption through the intestinal vessels.
The drug "Papaverine" helps to cope with uterine hypertonicity, it has a relaxing effect on the muscles of the abdominal cavity. The purpose of the medication is made with bronchospasm, endarteritis, angina pectoris. Do not use the product for expectant mothers with hypersensitivity to the composition, glaucoma and some heart pathologies.
The medicine "Papazol"
Replace the previous medicine (Papaverine) with the Papazol medication. It consists of two components: papaverine hydrochloride and dibazole in equal proportions. This tool is less commonly prescribed to expectant mothers due to its insufficient study in this population. However, it also relieves spasm from the muscles, has a vasodilating effect.
Contraindications to the use of the medication are: the presence of an allergy to components, respiratory depression, heart disease, epilepsy, lung obstruction.
Ginipral and its application
All of the above antispasmodics during early pregnancy are often used. The drug "Ginepral", on the contrary, is intended for treatment in the second and third trimester. The active substance of the drug is hexoprenaline sulfate.
The medicine is intended to eliminate spasms of the myometrium. Indications for use are premature birth, irregular contractions, fetal hypoxia due to a strong contraction of the uterus, and so on. It is forbidden to use the medication throughout the first trimester, with increased sensitivity, during exacerbation of cardiac, renal and hepatic pathologies. Also a contraindication to treatment may be thyroid disease.
Progesterone-based products
To some extent, antispasmodics used during pregnancy include progesterone-based drugs. The most popular drugs are Duphaston, Urozhestan, Progesterone, Iprozhin. All of them contain progesterone.
In some women, in the early stages, a lack of this hormone is noted. This leads to an early uterine contraction and the separation of the fetal egg from the wall of the genital organ. To prevent such spasms, these drugs are prescribed. Please note that they are not intended for single use. Hormonal drugs that support pregnancy are prescribed for up to 12-18 weeks.
Other medicines
Antispasmodics include drugs based on other active substances. These are called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. They not only eliminate pain, but also have an antipyretic effect. It is worth noting that these drugs can not remove the tone of the uterus. They will perfectly anesthetize and eliminate discomfort, but the problem itself will remain. Therefore, such medications are not recommended for use without a doctor.
The safest remedies that can be taken throughout pregnancy are medications based on paracetamol, such as Panadol. It is also permissible to use medicines with the active substance ibuprofen - "Nurofen", "Ibufen", "Advil". But the latter can not be taken in the third trimester, as they can provoke bleeding.
Summarize
From the article you can find out what candles, tablets and injections (antispasmodics) are. During pregnancy, all these drugs can be taken only with the permission of a doctor. Self-use leads to unpleasant consequences. In addition, you can not find out without an examination what kind of remedy you need. If you have any troubling symptoms, consult your gynecologist. Health to you and easy pregnancy!