In this article, reviews about smokers, side effects and instructions will be presented about the drug Tabex. These are pills designed to combat smoking. Manufacturers claim that these pills are a real opportunity to quit smoking or significantly reduce the number of cigarettes smoked. In this matter, nature comes to the rescue, since the direct raw material for obtaining this drug was a plant called “creeping creeper”. From it, the cytisine alkaloid is released, which serves as the active component of Tabex.
These tablets began to be released back in 1999 in Bulgaria. Since then, many people managed to get rid of such a destructive habit as smoking. It should be noted that the effectiveness of the presented drug was confirmed by a number of clinical studies, and, in addition, by numerous reviews from grateful patients. In our article, we will study in detail the instructions for using this drug, and also find out what people who have undergone treatment with this agent think about it. The instructions for the Tabex are very detailed.
Action of tablets
It helps alleviate withdrawal symptoms, that is, the state of discomfort that occurs in a person who quit smoking. Helps relieve the physiological dependence of smokers on such harmful nicotine. This result is achieved due to the content in Tabex of a special component - the cytisine alkaloid. This substance within the framework of its mechanism of action is very similar to nicotine, but does not have such harmful properties. Thus, the direct effect of cytisine on metabolic processes, as it were, creates the effect of replacing harmful nicotine. Thanks to this, the person who takes the pills does not feel an overly strong craving for smoking. That is, there is a certain deception of the body, in which, when receiving such a pill, he feels as if a person had just smoked a cigarette.
This is confirmed by the Tabex instructions for use. Contraindications to the remedy will be considered later.
In that case, if you combine taking the drug with smoking, discomfort can occur (similar to an overdose of nicotine). Thus, using this drug regularly, a person involuntarily begins to smoke less and less cigarettes every day, and then completely refuses them. At the same time, the body does not experience any torment, since it is "euthanized" by the action of cytisine.
Product Release Form
According to the instructions, Tabex is available in coated tablets. The content of cytisine, which is the active substance, in one tablet is 1.5 milligrams. The package contains one hundred tablets. As a rule, this number of tablets is enough for a person to conduct one course of treatment.
How to take the drug?
As the instructions indicate, Tabex should be swallowed and washed down with clean water in the required amount. You can not chew the tablet, it must be swallowed whole. With the use of food, the use of this drug is in no way connected. The course of therapy with Tabex should be carried out according to the following scheme:
- From the first to the third day, one tablet should be taken every two hours. In total, six tablets are consumed per day, which is a daily dose and amounts to 9 milligrams of the active component.
- From the fourth to the twelfth day, take one tablet every two and a half hours, only five times. The daily dose these days, therefore, is reduced by 1.5 milligrams, and it amounts to 7.5 milligrams in total.
- What else does the instruction for Tabex on smoking tell about the intake? From the thirteenth to sixteenth day, take one tablet every three hours, only four times. These days, the daily dose is 6 milligrams.
- From the seventeenth to the twentieth day, take one tablet every five hours, only three times. These days, the daily dose is 4.5 milligrams.
- From the twenty-first to the twenty-fifth day, take one tablet twice a day. The daily dose is reduced to 1.5 milligrams.
As the instructions and reviews for Tabex confirm, the number of cigarettes that were smoked per day should gradually decrease, and on the fifth day of the course of treatment, the patient should completely stop smoking. In the event that this effect cannot be achieved, the administration of the drug will have to be stopped. After two to three months, the course of treatment begins again. But in situations where the second attempt is unsuccessful, the patient will have to find another way to quit smoking.
Now we find out what there are (according to the instructions for use) contraindications to Tabex.
Contraindications
Unfortunately, there are quite a few diseases in which the use of the drug is contraindicated. The following pathologies in a patient are referred to similar diseases and conditions:
- The development of hypertension.
- The appearance of myocardial infarction.
- Arrhythmia of various origins.
- The development of atherosclerosis.
- Recent stroke.
- The appearance of pulmonary edema.
- The development of bronchial asthma.
- Exacerbation of gastric ulcer.
- The presence of exacerbation of the duodenum.
- The presence of pregnancy and breastfeeding.
- Presence of hereditary diseases with galactose intolerance by the patient. The fact is that lactose is included in the composition.
- The appearance of an allergy to this drug.
The Tabex manual contains this information.
With caution and exclusively with the permission of the doctor, they use it in the presence of diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, pathologies of the blood vessels of the brain, and, in addition, with the development of liver failure. With renal failure, it is also better to abstain from using this drug.
The instruction and contraindications of Tabex should be strictly observed.
Side effects of the application
Using it in the right dosage can rarely be accompanied by any side effects. True, at the beginning of the therapeutic course, some unpleasant symptoms may appear, which should soon disappear spontaneously. This is confirmed by the instructions for use with Tabex and reviews.
So, we are talking about the following undesirable consequences:
- Observation of decreased appetite, nausea, unusual taste sensations, dry mouth and the like.
- The appearance of nervousness, irritability and headaches.
- The presence of heart palpitations and an increase in blood pressure.
- The appearance of muscle pain.
- Observation of sweating and weight loss, that is, noticeable weight loss.
- The appearance of allergic skin rashes.
What else does Tabex smoking instruction manual describe?
Drug overdose
Taking high doses of the drug, that is, more than six tablets per day, can cause an overdose of the drug. It should be emphasized that this can cause a rather dangerous condition, which will be accompanied by the presence of general weakness, vomiting, nausea, and heart palpitations. The patient will have a pale appearance, and his pupils will expand. In the absence of therapy, convulsions may occur, and then paralysis of the respiratory muscles is not excluded, which can lead to death.
In case of an overdose or simply if one is suspected, a doctor should be called immediately. Treatment in cases of overdose is carried out in a hospital. It, as a rule, consists in the procedure of gastric lavage with intravenous drip of water-salt solutions. Also in such situations, glucose solutions and anticonvulsants are often used.
This is indicated by instructions for use with Tabex.
Special instructions for patients
Despite the fact that the drug can remove the physiological dependence of a person on nicotine, psychological craving still remains. Therefore, the smoker will have to overcome this craving by willpower. So, starting therapy with Tabex makes sense only when the person’s intentions to stop smoking are quite serious. In an unpleasant situation, when the patient begins to take this drug, and at the same time does not reduce the number of cigarettes smoked by him, most likely, nicotine intoxication of the body will occur.
In accordance with the instructions for use with Tabex, the drug has no effect on the neuropsychic state of people, and, moreover, on the ability to normal thinking and mental work, as well as on the speed of reactions. The presented tool can be taken without any concerns to drivers of vehicles, and, in addition, to people whose activities are associated with machine tools and other industrial units.
Instructions for use with Tabex should be studied in detail before use.
Drug interaction
Against the background of cigarette smoking, an increased activity of the isoenzyme called “CYP1A2” can be observed. After smoking cessation, the activity of this isoenzyme usually decreases, which can cause an increase in the plasma concentration of chemicals that are metabolized, for example, theophylline, ropinirole, clozapine and olanzapine. In such situations, the side reactions that are caused by these substances can intensify.
With the simultaneous use of Tabex with such categories of drugs as cholinomimetics and anticholinesterase drugs, an increase in cholinomimetic side effects is likely. Concomitant use with antihyperlipidemic drugs (statins) increases the risk of myalgia. The concomitant use of the drug with antihypertensive drugs may weaken their effectiveness.
This is confirmed by the Tabex instructions for use.
Analogs
There are no analogues of Tabex tablets as such. That is, drugs that would contain the same active substance as Tabex do not currently exist. But you can find many other medicines designed to treat nicotine addiction:
- Champix also helps people fight smoking. Its active ingredient is varenicline.
- Lobelin is known for its effect on the body similar to the effect of cytisine.
- The drug "Zyban" is related to the category of antidepressants. This tool makes it easier to transfer a person withdrawal symptoms.
- Mebikar is a calming drug and helps a person to alleviate weaning from nicotine.
- The drug "Tabacum-plus" is a homeopathic remedy. It can be used alone or in combination with other anti-nicotine drugs.
- Gamibazin (also called Anabazin) is a chewing gum intended for smokers.
The instruction to "Tabex" is considered above.
Which is better - Champix or Tabex?
Quite often, people who want to quit smoking ask a question about which drug should be chosen to break the habit: “Champix” or “Tabex”? Given the fact that this excites patients, let us consider in more detail the characteristics of the effects of Champix on the human body.
So, the use of Champix can create reactions in the body that are similar to those that occur during smoking. In this aspect, this drug is similar to Tabex. But the active component of varenicline with nicotine are antagonists, that is, warring substances. In the event that the person who takes Champix smokes a cigarette, he will have a strong aversion to it. This phenomenon is very often accompanied by side effects in the form of the following manifestations:
- The occurrence of headaches.
- The occurrence of insomnia or drowsiness.
- The appearance of rapid fatigue of the body.
- The presence of nausea.
- Increased blood pressure.
- The presence of excessive irritability.
True, experts call Champiks a modern, and at the same time, even more effective means compared to the same Tabek. Champix is also recognized by doctors and a more potent remedy if we compare it with Tabex. But it should be said right away that this analogue is quite expensive. Its price on average ranges from 1,500 to 3,000 rubles. As for the course of treatment with this drug, it is twelve weeks. This is indicated in the instructions.
Reviews smokers about Tabex consider below.
Drug cost
I must say that the presented drug for nicotine addiction is sold at a very affordable price and is cheaper than many similar drugs. In different pharmacies, depending on the company to which this drug was produced, its price varies from three hundred to seven hundred rubles. You can buy this tool without a prescription. But immediately before use, it is advisable to consult a specialist, since Tabex has quite a few contraindications according to the instructions for use. That is why you first need to consult a doctor.
Reviews
Regarding the reviews that people leave about the presented drug, we can say that most of them are positive. Thanks to Tabex, many people with a long history of smoking managed to end their nicotine addiction forever. People often write that this drug gradually (that is, completely imperceptibly) eliminates the physiological dependence of the body on cigarettes.
Some say that initially they did not believe that they could quit smoking thanks to some pills and agreed to a course of treatment only at the insistence of close relatives. But directly in the course of treatment, people unexpectedly noticed that their ingrained craving for smoking was significantly weakened, and then completely disappeared.
In some reviews, you may find mention of certain side effects. They are also mentioned in the instructions for use with Tabex tablets. Mostly people write about the appearance of dry mouth, as well as the presence of a strange taste of food in the first few days of treatment. Later (if you believe the comments), this symptomatology disappears by itself. In many reviews, people as one of the advantages of the drug mention its affordable price, which starts at three hundred rubles.
Negative reviews about the Tabex drug are much less common. Usually in such comments people say that they have already tried everything and absolutely nothing (including Tabex) helps them. But most often such statements are left when the smoker himself does not make any efforts to get rid of a bad habit, but expects that everything will happen by itself. Of course, this will never happen without willpower and a sincere desire to quit smoking. In this regard, it should be noted once again that the drug cannot remove the psychological dependence on nicotine. Moreover, to date, not a single remedy helps from this kind of dependence.
By the way, the instructions for the Tabex tablets in black and white indicate that the patient should be serious about giving up a bad habit. Only under this condition, treatment with the drug will make sense and subsequently bring a positive effect.
Thus, summing up, it should be noted that the medication will help get rid of addiction only when the person himself firmly decides for himself that he is ready to quit smoking.
We reviewed Tabex instructions for use.