With osteochondrosis, radiculitis, cerebral palsy , increased muscle tone develops. In many cases, this pathology is accompanied by pain. To alleviate the serious condition of patients, the drug “Sirdalud” is prescribed. Instructions for using the product show that the medicine is in the form of tablets (2 and 4 mg) and capsules (6 mg). The drug has analogues that have a similar therapeutic effect - medications “Tizalud”, “Tizanidine”, “Tizanil”.
The drug "Sirdalud": instructions and composition
Pills have a central therapeutic effect, which consists in relaxing the skeletal muscle tissue. As a result of treatment, there is an improvement in blood supply in diseased muscles, an increase in the number of active and passive movements of the joints, which favors the restoration of the affected areas of skeletal muscles.
The therapeutic effect of the drug "Sirdalud" is provided by the active substance tizanidine. The process of component exposure is to stimulate the presynaptic receptors of the spinal cord, resulting in a decrease in the production of amino acids with an exciting effect. Thanks to treatment, muscle tone is reduced and the transmission of excitation to them is suppressed. In addition, tizanidine has another central action: it can produce a moderate analgesic effect.
Thanks tizinidine drug "Sirdalud" is able to reduce clonic convulsions and cramps. Therefore, it is successfully used for the treatment of acute and many chronic ailments, which are accompanied by skeletal muscle spasms.
The drug "Sirdalud": instructions and indications for use
Dosage forms are prescribed for the treatment of muscle spasms, accompanied by pain with radiculitis, osteochondrosis, myositis, spondylosis. The drug is effective in the postoperative period of treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip joints, intervertebral hernia.
With the help of the Sirdalud medication, neurological pathologies are treated in which skeletal muscle spasms occur. These are degenerative diseases of the brain, multiple sclerosis, circulatory disorders, chronic myelopathy, cerebral palsy.
The drug "Sirdalud": instructions for use
Official sources indicate the need for an individual prescription of the drug, which should be taken depending on the general condition of the patients, on how they tolerate the Sirdalud preparation.
Instructions for use describe the following schemes for relieving pain with muscle cramps. For treatment, up to 4 mg of the drug is prescribed three times a day, with severe symptoms, an additional dose of the drug is taken before bedtime.
With neuralgic pathologies, tablets are used four times a day. First, the daily dosage is 6 mg, then the amount of the drug is increased to 2-4 mg every 4-7 days until a positive therapeutic effect (12-24 mg) is achieved.
The drug "Sirdalud": contraindications
In connection with insufficient clinical experience, one should refrain from using tablets by children, as well as pregnant women and during lactation. It is not recommended to take the drug when working with mechanisms that require increased attention, and when driving a car.
In renal failure, it is unacceptable to prescribe an initial daily dose of more than 2 mg (further, the dose may be increased). Treatment of elderly patients should be carried out under the constant supervision of a physician.
The drug "Sirdalud": side effects
Taking the medicine may be associated with such negative manifestations as weakness, dizziness, sleep disturbance, and sometimes hallucinations. Possible decrease in pressure and change in heart rate. On the part of digestion, dry mouth, nausea, stomach upsets occur, and liver failure develops. During treatment, fatigue and muscle weakness increase. This medicine should be stopped gradually, abrupt cancellation can cause a number of complications.