The "Tempalgin" is based on an active substance called metamizole sodium, tempidone (tranquilizer). The drug is produced in the form of biconvex tablets, coated with a green shell. Metamizole sodium in each tablet is 500 mg.
Pharmacological properties. The tool "Tempalgin", the indications for the use of which we will consider below, is a combined analgesic non-narcotic drug, analgesic-antipyretic. It has a prolonged and pronounced analgesic, antipyretic, as well as moderate sedative and anti-inflammatory effects. In addition, it has an anxiolytic effect, favorably affecting the emotional component of pain.
Means "Tempalgin": indications for use . These green tablets with metamizole sodium will help in many cases.
These are mild or moderate pain syndromes (toothache and headache, migraine, myalgia, neuralgia, arthralgia, lumbago, rheumatism), especially in patients with nervous excitability.
Also take the drug "Tempalgin" for menstruation to reduce pain.
The next indication is fever for respiratory viral infections or other infectious and inflammatory diseases. Here the Tempalgin remedy will also come to the rescue.
Indications for use of the drug are as follows: mild pain syndromes with renal, intestinal, hepatic, colic (in combination with antispasmodics).
And it is also used to reduce pain after diagnostic or surgical interventions (only with complex therapy).
Dosage regimens of the medication "Tempalgin ". This tool is taken orally (no need to chew), with a sufficient amount of liquid, after eating or during it. Adults take 1 tablet. one to three times a day. The maximum allowable dose for adults is 6 tablets. per day, and the duration of admission is a maximum of 5 days.
Children 10-14 years old drink half a tablet of Tempalgin twice or thrice a day. The daily dose is a maximum of 3 tablets.
Depending on the situation, it is possible (after consulting a doctor) to increase the daily dose and / or duration of treatment.
Means "Tempalgin" during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The drug is strictly contraindicated in the first three months, as well as in the last six weeks of pregnancy. The rest of the pregnancy, the use of this drug is possible according to strict indications. During lactation, the medicine "Tempalgin" is also not worth it, because both active ingredients are excreted in the milk of a nursing mother.
Contraindications to the use of the drug. The Tempalgin remedy (we already know the indications for use) has some contraindications, namely: hypersensitivity to the active components of the drug; severe violations of the liver and / or kidneys; blood diseases; heart failure and heart disease; lack of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenosis; arterial hypotension (lowering blood pressure below one hundred mm Hg), the first 3 months and the last six weeks. pregnancy and lactation; children under 14 years old.
Side effects of the drug. Sometimes the use of the drug leads to such side effects: dry mouth, burning in the epigastric region, jaundice, cholestasis, hyperbilirubinemia, dizziness, hallucinations, itching, urticaria, skin rash, Quincke's edema, bronchospasm, anaphylactic shock, tachycardia, hypotension, hypotension , thrombocytopenia, agranulocytosis, aplastic anemia, anuria, proteinuria, oliguria, interstitial nephritis.
Overdose. Symptoms of an overdose of this medicine are: drowsiness, ataxia, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, oliguria, hypothermia, arterial hypotension, tinnitus, shortness of breath, delirium, ataxia, impaired consciousness, cramps, hemorrhagic syndrome, respiratory muscles paralysis. In this case, it is necessary to rinse the stomach, take enterosorbents, artificially induce vomiting, conduct anti-shock therapy, and replenish the volume of circulating blood (if necessary).
Special instructions. When taking Tempalgin, urine may turn red. Drinking alcohol is not recommended while taking this medicine.
Due to the presence of a tranquilizer in the drug, it should not be taken during work, which requires increased attention and speed of reactions (for example, driving vehicles).