Cycloferon is a well-known Russian-made antiviral and immunostimulating agent that increases the body's resistance.
The drug has a powerful antimicrobial effect, is able to withstand various tumors and inflammations.
Pharmacokinetics
When taking the daily dosage, the maximum effect is achieved after two to three hours, gradually decreasing by the eighth hour, and after a day the active substance is found in small quantities.
Release form
"Cycloferon" is of the following types:
- tablets for oral administration;
- ointment (liniment);
- solution for injections.
Tablets are available in ten, twenty and fifty pieces per pack. The capsules on the outside are covered with an enteric film membrane of a yellowish edema, round in shape, convex on both sides. Capsules are packaged in contour cells of ten pieces, which are packed in cardboard packaging, instructions for use are attached to the medicine.
The cost of ten tablets is 180 rubles, twenty tablets - 350 rubles, the price of fifty capsules is 780 rubles.
Useful micronutrients of Cycloferon injection directly enter the bloodstream, bypassing the gastrointestinal tract. The cost of ampoules is 350 rubles.
Liniment is a thick ointment of a yellowish tint, is dispensed in tubes of five and thirty milliliters. The cost of the ointment is 300 rubles.
Structure
One Cycloferon tablet contains the following active substances:
- meglumine acridone acetate;
- acridonoacetic acid.
Additional components are:
- povidone;
- calcium stearate;
- propylene glycol.
The solution for injection is available in ampoules of two milliliters (5 pieces per pack). The drug contains in its composition:
- acridonoacetic acid - 250 milligrams;
- meglumine acridone acetate - 125 milligrams.
One milliliter of Cycloferon ointment contains:
- acridonoacetic acid - 50 milligrams;
- benzalkonium chloride;
- propylene glycol;
- meglumine.
Indications
Cycloferon tablets are prescribed for both adults and children for oral administration during the treatment of the following ailments:
- viral hepatitis A, B, C, D;
- acute respiratory viral infection;
- adenovirus infection;
- prevention of viral infections during influenza epidemics;
- herpes simplex virus;
- cytomegalovirus infection (a pathology belonging to the category of anthroponous opportunistic disease);
- secondary immunodeficiency conditions caused by chronic viral, fungal or bacterial infections;
- rheumatoid arthritis (a systemic disease of the connective tissue with a primary lesion of small joints);
- systemic lupus erythematosus (a disease in which inflammatory reactions develop due to a malfunction of the immune system).
Ointment "Cycloferon" is used in the presence of the following symptoms and diseases:
- Diseases of the stomach and duodenum.
- Oncology.
- Periodontitis (an inflammatory periodontal disease characterized by inflammation and bleeding gums).
- Reactive arthritis (an inflammatory disease with joint damage that develops after some infections are transmitted).
- Osteoporosis (a progressive systemic disease in which the human skeleton is affected).
- Spondylosis (a chronic degenerative-dystrophic process that develops as a result of aging, overload, or spinal injury).
- Psoriatic onchodystrophy (a change in the structure, shape, color of nails due to abnormally occurring trophic processes, congenital or acquired).
- Eczema (dermatological disease of the surface layers of the skin, allergenic).
- Dermatoses (skin diseases of various origins and with a variety of clinical symptoms).
- Mycosis (a fungal disease that most often occurs on human skin).
- Atopic dermatitis (chronic allergic dermatitis; a disease that develops in people with a genetic predisposition to atopy, has a relapsing course).
How to take pills?
According to the instructions for use and reviews, "Cycloferon" doctors prescribe for oral administration once a day. The dosage and duration of use is calculated individually in each case, depending on the disease, age and characteristics of the body. The instructions indicate that children (over twelve years old) and adults need to take three to four capsules at a time (600 milligrams).
When treating herpetic infections, it is necessary to take a course of 40 capsules of Cycloferon. You need to drink four tablets at a time, before meals. It is necessary to use the drug according to the following scheme - on the first, second, fourth, sixth, eighth, eleventh, fourteenth, seventeenth, twentieth, twenty third days.
For acute respiratory infections and flu, therapy consists of twenty tablets. The medicine should be used after the first symptoms of the disease appear - on the first, second, fourth, sixth, eighth days. The maximum number of tablets is six pieces per day.
With viral hepatitis B and C, according to the instructions for use and reviews, “Cycloferon” (tablets) are drunk almost the same way as with herpes. The duration of therapy is six months.
With intestinal infections, the drug is taken in the same way as with herpetic diseases, but only halve their number.
With neuroinfection, you need to drink four tablets at a time, then after three weeks continue to take capsules every three days (two and a half months).
Therapy “Cycloferon” for fungal infections is carried out on the first, second, fourth, sixth and eighth days, the required number of tablets is four. On the eleventh, fourteenth, seventeenth, twentieth, twenty-third day, take two tablets at a time.
Cycloferon: injections
Patient feedback on injections is positive. The solution is administered intravenously or intramuscularly once a day. The duration of the disease depends on the type of disease and its development. Cycloferon injections can be used in the following dosages for the following ailments:
- Herpetic infections, the maximum dosage of the drug is 250 milligrams per administration (ten injections in total). All treatment lasts twenty days, the solution needs to be injected every other day.
- Neuroinfection therapy continues for twenty-four days (twelve procedures). each of them can be from twenty-five to five hundred milligrams of the basic substance.
- Chlamydial infections are the same as with herpetic bacteria. With chlamydia, you can undergo a second course of treatment.
- Acute viral hepatitis A, B, C, D treatment duration is twenty days, injections must be done every other day (500 milligrams per day).
- The human immunodeficiency virus virus lasts for twenty days (10 injections of 500 milligrams each), then continue treatment for another two and a half months. If necessary, you can repeat the course after ten days.
- Immunodeficiency states it is important to inject intramuscularly for twenty days (10 injections of 250 milligrams). Treatment can be repeated no earlier than six months later.
- Rheumatic diseases of the connective tissue need to undergo four courses of therapy. The duration of one treatment is five injections (250 milligrams each). It is important to take breaks between courses (fourteen days).
- Degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the joints and spine are recommended to undergo treatment in two visits (five procedures in each of 250 milligrams). The interval between therapies is fourteen days.
- Balanopastitis (inflammation of the inner part of the foreskin of the male genital organ).
It is known from reviews that from the injections of Cycloferon it is possible to prepare liquid for the respiratory apparatus is prepared simply: the contents of one or two ampoules of the solution are mixed with four milliliters of saline.
How to apply Cycloferon ointment?
With herpes, liniment should be distributed on the affected skin with a thin layer once or twice a day. Treatment is recommended for five days. Genital herpes (a viral lesion of the mucous membrane of the genital organs, which is characterized by the formation of a group of vesicles, and then erosion and sores) is treated with intravaginal drip of liniment (ointment) five milliliters per day, the duration of the procedure should not exceed fifteen days.
In case of fungal urethritis, Cycloferon ointment is used in the form of intraurethral drop injections of a medicine of five or ten milliliters of the drug. If the upper part of the urinary system is affected, a syringe without a needle is inserted into the opening of the urethra. Then it is clamped for about three minutes, in the future, the solution independently flows from the urethra. Half an hour after the procedure, the patient needs to go to the toilet. The duration of the course varies from ten to fourteen days.
In case of violation of the posterior urethra, the Cycloferon liniment is injected with a catheter from five to ten milliliters. Therapy is from ten days, the procedures are carried out every other day.
When balanopaste, the glans penis should be treated with the Cycloferon liniment once a day, using approximately five milliliters of the drug. Procedures last from ten to fourteen days, depending on the degree of inflammation.
For inflammatory and non-inflammatory vaginal dysbiosis, they are treated with Cycloferon ointment (five or ten milliliters) for fifteen days, applied twice a day. Liniment can be used both as an independent medicine and in complex therapy.
If periodontitis occurs, Cycloferon is applied using a cotton swab using 1.5 grams of ointment. You do not need to rub into the gums. Twice a day at intervals of twelve hours, the duration of therapy is two weeks.
Is Cycloferon allowed for a child under the age of twelve?
Yes you can. As reported in the reviews, "Cycloferon" for children as a dosage form is not. A child from 7 to 12 years old needs to take three tablets at a time, for children from 3 to 6 years old you can take one tablet once a day. The duration of the course is no more than ten days, if necessary, you can repeat the treatment.
Is Cycloferon used during pregnancy?
The drug is not allowed to be used by pregnant women, since there is currently no experience in the use of the medicine in obstetric practice, and the safety of the drug has not been established.
To take "Cycloferon" during the period of feeding the baby, the woman needs to resolve the issue with the cessation of lactation, since there is no information about the effect of the active substance on the development of the baby.
Side effects
The medicine, as a rule, is remarkably tolerated by patients. People with excessive sensitivity to the active ingredients that make up the drug may develop negative reactions:
- Exacerbation of the symptoms of the disease in the first days from the start of therapy.
- Skin rash.
- Redness of the skin.
- Dermatitis (an inflammatory lesion of the skin resulting from exposure to damaging factors of a chemical, physical or biological nature).
- The accumulation of cellular elements in the body tissues with an admixture of blood and lymph at the injection site.
- Puncture of the vein.
- Thrombophlebitis (thrombosis with inflammation of the vein wall and the formation of a thrombus that closes its lumen).
- Hematoma (limited accumulation of blood with closed and open injuries of organs and tissues with rupture of blood vessels).
- Pain in the stomach.
- Nausea.
- Exacerbation of chronic gastritis.
- Ulcer.
- Duodenitis (inflammation of the mucous membrane of the duodenum).
- Chills.
- Fever.
- Muscle pain.
- Headache.
If one or more symptoms occur, consult a doctor.
Contraindications
Before using the medicine, you need to carefully read the rules of administration. According to the instructions and reviews, Cycloferon (tablets) has a number of prohibitions:
- decompensated stage of liver destruction;
- children under four years old;
- pregnancy and lactation;
- individual intolerance to trace elements of the drug.
Cases of overdose "Cycloferon" are not recorded. However, to avoid side effects, it is not recommended to exceed the daily dose of the drug.
Some contraindications include gastritis, gastric ulcer, duodenitis (an inflammatory disease of the duodenum, most often only the mucous membrane), an allergic reaction.
Interaction with other medicines
Cycloferon can be taken in conjunction with antiviral drugs, antibiotics, antifungal agents and drugs that inhibit or completely inhibit cell division by inhibiting their mitotic activity (cytostatics). Under the influence of Cycloferon, their effect will be higher.
Features
In the first days of taking the medicine (during the treatment of influenza), aches in the body, muscles, fever, migraine and lethargy may occur. This reaction is considered normal and confirms the functioning of the immune system.
“Cycloferon” cannot replace antibiotics or antiviral drugs for inflammatory and infectious diseases, the drug is prescribed as a complex therapy to accelerate recovery, and stimulate the production of interferon in the body.
The drug does not have an overwhelming effect on the functioning of the central nervous system, nor does it slow down the rate of psychomotor reactions.
Cycloferon: analogues
According to the reviews of patients and doctors, it can be concluded that the medicine has a number of substitute drugs for therapeutic effect, for example:
- "Genferon." The drug is available in the form of candles and spray. It is prescribed for inflammation of the urogenital tract. The cost of the drug is from 300 to 800 rubles.
- Lavomax. The medication copes with infections of herpes, chlamydia and hepatitis. The price is from 600 to 1000 rubles.
- Galavit. " It is dispensed in pharmacies in the form of sublingual tablets, rectal suppositories, powder for solution preparation. Contraindications: pregnancy and lactation. The cost of the drug is 350 rubles.
- Viferon. The drug is dispensed in the form of ointment, rectal suppositories. The cost of Viferon varies from 200 to 1000 rubles. The drug is characterized by high antiviral activity, the effectiveness of the drug is confirmed by patients in their reviews.
Cycloferon for children has an analogue of Anaferon. The medicine is available in the form of tablets. Effective in the early stages of the disease. Price - from 210 to 300 rubles.
Shelf life
The drug is dispensed from pharmacy points only by prescription. The drug must be stored far from children in a dark place. Shelf life is three years from the date of issue.