To improve cerebral circulation, doctors prescribe the drug "Fezam." Reviews of this tool indicate that this medicine not only relieves dizziness and headache, but also helps to improve performance, improves memory and concentration. The drug has a slight sedative effect and soothes the central nervous system. It improves sleep, but it does not cause lethargy in the daytime and does not worsen mental processes.
The composition of the drug
Fezam is a combination remedy. It contains two active components - piracetam and cinnarizine. These substances belong to nootropics, they improve blood circulation and metabolism in the brain.
Piracetam enhances glucose metabolism. Because of this, the nutrition of neurons and the signal transmission rate in the brain are improved. This helps to increase efficiency, concentration, activation of human intellectual abilities. In addition, piracetam enhances blood circulation in those parts of the brain where oxygen starvation is noted. The substance has neuroprotective properties and prevents the death of nerve cells in areas of ischemia.
Cinnarizine dilates blood vessels, which improves blood supply and nutrition of the brain. However, this action does not affect the level of blood pressure. Cinnarizine also has a small sedative effect. This allows you to slightly reduce the exciting and stimulating effect of piracetam. The instructions for use and reviews of "Fesame" reported that this drug does not cause insomnia, like many other drugs with piracetam. On the contrary, this medication promotes fast and sound sleep. This effect is achieved due to the content of cinnarizine in the preparation.
The drug is released in the form of capsules. Each of them contains 400 mg of piracetam and 25 mg of cinnarizine. The composition of the powder inside each capsule also includes auxiliary ingredients: lactose, magnesium and silicon compounds. The shell consists of gelatin and dye.
Indications
Instructions and reviews on "Fesame" indicate the effectiveness of the drug in the following diseases:
- All types of cerebrovascular accident. The drug is used for atherosclerosis, conditions after strokes and traumatic brain injuries, as well as for osteochondrosis, accompanied by ischemic manifestations and headache.
- Intellectual disorders caused by vascular pathology. The drug improves memory and thinking with senile dementia and psycho-organic syndrome. With aphasia associated with vascular disorders, the drug improves the patient's speech.
- Diseases accompanied by dizziness and nausea. Such pathologies include Meniere's disease, labyrinthopathy, and "seasickness."
- Impaired memory, attention, and mental function.
- Neurotic manifestations. Due to the mild sedative effect of the drug in patients, their mood improves and anxiety disappears.
In addition, the drug is taken for preventive purposes. Reviews of Fezam tablets and instructions for use report that this remedy prevents unpleasant sensations during motion sickness in transport and "sea sickness".
The drug also found its application in pediatric practice. It is prescribed for children with a retardation in mental development, poor performance, poor concentration of attention and memory.
Contraindications
There are absolute contraindications for the use of a nootropic drug. "Fezam" is forbidden to prescribe for the following diseases and conditions:
- liver and kidney failure;
- psychomotor agitation;
- pregnancy and lactation;
- Huntington's chorea;
- acute stages of hemorrhagic stroke;
- allergies to the components of the drug;
- children under 5 years old.
There are diseases in which the drug is used with caution. These include:
- Parkinson's disease;
- low blood coagulability;
- bleeding
- increased intraocular pressure.
In these cases, the drug is taken in a reduced dosage and under the close supervision of a doctor.
Unwanted effects
Reviews about Fesame indicate that in most cases the drug is well tolerated by patients. Of the side effects in the first days of treatment, drowsiness most often occurred, which passed as the body adapted to the medicine.
In addition, in some patients, the drug can cause dyspeptic symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dry mouth. In rare cases, skin allergic reactions are possible. They appear mainly in patients with hypersensitivity to capsule ingredients.
How to take the drug
Doctors recommend taking the drug half an hour after a meal. In this case, the drug is better absorbed, and unwanted effects develop less frequently.
The dosage of the medicine is determined by the attending physician depending on the diagnosis and condition of the patient. Typically, adults are prescribed 1-2 capsules three times a day, and children - 1-2 capsules 1-2 times a day. The medicine is consumed no more than 3 months in a row. If necessary, repeat the treatment after a break.
special instructions
At the beginning of treatment, the drug causes drowsiness. Therefore, you should refrain from driving a car and performing complex work.
During treatment, it is not recommended to drink alcohol. Alcohol dramatically enhances the sedative effect of the drug.
During therapy, you should also take caution in taking medications for high blood pressure, tranquilizers, antidepressants, and antipsychotics. These medications can enhance the inhibitory effect on the central nervous system of a nootropic drug.
Storage, price and analogues
Capsules are stored at a temperature of no more than +25 degrees, they are suitable for use for 3 years.
The drug is dispensed from pharmacy chains with a prescription. The price of the drug is from 260 to 330 rubles (for 60 capsules).
There are structural analogues of Fezam. Instructions for use and reviews of these drugs indicate that they have a similar effect on the body. These medicines include:
- NooCam;
- Combitropil;
- "Piracezin";
- Omaron
These drugs also contain piracetam and cinnarizine. The cheapest analogue is Combitropil. Its price is from 60 to 75 rubles. The cost of other drugs is slightly higher - from 130 to 250 rubles.
Which of these drugs is better? In the reviews of the analogues of "Fesam" it is reported that the effect of these drugs and their side effects practically do not differ from each other, since the composition of the medicines is the same.
Reviews of specialists
On the part of doctors, you can find many positive reviews about the use of "Fezam". Specialists often use this drug in the treatment of the effects of strokes and traumatic brain injuries, memory impairment in the elderly, as well as with a decrease in performance and asthenic manifestations. Doctors praise the effectiveness of this medicine. In this case, the drug rarely causes side effects, it is quite safe and inexpensive.
However, there is another opinion. Some doctors consider this tool a “dummy” and a placebo. We can say that their conclusions are too categorical. After all, judging by clinical observations and medical experience, this drug has helped a large number of patients. Negative reviews are associated with the lack of scientific evidence of the effectiveness of this medication. It is possible that this remedy does not help with severe pathologies. However, in the treatment of mild disorders, the drug copes well with its task.
Patient Reviews
Many positive reviews about the "Fesame" leave and patients. After a course of treatment, dizziness and headache decreased in patients. Patients noted increased performance, improved memory and concentration. It becomes much easier for patients to engage in mental work.
Negative reviews of Fesame are associated with the sedative effect of this drug. However, some patients take this medicine as a sedative. In this case, a sedative effect is not a minus, but a plus of the drug. In addition, drowsiness usually appears only in the first days of treatment. If such a side effect interferes with performance during the day, then you can recommend taking the medicine in the evening. Usually such a side effect does not require the complete abolition of the medication.