If you believe the reviews, "Likopid" (the price for it varies from 300 rubles to two thousand depending on the dosage) often provokes side effects, although it is considered quite an effective drug. Particular accuracy requires its use if a minor patient needs a course of treatment.
Why do I need this?
The Likopid immunomodulator is produced by a domestic pharmaceutical company and is recommended for use, as modern people constantly encounter a variety of viruses and infections. According to the manufacturers, the tool helps to stimulate the immune system, prevents infection by numerous pathologies. The drug is optimal in the framework of a comprehensive therapeutic approach, prescribed by doctors for infectious, bacteriological diseases, secondary conditions of immunity deficiency.
In the instructions "Likopida" the composition of this medication is prescribed quite clearly. It is with the ingredients used that the manufacturer explains the effectiveness of the agent belonging to the class of immunomodulators. The manufacturer presents his development as a medicine of the latest generation. Among the main advantages, there is an extensive area of use of the drug.
What is inside?
According to reviews, the instructions for the use of "Likopid" are quite understandable, and it is not difficult to follow the requirements for the course of treatment indicated in it. In the accompanying documentation, the manufacturer indicates that the main active component of the drug is called glucosaminyl muramyl dipeptide. Much more often, the abbreviated name GMDP is used. The composition includes auxiliary compounds - lactose, cellulose, sucrose.
It is especially important to study the instructions for use, reviews about "Likopid" (the price of the drug is from 300 to 2,000 rubles), if a person planning a medication knows for his body a tendency to allergic reactions or intolerance to any compound. In particular, it is extremely dangerous for some people to consume cellulose, lactose. In this situation, you should abandon the course of "Lycopida", as there is a high probability of severe side effects.
What's in pharmacies?
As can be seen from the reviews, "Lycopid" is on sale strictly in the form of tablets. One capsule contains the active compound in the amount of one milligram or ten. From this, the cost varies significantly. In the packaging, the manufacturer places a dozen or two capsules. With a minimum dosage of the main compound, the price of the product is about 300 rubles, but a 10-milligram release with 20 capsules will cost almost two thousand.
As patients who used medication noted in their reviews of the price of Likopid and the price of analogues, at a fairly high cost, the drug in question too often provokes side effects, and in some cases rather severe ones. For example, situations are known where a short course caused long-term heat, which even effective antipyretics could not bring down.
Release Forms and Features
According to reviews, the instructions “Likopida” (the price of the drug is indicated above) gives a clear description of the tablets that must be present in the box. The manufacturer draws attention: in the absence of accompanying documentation or information mismatch, you should contact the pharmaceutical outlet to replace the drug, since there is a possibility of acquiring a fake. Normally, the medication is made in a flat cylindrical shape, has a white color. The rules of use, the features of the therapeutic course vary, a lot depends on the specific release option.
The instructions "Likopida" (reviews of immunologists confirm that the drug is prescribed for such purposes) 1 mg indicates that the medication can be used as a prophylactic. It is also used to treat young patients from 3 years old. But 10 mg is a form of release intended for the treatment of adult patients.
Manufacturer and release
According to reviews, Likopid seems to many a reliable and affordable tool, since it is produced by a domestic company. Indeed, the pill manufacturer is the Russian pharmaceutical company Peptek.
Tablets produced at the plants of the enterprise are packed in blisters of ten capsules. One cardboard box contains one or two blisters. The final price depends on the amount of medication and the dosage of the active compound. Instructions for use "Likopida" (analogues, according to reviews, of course, too) must accompany the drug. Before use, the patient should read the contents of the document.
When to take?
According to reviews, Likopid is prescribed by immunologists if a disease of an infectious nature is diagnosed in a chronic form. This is most relevant for HPV (papilloma virus), herpes, hepatitis, if caused by viruses C, B. The manufacturer recommends using the drug for the treatment of patients of any age and gender, making differences only in the concentration of the active compound. The drug helps to support the immune system if a disease is found that affects the soft tissues and skin. The drug is effective if the violation is inflammatory, accompanied by the separation of pus. "Lycopid" is used in septic processes caused by surgical intervention.
It is known from the reviews: "Lycopid" is prescribed for pulmonary tuberculosis. Often it is used to enhance the immunity of a patient with psoriasis. However, doctors usually warn of possible side effects. If you believe the responses, in the abundance presented on the expanses of the World Wide Web, such are really very common. Particularly high probability, as can be seen from the opinions of users, high temperature, against which antipyretics do not help.
For babies
According to reviews, doctors prescribe Likopid children quite often. For the treatment of minor patients from 3 years of age, a weakened form is produced - 1 mg of the active compound. The tool will help if a herpes infection is diagnosed. The manufacturer recommends taking the drug for infection of the respiratory system (chronic form), if the stage is acute, remission. “Lycopid” can be used to maintain the strength of the child’s body during inflammatory processes, accompanied by the separation of pus, when the skin and soft tissues are affected. "Lycopid" is used in the chronic form of such a disease or in the acute phase.
As you can see from the reviews, not all parents are ready to use Likopid for children. Indeed, negative reviews raise doubts: whether the remedy will be safe for treating an already sick baby. In each case, it is recommended to see a qualified doctor. It is possible that the doctor will prescribe an analogue that is more reliable, and the use of such a drug will be associated with lower risks.
When is it impossible?
Like any medication, the described composition has a number of contraindications. The manufacturer notes that Likopid (reviews confirm this) is not intended for the treatment of women during gestation or breastfeeding. You can not use the drug if autoimmune thyroiditis in the acute form is diagnosed. Individual allergic reactions to the components used in the industrial process are possible. For persons with increased sensitivity to compounds, the drug is categorically not recommended. In addition, Likopid is not used if the patient has a fever, fever (38 degrees or more). You can not use the medication if a disease is diagnosed for which a similar condition is characteristic.
How it works?
As can be seen from the reviews on Likopid, in the instructions (the price of the product is indicated earlier), the manufacturer draws attention to the fact that the product belongs to the latest generation of immune modulating compounds. The manufacturer confirms the increased effectiveness of the compounds used in the pharmaceutical industry. The barely active component enters the circulatory system, processes similar to the regulatory system of the immune system, which is initiated when bacteria or viruses are detected in the body, are activated.
The main substance "Lycopida" quickly reacts with immunity receptors. This becomes the basis for the active production of some specific compounds, which include cytokines, interferons, factors that stimulate the formation of neutrophils, monocytes.
How and why?
As can be seen from the reviews on Likopid experts, the active compound has a clearly directed action. Under his influence, phagocytes become more active, namely they are the most powerful tool against any foreign, potentially dangerous agent. However, this quality is not the only one due to which Likopid can have a positive impact on a person. The tool has antitumor properties, prevents the formation of metastases. However, the most important feature is the activation of natural immunity, the regulation of these body functions.
As follows from the reviews of Likopid by immunologists, the main active compound for the human body is not perceived as foreign, since it is present almost daily in the body as an element of resistance to microbial infection. For this reason, as the manufacturer assures, Likopid is well tolerated by both children and adults. If you conduct an analytical study of the modern market, you have to admit that a fairly narrow list of drugs differs with similar promises.
Is it worth believing?
To prove the safety of its development, the Likopid manufacturer draws attention to the numerous tests that the medicine passed before it appeared on the market. It is believed that the mechanism of action of the drug is really detailed, well investigated, therefore, all possible phenomena, side effects are predictable, and the use of the composition for its intended purpose is completely safe. For this reason, Likopid is recommended for use by children and adolescents, although the body is still fragile and is only developing. But the reviews on the World Wide Web are ready to argue with such assurances: many patients who took Likopid as prescribed by the doctor encountered side effects, and there are many stories about the negative effect on the joints.
If you believe the official information about the tests, "Likopid" does not have a toxic effect, does not adversely affect the embryo, does not have a teratogenic effect. Under its influence, mutations of chromosomes are impossible. This became the basis for the distribution of Lycopida in pediatric medical practice, and the manufacturer issued a form specifically for children - 1 mg.
How to apply?
Before starting the course of the drug, it is important to carefully read the instructions that describe what rules the use of the medication is subject to. Normally, Lycopidum is used orally on an empty stomach 30 minutes before a meal. The pill should be swallowed whole, it is not allowed to chew. Every day, the product is used whenever possible at the same time. If the medication was not taken at the right time, you can drink the pass within 12 hours. If more than 12 hours have passed, the missed volume is not taken, and then they continue to drink tablets according to the previous scheme. It is forbidden to use a double dose, even if the reception was missed.
If the doctor prescribed the remedy to the infant (this is possible with prolonged infectious pathology), the dose is halved from a normal infant, and the drug is taken twice daily. The duration of the therapeutic course is from a week to one and a half. Such an approach is effective for pneumonia and some forms of colitis, bronchitis, blood poisoning provoked by surgical intervention.
Children: cases are different
For the treatment of babies older than infancy, but younger than adulthood, a dosage of 1 mg should be used. If infection with herpes is detected, one pill is used three times a day for food. The duration of treatment is 10 days. If damage to the respiratory system is detected, the tablet is taken under the tongue. Duration of treatment - as in the case of herpes, but every day only one capsule is enough. To obtain a stable positive effect, three courses in a row are required. Between approaches take breaks for 20 days.
If an inflammatory process is found on the skin, accompanied by the release of purulent substance, Likopid is used every day once under the tongue in the amount of one capsule. The duration of the therapeutic course is 10 days. A similar approach is necessary for inflammation in the soft tissues.
Adults: treatment features
In some cases, doctors recommend taking Likopid in a 1 mg format; for other situations, prescribe a 10-fold enhanced option. A weaker form can be used for infection with herpes daily three times. A single dose is 2 capsules. The duration of treatment is 10 days. If the disease is localized in the soft tissues, on the skin, with a similar duration of treatment, use a pair of capsules two or three times daily. Infection of the respiratory system requires 10 days of using two tablets at the same time. Finally, 1 mg of Likopid is used as a prophylactic. In this format, it is also intended for 10-day treatment, and the dosage is one pill three times a day at the same stable time.
Normally, 10 mg of the drug can be used strictly for adult patients, and in old age - no more than half a tablet at a time at the beginning of the therapeutic course. If the reception is not associated with unpleasant consequences, over time you can go to the full dose. If an STI, HPV are established, then the duration of use of the drug is 10 days, one tablet daily at a stable time. In the fight against psoriasis, Likopid is suitable in the format of a ten-day program, one or two capsules should be used daily. The next five days they drink, observing the daily intervals. If the disease is severe, one pill is used twice a day, this treatment lasts 20 days. In case of pulmonary tuberculosis, Likopid is prescribed as a ten-day pill program daily, and for herpes, a six-day program with the same dosage. If herpes has affected the visual organs, Likopid is used for three days, taking a pair of capsules daily, then a three-day pause is made and the program is repeated again. In case of inflammation of the skin and soft tissues, Likopid is prescribed for 10 days per capsule.
Negative consequences: what to be prepared for
Although the manufacturer assures that side effects are observed with a small degree of probability, on the expanses of the World Wide Web you can find many responses from patients who assure the opposite. Most often, patients encounter unpleasant sensations in muscle tissue, joints can hurt. There is a risk of developing subfebrile condition in a short form. Usually this accompanies the use of the drug in doses of 20 mg or more.
Among the side effects, it is worth highlighting a temperature increase of up to 38 degrees and above. The manufacturer recommends eliminating the symptoms with an antipyretic, but in the reviews of many patients there are references to the ineffectiveness of such drugs with Likopid. It is also known that taking the composition can trigger intestinal upsets.