Hemorrhoids can be attributed to diseases that seriously worsen a person’s life. The elimination of the disease in the early stages is carried out using medications. In the treatment of hemorrhoids, the combination of therapeutic measures includes the use of not only rectal suppositories and creams for external use, but also tablet preparations. "Flebodia" is a relatively new medication that has been successfully used in complex treatment against hemorrhoids.
The big advantage of medicines in tablets is the convenience of their use. Unlike ointments and suppositories, they can be used at any convenient time, anywhere. What instructions does "Flebodia" have for hemorrhoids?
This is a modern and reliable medicine that is effective both in the initial stage of the disease and in advanced situations.
Characteristic
"Phlebodia" helps to improve the tone of the veins, and also has a strengthening effect on the vessels, reduces the extensibility of the venous network, reduces the permeability and fragility of the vessels.
Its effect is aimed at lowering lymphatic pressure, improving blood circulation, increasing vascular capacity.
The drug activates the metabolism in the walls of blood vessels, improves lymphatic outflow, improves oxygen supply. Under its influence, inflammation is eliminated, swelling disappears, pain is eliminated.
The main active trace element of the drug is diosmin, whose action is aimed at strengthening and protecting vessels. This component belongs to the therapeutic group of flavonoids, which is able to improve blood circulation, increase strength and eliminate vascular fragility.
When the patient takes "Flebodia 600" for hemorrhoids, the active substance is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, the maximum content of the main component is noted in the blood five hours after use. From plasma, an active trace element begins to spread throughout all body tissues, and its highest content is observed in the lower vena cava.
In the liver, lungs and kidneys, the active trace element accumulates in lesser amounts. The maximum content of the active substance can be observed as early as nine hours after taking the pill and remains for ninety-six hours. Diosmin is excreted mainly with urine, the rest is excreted in feces.
The advantage of "phlebodia"
Pills for hemorrhoids belong to angioprotectors, the active substances of which are aimed at strengthening the venous wall.
The main advantage of the drug is the elimination of the main source of the disease - poor venous outflow.
When using "Flebodia" with hemorrhoids, unwanted symptoms are reactively eliminated and the duration of exacerbations is reduced.
The drug is indispensable in the event of hemorrhoids, helps relieve pain, reduce swelling and inflammation and quickly improve the general condition of the patient.
Pills for hemorrhoids "Phlebodia" have a minimum number of contraindications and adverse reactions.
Structure
"Flebodia 600" with hemorrhoids has a venotonic effect. Each capsule contains six hundred milligrams of the active ingredient in granules. The tablets have a rounded shape, covered with a pink shade. Additional ingredients are:
- Silica.
- Talc.
- Cellulose.
- Monobasic carboxylic acid of an aliphatic series.
- A mixture of dyes.
- Carnauba wax.
The drug is packaged in blisters for fifteen tablets each. One package can contain one or two blisters. The medication should be kept in a place inaccessible to children at temperatures up to plus thirty degrees. Shelf life is thirty-six months from the date of manufacture. "Flebodia 600" can be purchased at the pharmacy without a prescription. The average price of a drug varies from 700 to 2000 rubles. How to take "phlebodia" for hemorrhoids?
Pharmacological properties
The main mechanism of the effect of the drug in hemorrhoids is due to the therapeutic effects of diosmin and is as follows:
- "Flebodia 600" has a strengthening effect on the walls of blood vessels, lowers their permeability, and helps improve metabolic processes in the hematopoiesis system.
- Eliminates congestion in venous vessels and enhances vein tone.
- It has a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect, eliminates pain and reduces swelling.
- It improves lymphatic drainage and helps increase venous blood outflow.
- The use of the drug normalizes the metabolism in the venous network and increases the supply of oxygen to tissues.
- It reduces the adhesion of leukocytes in the walls of venous capillaries, blocks the production of free radicals and enhances the vasoconstrictive effect of adrenaline.
The medication is instantly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and has the most positive effect. At the same time, it has absolutely no prohibitions and side effects.
Indications
The drug is used not only for the treatment of hemorrhoidal disease, but also has a pronounced therapeutic effect in eliminating a number of other ailments that are associated with venous insufficiency. The main indications for the use of the drug are the following diseases and conditions:
- Hemorrhoids (a disease that is associated with thrombosis, the inflammatory process, pathological expansion, forming nodes around the rectum).
- Violations of the microcirculation of blood.
- Chronic lymphatic venous insufficiency (a disease that is caused by a violation of the venous outflow in the lower extremities).
- Varicose veins (pathological process in the veins, which is manifested by their expansion, crimp).
Tablets are often recommended for use after surgery to eliminate the manifestations of orthostatic hypotension, which is expressed in a sharp decrease in blood pressure when the patient moves to an upright position. In addition, the medicine has been successfully used to prevent hemorrhage after surgery to remove varicose veins.
The medication has been successfully used in the treatment of lymphatic venous insufficiency in women in an "interesting position". The elimination of hemorrhoids must be carried out with the drug during pregnancy in the second and third trimester, in the first three months, the medicine, as a rule, is not prescribed.
Contraindications
"Flebodia 600" has virtually no prohibitions. An exception is intolerance to certain components of the drug, the age of eighteen years and lactation.
In all other situations, the tablets are well tolerated and have an increased therapeutic effect.
Adverse reactions
The drug, as a rule, is well tolerated by patients, but in practice there are cases when the course "Phlebodia" had to be stopped, for example:
- Dizziness.
- Migraine (a neurological disease, the most common and characteristic symptom of which is episodic or regular severe and painful headache in one half of the head).
- Nausea.
- Vomiting
- Itchy skin.
- Rashes.
- Hyperemia of the skin (overflow of blood vessels of the circulatory system of any organ or body area).
Typically, these adverse reactions do not require therapy and go away on their own after a short break in treatment. In rare situations, the occurrence of side effects requires termination of the course and adjustment of therapy.
Instructions for use
Tablets are taken orally during meals. The regimen and duration of treatment is determined by the attending doctor. Properly selected dosage helps to quickly normalize the general state of health and cope with the signs of the disease. Dosage "Phlebodia" for hemorrhoids will be as follows:
- To eliminate acute hemorrhoids, an increased concentration of the active drug is recommended. Three capsules should be taken with food throughout the day. Such treatment is carried out for seven days.
- After the elimination of the acute process, the daily dosage is reduced to one tablet per day and continue to use the drug for two months.
- The treatment regimen for hemorrhoids is to use one capsule per day for sixty days.
- With varicose veins, the use of the medication is similar - one capsule per day for two months.
- The severe course of chronic lymphovenous insufficiency, which is accompanied by convulsions, edema and pain, suggests a longer course - up to three months.
- With the appearance of trophic ulcers, long-term therapy is prescribed for six months. Throughout the year, treatment can be repeated after a break.
If the treatment of hemorrhoids "Flebodia" does not give a positive result, you need to conduct an additional examination to clarify the diagnosis, since some signs of the disease coincide with the symptoms of other serious ailments: anal fissure, polyps and colon cancer.
Treatment of hemorrhoids with tablets gives a lasting positive effect, but in many situations requires longer treatment. Clinical studies have shown that the effectiveness of treatment in most cases depends on its duration.
The positive dynamics that have been achieved by the end of the first month of therapy become persistent and lead to good results with subsequent treatment with this drug.
A high percentage of good results is noted in the elimination of acute hemorrhoids, which is accompanied by pain, bleeding, swelling and itching in the anal area. The increased effectiveness of "Flebodia 600" was noted in the treatment of hemorrhoidal thrombosis, in this situation the drug is used in an increased dosage (up to three tablets per day).
The use of the drug during pregnancy
How to take "phlebodia" for hemorrhoids? According to reviews and instructions, it is known that the medication is safe for women in position, this is recorded by clinical studies on the ability to cause disorders that confirmed a negative result. This suggests that no harmful effects on the body of the future mother and baby have been identified. But, in order to avoid any complications, medical specialists still prescribe "Phlebodia" after three months of pregnancy, when all the important organs of the unborn baby are already formed.
In subsequent trimesters of pregnancy, the drug is recommended both for prevention and for eliminating hemorrhoids and venous insufficiency. The elimination of hemorrhoids with the drug "Phlebodia" during pregnancy is carried out according to the same scheme:
- With exacerbations, up to three capsules are prescribed per day, then therapy is continued with the lowest dosage - one capsule is used during the day.
- Drug treatment is canceled a month before birth in order to avoid bleeding during pregnancy.
According to reviews, "Flebodia" with hemorrhoids in women in an "interesting position" is able to improve the patient's condition.
There have been no studies on the intake of Phlebodia 600 during breastfeeding, therefore, there is no information on whether the active trace elements of the drug get into milk.
The instruction to "Flebodia" recommends abandoning the use of tablets during lactation in order to avoid the likelihood of a negative effect on the baby's body. Positive reviews of "Phlebodia" during pregnancy from hemorrhoids indicate that its administration gives a lasting positive effect.
Analogs of "Flebodia 600"
The drug has a number of substitute drugs, for example:
- "Antistax".
- Venolek.
- Detralex
- Phlebofa.
- Venus
- Ascorutin.
- "Diovenor."
- "Diosven".
- Anavenol
- "Vazoket".
- Diosmin.
The spectrum of their use is similar to the influence of Flebodia, the difference is only in cost, for example, the medicine "Vazoket" has a price two times higher.
Detralex contains the same active ingredient as Phlebodia. People often wonder which of these drugs is better, because their structure and therapeutic effects are absolutely no different from each other.
In the manufacture of Detralex, a certain micronization technology of the main active substance is used. Using this process, diosmin, which is contained in the preparation, is much faster absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, therefore, the maximum content of the active trace element in the blood is noted much faster, three hours after taking the capsules orally. This is the main difference between these two drugs.
"Flebodia 600" is used as part of a combination treatment, which includes not only medications (ointments, suppositories), but also a whole range of additional measures. These procedures include lifestyle changes, dietary adjustments, refusal of alcohol and cigarettes, and increased physical activity.
Opinions
Reviews of "Phlebodia" for hemorrhoids confirm the good therapeutic effect of the drug. The drug allows for a short time without surgical intervention to eliminate the inflammatory process of hemorrhoidal cavities even in the most advanced situations.
Pregnant women who are undergoing treatment for chronic lymphatic venous insufficiency are also satisfied with Phlebodia 600. The drug helps to get rid of unpleasant symptoms, which are accompanied by venous congestion, which greatly facilitates the physiological bearing of the child. Separately, it should be noted that with the help of more active microcirculation of the skin and venotonic effect, the drug has a cosmetic effect on the woman's body.
Reviews of doctors about "Flebodia" for hemorrhoids characterize the drug from a good side, since the therapeutic effect exerted occurs relatively quickly.