You haven’t slept all night, aching pain is felt in your abdomen, it makes you nauseous and tingly at times, your appetite is gone and your strength is almost exhausted? A sick liver may bother you! Without thinking about our health, we sometimes overload one of the main organs of our body, stuffing it with fats, dyes, and long-digested food. Not observing the balance of carbohydrates, proteins and fats, we contribute to undermining the health of the liver, which entails inflammation of the gallbladder and biliary tract.
When the liver fails, the body undergoes stress. Hence, such a
poor state of health. Many doctors, in moments of pain attacks, are advised to undergo treatment with the Galstena medicine. Every second, suffering from liver diseases, is looking for a homeopath's review of the medicine. This medicine is being intensively advertised today, but how effective it is, let's look at it together.
Below will be considered the properties of the drug "Galstena", analogues and reviews of doctors and patients.
The drug "Galstena" for all cases of ill health
So it is by no means necessary. Opinions about the effectiveness of homeopathic medicines differ. To trust the recommended tool, you often have to try it in personal practice.
About the drug in question, you can find many positive reviews, however, there are many negative ones. Why is this so? To understand, we’ll see what people say about Galsten’s medicine. The reviews that patients leave often contain information that their health after taking the hepatoprotector has worsened. Some even say that the doctor, in response to complaints, advised increasing the dose, after which the patient became even worse. Many write that it is not worth trusting homeopathic remedies at all, including this drug, explaining their position by the fact that nowadays homeopathy is nothing but a placebo.
Positive responses, on the contrary, recommend taking Galsten, many even use it to treat children from the age of three. The truth is somewhere in between. Anyway, but you need to take the drug only after consulting a specialist, starting from the severity of liver disease.
Forms for the release of a homeopathic remedy
The drug "Galstena" is available in the form of tablets and drops. Its effect on the human body does not depend on the form of release. What you need to pay attention to is the concentration of the main components. There are more in tablets. Drops are less concentrated and are often prescribed for children.
Adult patients use the Galstena tablet. The tablets are intended for resorption, they are placed under the tongue. This form, according to patients, is very convenient: the medicine can be taken even when away from home, it does not need to be washed down with water.
Although there are people who choose drops when buying Galsten products. Their price is lower than that of pills, which is an important factor. But the tablets have no taste or smell, which can not be said about the drops.
The medicine "Galstena": instructions, reviews
As you might guess, the basis of the drug are medicinal plants. Analyzing the composition of the drug “Galstena” (reviews of homeopaths confirm this information), doctors focuses on the fact that it includes well-known green assistants to all of us. Milk thistle, celandine, and dandelion grow on every household plot. Only many take them for weeds. But in vain! It turns out that they are able to restore the liver and gall bladder.
Excipients included in the composition of the drug "Galstena", the instruction lists. The tablets are supplemented with phosphorus, sodium sulfate, magnesium stearate and potato starch, the drops are supplemented with phosphorus, sodium sulfate, ethyl alcohol.
The drug is an anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic agent that has cholekinetic, hepatoprotective effects on the biliary tract and liver.
Below, we will consider what diagnoses doctors recommend using the medicine. And what does it say regarding dosages and regimens of the drug "Galstena" instruction. Reviews of sick people vary due to the fact that everyone has their own medical history.
So, according to the annotation, hepatoprotector is indicated for acute and chronic hepatitis, hepatosis, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, gallstone disease. Drops of Galsten are often prescribed for the treatment of pancreatitis in children, which has developed as a complication after acetonemic syndrome.
Medicine is dispensed in pharmacies without a doctor’s prescription.
Contraindications to reception, possible side effects
From appointments funds "Galstena" refuse in cases of intolerance to the components contained in the composition of the drug. An allergic reaction to plants is not uncommon today. The drug is not used to treat pregnant and lactating women.
Since drops contain alcohol, they are not recommended for the treatment of alcohol-dependent people.
Judging by the reviews of doctors, when taking the pills, in addition to possible allergic reactions, no other side effects were noticed. When undergoing therapy with drops, there was recorded (in rare cases) increased salivation.
How much is the drug "Galstena"?
We have already mentioned above that people are guided by prices when buying medicine. And often their choice falls on the liquid form of the drug "Galstena" (drops). Their price is noticeably lower compared to tablets. So, for a bottle of 20 ml you will have to pay 250 rubles. And 50 ml of a homeopathic medicine will cost the buyer 600 rubles. As for the Galsten tablets, their price reaches 400 rubles for a blister, in which 12 pcs., And 800 rubles for 48 pcs.
But what about those who, due to certain circumstances, cannot purchase the remedy we are considering? Search for substitutes.
The drug "Galstena": analogues
Yes, it often happens that the pharmacy currently does not have the drug that the doctor prescribed. Or the patient does not have the opportunity to purchase it. But this is not a reason to refuse treatment. As a rule, a specialist, writing out a specific remedy, can advise at least a couple of analogues.
The drug made in Austria by Galsten, the price of which is not low for a patient with an average income, can be replaced with cheaper drugs, which are also applicable in the treatment of diseases of the liver and gall bladder. But you can buy this or that medicine only after the recommendation of your doctor.
Only a specialist, taking into account the clinical picture and the individual characteristics of the patient’s body, can prescribe substitutes for Galsten. Unfortunately, analogues (structural, with the same active substance) are not on sale, because at the moment they simply are not available. However, if necessary, you can try one of the following medicines: Antral, Allohol, Essential N, Livolact, Phosphogliv, Vokara, Hepalak.
The medicine "Galstena": reviews of homeopaths
It is impossible to characterize the effectiveness of the drug only from the words of patients. Only the doctor sees the real picture of the patient’s condition, receiving confirmation of the diagnoses made after a full examination.
The liver and gall bladder cause pain in an inflamed state. The drug "Galstena", according to doctors, contributes to its gradual withering and restoration of the functions of the internal digestive organs.
In addition, experts pay attention to the fact that the immediate effect of the Galstena preparation cannot be observed by patients with complex diagnoses, since a positive result in such cases will be noticeable in three weeks, but not the next day.
It is impossible to cure the liver in one day, but to lower the threshold of pain is quite possible. In addition, for the active substance to accumulate in the body and begin its "work", it takes time. Often, it is necessary to take more than one or two packs of medicine to get the desired effect. This is what homeopaths say. The duration of therapy with Galsten is three weeks minimum.
According to experts, adhering to the dosages indicated in the instructions, it is possible to effectively cure liver ailments. This drug can also be used for prevention if there is a periodic inflammation of the internal organs of the digestive system.