The medicine "Mezapam", the instruction indicates, is released in the form of tablets, each of which contains 10 mg of the active substance medazepam. The drug belongs to the clinical and pharmaceutical group of tranquilizers.
The substance medazepam is a derivative of benzodiazepine. It is characterized by anxiolytic, muscle relaxant and antiepileptic effects. Additionally, it has a mild timoleptic effect. This tranquilizer is recommended for daytime use. Because the sedative and hypnotic effect that the drug has on the body is much less pronounced than that of other benzodiazepine derivatives.
The medicine "Mezapam", the instruction indicates, normalizes the functions of the visceral nervous system, restores the emotional sphere, removes from a state of unmotivated anxiety, fear, psychoneurotic tension.
Suppresses the excitation of the musculoskeletal system, pathological fussiness. After treatment, patients are returned with the ability to evaluate their own critical illness.
Mezapam tablets, indications
The drug is prescribed:
- with neurosis;
- with psychopathy;
- with nervous excitement and tension;
- with increased irritability;
- with dystonia of the neurocirculatory type;
- for the prevention of migraine attacks;
- with menopause syndrome ;
- with chronic alcoholism, with withdrawal symptoms;
- for children with neurosis, mental lability and excessive excitability.
Dosage of the drug "Mezapam"
The doctor prescribes a dose of the drug depending on the diagnosis, condition and age of the patient.
The minimum single dose of the active substance of the drug is 5 mg.
The maximum dose of the active substance of the drug per day on an outpatient basis is 40 mg.
The established dose is divided into several doses.
In conditions of inpatient treatment under the supervision of a doctor, the maximum daily dose in some cases is increased to 60 mg.
The drug "Mezapam": a description of side effects
Violations of the nervous system are manifested by drowsiness, fatigue, general weakness, headache, which ceases with a decrease in dose. Sometimes observed: stunning syndrome, confusion, dizziness, depression, anterograde amnesia, dysarthria, signs of paresis of accommodation. Elderly patients and children are more susceptible to the side effects of the drug. Impaired coordination of movements was observed in patients of advanced age and in persons with mental retardation.
Violations in the functioning of the endocrine system are manifested by a decrease in sexual desire, a change in the menstrual cycle.
Deviations in the work of the respiratory system are manifested by inhibition of the function of the respiratory center; patients with COPD who use the drug in high doses are prone to alveolar hypoventilation.
The drug "Mezapam", the instruction indicates, can cause disturbances in the work of the cardiovascular system, which are manifested by tachycardia, a decrease in pressure.
Deviations in the digestive system are manifested by dry mouth, dyspepsia.
Other disorders in the functioning of the body are manifested by urinary retention, spasms of the vocal cords, chest pain, withdrawal syndrome, paradoxical reactions, dependence, allergic manifestations.
Contraindications
It is impossible in some cases to prescribe the drug "Mezapam". The instruction contains a list of the following conditions in which this therapeutic agent is contraindicated for patients:
- with myasthenia gravis;
- with liver diseases in acute form;
- with kidney diseases in acute form;
- with night apnea ;
- in the first trimester of pregnancy;
- with lactation;
- for children under 10 years of age;
- with increased sensitivity to the drug.
Particular caution should be exercised when prescribing medazepam to patients with alcohol dependence, because this substance enhances the action of ethanol.