Sorbents bind toxic substances of various origins and remove them naturally. Preparations containing sorbents are called adsorbents. They are actively used in the treatment of poisoning, intoxications of various nature. This can be bloating after eating stale food or a hangover after alcohol abuse. Polyphepan, reviews of which you will find in the article, is one of the most popular enterosorbents. It is used for various purposes: losing weight, cleansing the intestines, from flatulence and digestive upset.
Composition and form of release
The drug is in the form of tablets and powder for the preparation of a solution. The dosage is different: in bags can be 10, 50, 100, 250 mg. Pill packs can be 30, 50 or 100 pieces. Depending on the amount, the cost of the drug can vary from fifty to five hundred rubles. Many pharmacies sell one or two packs if necessary.
The main active component of Polyphepan is hydrolytic lignin. One tablet contains 375 mg of active substance. This is a universal sorbent that acts in the intestinal tract, absorbing toxins and removing them naturally.
Lignin is able to bind the following compounds:
- drugs with high toxicity;
- poisons of various origin;
- salts of heavy metals;
- radioactive isotopes;
- ammonia;
- ethanol and its decay products;
- bilirubin;
- cholesterol;
- urea
- other metabolites and allergenic particles.
Indications for use
This adsorbent is active in all types of poisoning. Instructions and reviews on "Polyphepan" report that the drug will help with the following conditions:
- intoxication of the body, provoked by external or endogenous causes;
- allergies of various etiologies;
- hangover syndrome;
- liver diseases (cirrhosis, hepatitis);
- toxicoderma;
- as part of the complex therapy of food, alcohol, drug poisoning.
Recommended Dosages
The required dosage is calculated based on the weight of the patient. One kilogram of the mass should take from 0.5 to 1 gram of the drug. Thus, if the patient weighs 65 kg, a maximum of 65 mg of lignin should be taken. A 50 mg sachet of Polyphepan can be used.
Children and adolescents take the amount of the drug, corresponding to age. For example, infants take the drug in half or a whole teaspoon during the day. Children aged one to seven years inclusive take the powder one teaspoon with a slide. Children over seven years old can take one tablespoon of the powder at a time.
For both adults and children, the recommended amount of consumption is three to four times a day. If this dosage is exceeded, then digestive problems may appear: constipation and bloating.
Contraindications and side effects
Reviews about "Polyphepan" report that no side effects were recorded in any of those taking. Instructions for use informs that side effects can develop only in case of individual intolerance to lignin. If you significantly exceed the recommended dosage of Polyphepan, constipation, bloating, and flatulence can begin.
Pregnancy is not a contraindication to taking Polyphepan. Moreover, the drug is often prescribed for this category of patients, as it is well tolerated. It can not harm either the pregnant woman herself or the fetus.
Relative contraindications for taking Polyphepan:
- exacerbation of peptic ulcer of the duodenum or stomach;
- anacid gastritis ;
- intestinal atony;
- diabetes.
Drug interaction
When taken together with antibiotic drugs, an exacerbation of peptic ulcer of the intestine and stomach is possible. Lignin also reduces the absorption of components and therefore reduces the effect of antibiotics to nothing.
It is not recommended to take any medicines at the same time as Polyphepan, since there is a high risk that its components will not be absorbed even by 30%. This applies to all types and classes of medicines.
Instructions for use "Polyphepan" for weight loss
Reviews of women indicate that the drug has occupied a special niche in the list of popular means for losing weight. This fact surprises many doctors: how and to whom could the idea come that the adsorbent can somehow influence the accumulation of body fat? Instructions for use with Polyphepan does not carry any information that the medicine can be used for weight loss. Sorbents have no effect on body fat and on fat coming from food.
Oddly enough, reviews about Polyphepan for weight loss are positive: women say that the stomach has become flatter. Most likely, this is the usual placebo effect. Fat deposits on the stomach can not become less after taking enterosorbent.
You should be careful: in no case should you take Polyphepan for a long time and without a break for more than a week. The drug quickly washes salts and trace elements, and this is the reason for brittle bones, weakness and asthenia. Hair also begins to fall out, nails become brittle. Do not blindly trust the reviews about the use of "Polyphepan" for weight loss, because often women embellish information in order to have an effect on their subscribers.
The use of "Polyphepan" from rashes on the face
If the appearance of acne and acne is caused by the release of toxins into the blood, then the drug can really help. In adolescents, it often happens that they ate sweets, after which purulent pimples popped up on their faces. In this case, it makes sense to drink "Polyphepan" from acne. Positive reviews: facial skin becomes clean already on the second or third day after intoxication.
If the cause of the rashes on the skin is hormonal, then taking Polyphepan will be completely useless. If the patient is not sure about the appearance of pimples, then you need to contact a dermatologist and get an effective medication that will affect the cause of the rashes.
"Polyphepan" with a hangover syndrome
This is the main reason for taking Polyphepan, judging by the number of visits to pharmacies. Unlucky fun lovers suffer from a hangover after every party. Headache, vomiting, nausea - all these are inevitable companions of alcohol poisoning. "Polyphepan" (instructions for use and reviews confirm this) effectively binds ethanol metabolites and promotes their excretion from the body with urine and feces.
Do not think that after taking a portion of the powder, the hangover will take off without a hitch, this is not so. You will have to take pills or a solution for four to five days until the body comes to its senses and begins to function normally. Fully metabolized ethanol leaves the body and nervous system only about three weeks after poisoning.
Often people underestimate the harm and consequences of drinking alcohol. Even a few piles of brandy inflict a serious blow on the nervous system. But the liver suffers the most: it is forced to mobilize to prevent ethanol from delivering a toxic blow to the rest of the body's systems. Polyphepan helps the liver, kidneys, intestines and reduces the killing effect of ethanol on neurons (nerve cells in the brain).
Polyphepan and Food Poisoning
Innocent victims of poisoning are often people who prefer to buy ready-made meals in supermarkets. To prepare such a meal, low-quality ingredients and expired sauces are often used. This is very dangerous, since food poisoning can provoke intoxication of the whole organism.
Polyphepan should be taken as soon as possible, already at the first symptoms of food poisoning. This is nausea, vomiting, weakness, fever. Reviews about cleansing the stomach with "Polyphepan" are positive, the drug helped to bind and remove toxin metabolites in time. If you are late with the time you take the medicine, the toxins will already begin their destructive work, and the case may end in the hospitalization of the patient.
Medical analogues of Polyphepan
Reviews and instructions for use, attached to other adsorbents, report that their indications are similar to Polyphepan, and the structural formula in some cases coincides. Here is a list of analogues:
- "Diosmectite" - a sorbent produced in the form of a powder for the preparation of a suspension. It is used for food, alcohol, drug poisoning. Reviews indicate that women also use it for weight loss, like Polyphepan.
- "Lactofiltrum" is not a sorbent, but it restores the intestinal microflora. Helps the body survive the poisoning by various poisons and toxins, restores the intestines, strengthens the immune system, increases the body's resistance to external viruses and infections.
- Enterosgel is made in the form of paste, gel, capsules. This is the main competitor of Polyphepan, as it is a popular sorbent, has similar principles of action and indications for use. Enterosgel is more expensive than Polyphepan, and for this reason many patients prefer the second drug.
- Enterosorb is another popular sorbent. It has similar indications for use and can be used by children, adolescents, pregnant women. Available in powder form for suspension.