The pharmacological properties of the Eglonil antipsychotic drug include stimulation of activity and antidepressant effects; it is recommended during general therapy to suppress psychosomatic manifestations in various diseases. It does not have a sedative effect.
The main diagnostic indications for the use of this drug are the various stages of schizophrenia, depressive states of various origins, neurosis and psychosomatic manifestations. The main active ingredient of Eglonil is sulpiride, which is part of all analogues.
Composition and form of release
The drug is in the form of round tablets of snow-white or with a yellow tint. The amount of sulpiride in 1 tablet is 200 mg. Additional products used for the manufacture: potato starch in an amount of 53 mg, lactose monohydrate - 23 mg, methyl cellulose - 3 mg, colloidal silicon dioxide - 15 mg, talc - 2 mg, magnesium stearate - 4 mg.
Information for taking the drug
Judging by the instructions and reviews on Eglonil, the drug is taken as a single treatment with a course or together with psychotropic tablets similar in effect. It is possible to treat diseases such as:
- slow going crazy (schizophrenia);
- damage to the psyche (psychosis);
- delirium tremens;
- Depression with a different foundation;
- neurosis, hysteria in adults;
- acute headache or migraine;
- behavioral disorders in children.
Mode of application
At the beginning of the course of use of "Eglonila", reviews and instructions for use are preferably studied. After all, this remedy is first prescribed in the form of injections, which must be administered intramuscularly. Later, according to the doctor’s instructions, they start taking in the form of tablets. When diagnosed with psychosis, it is necessary to find out which symptoms are dominant. If the problem is more in negative symptoms, then the dose is half a gram per day, positive - a gram per day. In other cases of diseases, Eglonil should be taken at a dose of a quarter gram per day.
According to reviews of Eglonil tablets and instructions for use, the following dosage for children is recommended: 5-10 mg per kilogram of body weight per day, depending on the nosology and the number of external signs that appear during the course of the disease.
Side effects and actions
The effect of the drug gives a side effect, like other drugs with the substance in the composition on which it is based. However, these pills help restore the mental health of a person, having, unlike analogues, a more gentle effect on the body and helping to save more nerve cells. But in any case, you need to carefully read about the possible consequences of taking them, as they can have a serious impact on the patient.
Actions that can occur after taking Eglonil: sleep damage, some malfunctions of menstruation in women, decreased vision, impotence, sedation, vertical variation in blood pressure, extrapyramidal disorders, dyskinesia, gynecomastia, galactorrhea, slight obesity, decreased libido and frigidity, some skin rashes.
Contraindications
You can not take with pheochromocytoma or suspicion of this disease, since there is the possibility of the origin and further development of high intracranial pressure. If prolactin-dependent tumors are present in the body, then the appointment of the drug is extremely undesirable, and is also not recommended for children under 18 years of age and breast-feeding women.
Conditions under which you must carefully take the drug
There are no recommendations for use by women bearing a child, but if the doctor, having looked and analyzed all the pros and cons, decides on the positive effect of the medicine on the woman and the child, then you need to take pills.
It is necessary to be careful when Eglonil is prescribed for patients with kidney and liver diseases, a history of neuroleptic syndrome, any type of epilepsy, with all serious diseases, even at the initial stage, of heart and entire system diseases, hypertension, hypotension, Parkinson's disease.
Treating women during pregnancy or breastfeeding
During pregnancy, if the drug is not absolutely necessary, it is better not to use it as a treating agent. But if it is necessary for the life of the mother or child, respectively, then the period of taking the medicine and its amount should be significantly limited. In children whose mothers were treated with sulpirides during the period of bearing the child, at times diseases or instability of the gastrointestinal tract, as well as extrapyramidal syndrome, were recorded. Due to the fact that sulpiride has the ability to pass through the tissues of the mother’s body into breast milk, it is strictly forbidden to conduct a course of treatment with Eglonil during breastfeeding.
Taking pills if there are violations in the liver and kidneys
Extremely carefully, "Eglonil" should be prescribed to patients who have had problems with the above organs, since the drug has the property of affecting the liver and kidneys. With kidney or liver failure, the patient's condition may worsen.
Reception by children and mature patients
It is forbidden to use by children under 6 years of age if the tablets are in the form of capsules and the appointment is up to 18 years of age if the drug is in the form of tablets or an intramuscular injection solution.
Doses for the elderly or elderly: you need to start taking the drug with 25-50% of the amount of the drug for an adult healthy person.
special instructions
If increased intracranial pressure develops, sulpiride should be discontinued, as this may be one of the signs of the malignant syndrome described with the use of antipsychotics. Some signs of body dysfunction, for example, excessive sweating or high blood pressure, may show that hyperthermia begins to develop in the body, so you need to be careful about this and consult your doctor right away.
It is assumed that a similar effect of antipsychotics on the human body has an idiosyncratic origin, apparently, some risk factors may predispose to it, for example, dehydration or organic brain damage.
If this phenomenon occurs (increase in QT), you should immediately consult your doctor. If possible, a patient with a healthy body should be checked for various hidden heart diseases before starting the course of the drug. Such precaution can reveal the presence or absence of diseases that are not visible at first glance, for example, arrhythmia. Eglonil cannot be used by patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, but there are exceptions that are voiced by the doctor. Renal failure can also be an indication for the restriction of the drug in the amount and time of ingestion.
Eglonil must be controlled by people who have:
- Epilepsy. In such patients, the pain threshold for the drug may be lower than in normal cases.
- The tendency to postural hypotension, sedation and extrapyramidal effects, which is inherent in patients who are of advanced age.
The use of alcoholic substances and preparations based on them is impossible while taking Eglonil, since in this case there is a risk of bringing the patient to a coma.
Driving a car and other vehicles is strictly prohibited, as well as driving any other machines or mechanisms with which care must be taken.
Overdose
Research on the excessive use of Eglonil is not very extensive. The specification of the actions following the drug consists in extrapyramidal disorders and can reach a state on the verge of life and death.
Treatment: due to the lack of an antidote, it is for this drug that symptomatic and supportive therapy should be used, but it is necessary to monitor the behavior of the lungs and heart.
Drug interaction
While taking the tablets, you need to completely abandon alcohol and other alcohol-containing drinks, as this can very negatively affect the patient’s health. Reception of "Levodopa" and "Elgonil" is highly not recommended, since together these drugs have an adverse effect on humans. Medications that help lower blood pressure can make your risk of hypotension and postural hypotension much higher. Tranquilizers, barbiturates, morphine derivatives, benzodiazepines have an extremely negative effect on the central nervous system
Terms and conditions of storage
You can leave it at a temperature that does not exceed 30 degrees in a place that is not accessible to children. From the date of production, the medicine may lie for 2 or another year. After the expiration date, you can not take the drug in any case.
Pills are dispensed strictly according to the prescription of the attending physician.
Analogs
Instructions for use and reviews of Eglonil analogues indicate that they are no less effective than this drug. All identical drugs, in addition to (as mentioned above) the mandatory component (sulpiride), contain additional concomitant components that either enhance or soften the antipsychotic effect of the drugs. To date, the most common and used in medical practice analogues of Eglonil are the following medicines:
- "Betamax" - one of the most commonly prescribed antipsychotics based on sulpiride, has a bright antidepressant effect, antiemetic effect. Due to the release of tablets with different dosages of the basic substance, Betamax is very convenient to use (the ability to adjust appointments by reducing or increasing the daily dose).
- "Sulpiride Belupo" is one of the most modern analogues of "Eglonil" with a fairly wide range of applications: from schizophrenia, depression to irritable bowel syndrome. It is used both as an independent medicine, and in the complex of general therapy as a tool that has a good effect on somatic pathologies.
- "Vero-Sulpiride", due to the identity of the main active substance, has a similar effect to "Eglonil", it is recommended for use in depression, schizophrenia, impaired behavioral functions in children, stress somatic disorders.
- "Prosulpine" is an antipsychotic antipsychotic based on sulpiride. In addition to the main, the above diagnostic indications, it is recommended for post-traumatic psychosomatic pathologies.
The drug "Eglonil", like its analogues, is available in the form of capsules, tablets, solutions, both for injection and for oral administration. It should be noted that Eglonil, like similar drugs, is a drug that affects the nervous system, therefore, its use should be carried out only under the supervision of the attending physician.
Reviews
Eglonil is a drug with antipsychotic and antidepressant effects. For help, many people resort to the drug. When taking the medicine:
- With schizophrenia.
- Depression
- Mental disorders and neurosis.
The list goes on, but these are the most basic points. Too many patients leave positive reviews about Eglonil tablets. When taking medicine, people are relieved of fatigue and there is more vigor. Perfectly eliminates bad mood and depression. But it was also noted that systematic use without interruptions is addictive. Therefore, the intervals between courses must be done. The medicine improves the patient's condition at times. Of course, before use it is necessary to consult a doctor so as not to make the body worse.