To find a medicine that could relieve swelling, alleviate the symptoms of bronchial asthma, neutralize an allergic reaction and relieve pain, previously seemed impossible. But in recent years, medicine has made a huge leap in its development, so doctors can prescribe one medicine for patients with various diseases. Usually, a wide range of applications of such drugs provides their active substance, which the body perceives as its own and does not give adverse reactions. This group of medicines includes the drug "Diprospan". Doctors of different specializations successfully treat them to their patients, eliminating serious health problems. However, such versatility raises a lot of questions among ordinary people, which we will address in the article today. Based on the reviews of Diprospan left by specialists and patients, as well as referring to the instructions for use, we will give a full description of this effective drug.
Drug characterization
When diagnosing diseases of the musculoskeletal system, allergies and skin lesions of a different nature, a modern doctor is likely to prescribe Diprospan to his patient. Is this drug hormonal or not? This question is first of all asked to whom it is assigned. Indeed, in the minds of most Russians, a persistent feeling of mistrust in hormonal drugs has taken root. However, the latest generation of funds is absolutely safe and give a minimal amount of side effects. Therefore, the hormonal drug "Diprospan" is widely used in medicine. It is prescribed even for elderly patients who usually do not tolerate such therapy.
If you give a general description of the drug, focusing on the official source and reviews on Diprospan, it is important to note all types of effects of the drug on the body. With a short course of treatment or with prolonged use, the drug has an anti-inflammatory effect. In addition, the drug has an immunomodulating and anti-allergic effect. The listed types of exposure to the patient's body must be supplemented with desensitizing. It is noteworthy that sometimes patients write in their reviews that trying to solve one health problem, they managed to get rid of several at once. This explains the high popularity of this drug.
On average, the cost of “Diprospan” (this information is reflected in the reviews) ranges from two hundred to one and a half thousand rubles. The price depends on the packaging. The more ampoules of the drug contained in the box, the higher its cost.
The composition of the drug
Since we found that the drug is part of the hormonal group, it is quite natural that it contains hormonal components as active substances. The effectiveness of the tool provides a special hormone - glucocorticosteroid. In the preparation, it is called "betamethasone" and is produced in laboratory conditions. When it enters the body, it almost instantly neutralizes inflammatory processes. In parallel, there is a decrease in the activity of allergens that cause such unpleasant symptoms as skin itching, tissue swelling, and respiratory spasm. Betamethasone also partially suppresses the patient’s immune system, which helps to cope with problems more effectively. In addition to the above, the main substance inhibits the pituitary gland. In certain situations, he takes an active part in the development of inflammatory processes.
Interestingly, Diprospan owes its effective effect to the fact that betamethasone in its composition is in two forms: sodium phosphate and dipropionate. This is done in order to complement each other. In the course of treatment, a persistent effect is formed that persists for a long time. Sodium phosphate is very rapidly absorbed into the tissues of the body and ensures the removal of unpleasant symptoms of the disease in the shortest possible time. Twenty-four hours later, it is almost completely eliminated. Dipropionate acts very differently. Once in the body, it forms a certain substance, which expends its components gradually, thereby creating a prolonged effect.
The first result from the Diprospan injection is noticeable in twenty minutes. Therefore, the medicine is used in emergency situations when a quick effect is needed. The manufacturer claims that it lasts for three days after the injection.
Drug Release Form
Often patients try to find Diprospan tablets in pharmacies. However, they cannot do this because the manufacturer did not provide for such a form of release. Remember that Diprospan tablets are not manufactured by pharmaceutical companies. It goes on sale only in the form of a suspension for internal administration. That is, it will be extremely difficult to independently use the medicine. In order to draw up a treatment regimen, you will need to go to the doctor and then visit the treatment room.
The product "Diprospan" is packaged in ampoules. Their volume does not exceed one milliliter. Each contains two milligrams of sodium phosphate and five milligrams of dipropionate. In packages there can be from one to five ampoules.
Sometimes this drug is found in disposable syringes. It may contain one or two milliliters of the drug. There is always one syringe in a carton box.
Indications for use
Reviews of Diprospan often provide information about the diseases in which it is indicated. Therefore, even without instructions, finding out is quite simple. However, you should not start treatment without studying the entire list of problems that the tool we are describing can cope with.
Most often, it is prescribed for problems with the musculoskeletal system. These include problems with tendons and ligaments.
Arthritis, polyarthritis, torticollis, various pains in the lower back and sacral spine also fall into the list of indications. It is confirmed that Diprospana injections relieve pain after severe injuries and are prescribed during the rehabilitation period.
If the patient is diagnosed with osteochondrosis, then this drug can also be prescribed to him. It effectively neutralizes pain and relieves the inflammatory process.
An explicit indication for "Diprospan" are various allergic reactions. Their characteristics and symptoms may be different. For example, the drug copes well with the effects of insect bites and hay fever. It is effective in bronchial asthma.
After severe burns, injuries or the use of certain medicines, the body can give a shock reaction. The introduction of Diprospan removes it after a few minutes.
The reason for the appointment of the drug may be such diseases as liver and adrenal insufficiency, other liver diseases, including hepatic coma. Neoplasms of a different nature fall into the same list.
Often, "Diprospan" is included in the course of treatment for edema of the brain, lungs and leukemia. In these cases, it is prescribed for both children and adults.
"Diprospan" in ampoules is prescribed by doctors after diagnosing skin lesions. It can be ordinary acne, lupus, urticaria, or neurodermatitis. The drug copes well with almost all kinds of skin problems.
Instructions for use: general recommendations
Treatment with the drug has a number of features that are mandatory. Usually, the attending physician warns about them during the appointment. Therefore, each patient is fully aware of them.
There are several ways to stab Diprospan: intramuscularly, intraarticularly, intradermally, intraocularly, interstitially. Subject to this recommendation, the drug practically does not give side effects. But if you replace, for example, an injection into the joint with Diprospan for intravenous injection, you will get a very severe reaction of the body, which can significantly worsen the state of health. Sometimes, neutralization requires immediate hospitalization.
How to stab Diprospan? Intramuscularly, the needle must be inserted as deep as possible into the gluteal muscle. For injection, one to two milliliters of the medicine is taken.
If you are shown subcutaneous administration of the drug, then note that its dosage should not exceed two milliliters per week. In this case, it is important to correctly calculate a single concentration of the drug. The doctor proceeds from a dose of zero point and two tenths of a milliliter per square centimeter of the affected tissue.
Local therapy usually involves injections into the joint or periarticular bag. You can only give an injection once a week. The dosage for such treatment should be from zero point and two tenths of a milliliter to two milliliters of substance.
It is worth considering that a larger lesion requires a more significant concentration of the drug. But still, at one time it is not allowed to enter more than two milliliters of the substance.
Dosage
Diprospan treatment does not cause side effects only if the dosage is observed. Therefore, this nuance must be taken very seriously. If the patient's condition is very serious, then a single initial dose can be just two milliliters of the drug.
For skin diseases, it is worth injecting one milliliter of the drug at a time. Usually this concentration is enough to relieve all the unpleasant symptoms.
When it comes to lung diseases, especially in their chronic form, the dose should be two milliliters of the substance. A few hours after administration, a persistent therapeutic effect begins to be observed. However, for its extension, it is possible to divide the injections into two with a time interval of five hours.
In patients with joint bag diseases, the initial injection should be made with two milliliters of the drug. After removing the acute phase, the doctor develops an individual treatment regimen based on the effect obtained.
Most often, injections are made at intervals of two to three months. To obtain a lasting effect, up to five injections are required. I would like to clarify that they are quite painless. Therefore, they do not require anesthesia. But if necessary, in the same syringe you can mix Diprospan with Novocain, Lidocain and other anesthetics.
Side effects of Diprospan
Subject to medical advice and dosage, the medicine usually does not cause negative reactions of the body. However, if these factors are violated, their list can be quite wide. Moreover, each system reacts to the administration of the drug in its own way.
The musculoskeletal system often responds to treatment with osteoporosis, frequent bone fractures, and general muscle weakness.
From the endocrine system, a significant increase in mass can be expected, caused by a failure in metabolic processes. In young patients, there is a high risk of growth retardation, and in the fair half of humanity - menstrual cycle failures.
"Diprospan" actively affects the central nervous system. Patients feel anxiety, anxiety, drowsiness, which gradually turns into insomnia. Some have also developed depression, cramps and increased pressure.
With prolonged treatment, the gastrointestinal tract may respond to the drug. Patients encounter stool disorders, bloating, and a violation of the integrity of the gastric mucosa.
Sometimes patients have itchy skin. Frequent redness of the skin, their thinning and problems with the healing of wounds or injuries are also likely.
During treatment, fluid retention and urinary excretion of potassium, calcium and sodium occur in the tissues of the body.
special instructions
If the patient is shown long-term treatment with the drug, then he should minimize contacts with other people, since there is a high risk of contracting viral diseases. Since the effect of "Diprospan" reduces immunity, any infection carries a danger.
The drug goes well with almost all medicines. They can be treated in parallel with antibiotic treatment or other means.
Of course, during the use of "Diprospan" you need to exclude alcohol. However, if you break this rule, then a single intake of alcoholic beverages will not cause any unpleasant consequences.
Immediately stop taking the drug. This can only be done gradually, reducing the dosage until it reaches the very minimum.
Analogues of the drug
There are not so many substitutes for Diprospan in pharmacology. "Florestin" is considered to be completely identical in composition and mechanism of exposure. It, like the original product, is packaged in ampoules and injected into the body.
Reviews about the drug
Since Diprospan is used very widely, there are quite a lot of reviews about it on the Internet. Moreover, comments about the tool are left not only by patients, but also by doctors.
Of the advantages of treatment with this tool, doctors distinguish the speed of its action, which allows it to be used in traumatology and neurology. Often it is used as a blockade. In such cases, its combination with Novocain is justified. With this approach to treatment, two injections are sufficient before the onset of persistent remission.
Also, experts especially note its anti-inflammatory effect. It persists during complex therapy with other drugs.
Of the minuses, doctors distinguish the frequency of treatment and the need to be monitored by specialists throughout the course of therapy. Doctors often write that patients with skin problems, once having tried the effect of the medicine on themselves, begin to use it regularly. This leads to the fact that the endocrine system begins to "loose" and ceases to produce the necessary hormones on their own without replenishment from the outside. In the future, the patient will have to use this very expensive suspension until the end of his life.
Many write in reviews that resorted to "Diprospan" after they tried all other means. One or two injections per season successfully relieve all the symptoms of psoriasis, urticaria and dermatitis. With seasonal allergies, the drug allows patients to calmly survive the difficult stage and not change their usual way of life.
There are very few negative comments about the drug. In them, patients mainly write that they experienced a combination of side effects and got a lot of unpleasant symptoms to the existing disease. Women with dissatisfaction noted an increase in weight even after a single dose of the medicine. However, usually doctors give an answer to such reviews and explain in them that the cause of all the troubles lies in non-compliance with the dosage.