"Adaptol" refers to representatives of the class of tranquilizers, which can be used to eliminate anxiety, anxiety and emotional arousal. In drugstores, the drug is dispensed in the form of white tablets, at which there is a risk. What reviews, contraindications and side effects does Adaptol have?
Structure
The main active ingredient in the structure of the drug is tetramethyltetraazabicyclooctanedione. Adaptol is available in the form of tablets for oral administration (500 milligrams). Additional trace elements are the following components:
- cellulose ether and methanol;
- salt of calcium and stearic acid.
Action spectrum
The chemical composition of the drug is close to the natural components that are produced by the body. The main point of exposure to the drug is the limbic-reticular complex. In addition, according to the instructions, Adaptol tablets affect four mediator systems:
- serotonin;
- adrenalin;
- cholinergic system;
- gamma-aminobutyric acid.
The medication does not have a peripheral blocking effect, namely it does not lower blood pressure due to the relaxation process of the muscle layer of the vascular wall.
According to the reviews of patients taking Adaptol, the drug instantly eliminates anxiety symptoms, irritability, anxiety, and emotional overstrain. At the same time, normalizing the emotional background is not accompanied by a failure in coordination of movements, as well as muscle relaxation.
"Adaptol" does not reduce mental activity, and also does not affect the indicators of coordination of movements. Because of this, the drug can be used by both students and working citizens.
This tranquilizer does not provoke a patient's feeling of euphoria or unreasonable fun.
The active substance in monotherapy does not have a hypnotic effect, but when taken with other sedative drugs, it reduces their effect.
Continuous use of the drug can completely eliminate or to a greater extent alleviate the symptoms of nicotine abstinence.
According to the instructions and reviews of doctors, "Adaptol" increases attention, performance.
After a single dose of the drug, the active substance is absorbed in the digestive system by eighty percent. In this case, the maximum content of an active trace element in the blood is recorded after thirty minutes and lasts for four hours.
About half of the accepted dosage of the drug binds to red blood cells, the rest is in a free state.
Indications
"Adaptol" is prescribed for use in the presence of the following conditions and deviations, for example:
- Neuroses (functional disorders of higher nervous activity of psychogenic origin).
- Emotional instability (mental illness characterized by loss of control).
- Fear (negatively colored emotion that occurs in response to a danger or threat).
- Anxiety (negative emotion that expresses a feeling of uncertainty, a bad feeling about it).
- Irritability (an emotional state characterized by a keen sense of frustration or frustration).
- Cardialgia (a pathological condition characterized by the occurrence of pain in the left side of the chest).
- VVD during menopause (a polyetiological syndrome characterized by autonomic nervous system dysfunction).
- Relieving the symptoms of nicotine addiction.
How to take the medicine?
Adaptol in tablet form must be taken orally at five hundred milligrams (one tablet) two to three times a day, depending on the severity of the symptoms. Moreover, the duration of therapy can vary from a couple of days to several months.
As a drug that can reduce the symptoms of abstinence, Adaptol should be taken orally from five hundred to a thousand milligrams (one or two capsules) three times a day, the duration of treatment is twenty-one days.
According to the instructions for use of "Adaptol" it is known that capsules can be taken regardless of nutrition. In most cases, patients are recommended for use from three hundred to five hundred milligrams of the active ingredient two to three times a day.
The drug is prescribed for a period of two days to three months, depending on the diagnosis and the characteristics of the course of the disease. Instructions for use with the drug indicate that the maximum single dosage of the active substance is three grams, the maximum daily dosage is ten grams. In nicotine addiction therapy, the drug is prescribed at a dosage of 0.9 grams three times a day.
The medication can adversely affect the ability to drive a car, as it can provoke weakness and dizziness (due to low blood pressure). The use of "Adaptol" is recommended to be canceled in case of allergic manifestations in the form of skin itching or skin rashes.
As a rule, the drug is well tolerated by patients. The drug is practically non-toxic, but with a significant increase in dosage can cause increased side effects:
- Hypotension (a prolonged state of the body characterized by low blood pressure).
- Dizziness.
- Migraine (a neurological disease, the most frequent and characteristic symptom of which is episodic or regular severe pain).
- Dyspeptic disorders (functional disorders of the digestive system).
To eliminate these signs, it is recommended to rinse the stomach and conduct a comprehensive and detoxification treatment.
At what age is allowed to take?
According to the instructions for use, taking the drug up to eighteen years of age is not recommended. This is due to the lack of information about the reactions of children to this medicine. But many doctors allow the appointment of this drug in pediatrics, if there is reason for such an appointment.
In this case, the minimum age of the patient who is prescribed "Adaptol", as a rule, is from nine to ten years. For children aged eight years, six years or younger, even experienced doctors do not recommend the medicine, because the reaction to the medication in children is unpredictable. For example, taking Adaptol at bedtime with antipsychotics can cause apnea, which threatens the baby’s life at night.
In addition, the child's kidneys or liver may not be able to cope with such a drug. And although the drug has excellent tolerance, the likelihood of negative manifestations under the age of ten years is very high. If "Adaptol" was prescribed by an experienced pediatrician, then any reactions of the child's body will be under his control.
Contraindications
Like any other drug, Adaptol has a number of prohibitions on use, for example:
- Increased sensitivity to substances in the medicine.
- An interesting position of a woman.
- Breast-feeding.
Overdose
Even with a constant increase in the dosage of the drug, Adaptol was defined as low-toxic, since there were no situations of severe poisoning. Sometimes weakness, a decrease in blood pressure, and dizziness may occur.
Adaptol: Compatibility
The drug can be used as part of complex treatment with other tranquilizers, as well as antipsychotics and antidepressants.
Negative reactions
In most cases, the Adaptol therapy is well tolerated due to the fact that the main microelement is close to the natural molecules (in its chemical structure), which is present in all cells of the body and is necessary for life.
In addition, it is important to use caution when using the drug Adaptol in the presence of chronic liver and kidney diseases in humans, with low blood pressure.
You can not take alcohol in the treatment of a drug. This combination can cause a drop in blood pressure (up to a swoon), as well as the appearance of heaviness in the head. There is evidence that after drinking strong drinks while taking Adaptol, problems developed in the central nervous system, which manifested themselves as a loss of orientation in space and memory disorders.
The combined use of Adaptol with alcohol can lead to vegetovascular dystonia and panic attacks. In rare situations, alcohol provokes the neutralization of the effects of the drug. From the foregoing, it can be concluded that it is better not to drink alcohol during therapy with Adaptol.
Side effects of Adaptol are rarely recorded. Sometimes the following symptoms may occur:
- Allergic reactions.
- Dizziness.
- Bronchospasm (a pathology that occurs when the muscles of the bronchi are activated and their lumen is reduced).
- Weakness.
- Lower body temperature below the standard (thirty-five degrees).
- Itchy skin.
- Decrease in arterial blood pressure.
- Failures in the gastrointestinal tract.
Features
Sometimes when using the drug side effects occur ("Adaptol"), body temperature may drop below the standard. At the same time, one should not stop stopping therapy, since this phenomenon disappears after a few days without the use of complex treatment. "Adaptol" is not addictive or addictive.
When conducting therapy, work that requires increased attention should be avoided. "Adaptol" is dispensed in drugstores only if there is a prescription from the attending doctor.
Unlike other substitute drugs, the drug does not have a hypnotic effect. Due to this property, the use of "Adaptol" is allowed during the day.
"Adaptol": analogues
Like any other drug, Adaptol has substitutes, for example:
- Mebix.
- Alprazolam.
- Elsepam.
- Gidazepam.
- Afobazole.
- "Phenazepam."
- Elenium.
- Phenibut
- "Stresam".
- "Noofen."
- "Sibazon".
- Tenoten.
- "Anvifen."
- "Mebicar".
- Amizil.
- Grandaxin.
The cost of Adaptol is 500 rubles.
Which remedy is more effective - "Adaptol" or "Afobazol"?
In addition to Adaptol, in the therapeutic market there are medicines with a different chemical composition, but with a similar spectrum of action. Such medicines include Afobazole, which can be purchased at a pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription. The main action of Afobazole is its anti-anxiety effect along with a stimulating substance.
At the same time, Afobazol does not have a pronounced sedative and hypnotic effect. The medication is effective in that it does not provoke withdrawal syndrome, and also does not affect memory and attention. In terms of the severity of the therapeutic effect, these two drugs are approximately at the same level.
In addition, these medicines require a course intake and are practically ineffective as emergency drugs. As for the harmful effects, they rarely occur in both drugs, mainly when the doses recommended by the doctor are not followed. Otherwise, the drugs are well tolerated, even with prolonged treatment. Since medications with anxiolytic effect are taken only as directed by a medical specialist, the choice of medication depends on the doctor's recommendations.
Reviews
Adaptol side effects can be easily avoided by correctly applying the dosage. In addition, the medication is used in complex treatment with other psychoactive drugs. Ha while taking Adaptol, adverse reactions of antipsychotic drugs are reduced, the tolerance of psychotropic drugs is improved.
With the right dosage, Adaptol is well tolerated by patients, even with long courses. The drug effectively soothes and does not provoke drowsiness, like other sedatives (according to the instructions for use).
According to doctors, Adaptol is effective in eliminating neurotic diseases. The drug normalizes the patient’s emotional state, eliminates fear, anxiety, pain in the heart.
Adaptol has the most diverse responses from doctors and parents. Some mothers consider it harmful and do not risk giving it to the baby. Those who have trusted a medical specialist and decided to give the drug to a child, note the quick action, lack of addiction and drowsiness among the advantages of the drug. The disadvantages of "Adaptol" include high cost and a bitter taste.