The preparation
“Zorex” defines the
instructions for use as a complex agent with pronounced detoxification properties, including with respect to arsenic compounds,
heavy metals and elements of the decay of ethyl alcohol. In addition, this medicine is characterized by hepatoprotective and antioxidant properties. The basis of the action of the Zorex product, the instructions for use of which is necessarily included, is the stimulation of the interaction of the unhydriol sulfhydryl groups directly with thiol poisons and various half-life products. Ultimately, this leads to the formation of non-toxic elements, which after some time are excreted in the urine. If we talk about the pharmacokinetics of this drug, then its highest plasma concentrations are achieved one to two hours after use, and the half-life is about seven to eight hours.
Features of the medicinal composition
The Zorex product is available in the form of gelatin capsules containing cream or white powder or granules inside. Unithiol and calcium pantothenate are included as active ingredients . The first may be contained in a volume of one hundred fifty or two hundred and fifty milligrams, and the second in a volume of seven or ten milligrams. The role of excipients is citric acid, magnesium hydrogen phosphate and MCC. Silicon dioxide is also found in Zorex capsules. The composition of the drug is supplemented with a small amount of povidone and starch.
Drug use
Specialists generally recommend taking this detoxifying agent to people suffering from alcohol withdrawal syndrome or who abuse alcoholic beverages. In case of cardiac glycoside poisoning, it is also worth starting the Zorex drug. Instructions for use advise using it during complex therapy of chronic alcoholism. In addition, the list of indications includes cases of poisoning by compounds of mercury, arsenic, chromium, cadmium, gold, zinc, copper, cobalt, bismuth and antimony.
List of main contraindications
Take capsules (although some are convinced that these are tablets) "Zorex" instructions for use does not recommend patients with severe kidney disease, impaired liver function and increased individual sensitivity to unitiol, calcium pantothenate and any other components. With great care, people with low blood pressure use this detoxification drug.
Feasible side effects
The medicine "Zorex" is usually well tolerated by most patients. However, in exceptional cases, the use of this drug can provoke a skin rash and urticaria. Slight itching may also occur as a result of taking a drug such as Zorex. Instructions for use indicate the risk of dizziness, tachycardia and nausea.