Are we eating right? The question is rather a rhetorical one. Most people, even those who adhere to a healthy lifestyle, have to have a bite to eat at work, visit fast foods, and interrupt hunger with pies bought at kiosks. The result is a digestive disorder, gastritis, ulcers. If we add to this the sedentary lifestyle of most of our fellow citizens, we get a completely sad picture. Statistics have established that the vast majority of our fellow citizens already from their student ages suffer from digestive disorders.
Of course, the best way to prevent diseases associated with digestive disorders is proper regular nutrition. But what to do for those who do not have the ability or desire to eat right? You need to help your body with the help of special enzyme preparations. One of such digestive aids is the German drug Creon. Analogues of this drug are released worldwide. Their active ingredient is pancreatin.
Pancreatin is an excellent enzyme medication that can compensate for the deficiency of hormones produced by the pancreas. Creon or Hermitage (also manufactured in Germany) are thousands of tiny microspheres with enzymes coated with a special coating. Once in the stomach, the microspheres are mixed with its contents. Having reached the small intestine, the membrane dissolves, pancreatin enters the intestines and dissolves proteins to amino acids, fats to fatty acids and glycerol. The drug converts starch into monosaccharides and dextrins. Such chemical reactions in 40 minutes alleviate the condition, relieve pain, help digest food.
Who is most often prescribed the drug "Creon"? Analogues of the drug containing pancreatin, doctors prescribe:
- to improve the state of the pancreas during resection or removal of this organ, pancreatitis, dyspepsia;
- to normalize the condition after exposure;
- with cystic fibrosis;
- after surgery on the stomach or intestines;
- as an aid to the full assimilation of food in people who eat improperly or lead a sedentary life;
- to prepare the body for ultrasound, fluoroscopy or other studies.
However, do not forget that in acute pancreatitis and some other conditions, pancreatin is contraindicated.
The drug "Creon", analogues of this drug may have some adverse reactions. Among them are constipation or diarrhea, various allergic reactions, hyperuricosuria. However, side effects occur with the use of any medication. They can be avoided only with the correct prescription and use of drugs.
What to do if for some reason it is not possible to buy the Creon drug prescribed by the doctor? Its analogs, as mentioned above, are issued in many countries. Sometimes their price is much lower than that of the "Creon" medicine, the cost of which, depending on the dosage and regions, ranges from 500-1500 rubles.
So, the drug "Pantsitrat", produced in the same country, costs half the price. About the same cost are Russian "Mikrazim". The cost of Mezim Forte (Germany), a popular drug in our country, of the Russian drugs Pankrelipaza and Pankrenorm starts from 70 rubles.
A very logical question arises: why do drugs with the same active substance cost differently? So 250 rubles - the price of 20 tablets of the drug "10000 Creon", analogues of which, for example, 30 tablets of the drug "Pankrenorm" cost only 120 rubles.
The cost of the drug depends on the degree of purity of the active substance, its concentration, the variety of enzymes inside the microcapsules and their percentage. The balance of active substances in their compositions may be different. That is why it is so important to adhere to medical recommendations when choosing a therapeutic drug.
Dragees, capsules, conventional tablets and tablets in a soluble shell are good helpers to the stomach and intestines. However, it is best to eat so that medications are not required.