The medicine "Veropomin" belongs to the category of hypertensive drugs. The drug has antianginal and antiarrhythmic properties.
Pharmacological properties of the drug "Veropomin"
Instructions for use indicate that the drug helps to dilate blood vessels, reduce the tone of the walls of the myocardium, reduces the need for myocardium in oxygen. The product is produced in the form of tablets, capsules, dragees and solution.
Indications for taking the medicine "Veropomin"
Instructions for use show that the medication is prescribed for the treatment of various types of angina pectoris, atrial tachyarrhythmia and tachycardia. Indications for use of the drug are atrial extrasystole, hypertensive crisis, hypertension, atrial flutter.
Means "Veropomin": instructions for use
The tabletized form of the drug should be taken three times a day, 80 mg each. With high blood pressure, the medicine is used twice a day, while the total daily volume of the drug is 480 mg. For hypertension, tablets are given to babies based on their weight (10 mg per kg). Until the age of two, with supraventricular arrhythmia, it is recommended to take a medication in an amount of 20 mg three times a day. Dragees, capsules and tablets are consumed outside a meal, and you can not chew and dissolve them. The solution is injected into a vein in a jet during a hypertensive crisis or paroxysmal pathologies of heart rhythm (10 mg). In the absence of the desired effect, after half an hour, the medicine is administered again. To stop the hypertensive crisis in children, a drip intravenous solution is required. The amount depends on the weight of the child (0.1 mg per kg).
Side effects of the drug "Veropomin"
The instruction warns of the possibility of negative effects. In some cases, the use of the drug can cause tachycardia, a sharp decrease in pressure, bradycardia, fainting, dizziness, depression, fatigue, lethargy, drowsiness, constipation, gingival hyperplasia, nausea.
In some situations, pulmonary edema, thrombocytopenia, gynecomastia, galactorrhea, arthritis, gynecomastia, weight gain, rash, redness of the skin, itching can be observed. If the dosage is exceeded, asystole, SA blockade, and a shock condition may occur. In the presence of such signs, gastric lavage is performed, activated charcoal is taken. If cardiac conduction and rhythm are disturbed, norepinephrine, calcium gluconate, isoprenaline or atropine must be intravenously administered.
Contraindications to the use of Veropomin
Instructions for use warns that you can not use the medicine for severe hypotension, AV blockade, hypersensitivity, weakness of the sinus node, breastfeeding. During pregnancy, the medication is prescribed only in special cases at the same time as taking ginipral. Caution should be exercised during treatment for children under 18 years of age, elderly patients, with hepatic and renal failure, heart attack, aortic stenosis, bradycardia.
Means "Veropomin": price
The cost of a medication in the form of tablets on average is 20-30 rubles, in the form of a solution - 60-70 rubles.