The medicine "Dibazole" is a vasodilating (vasodilating) drug, which is based on the pharmacological substance - bendazole. By the name of this substance, the drug "Dibazol" got its international name.
Means "Dibazole" - a medication that has a moderate immunostimulating effect. He is able to regulate spinal cord function, normalize synaptic transmission. It is this feature of the drug that underlies the complex therapy, in which the medicine "Dibazol" for the prevention of influenza is used together with other immunomodulating drugs.
But the healing abilities of the drug do not end there. Why else do I need Dibazol medication? Indications for use, which can be found in the instructions for the medicinal product, indicate that it has very strong vasodilating characteristics, has a short and very mild hypotensive effect.
For the treatment of which diseases is the drug "Dibazol" used? Indications for use of the medicine are quite wide. Most often it is used to relieve spasms. This may be coronary spasm, hypertensive crisis, other types of arterial hypertension. The mild, but rather quick, although not very long-lasting effect of the drug quickly eases the patient's condition.
Why else do I need Dibazol medication? Indications for use indicate the removal of smooth muscle spasms in gastric ulcers, colic that can occur in the liver, intestines, kidneys. The medicine has proven itself in the treatment of poliomyelitis (more precisely, its residual effects), polyneuritis, facial paralysis. The drug "Dibazole" is prescribed for the treatment of Bell's paralysis, with pain in the pelvic area, to normalize the pressure (even if the diagnosis of the disease is not established).
The drug is sold in pharmacies freely, is inexpensive, so many (especially older) people often buy and take it without a doctor’s recommendation. This is not recommended. Like any medicine, Dibazole can cause complications.
Before proceeding with treatment, it is necessary to read the instructions for the drug "Dibazol". Indications for use - not the main thing in this instruction. The main thing is contraindications. The medicine can cause allergic reactions in hypersensitive people. While taking the pill, you may experience a burning sensation in the body, nausea, severe dizziness, sweating, and a sharp headache. If you drink the medicine for too long, cardiac output may decrease and heart function may be impaired. The drug "Dibazole" during pregnancy does not bring much harm, but it should be taken only in extreme cases.
You can drink the medicine only if it was prescribed by a doctor. Independent uncontrolled intake can cause great harm to the body. So is it worth the risk?
The dosage of the drug depends on the diagnosis and condition of the patient. In hypertensive crisis, the patient is injected intravenously and intramuscularly with 4 mg of a one percent solution. With prolonged high pressure, the dose is reduced to 2 mg, and the medicine can be taken in tablets for a month. Naturally, the children's dose is much lower than the adult.
Usually, the course is repeated after 4 months.
Since the drug "Dibazole" is a single drug consisting of only one therapeutic substance, it has no analogues. In pharmacies you can find drugs that are issued by different enterprises. On sale there is the drug "Dibazol", released in Russia at the enterprises "Dalchim", "Uralbiopharm", "Biochemist". Less commonly, you can see the medicine of the Belarusian Borisov ZMP, the Ukrainian plant Darnitsa. In China, the drug Dibazol Vial is produced.
The drugs issued by different manufacturers are the same.