In reviews of Proctosan, people using it say that the drug is really effective and has an affordable price. But is it really so? To understand everything, you need to study the instructions for use, test the tool and draw your conclusions.
Structure
One proctosan suppository contains the following components:
- bufexamak - 250 mg;
- lidocaine - 10 mg;
- titanium dioxide - 100 mg;
- bismuth subgallate - 100 mg.
Rectal ointment also contains additional ingredients.
Pharmacological properties
"Proctosan" is a combination drug, it is well suited for the treatment of hemorrhoids and heals anal fissures. Substances of the drug with simultaneous action enhance the effect. The drug helps to eliminate inflammation, has an analgesic effect, helps with itching, allows you to quickly restore the mucous membrane, reduces bleeding. The effect of the drug is ensured through the combined use of its active components.
Bufeksamak - belongs to non-steroidal substances that have anti-inflammatory effects. This is a synthetic component of acryl acetic acid, which has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. Used for topical application. This substance can inhibit the cyclooxygenase enzyme, which reduces inflammation. This drug produces an analgesic effect due to a decrease in the intensity of inflammation.
Bismuth subgallate - has an astringent and disinfectant effect. Its effect is based on the coagulation of proteins on damaged parts of the skin, which forms a protective shell over erosive zones and other injuries. This tool reduces bleeding with hemorrhoids and anal fissures.
Titanium dioxide is a mineral component that has an astringent and drying effect. It allows tissues to repair faster and heals cracks, and it also enhances the effect of the two previous components.
Lidocaine hydrochloride - is able to have a local anesthetic effect. This allows you to get quick pain relief, relieve burning and itching in the anal area. The drug blocks the sodium channels of neural membranes and allows you to stabilize cell membranes. The component inhibits the production of impulses and their conduction along the nerves, in addition, the substance is able to block pain.
Indications
Indications "Proctosan" (ointments and suppositories) indicate that it can be used to treat diseases of the anal zone and rectum, as well as with:
- 1st and 2nd stage of hemorrhoids;
- violation of the integrity and disease of the skin of the anal part, inflammation and cracks, acute and chronic eczema in the anal area;
- inflammation of the rectum.
Method of use
Before you start using this medication, you need to wash your hands. Candle "Proctosan" should be introduced into the rectum, the dose is one suppository twice a day. The medicine should be used until the acute symptoms disappear. After the condition improves, you need to use the medicine once a day. The duration of the course of treatment with suppositories "Proctosan" is prescribed by the doctor. You should not use this tool for more than 7 days in a row. If you need a longer course of treatment, then you need to use drugs without anesthetics. It is best to use this remedy after a bowel movement.
Ointment "Proctosan" can be used for the anal area and rectum (using a special applicator). Before applying it, wash the inflamed part with warm water (no soap should be used). An adult is shown a small dose of ointment, it should be completely absorbed into the painful area.
Ointment for the rectum should be used by patients twice a day and applied until severe symptoms of the disease disappear. Then the ointment can be used once a day. The product can not be used for more than seven days without interruption. Doctors advise applying this remedy after a bowel movement.
Side effects
Judging by the reviews of Proctosan, a medication, as a rule, is well tolerated by any person, some may have allergic reactions. In people who had a high sensitivity to any substance of the drug, sometimes there was swelling, redness of the skin at the place of use.
Contraindications
The instructions for Proctosan include the following contraindications:
- High level of sensitivity to the drug.
- The presence of skin diseases in the part where you want to apply the product, as well as the presence of diseases such as tuberculosis or syphilis.
- This drug cannot be used for therapy by a person suffering from atopic dermatitis and contact allergies.
- It also should not be used to treat persons under the age of eighteen, since there is no information on its reliability and clinical results for this group of patients.
- For the same reason, this drug should not be used by pregnant women during the period of feeding the baby.
Overdose
Reviews about "Proctosan" say that with the rectal method of using the product for the inflamed parts of the skin, there can be no overdose in the anal zone. If you inadvertently took the drug inside, it is recommended to rinse the stomach and take enterosorbents.
Release form
Therapeutic ointment is available in a volume of 20 g in an aluminum tube in a box. One kit contains 1 tube and 1 instrument for administering the drug. The suppository is produced in blisters that contain five pieces, or in a cardboard box in which there are two blisters.
Storage facility
It is necessary to store the medicine in a dry place, protect it from the sun, the temperature should be 15 - 25 ° C. Storage time - no more than five years. After this, the term expires and the use of the drug becomes unsafe and ineffective.
Pharmacological group
According to the instructions for "Proctosan", it is intended for the treatment of hemorrhoids and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
The manufacturer of this drug is the German company Amcapharm Pharmaceutical.
"Anuzol"
An analogue of "Proctosan" under the name "Anuzol" is used for:
- hemorrhoids (internal and external);
- cracks in the anus;
- defects of the anorectal zone;
- anal tingling sensation;
- burning or irritation.
"Anuzol" is contraindicated in patients with:
- angle-closure glaucoma;
- non-dangerous tumors of the prostate gland;
- hypertrophy of the prostate with the phenomena of pathology of urine output;
- hypersensitivity to constituent substances;
- pregnant and lactating mothers.
Anuzol, an analogue of Proctosan, has many reviews. It is indicated that when using the drug "Anuzol" sometimes noted:
- constipation;
- thirst;
- dry mouth
- tachycardia;
- urinary retention;
- pupil enlargement;
- paresis of accommodation;
- cramps
- cyanosis;
- psychomotor agitation;
- headache;
- lethargy;
- dizziness;
- allergy.
"Aurobin"
"Aurobin" is used to cure patients with hemorrhoids, rectal and anal fissures, as well as eczema, itching and dermatitis of the perianal zone.
The analogue of Proctosan, namely Aurobin, is not used by patients who have a history of hypersensitivity to the constituent substances of the ointment, as well as other pharmaceuticals of the local anesthetic group.
The drug is not used for the treatment of patients with lesions of the perianal zone of bacterial, viral or fungal etiology, as well as with dry and peeling dermatological cover in the anus.
Do not use in the treatment of patients suffering from vulgar and red eels, perioral and diaper dermatitis. "Aurobin" does not need to be prescribed to patients with Cushing's syndrome and skin neoplasms. Aurobin ointment should not be used during the vaccination period, as well as in the presence of post-vaccination reactions.
Betiol
The main purpose is the prevention of different types of hemorrhoids. The medicine can be used both independently and in conjunction with other means or home methods.
"Betiol", according to reviews, heals cracks in the anus, removes inflammation in the intestine, or rather, in its lower sections. These suppositories can be used in gynecology to get rid of endometriosis, and they can also help with pyelonephritis. If, with intense pain, patients exceeded the dose recommended for their body, then there could be increased breathing, dry mouth, increased thirst and impaired stool. An overdose also threatens psychomotor agitation.