The drug "Magnesium Sulfate" is a medicine with a wide range of applications.
Therapeutic effect
The effectiveness of the drug "Magnesia sulfate" depends largely on the method of its use. So, with internal use, the drug has a choleretic effect and a laxative. The tool serves as an antidote for poisoning with heavy metal salts. Intramuscular and intravenous administration of the drug has a calming, antispasmodic, anticonvulsant, antiarrhythmic, vasodilating, diuretic effect. With parenteral use of the drug in high doses, a tocolytic (used to prevent premature birth), curariform (inhibition of nervous muscle transmission), narcotic and hypnotic effects can occur. The use of the drug "Magnesium sulfate" (this is magnesia) can reduce the excitability of the respiratory center, blood pressure, and strengthen urine separation.
Indications for use
The medicine “Magnesia sulfate” in the form of a powder is used to prepare a solution or suspension, which is taken orally for cholecystitis, constipation, cholangitis, and dyskinesia. Before performing sounding and diagnostics, the drug is prescribed to cleanse the intestines. Injections are made by treating hypomagnesemia, arterial hypertension, and urinary retention. In addition, the solution is administered with gestosis or convulsions, the threat of premature birth, epileptic syndrome, eclampsia, encephalopathy. In any form, the medication is effective for poisoning with mercury, tetraethyl lead, arsenic, and heavy metals.
Medication "Magnesia sulfate": contraindications
The oral administration of the drug is prohibited for hypermagnesemia, dehydration, appendicitis, obstruction, rectal bleeding. Injections are not done with severe bradycardia, arterial hypotension, depression of the respiratory center, 2 hours before childbirth. Do not make appointments for kidney failure and hypersensitivity.
Medication "Magnesia sulfate": side effects
The use of the drug can cause reactions such as dizziness, vomiting, thirst, flatulence, nausea, diarrhea, aggravation of ailments of the digestive system. In some cases, there is a violation of electrolyte balance, manifested in the occurrence of seizures, confusion, arrhythmias, increased fatigue, asthenia.
The drug "Magnesia sulfate": instructions
Before internal intake of the powder, it is necessary to dilute it in 100 ml of a little heated water. To get a laxative effect, just use the contents of one sachet. For children, the amount of medication is calculated based on their age (each gram is one gram). To obtain a choleretic effect, a solution (20%) is taken three times a day, 15 ml each. Injections are done slowly by injecting the drug (in three minutes no more than 3 ml). In this case, the injections are repeated 1-2 times a day, the duration of therapy is 2-3 weeks. To cleanse metal salts, the medicine is used intravenously for 5-10 cubes.