"Akatinol Memantine" - indications for use

"Akatinol Memantine" is a drug that helps improve brain metabolism. The drug is released in tablets or drops, after it is taken, there is a rapid and complete absorption of it from the gastrointestinal tract. The maximum value of the active substance is reached after 2-6 hours. If the patients taking "Akatinol Memantine" normally have kidneys, memantine does not accumulate. The drug is excreted through the kidneys for 2-3 days.

Indications for use

The specified tool is assigned in the following cases:

- in the presence of depression and dementia syndrome ;

- if there is a weakening of the ability to concentrate attention, as well as a weakening of memory;

- In diseases where increased vigilance is required, it can be after closed or acute brain damage, craniocerebral trauma, coma or coma ;

- for the treatment of cerebral and spinal spastic syndrome, which can occur after brain injuries in childhood or due to paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury ;

- this drug is also used in the presence of Parkinson's disease, tremor, hypokinesia, rigidity;

- for the treatment of Pick's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

Dosage of the drug "Akatinol Memantine"

Although for each patient an individual dose of the given drug is selected, but first it is recommended for all to take minimally effective doses.

If treatment is carried out in adult dementia, then during the first week of the day take 5 mg of the drug, in the second week is 10 mg and only in the third you can increase the dose to 15 mg of the drug. If there is a need, then every week, you can increase the dose of this drug by 10 milligrams before its daily rate is 30 mg.

In the treatment of violations of motor function due to pathology in the central nervous system begin to take the drug at 10 mg per day and for the third week bring its amount to 30 milligrams. Also, if there is a need, then you can increase the dose weekly by 10 mg before it reaches 60 mg.

"Children can also take Acetinol Memantine, but when calculating the daily allowance, the weight of the child is taken into account and 500 micrograms or 1 drop of the drug is taken for each kilogram of weight.

You can not immediately take all the daily norm of this medication, it should be evenly divided into 2-3 meals and taken during meals, and the last daily dose is recommended until supper.

Side effects

After taking the drug "Akatinol Memantine", anxiety, a feeling of fatigue, dizziness, an increase in intracranial pressure, increased excitability, nausea may appear.

Contraindications to the use of the drug

You can not take this remedy for serious violations in the work of the central nervous system, in pregnancy, as well as with obvious violations of the liver and kidneys.

If there are minor violations in the work of the kidneys, then "Akatinol Memantine" can be taken, but only it is necessary to individually determine its dose and constantly monitor the work of the kidneys throughout the treatment period.

For older people, if it is necessary to take this drug, it is better to choose its dosage form in the form of drops.

If an overdose of this remedy was allowed, then side effects may increase and in that case symptomatic therapy is performed.

When taking the drug "Akatinol Memantine" together with anticholinergics, neuroleptics and barbiturates, the effect of these drugs is enhanced.

"Akatinol Memantine" - analogues of this drug: "Noogeron", "Memantine hydrochloride", "Memantine", "Memaneine", "Alzheim", "Memantine Canon."