Medichronal medication: instructions for use, reviews

Alcoholism is a problem of many people in our country and not only. It destroys the family and the health of the person who drinks. To help the dependent patient, specialists resort to various drugs. The most popular drug is Medichronal. Instructions for use, reviews and features of the drug will be described in the materials of this article.

Form, composition, packaging and description

What is a medication like Medichronal? The patients' testimonies state that this medicine can be purchased in any pharmacy in the form of light yellow granules without any smell.

This medicine is available in packets. The first package contains an active ingredient, such as glucose monohydrate (in the amount of 17.5 g). It also includes an additional ingredient in the form of povidone.

With regard to package No. 2, it includes glycine (7 g) and sodium formate (3.5 grams). Povidone is used as an auxiliary component.

In what packaging is the Medichronal medication sold? Instructions for the use of detoxification granules are contained in a pack of cardboard. It can contain one set of packages, seven or twenty-one.

Pharmacodynamics

What are the properties of the Medichronal medication? Instruction (reviews about this tool will be presented below) reports that this is a combination medicine. It helps to reduce the excessive amount of toxic metabolites of ethyl alcohol (acetic aldehyde) in the human body.

This drug is able to exert a detoxification effect. It also activates metabolic processes and stimulates the biological synthesis of catecholamines, including norepinephrine. This effect of the drug contributes to the strengthening of the processes of neuromedia and the functional activity of the cerebral cortex, as well as the normalization of the limbic-reticular complex.

What other features does Medichronal have? Instructions for use (reviews about this drug are very ambiguous) says that it has a positive effect on liver function. In addition, it greatly improves the patient's sleep and well-being.

According to experts, reducing the symptoms of withdrawal symptoms and acute alcohol poisoning occurs approximately 35-37 minutes after taking the granules.

Pharmacokinetics

Where is the absorption of Medichronal? Reviews of doctors and patients will not be able to answer the question posed. To learn it, please refer to the attached instructions. Consonant with it, glycine is absorbed fairly quickly from the intestine. It has high bioavailability, which is close to 100%.

Also, the drug in question quickly penetrates most of the fluids, organs and tissues of the body. Under the action of glycine oxidase it is transformed in the liver.

As for sodium formate, it is also absorbed from the intestine. After entering the human body, this ingredient immediately reacts with acetaldehyde, resulting in the release of a conjugate, which increases the synthesis of macroergic compounds and participates in the cycle of tricarboxylic acids.

Indications for use

When should I use Medichronal? Instruction for use states that this medication is prescribed in the following cases:

• With the purpose of increasing the effectiveness of other methods of therapy of alcoholism;
• With abstinence, alcohol poisoning;
• To prevent intoxication;
• For the repeated prevention of alcoholism.

Contraindications

Do you know about what states can not accept the granules of "Medichronal"? Instruction, reviews of experienced specialists argue that there is practically no contraindication for this drug. It is not recommended to assign it only under the following conditions:

• Diabetes mellitus, which occurs in severe form;
• Hypersensitivity to constituents;
• Arterial hypotension.

Medichronal medication: instructions for use

Reviews about the facility in question will be described below.

This medication is taken only after meals. The contents of the two bags are previously dissolved in 200 ml of water.

A single dose of this drug is 28.5 g, that is, the sum of the masses of the granules of the two packets.

To enhance the taste of the drug as a solvent, it is permitted to use not ordinary water, but any non-carbonated beverages.

So in what dosage are the granules of Medichronal prescribed? The instruction informs that for the relief of abstinence conditions and acute alcohol poisonings, the patient is prescribed 28.5 g of medication every 12 hours on the first day, and in the second and third - 28.5 g once a day.

When the drug is combined with other drugs (in the treatment of chronic alcoholism or as a re-prophylaxis), "Medochronal" is recommended to take 28.5 g once a day for a week. As a rule, such courses are held three times with breaks of three days.

To prevent relapse, specialists advise to undergo a repeated monthly course of treatment 6 weeks after therapy. Such preventive cycles are desirable for 1-2 weeks 1-3 times a year.

In order to prevent intoxication, the patient must take a single dose of the medication 30 minutes before the alleged use of alcoholic beverages.

Adverse Reactions

This medication can cause the following side effects:

• From the side of the digestive tract, nausea may appear.
• From the NA side, the patient often has headache, worsening of concentration, irritability and excessive tension.
• Also, allergic reactions may occur in the form of itching, rashes on the body and urticaria.

Cases of overdose

When taking high doses of detoxification granules, the patient may experience such abnormalities in the digestive system as diarrhea, bloating and nausea. Side reactions can also increase. In this case, symptomatic treatment should be performed.

Reviews about the drug

Now you know what the Medichronal medication is. Instructions for use, reviews are described in this article.

According to experts, patients' reports about Medichronal do not always correspond to the image of the medicine that was formed in television advertising. Therefore, many doctors recommend using this medication only in combination with other medicines.

It should be noted and the fact that most patients who took this drug before drinking alcohol, they say that it is ineffective and contributes only to the hypnotic effect.