Medicinal product "Omakor". Instructions for use

The drug "Omakor" instructions for use refers to the clinical and pharmacological group of hypolipidemic drugs. It is available in the form of capsules, active ingredients of which are Omega-3 acid ethyl esters and alpha-tocopherol. The shell is composed of glycerol, gelatin and purified water. The contents of the capsule is an oily light yellow liquid.

Pharmaceutical preparation "Omakor" instruction for use prescribes to use for the purpose of compulsory prophylaxis of myocardial infarction, mainly in combination with other standard therapeutic methods, such as taking ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers and antiplatelet agents. In addition, the drug in question is used to treat endogenous hypertriglyceridemia.

Means of "Omakor". Contraindications

This drug is not prescribed for hypersensitivity to its components, as well as in the period of expectation of the child and lactation. With extreme caution, the medication should be administered to people under the age of eighteen years (or those who have crossed the seventy-year mark), with marked violations of liver function, simultaneous reception of fibrillates or oral anticoagulants, with severe injuries, upcoming surgical interventions (due to high risk of bleeding ).

Medicinal preparation «Omakor». Instructions for use and recommended dosages

This medication is intended for ingestion in the process of eating. To prevent a heart attack, you should take one capsule 1 time per day. The duration of the therapeutic course is determined by the attending physician.

When hypertriglyceridemia is shown, start with two capsules per day, and in the absence of the proper effect, the dose can be doubled. The duration of treatment is also determined by a specialist.

The drug "Omacor", the description of the methods of administration which was given above, can cause side effects. Among them are the following: various kinds of infectious processes (including gastroenteritis), metabolic abnormalities (hyperglycemia), rare dizziness, taste disorders, headaches, lowering of blood pressure, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, nausea, disorders of the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract , Gastritis, malfunction of the liver, acne, itching, urticaria.

In the course of clinical studies in very rare cases, there was an increase in the level of leukocytes in the blood, a moderate increase in transaminase. Single facts of an increase in the need for insulin, an increase in the activity of liver enzymes, myalgia, a set of the patient's weight were recorded.

The drug "Omacor" (instructions for use contains this information) in case of an overdose may cause the above-described side effects or a significant increase in their severity. In this case, symptomatic therapy is performed.

special instructions

Due to a moderate increase in bleeding time (under conditions of taking large doses of the drug), it is recommended to monitor the condition of the patient being treated with anticoagulants, and if necessary, the volume of the latter is corrected.

In persons suffering from impaired liver function, it is necessary to monitor the work of this body.

If there is a violation of renal activity, it is not necessary to adjust the dose of the drug.

The drug goes on sale in polyethylene bottles of white color, twenty-eight or one hundred capsules in each.

It is released solely by prescription.

Shelf life is three years.