Tablets "Colchicum-Dyspert" - instructions for use, composition and reviews

Gout is an extremely unpleasant disease that arises from a metabolic disorder in the body. The most common symptom is sudden attacks of acute joint pain. To quickly eliminate them, patients often take the drug Colchicum-Dyspert. The instruction on application, the price, responses are the most important questions which will be considered in given article.

Indications for use

As a rule, prescribe the drug in case of sudden attacks of gout. In addition, it has a good effect on the production of uric acid, which also contributes to the preventive effect of long-term medication. In this case, the drug can be taken only under strict clinical control of the treating doctor, regularly taking blood tests, as it can lower the level of leukocytes and platelets.

The "Colchicum-Dyspert" medication is recommended for use with a periodic illness, which is also sometimes called family Mediterranean fever. Most often it is expressed by sharp pains in the abdomen, which this drug well removes.

Form of issue and composition

Traditionally, this medicine is produced in the form of shiny tablets, covered with a rich saturated shell. They are small in size, which allows them to swallow freely without chewing them. The drug is difficult to call budget. One package, as a rule, costs about 1000 rubles, and in Moscow or St. Petersburg the price can be much higher. The medicine is available in white cardboard boxes. One pack usually contains 20 or 25 tablets packed in blisters. The drug is sold in pharmacies strictly according to the prescription, which can be obtained from the attending physician. Keep the package with tablets in a dry and cool place, where direct sunlight does not reach. It must be consumed within 5 years.

The main active substance of the drug is a dry seed extract of autumn crocodile. 15.6 mg of the substance is contained in one tablet of the antipyrography "Colchicum-dispersant". Instructions for use (the price of the drug depends on the concentration of seedless seeds) also mentions the presence in the monohydrate of lactose, corn starch, sucrose, talc, microcrystalline cellulose, wax and other by-products. It is worth mentioning about alkaloids, which are contained in tablets in the amount of 500 μg per 1 piece.

Contraindications

The drug "Colchicum-Dyspert" is described as a medicine with many serious contraindications. The fact is that it affects the functioning of the body quite strongly, so it must be taken with caution. If you suspect that this medication may not suit you, then it is better to choose another means of more gentle action. The drug is not recommended for use by elderly people, it is forbidden to take it to young children and women during lactation and pregnancy. Hypersensitivity to the components is another reason why taking the medicine is not worth it.

The drug has a serious effect on the work of the kidneys and liver, so it is strictly forbidden to use it for people suffering from any diseases of these organs. This includes patients with severe oppression of bone marrow hematopoiesis. Under strict control, the drug can be taken to patients with disruption of the cardiovascular system and organs of the gastrointestinal tract. Taking the drug with cachexia can also seriously damage an already weakened body.

Side effects

Before starting treatment, it is worth familiarizing with the side effects that can cause "Colchicum-Dyspert." Instructions, reviews of which are more often found positive, describes many unpleasant symptoms. However, they are rare. In addition, a large number of side effects indicate that the drug was well researched before starting sales. Typically, diarrhea, nausea and other minor disruptions in the gastrointestinal tract are the most common symptoms. Also occasionally, there may be cases of leukopenia, which is expressed by a decrease in the level of leukocytes.

The most serious side effects occur with prolonged use of the drug. For example, myopathy is a chronic disease characterized by muscle weakness and subsequent atrophy. Much less common neuropathy, hypoplastic anemia and alopecia, including complete.

"Colchicum-dispersant": instructions for use

For the treatment to have maximum effectiveness, you need to take the drug correctly. The patient should swallow the whole tablet without cracking it and chewing it, and then drink it with enough water. As a rule, there is no clear schedule for taking the drug, because it is used immediately when an acute attack of gout occurs, to quickly stop the pain. If you suspect a malaise, you should immediately drink 2 tablets. If the symptoms do not subside, that after 1-2 hours you can take another 1-3 tablets. But it is worth knowing that the maximum possible dose of the drug should not exceed 8 mg per day.

Often, doctors for the prevention of acute gout attacks also appoint "Colchicum-Dyspert." The instruction recommends taking the medicine within three months in small doses of 0.5-1 mg per day or after 1 day. Change the amount of medicine taken can only be a qualified specialist. Independent adjustment of the course can result in serious complications caused and overdose of the drug.

Possible overdose

Take the drug very carefully, not exceeding the permissible daily dosage. Doctors observe acute intoxication in patients who drank more than 20 mg of Colchicum-Dyspert solution at a time. The guideline also describes a possible chronic overdose that occurs when you take more than 10 mg of medication for several days. In children, similar symptoms may appear after taking 5 mg of the drug. Since it has a pronounced antimitotic activity, overdose primarily affects organs prone to proliferation (multiplication and proliferation of cell division).

The initial symptoms appear 2-5 hours after the use of the tablets. The patient begins to feel acute perspiration in the throat, growing into a burning sensation, vomiting and strong thirst. Then there are painful urge to urinate and defecate, difficult swallowing, and the body begins to suffer from severe colic. Often, patients complain of a feeling of tightness in the heart. If in time to not take measures, then there is profuse diarrhea, tachycardia, cyanotic skin, caused by a decrease in body temperature. In severe overdosage neurological disorders are observed - paralysis and convulsions, which can lead to the death of the patient.

When the first signs of drug intoxication appear, you should immediately consult a doctor. Specialists, as a rule, conduct symptomatic treatment, maintaining the proper state of the cardiovascular system. Patients put abundant droppers, consisting of plasma substitutes or a solution of sodium chloride and glucose. If necessary, also add dexamethasone and antibiotics. In case of severe overdose, the patient is connected to the breathing apparatus.

Typically, the treatment of symptoms of intoxication takes 1-2 weeks. However, it does not pass without a trace for the patient. Subsequently, he may suffer from long-term or complete baldness, disruption of the liver, kidneys and lungs. In rare cases, a person can completely lose sight.

Drug analogues

The medicine is considered not cheap medicine, therefore on the Russian market it is possible to meet counterfeits of a preparation "Kolhikum-Dyspert". The instruction, the price should correspond to the level of expensive medicine, that is, the remedy should not be suspiciously cheap, and in the information about it, the appearance of gross spelling errors is unacceptable. However, you can still save on treatment by choosing a quality analogue. It is worth noting that you can replace the medicine only with the permission of the attending physician. We list the main substitutes for the drug, which can be found in pharmacies:

• Allomaron;
• "Tsinhoven";
• "Colchicine";
• Atofan;
• "Urodan".

Positive reviews

Gout is an uncommon disease, therefore, reviews of the benefits or harms of this drug are infrequent on the Internet. As a rule, in them patients note many advantages of the drug "Colchicum-Dyspert". We list the main of them:

• High efficiency of the preparation, in comparison with analogues;
• Within a few minutes the pills relieve pain and swelling in the joint;
• Cases of side effects are extremely rare.

Negative feedback

Without shortcomings, too, was not done. Usually, Internet users in the reviews indicate that the drug is now almost impossible to find in pharmacies. Many people have faced the purchase of inefficient counterfeits. Patients believe that the price of the drug is overestimated. Some of them also encountered pain in the kidney and liver after the start of the medication.

Thus, it can be called effective, but hard-to-reach drug "Colchicum-Dyspert". Instruction, price, reviews - these are the most exciting topics that interest users, and we have tried to expand them in detail in this article.