The drug "Piracetam": indications for use

To the pharmacological drug group of nootropics is the preparation "Piracetam", in which the same substance is active. According to the nosological classification, this medicine can be used both for medical and preventive purposes in relation to a number of diseases and even groups of diseases. All of them are listed in detail in the instructions for use of the medicinal product.

Externally, the drug "Piracetam" is a white powder, easily soluble in water and alcohols. Its pharmacological properties are based on the ability to effectively activate the processes taking place in the central nervous system, improve the memory state, increase the level of positive mentality and mood in people who take it. The drug "Piracetam" stimulates the brain, resulting in increased intellectual activity of a person, and such properties of the drug manifests itself when it is taken by both patients and healthy people. The drug improves mental performance, and in those cases when the application is conducted exclusively for therapeutic purposes, it stabilizes the brain functions - speech, consciousness and memory. A more complete list of therapeutic and prophylactic properties contains instructions for the use of the drug "Piracetam".

Indications for use indicate the ability of the drug to increase the resistance of brain tissue to hypoxia and various toxic effects. Therefore, the instruction recommends the prescription of the drug for intoxication and hypoxia, trauma, the source of which is electric shock. In these cases, no sedative effect of the drug does not. It is almost completely absorbed and absorbed rather quickly, and bioavailability reaches 100%.

The effectiveness of the drug is due to the fact that it has a high permeability to almost all organs, and its accumulation in the brain cells is selective, which provides a virtually "point" effect of the substance on those tissues that need treatment or prevention.

The drug "Piracetam", the indication for the use of which stipulates the instruction, is used to treat a variety of mental disorders. It is effective in cerebrovascular insufficiency, which is manifested in patients in the form of atherosclerosis, parkinsonism, hypertension. When there are signs of memory impairment , speech disorders , which are accompanied by dizziness headaches, the drug "Piracetam" is also shown.

Indications for its use include various diseases of the nervous system. In the case of epilepsy, the drug is prescribed as an auxiliary medicine.

The preparation "Piracetam" is also used as a preventive agent. Indications therefore include such phenomena as neurotic depression, hypochondriacal disorders, cases with symptoms of ideomotor inhibition, various forms of apathic states.

The instruction describes in detail the mode of drug administration. It should be noted that the produced form of the drug provides such options for its administration, as intramuscular and intravenous administration.

"Piracetam" is used intravenously, observing a daily dose of 30-320 mg / kg. At the initial stage of treatment, the daily dose can not exceed 1.2-2.4 grams per day. In the same way apply the drug for acute damage to the blood circulation of the brain, coma and alcoholism. The recommended dose per day in these cases is 9-12 grams for two to four injections. The period of taking the drug is from 2-3 weeks to six months.

The drug "Piracetam" intramuscularly used in the treatment of children, based on the age of the child and the weight of his tala. A detailed scheme for taking and dosage is stipulated in the instruction for the use of the medicinal product. Do not adjust the dose in cases where the drug is used to treat liver dysfunction.

Contraindications for use are hypersensitivity to pyracetam, stroke, kidney failure. The instruction does not recommend taking the drug during pregnancy, during the lactation period and using it for the treatment of children under the age of one year.

Side effects when taking this medication can arise from various body systems, so their detailed description should be consulted in the instructions.

Before buying the drug in the pharmacy network, you should pay attention to the fact that the drug "Piracetam" has several trade names and names patented by manufacturers, so familiarization with its composition in each individual case is mandatory!