The drug "Potassium bromide": indications and warnings

"Potassium bromide" is a therapeutic sedative designed to intensify the processes of inhibition that occur in the cerebral cortex. The international name of the drug is Potassium bromide. But it is formed by the name of a therapeutic substance - potassium bromide.

The drug balances excitation and inhibition in the brain, has some sedative effect during epileptic seizures. The action of the medicine on the body depends on the personal perception of the substance, the characteristics of the nervous system, its type. That's why the drug "Potassium bromide" can not be bought without a prescription: the doctor must choose the dosage for a particular patient.

The medicine is released in solutions or tablets, which are recommended to be taken some time before meals. Usually adults are prescribed up to four grams per day at regular intervals, and children from 0.05g for babies to half a gram for teens. When choosing a dosage, a doctor should be guided not only by the state of the patient's nervous system, but also by his state of health and even weight.

When an overdose of the drug, no lethal effect occurs, but a so-called "bromism" may occur. This condition is characterized by the appearance of cough, rhinitis, rash. With a strong overdose, strong inhibition, a sharp slowdown in mental processes, drowsiness and lethargy are possible.

However, sometimes side effects occur without an overdose. Some patients may have allergic manifestations: itching, stomach pain, diarrhea.

To get rid of unwanted side effects, stop taking the medication. The occurrence of a cough or other side effects should be reported to the doctor.

Patients taking and doctors prescribing the drug "Potassium bromide" should remember that parenteral administration is unacceptable. Subcutaneous or intravenous injections contribute to inhibition of K + heart muscle molecules. Therefore, the drug is taken only through the mouth.

The drug "Potassium bromide" irritatively affects the mucous membranes, so during the course of treatment it is necessary to rinse your mouth regularly, brushing your teeth more frequently than usual, taking a bath. It is also important to monitor the systematic evacuation of the intestine.

There are some types of drugs that are incompatible with the intake of potassium bromide. For example, it can not be used simultaneously with ophthalmic yellow ointment. Mercury can form on the mucous eye.

With caution, you need to combine the intake of potassium bromide and barbiturates: the drug enhances the effect of the latter.

It is necessary to limit the amount of salt in food at the time of the course of treatment.

Who recommends this drug?

People suffering from neuroses, neurasthenia or hysteria. It helps with the initial degree of insomnia, irritable conditions, primary forms of hypertension. Often the drug is prescribed as part of a comprehensive treatment of chorea and epilepsy.

The drug is not always prescribed in a "pure" form. Sometimes he acts more effectively in the complex, so some patients are recommended taking a medicine called Adonis-Brom. This drug enhances the sedative effect of potassium bromide, has a noticeable diastolic effect, normalizes the tone of the vagus nerve.

The intake of potassium bromide in the complex in other substances contributes to getting rid of vegetative dystonia, anxious states, reducing the number and strength of panic attacks.

The drug is contraindicated in patients with bradycardia, allergic people suffering from angina pectoris or Adams-Stokes-Morgagni syndrome, in which fainting is often caused by abrupt cardiac output and cerebral ischemia. Potassium bromide should not be taken by people with personal intolerance to bromine.