"Truksal": reviews of doctors. "Truksal": instructions for use, side effects

Very few people know, but psychoses, neuroses and depressive states are amenable to drug treatment. The main thing is to turn in time to an experienced specialist and strictly follow all his recommendations.

As a rule, in such conditions, patients are prescribed antipsychotic drugs or so-called neuroleptics. They significantly reduce the signs of psychotic disorders, returning to the patient a clear mind and clear thinking.

Most often, with the aforementioned diseases, a medication such as "Truksal" is prescribed. Instructions, reviews, adverse reactions and contraindications of this drug will be described below.

Form, description, packaging and composition

The drug "Truksal" (the doctors' reviews about it will be described at the end of the article) is issued in the form of dark brown tablets of round and biconcave form, covered with a film membrane.

The preparation in question contains an active ingredient such as chlorproticene hydrochloride. It also includes additional components in the form of corn starch, copovidone, lactose monohydrate, glycerol, microcrystalline cellulose, talc, croscarmellose sodium and magnesium stearate.

As for the film membrane, it consists of hypromellose, macrogol 400, red iron oxide, black iron oxide and titanium dioxide.

In what packing are the tablets "Truksal" sold? Consumer feedback reports that on pharmacy shelves this medication can be found in cardboard packs containing plastic containers.

Effect of the drug

What is the drug Truksal? Experts say that this is a very effective drug. It is an antipsychotic drug (that is, an antipsychotic) and is a derivative of thioxanthene.

This medication is able to have a moderate antidepressant, pronounced sedative, and also antipsychotic effect.

The last property of the drug is due to its ability to block dopamine receptors. With this action of the drug, its analgesic and antiemetic effects are also related.

According to the attached instructions, "Truksal", whose reviews are ambiguous, can block not only alpha-1-adrenergic receptors and serotonin 5-HT2 receptors, but histamine H1 receptors. This causes its antihistamine, hypotensive and adrenoblocking action.

Kinetics of the drug

Is the drug "Truksal" absorbed? Feedback from consumers will not give an answer to the question. Behind it you will have to refer to the instructions or an experienced specialist. According to them, after taking the medication inside, chlorprotixen is absorbed fairly quickly from the digestive tract.

In the blood, the highest concentration of active substance is observed after 120 minutes. The bioavailability of the drug is 12%.

It should also be noted that chlorprotixen quite easily penetrates the placental barrier, and is also released in small amounts together with milk.

The half-life of this remedy is 16 hours. The resulting metabolites do not have neuroleptic activity. They are excreted together with feces and urine.

Indications

Under what conditions are the tablets "Truksal" shown? The doctors say that the effectiveness of this medication is most pronounced with the following deviations:

• Abstinence syndrome with drug addiction and chronic alcoholism;
• Psychoses, including manic conditions, schizophrenia, psychomotor agitation, agitation and anxiety;
• Impaired behavior in children;
• Hyperactivity, excitation, irritability, confusion in the elderly;
• Insomnia;
• Depressive states, psychosomatic disorders and neuroses;
• Pain syndrome (in combination with analgesics).

Contraindications

According to the instructions, the administration of the neuroleptic "Truksal" is contraindicated when:

• Pheochromocytoma;
• Comatose conditions ;
• Oppression of the central nervous system of various origin (including the intake of alcohol, opioid analgesics and barbiturates);
• Diseases of the hematopoiesis;
• Breastfeeding;
• Cardiovascular collapse;
• Pregnancy;
• Hypersensitivity to the ingredients of the drug.

Tablets "Truksal": instructions for use

Experts say that this medication should be used only for the purpose of an experienced doctor. Otherwise, its uncontrolled reception can contribute to the development of a variety of undesirable reactions.

The dosage of this remedy depends on the type of disease.

At psychoses, and also a schizophrenia and maniacal conditions at the very beginning of therapy a medicine prescribe in a dosage of 50-100 mg a day. Further, the amount of the drug is increased to 300 mg per day (sometimes up to 1200 mg). This dose is divided into 3 divided doses.

In the treatment of withdrawal symptoms with addiction and chronic alcoholism, the daily dose of the drug should be 500 mg in three divided doses. The course of therapy is one week.

Elderly in the presence of irritability, agitation, hyperactivity or confusion, the medication is prescribed in an amount of 15-90 mg per day (in three divided doses).

Children to adjust for violations in behavior of the drug given in a dose of 0.5-2 mg per kg of body weight.

With depressions that are combined with stress and anxiety, Truksal tablets can be used both as monotherapy and as an additional remedy for antidepressant medication.

With psychosomatic disorders and neuroses accompanied by depressive disorders and anxiety, the medication is recommended to be administered at a dose of up to 90 mg per day (in three divided doses).

In view of the fact that this drug is not addictive or addictive, it can be used for a long time.

For insomnia, tablets are prescribed 20-30 mg in the evening and one hour before bedtime.

The drug "Truksal": reviews, side effects

Like any antipsychotics, the drug in question often causes side effects :

• Drowsiness, extrapyramidal symptoms, dizziness, disturbances of accommodation;
• Tachycardia, orthostatic hypotension ;
• Dry mouth, cholestatic jaundice, constipation;
• Dysmenorrhea, weakening of potency, galactorrhea;
• Increase in body weight, increased sweating, increased appetite;
• Anemia hemolytic, leukopenia transient benign;
• Skin rashes.

Reviews about this tool are more positive. Quite often it is expressed by the mothers of children with behavioral disorders. They argue that this drug is ineffective.

As for doctors, their responses are infrequent. Of those that are available, we can safely conclude that this drug in each case shows a different result.