What does Cortexin deserve? Properties and price of the drug

One of the greatest achievements of Russian medicine is the appearance of the drug "Cortexin", which contributes to the therapy of various pathologies that arise in the brain of the human head. The development of the drug took almost 30 years. The creation and approbation of the drug was carried out by the Military Medical Academy.

Did at least one positive response "Cortexin"? Practitioners and leading pharmacologists have proved that this drug is the leading drug in the field of brain therapy and most of the concomitant ailments that have neuronal etiology.

The principle of therapeutic effect

What is the "Cortexin", and what is its therapeutic effect? The drug is a complex morphological structure, which has many elements. It consists of the simplest protein components, which are balanced in a certain way from vitamins and other biologically necessary compounds. In a complex, all these components of the drug "Cortexin" enable nerve cells to quickly restore the functions they lost.

Many years of practice confirms the ineffectiveness of most of the rather potent drugs in case of therapy of abnormalities in the brain of the head. They do not cope with problems because of the impossibility to overcome the blood-brain barrier. This is a powerful body defense system that prevents the impact on the brain of a variety of unfavorable and aggressive factors.

Despite the fact that the drug "Cortexin" has a complex structure, it has a fairly low molecular weight. This allows the drug to easily overcome the described barrier and penetrate into the brain, as a result of which the therapeutic effect is faster and stronger.

Mechanism of action of the drug

The action of the drug "Cortexin" is its ability to restore the broken balance between amino acids. They affect the activity of important biological processes in the nervous system, memory, intellectual capabilities, and also suppress reactions in the form of convulsions, prevent the destruction of neurocytes. This effect of "Cortexin" allows you to use it not only in the field of neurology, but also in the case of mental disorders, neurosurgery and other therapeutic actions. This versatility of the drug can cause only positive feedback. "Cortexin", in addition to a wide range of actions, has one more advantage.

The dose of the drug on the body is minimal, which facilitates its use regardless of the age category of the patients. Therapy with the help of it can be prescribed to both newborns and people in old age.

Spheres of drug exposure

The positive effect of the drug "Cortexin" can be observed in the case of hemorrhagic stroke. Already a few days after the beginning of taking the drug, the state of the affected area of the brain and the vascular bed is improved, the process of recovery of neuropsychiatric connections that are violated is accelerated, and there is a positive dynamics in the conduct of the electroencephalogram. In this case, the medication "Cortexin" acts and indirectly, stimulating an increase in the volume of blood flow and improving its access to the affected areas of the brain.

The efficacy of the drug was also proven in the treatment of the symptoms of various neuroinfectious ailments. With it, the number of patients suffering from headaches, weakness and dizziness can be reduced several times. This fact also causes more than one positive feedback.

"Cortexin" is also used for ophthalmic abnormalities - in case of damage to the retina or other parts of the optic nerve.

Other areas of drug exposure

The drug exhibits a rapid rehabilitative effect, which provides a positive effect when treating not only the brain of the head, but also the parts of the nervous system remote from it. For example, the drug "Cortexin" reduces inflammatory reactions in the case of sacral or lumbar radiculitis.

Indications for use

The drug "Cortexin" is used for the complex treatment of the following conditions and diseases:

• Craniocerebral injuries;
• Bacterial and viral neuroinfections;
• Asthenia;
• Encephalopathy;
• Encephalitis;
• Disturbances of thinking and memory;
• Children's cerebral palsy (its various forms);
• Decreased ability to learn;
• Delay in speech and psychomotor development at an early age;
• Radiculitis;
• Pathologies of the retina of the eye and some others.

Contraindications and side effects of the drug

In some cases, when using the drug "Cortexin" there are reactions of an allergic nature. At the site of injection by injection, there may be a slight redness. But pretty soon it disappears, as evidenced by more than one review. "Cortexin" is contraindicated for use in
Period of pregnancy and lactation. In case of individual intolerance to the drug, it is also not recommended for use.

Mode of application

For whatever purpose, the "Cortexin" drug would be used, its effectiveness depends directly on the stage of the disease, during which the treatment with it is started.

The method of introducing the drug into the body is intramuscular injection. The contents of the vials are dissolved with water for injection or sodium chloride. The drug is administered daily, once a day. Appropriate dosages for each patient should be prescribed by a doctor.

The recommended amount of "Cortexin" for newborn infants and toddlers weighing less than 20 kg is 0.5 mg per kilogram of the child's weight. The rest is administered 10 mg daily. The course of treatment is 10 days. If necessary, it repeats. In this case, the break between the courses must be at least one month.

Interaction with other drugs

The drug "Cortexin" is not allowed to be used simultaneously with medical preparations of peptide origin. In the process of its dissolution, Novokain should not be used.

The drug "Cortexin": the price

The minimum cost of this medicine is 67 rubles per bottle (5 mg). At the same time, the lowest price for packaging, which includes 10 such bubbles, is 620 rubles. How much is the medication "Cortexin-10"? The price of this drug ranges from 100 rubles per bottle to about 1090 rubles per package (meaning 10 bubbles of 10 mg each).