Everyone has heard about such a disease as epilepsy, butnot everyone understands the causes of this disease. This illness is connected with the functional disorders of the human brain. Epilepsy is affected by people of all ages, at risk, to a greater extent those individuals in whose family the manifestations of the disease have occurred. But this does not mean that epilepsy does not threaten practically healthy people.
Human health depends on which imagelife he leads. If it often contains alcohol, nervous overexcitations, mental disorders, epilepsy can have acquired character and manifest itself in twenty, and forty, and sixty years.
Today there is no alternative to medical treatmentepilepsy. Diagnosis of brain diseases is performed using modern medical equipment. Most often, therapy involves taking drugs that stimulate the functioning of the cerebral cortex, weakening the effect of spasmodic contractions of blood vessels.
At the present time in the treatment of epilepsy of variouscomplexity, because epileptic seizures can manifest themselves differently (once a year or several times a day), antiepileptic, anticonvulsant drugs are applicable. The main sign of the onset of the seizure is convulsive muscle contractions, disruption of the digestive system and urination, loss of consciousness, perception of reality, loss of memory, taste, hearing, vision.
Medical drugs are able to preventpremature development of seizures. Most often, doctors talk about the drug "Gabagamma." Instructions for use, analogues, reviews of specialists and relatives of people with epilepsy about this drug will be considered a little lower.
So, let's review all the provisions thatincludes a medical instruction for use. "Gabagamma" is a hard gelatin capsule of white, yellow or orange color. It is important to know that the color indicates the dosage of the main active substance.
So, in capsules of white color of gabapentin 100 mg, yellow - 300 mg, orange - 400 mg. Consequently, in each specific case a certain concentration of the drug is administered.
Also, the drug "Gababamma" is produced in tablets coated with a film membrane. The effectiveness of the drug on brain processes does not depend on the dosage form.
Medicinal preparations "Gabagamma" inGermany pharmaceutical company Woerwag Pharma GmbH & Co KG. German medicines are of high quality. Therefore, almost only positive can be found about capsules and tablets "Gabagamma" reviews.
To specifically understand how an activesubstance of the drug, you need to carefully study all the recommendations that contains instructions for use. "Gabagamma", as mentioned above, is an antiepileptic drug. Its active substance is similar in its essence to GABA blockers-gamma-aminobutyric acid, used in the treatment of brain diseases. However, the mechanism of drug exposure is distinct at the physiological level. Gabapentin does not collect and does not excrete GABA from the body. It binds to the α2-δ subunit of voltage-dependent calcium channels, thereby reducing the flow of calcium ions, which is involved in the physiological process that produces neuropathic pain. Against this background, the synthesis of GABA increases, the release of neurotransmitters of the monoamine group is suppressed.
The maximum concentration of gabapentin in the blood is reached two to three hours after admission. Accepted food does not affect the absorption of the drug.
As the instruction on the application says, "Gabagamma" is excreted from the body after five to seven hours, regardless of the dosage concentration, by the kidneys in an unchanged form.
People with liver and kidney disease are treated with hemodialysis.
Who recommends the prescription of the drug instruction for use?
"Gabagamma" is prescribed for adult patients withdiagnosis of pain syndrome, which occurs with diabetic nephropathy, postherpetic neuralgia. And also to adults and children from twelve years old during the complex therapy of partial seizures with signs of secondary generalization or without them.
As the instruction on the application says, "Gabagamma"is widely used in pediatrics. The drug is also prescribed for epileptic seizures to patients whose body is not affected by other antiepileptic medications.
Tablets and capsules of "Gabagamma"Use does not recommend taking with sensitivity to the ingredients included in the drug. Also diagnoses of acute pancreatitis, hereditary galactase deficiency, lactase deficiency, disturbance of physiological processes involving glucose and galactose are an obstacle to the drug administration.
Pregnant and breast-feeding women are also notit is recommended to take this medication. A lot of cases were studied when after passing antiepileptic drug therapy pregnant women were born with children with congenital physical pathologies.
Children are prescribed only after the execution of twelve years!
To the preparation "Gabagamma" instructions for usefocuses on the fact that it can be simultaneously taken with other antiepileptic drugs, and it does not affect the effectiveness of oral contraceptives, especially containing norethindrone or ethinylestradiol. It is also not dangerous to take this medication with drugs that inhibit the release of gabapentin by the kidneys.
Drugs of the antacid group significantly reduce the bioavailability index of gabapentin, so it is taken two hours after they are taken.
The drug "Gabagamma" instructions for userecommends taking according to a certain dose, which can be adjusted only by the attending physician. The reception of tablets and capsules is not tied to the reception of food, the main thing is the frequency of taking these and the observance between the appointments of the specified time in order to prevent an overdose of the medicine.
Below is how to take the drug "Gabagamma", it is recommended not to change the indications for use.
With neuropathic pain, adults are prescribed fortaking 900 mg of gabapentin per day. This dose is divided by a factor of three and is taken at identical intervals of time not exceeding 12 hours. If necessary, the dose can be gradually increased to 3600 mg per day.
With partial seizures, adults and children over the age of twelve years are given the same dose - from 900 mg to 3600 mg divided into three times a day.
In case of renal insufficiency, the dose decreases according to the KK index (ml / min). If it reaches:
- more than 80, the dose of gabapentin is 900-3600 mg;
- 50-79, then 600-1800 mg is taken;
- 30-49, dosage of 300-900 mg;
- 15-29, 150-600 mg is recommended;
- less than 15, hence 150-300 mg of gabapentin.
Patients on hemodialysis are prescribed a doseof the drug "Gabagamma" 300 mg, the instruction for use recommends after each four-hour procedure of cleansing the patient to take 200 mg of gabapentin. The medication is accompanied by a doctor's supervision.
The drug "Gabagamma" instruction recommends that patients with severe weights and patients with a low body weight, after the transfer of complex surgical interventions appoint a dose of 100 mg.
On side effects, special attention is paid topreparation "Gabagamma" instructions for use. Tablets containing gabapentin are not safe for health. They can cause very serious deviations in physical health.
Here is their list, which points to the drug "Gabagamma" instructions for use, reviews of many patients and their relatives:
- manifestation of signs of viral diseases, pneumonia, inflammation of the genitourinary system, otitis;
- Thrombocytopenia, leukopenia;
- an allergic rash and itching;
- Increased appetite or its decrease, leading to anorexia;
- nervous tension, aggressiveness, hallucinations, confused consciousness, lack of thinking, mental disorders;
- tremor, weakness, drowsiness, headaches, fainting, lack of a reflex sign, loss of memory;
- Reduced sharpness of vision;
- ringing in the ears;
- heart palpitations, increased pressure;
- rhinitis, bronchitis, pharyngitis;
- nausea, pain in the stomach and stomach, diarrhea, jaundice;
- swelling of the body, acne all over the body;
- joint and muscle pain throughout the body;
- urinary incontinence;
- male impotence, female gynecomastia;
- jumps in blood sugar in diabetics;
acute pancreatitis;
- child aggressive behavior and hyperkinesis.
As you can see, the medicine "Gabagamma" is not thata medicine that can be taken without a doctor's prescription. Very serious physiological disruptions can be obtained if you engage in self-medication of epilepsy.
In modern times, pharmaceutical companiesproduce a number of antiepileptic drugs. They can contain gabapentin or other active substances, which positively influence the physiological processes that take place in the brain.
Among them, it is impossible to identify good or bad. Each epileptic case is individual, from this and all doctors are repelled, prescribing this or that drug for the treatment of the patient.
The following drugs are analogues of the drug "Gabagamma": capsules "Neurotin" (Germany), "Gapentec" (Russia), Tebantin (Hungary), "Topiromat" (Russia), "Catena" (Croatia).
Similar in pharmacological featurescapsules "Algerika", "Lyrics", which include pregabalin, tablets "Wimpat" with lacosamide, tablets "Levitsitam" with levetiracetam, tablets "Paflugeral".
From a large list of antiepilepticmedicines doctors still very often prescribe to their patients capsules "Gabagamma". Why, if on the chemist's shelves you can find a lot of cheaper medicines to replace them?
The thing is that the tablets "Gabagamma"reviews of physicians characterize both qualitative and maximally effective. Despite a large list of possible very serious adverse reactions of the patient's body to therapy with this medicine, to refuse to use it does not give an impressive indicator of people returning to a full-fledged life.
Since it is important for a doctor to be positivethe tendency of recovery of their wards, the rate is made on the German preparation, although it is expensive. Especially recommended by doctors is its use in pediatrics.
Naturally, the side effects of this drugnot all can manifest. But most doctors note the sleepy consciousness of their patients, depressive conditions, headaches. Often, these signs pass after the course of treatment with gabapentin.
Particular attention is paid to the doctor's treatment of epilepsyin children. Always at appointments doctors estimate the general picture of state of health of the child not to aggravate it and so problematic or close to a critical condition.
A lot of patients with epileptic diagnosis of those who have experienced Gabagamma tablets on personal health. The opinions of people tell us about the side discomfort, and about the benefits of the medicine.
Native, caring for patients, they noteblocking consciousness, many complain of headaches, nausea, tremors and dizziness, impaired movement is no exception. However, against the background of this discomfort, progress is still observed with respect to the reduction in the frequency of epileptic seizures.
The manifested depression states and aggressivethe mood goes as the dose of the drug decreases. This medicine has a gradual, moderate effect on the body, so do not expect the maximum effect of taking the first dose. To get positive changes, you need to undergo a course of treatment. Thousands of patients are satisfied with the use of the "Gababammam" preparation. Particularly grateful to the pharmaceutical German company for quality medicine is the parents of children with a diagnosis of epilepsy. After all, everyone should have a chance for a healthy and healthy life, especially for a young generation.
In this article, propertiesanti-epileptic, anticonvulsant drug "Gababammam", which indicate that this medicine has made it possible to effectively combat the insidious disease of the human brain. The effectiveness of the remedy is confirmed by a very impressive statistics of cases of recovery, while twenty years ago, epilepsy was spoken of as an incurable disease.
In our time, thanks to the labors of medical luminaries, it was possible to prove that epileptic seizures can be effectively controlled, prevent their manifestation if effective medicines are taken.
This remedy is not addictiveorganism. German drug can be bought without any special work in any domestic pharmacy and can not be denied to its relatives and friends in a qualitative, encouraging treatment.
As for his counterparts, among them tooa lot of worthy medicines. What all the same drug appoint a patient, it is not the patient himself and his relatives who decides, but the attending physician. Especially when it comes to such a serious diagnosis as epileptic seizures.
Often, which one is appropriateby the method of constant tests and research of positive tendencies to recovery. The drug "Gabagamma" is a quality leader, but this does not mean that epilepsy does not respond to other drugs.
In modern times it was possible to cure the "strange disease" due to the multitude of effective medicines produced by domestic pharmaceutical companies and foreign ones.
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