Berberine
Berberine: instructions for use and reviews
- 1. Release form and composition
- 2. Pharmacological properties
- 3. Indications for use
- 4. Contraindications
- 5. Method of application and dosage
- 6. Side effects
- 7. Overdose
- 8. Special instructions
- 9. Application during pregnancy and lactation
- 10. Drug interactions
- 11. Analogs
- 12. Terms and conditions of storage
- 13. Terms of dispensing from pharmacies
- 14. Reviews
- 15. Price in pharmacies
Latin name: Berberin
ATX code: A05AX
Active ingredient: berberine bisulfate (Berberin bisulfate)
Manufacturer: Vifitekh, JSC (Russia)
Description and photo update: 2019-26-08
Prices in pharmacies: from 95 rubles.
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Berberine is a choleretic drug that has an antispasmodic effect.
Release form and composition
Dosage form - tablets: yellow with lighter small inclusions, cylindrical flat shape with a bevel (10 pcs. In a blister, in a cardboard box 2, 3 or 5 packs).
1 tablet contains:
- active substance: berberine bisulfate (barberry alkaloid) - 5 mg;
- auxiliary components: talc, potato starch, lactose (milk sugar), calcium stearate.
Pharmacological properties
Pharmacodynamics
The drug has an antispasmodic and choleretic effect.
Main effects:
- a decrease in the tone of the muscles of the gallbladder, a decrease in the amplitude of its contractions, which contributes to bile secretion;
- an increase in the secretion of bile and a decrease in its viscosity;
- normalization of the biochemical composition of bile.
Indications for use
According to the instructions, Berberine is used to treat chronic pathologies: dysfunction of the gallbladder, hypotonic sphincter of Oddi, biliary tract, liver.
Contraindications
- period of pregnancy;
- individual hypersensitivity to the components of the drug.
Patients with cholelithiasis should take Berberine tablets with caution.
Instructions for the use of Berberine: method and dosage
Berberine tablets are intended to be taken by mouth before meals.
Recommended dosage: 1–2 pcs. 3 times a day, the duration of the course of treatment is 2-4 weeks.
Side effects
Against the background of the use of tablets, the following undesirable phenomena may develop:
- increased tone of the myometrium;
- bradycardia;
- lowering blood pressure.
Overdose
There is no information.
special instructions
The use of the drug is indicated only after consulting a doctor.
Application during pregnancy and lactation
The remedy is not prescribed during pregnancy.
Drug interactions
Interaction with other drugs with concomitant therapy has not been established.
Analogs
Berberine analogues are: Allochol, Nitram, Artichoke extract, Hepabene, Kavehol, Nitrazadone, Hofitol, Holosas, Febichol, Tykveol, Flamin, Holos, Holemax, Tanacehol, etc.
Terms and conditions of storage
Store protected from moisture and light, out of reach of children.
The shelf life is 3 years.
Terms of dispensing from pharmacies
Available without a prescription.
Reviews about Berberine
According to a few reviews, Berberine is a safe and effective drug. It is taken as a course in the presence of indications or once in cases when there is a feeling of heaviness and pain in the right hypochondrium. The advantages include the fact that the active substance is of plant origin.
Some users note the development of side effects.
Price for Berberine in pharmacies
Approximate price for Berberine (5 mg tablets) for 30 pcs. in the package is 98 rubles.
Berberine: prices in online pharmacies
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Berberine 5 mg tablets 30 pcs. RUB 95 Buy |
Maria Kulkes Medical journalist About the author
Education: First Moscow State Medical University named after I. M. Sechenov, specialty "General Medicine".
Information about the drug is generalized, provided for informational purposes only and does not replace the official instructions. Self-medication is hazardous to health!
