Gammalon
Gammalon: 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. Drug interactions
- 10. Analogs
- 11. Terms and conditions of storage
- 12. Terms of dispensing from pharmacies
- 13. Reviews
- 14. Price in pharmacies
Latin name: Gammalon
ATX code: N03AG03
Active ingredient: gamma-aminobutyric acid (Acidum gammaaminobutyricum)
Manufacturer: Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.) (Japan); North-East Import-Export Pharmaceutical Corporation (China)
Description and photo update: 2019-21-08
Gammalon is a nootropic agent.
Release form and composition
Available in tablets (10 pcs. In a blister, in a box of 10 or 100 blisters).
Active ingredient: gamma-aminobutyric acid, in 1 tablet - 250 mg.
Pharmacological properties
Pharmacodynamics
The active substance of Gammalon - gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA, GABA), helps to restore metabolic processes in the brain, utilize glucose, remove toxic metabolic products, stabilize and reduce high blood pressure. It has a mild psychostimulating effect, accelerates the recovery of speech and movements after cerebral circulation disorders, and normalizes the dynamics of nervous processes.
The main effects of the drug include increasing the productivity of thinking, improving memory, reducing dizziness, and normalizing sleep.
Indications for use
For adults, the drug is prescribed for the following diseases / conditions:
- Arterial hypertension, especially accompanied by headache, sleep disturbances, dizziness;
- Atherosclerosis of the cerebral arteries with symptoms of softening of the brain;
- Conditions after craniocerebral trauma and diseases accompanied by disorders of cerebral circulation;
- Alcoholic polyneuritis and encephalopathy.
For children, Gammalon is recommended in the following cases:
- Consequences of birth trauma;
- Cerebral paralysis;
- Lagging mental development;
- Conditions after traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular accident.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to drug components.
Instructions for the use of Gammalon: method and dosage
The tablets should be taken orally before meals.
Adults are prescribed 3-3.75 g per day.
Recommended daily doses of Gammalon for children:
- over 7 years old - 3 g;
- 4-6 years old - 2-3 g;
- 1-3 years - 1-2 years
The daily dose must be divided into 3 doses.
The duration of therapy is from 2 weeks to 4 months.
For the treatment and prevention of motion sickness syndrome, the drug should be taken 3 times a day: adults - 0.5 g, children - 0.25 g, course - 3-4 days.
Side effects
- Nausea and vomiting;
- Dyspepsia;
- Lability of blood pressure;
- Insomnia;
- Increased body temperature.
Overdose
There is no information.
special instructions
None.
Drug interactions
According to the instructions, Gammalon enhances the effect of benzodiazepines, many antiepileptic and hypnotics.
Analogs
Analogs of Gammalon are: Aminalon, Gamibetal, GABA, Ganevrin, Apogamma, Encephalon, Gaballon, Gamarex, Gammaneuron, Gammar, Gammazol, Mielogen, Mielomad.
Terms and conditions of storage
Keep out of the reach of children.
The shelf life is 3 years.
Terms of dispensing from pharmacies
Dispensed by prescription.
Reviews about Gammalon
According to reviews, Gammalon is an effective drug with a nootropic effect. They also speak positively about its good portability. The main disadvantages are considered its high cost and unavailability in pharmacies.
Price for Gammalon in pharmacies
The approximate price for Gammalon for 100 tablets in a package is 2100 rubles.
Anna Kozlova Medical journalist About the author
Education: Rostov State Medical University, 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!
