Slabilen - Instructions For Use, Indications, Doses

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Instructions for use:

1. 1. Release form and composition
2. 2. Indications for use
3. 3. Contraindications
4. 4. Method of application and dosage
5. 5. Side effects
6. 6. Special instructions
7. 7. Drug interactions
8. 8. Terms and conditions of storage

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Weak - laxative.

Release form and composition

• film-coated tablets: round, convex on both sides, pale yellow (5 mg tablets), light yellow (7.5 mg tablets), or brownish yellow (15 mg tablets) color, marked with a depressed letter S on both sides; the cross-section shows the core - almost white or white (10 pcs. in blisters, 30 pcs. in polymer cans; in a cardboard box 1 can or 1, 2 packages);
• drops for oral administration: transparent, colorless or slightly colored, slightly viscous liquid (15 ml each in dark glass vials with a dropper stopper, 30 ml each in dark glass vials complete with a dropper; 1 vial in a cardboard box).

The active substance is sodium picosulfate, its content (in terms of anhydrous substance):

• 1 tablet - 5 mg, 7.5 mg or 15 mg;
• 1 ml drops (15 drops) - 7.5 mg.

Additional components of the tablets:

• core composition: potato starch, lactose monohydrate (milk sugar), magnesium stearate;
• excipients: Opadray II yellow [macrogol (polyethylene glycol 3350), polyvinyl alcohol, talc, titanium dioxide, iron oxide yellow dye].

Excipients of drops: sorbitol (food sorbitol), sodium methyl parahydroxybenzoate, purified water, hydrochloric acid 1M solution.

Indications for use

Slabilen is a drug for the treatment of constipation due to sluggish peristalsis or hypotension of the colon.

Also, the drug is used to regulate stool with cracks in the anus, prostatitis and hemorrhoids, in preparation for surgery, X-ray and instrumental studies.

Contraindications

• lactase deficiency, lactose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption (for tablets);
• abdominal pain of unknown origin;
• peritonitis;
• acute inflammatory diseases of the abdominal organs;
• severe dehydration;
• bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract;
• intestinal obstruction;
• spastic constipation;
• strangulated hernia;
• cystitis;
• metrorrhagia;
• I trimester of pregnancy;
• children under 10 years old - for tablets, up to 4 years old - for drops;
• hypersensitivity to drug components.

With caution: II and III trimesters of pregnancy, breastfeeding period.

Method of administration and dosage

Weak should be taken orally before bedtime: tablets - whole with plenty of water, drops - with a little water.

Adults and children over 10 years of age Slabilen in the form of tablets are prescribed 5 mg once a day. With persistent constipation, it is possible to increase the daily dose to 10 mg - 5 mg 2 times a day. Further, depending on the effect obtained, the dose is either reduced or increased. The maximum permissible daily dose is 15 mg (1 tab. 15 mg, 2 tab. 7.5 mg each, or 3 tabl. 5 mg each).

In the form of drops for adults, Slabilen is prescribed 10–20 drops, for persistent constipation, the dose is increased to 30 drops. For children over 4 years of age, the recommended dose is 5–8 drops.

Side effects

• abdominal pain, diarrhea;
• lowering blood pressure;
• weakness, convulsions;
• violation of water and electrolyte balance, dehydration.

special instructions

Slabilen should not be taken for more than 10 days without medical supervision.

The drug can be given to children only as directed by a doctor.

In the form of drops, the drug has no taste, so they can be added to food for children.

Sodium picosulfate does not affect a person's ability to drive a car and perform work that requires a speed of psychophysical reactions.

Drug interactions

Slabilen may increase the patient's sensitivity to cardiac glycosides.

Broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents reduce the effect of sodium picosulfate.

With the simultaneous use of diuretics and glucocorticosteroids, the likelihood of developing electrolyte disturbances increases.

Terms and conditions of storage

Keep out of the reach of children, protected from light: tablets - at a temperature not exceeding 25 ° С, drops - at a temperature not lower than 8 ° С.

The shelf life is 3 years.

Slabilen: prices in online pharmacies

Drug name Price Pharmacy

Slabilen 5 mg film-coated tablets 20 pcs. 136 RUB Buy

Weak tablets p.p. 5mg 20 pcs. 173 r Buy

Slabilen 7.5 mg / ml drops for oral administration 15 ml 1 pc. 183 r Buy

Weak drops for internal approx. 7.5mg / ml 15ml 219 r Buy

Information about the drug is generalized, provided for informational purposes only and does not replace the official instructions. Self-medication is hazardous to health!