Pantocalcin
Instructions for use:
- 1. Pharmacological action
- 2. Release form
- 3. Indications for use
- 4. Contraindications
- 5. Method of application
- 6. Side effects
- 7. Storage conditions
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Pantocalcin is a nootropic drug used for neurotic disorders and psycho-emotional overload.
pharmachologic effect
The active ingredient Pantocalcin has neuroprotective, neurometabolic and neurotrophic properties. According to the instructions for Pantocalcin:
- Stimulates anabolic processes in neurons;
- Increases the brain's resistance to the harmful effects of toxic substances and hypoxia;
- It has an anticonvulsant and analgesic effect;
- Reduces motor excitability while regulating behavior;
- Increases resistance to stress, as well as mental and physical performance;
- Normalizes the GABA content in chronic alcohol intoxication.
Release form
Pantocalcin is produced in the form of white flat-cylindrical tablets containing 250 and 500 mg of calcium hopantenate. 10 pieces in contour packs, 50 pieces in polymer cans.
The analogs of Pantocalcin in terms of the mechanism of action are the preparations Calcium hopantenat, Gopantam and Pantogam.
Indications for the use of Pantocalcin
According to the instructions, Pantocalcin is indicated for use with:
- Cognitive impairment caused by neurotic disorders and organic brain damage;
- Decrease in mental and physical performance, as well as to improve concentration, memorization and attention;
- Extrapyramidal hyperkinesis in hereditary diseases of the nervous system, including hepatocerebral dystrophy, Huntington's chorea and Parkinson's disease;
- Psycho-emotional overload;
- Disorders of urination, including daytime urinary incontinence, enuresis, urgency, pollakiuria;
- Extrapyramidal neuroleptic syndrome.
As part of combination therapy, the use of Pantocalcin is effective in treating:
- Cerebral organic insufficiency arising in schizophrenia, simultaneously with neuroleptics, antidepressants;
- Epilepsy with a slowdown in mental processes, simultaneously with anticonvulsants;
- Cerebrovascular insufficiency, which is caused by atherosclerotic changes in the vessels of the brain;
- Consequences of neuroinfections and traumatic brain injuries;
- The initial form of senile dementia;
- Residual organic brain damage, especially in the elderly.
For children, Pantocalcin is prescribed according to the instructions for treatment:
- Mental retardation, in particular, with delayed speech, motor, mental development or their combination;
- Infantile cerebral palsy;
- Stuttering, predominantly clonic;
- Epilepsy, especially in polymorphic seizures and minor epileptic seizures, concurrently with anticonvulsant drugs.
Pantocalcin is also used to mitigate the side effects of neuroleptics.
Contraindications
Pantocalcin according to the instructions is contraindicated to use:
- With acute renal failure;
- In the first trimester of pregnancy;
- Children under three years old;
- With increased sensitivity to the components of Pantocalcin.
Data on the safety of using Pantocalcin during lactation, as well as in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, have not been provided.
Method of administration of Pantocalcin
Regardless of the disease, Pantocalcin, according to the instructions, is recommended to be taken 20-30 minutes after a meal.
As a rule, according to reviews, Pantocalcin is prescribed in a single dose:
- For adults - 0.5-1 g each;
- For children - 0.25-0.5 g each.
The daily dosage for children and adults should not exceed 3 g, and the duration of admission is 6 months. A repeated course of treatment with Pantocalcin can be carried out no earlier than three months later.
The duration of the use of Pantocalcin for neuroleptic syndrome is usually 1-3 months. For adults, the drug is prescribed 0.5-1 g three times a day, for children - twice less. The same dosage is used in the treatment of hyperkinesis (tics), however, the duration of treatment in this case can be 5 months.
With the consequences of craniocerebral injuries and neuroinfections, as a rule, 1 tablet of Pantocalcin (250 mg) is prescribed up to 4 times a day, and in case of asthenic conditions and increased loads, the same dosage is used 3 times a day.
The use of Pantocalcin in the treatment of epilepsy is usually long-term, up to six months. Adults are prescribed 4 g, and children - 2 g of the drug per day.
In the treatment of urinary disorders, the daily adult dose should not exceed 3 g. The duration of treatment is most often from two weeks to three months, which depends on the therapeutic effect and the severity of the disorders.
With mental retardation in children, the use of Pantocalcin, according to reviews, is effective at 3 g per day for three months, and with delayed speech development - 2 g per day for 2-3 months.
Pantocalcin according to the instructions prolongs the action of barbiturates, prevents the side effects of carbamazepine, phenobarbital, antipsychotics (neuroleptics), and also enhances the effects:
- Medicines that stimulate the central nervous system;
- Anticonvulsants;
- Local anesthetics (procaine).
Side effects
According to reviews, Pantocalcin most often causes allergic reactions, which manifest themselves as conjunctivitis, rhinitis and skin rashes.
Storage conditions
Pantocalcin is one of a number of prescription nootropics. The shelf life of Pantocalcin should not exceed 3 years.
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Information about the drug is generalized, provided for informational purposes only and does not replace the official instructions. Self-medication is hazardous to health!
