Prohepar
Prohepar: 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. Use in childhood
- 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: Prohepar
ATX code: A05BA
Active ingredient: Liver extract KPC N (Extractum Hepatis KPC N), Inositol (Inositol), Cyanocobalamin (Cyanocobalamin)
Producer: NORDMARK ARZNEIMITTEL, GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)
Description and photo update: 2018-24-10
Prohepar is a combined hepatoprotective agent.
Release form and composition
Sugar-coated tablets: oval, grayish-brown in color, practically odorless; two layers can be seen at the break. Packing: plastic / dark glass bottles - 20, 50 and 100 pcs., Each bottle is packed in a cardboard box.
Active substances in 1 tablet: liver extract KPC N (liver hydrolyzate) - 70 mg (including cyanocobalamin - not less than 0.0015 mg), choline hydrotartrate - 100 mg, cysteine - 16.57 mg (21.5 mg in recalculated as cysteine hydrochloride), inositol - 25 mg.
Additional components:
- core composition: gelatin, granulate of wheat flour and lactose, cetyl palmitate, colloidal silicon dioxide, high-viscosity paraffin, talc, magnesium stearate;
- shell composition: titanium dioxide, simethicone, sucrose, glucose syrup, triethyl citrate, hypromellose, sodium carmellose, medical charcoal, high-gloss wax, opagloss polishing agent formula 600, montane glycol wax, indigo carmine E132 dye, iron oxide red, iron oxide brown, indigocar dye blue (varnish blue 31967).
Pharmacological properties
Prohepar, thanks to its active components, inhibits the formation of connective tissue in the liver, preserves and restores the structure of hepatocytes, and also promotes the regeneration of a part of the parenchyma that has undergone destruction.
In addition, the drug improves local blood flow in the liver tissue and liver functional parameters, increases urine output.
Indications for use
- hepatopathies of various origins;
- toxic hepatitis, including alcoholic;
- chronic hepatitis;
- cirrhosis of the liver;
- fatty degeneration of the liver of various origins;
- radiation sickness;
- drug intoxication;
- psoriasis;
- taking cytostatics.
Contraindications
Prohepar is contraindicated in childhood, as well as in case of hypersensitivity to any of its components.
Instructions for the use of Prohepar: method and dosage
Prohepar should be taken orally: swallow the tablets whole without chewing, and drink plenty of liquid.
Unless the doctor has prescribed a different therapy regimen, adults should take 1 or 2 tablets 3 times a day.
The duration of therapy is individual.
To open a bottle of tablets, you need to pull out the lever and, pressing it from below, open the lid.
Side effects
The drug is generally well tolerated. In some cases, allergic reactions occur.
Overdose
Overdose cases have not been reported.
special instructions
No information available.
Pediatric use
According to the instructions, Prohepar is not used in pediatrics.
Drug interactions
There have been no reports of clinically significant cases of interaction of Prohepar with other drugs when used simultaneously.
Analogs
Progepar has no structural analogs. The following drugs have a similar mechanism of action: Antraliv, Sibektan, Milk Thistle, Silibinin, Heptrong, Heptor, Karsil, Ursodeoxycholic acid, Urso 100, Ursoliv, Liv 52, Laennek, Livolife Forte, Exhol, Fosfontsiale, Eslilidin, Mollepat Essentiale N, Ursosan, Hepa-Merz, Essliver, Thiotriazolin, Bongigar, Phosphogliv, etc.
Terms and conditions of storage
Shelf life - 3 years from the date of production, provided that the storage conditions recommended by the manufacturer are observed: dry, dark place out of reach of children, temperature - up to 25 ° C.
Terms of dispensing from pharmacies
Available without a prescription.
Reviews about Prohepar
Reviews of Prohepar by both doctors and patients are mostly positive. It is described as an effective drug that helps with various liver diseases. An additional advantage is the natural base of the tablets. In addition, Prohepar was tested abroad and only after that it hit the shelves of domestic pharmacies, and therefore it is especially credible.
Many consider the disadvantage of the high price of the drug. However, most are confident that the cost is justified.
Price for Prohepar in pharmacies
The approximate price of Progepar is 1090–1160 rubles. for 50 tablets, 1900 rubles. for 100 tablets.
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!
