Instructions for use: "Sedaphyton"( capsules and tablets)

Modern people are constantly suffering from insomnia. Therefore, many pharmaceutical companies began to produce a huge number of various sleeping pills that help to quickly fall asleep and give a person a rest. One such drug is Sedafiton. Instructions for use, reviews and forms of this medication are presented below.

Composition, packaging, shapes, description

This preparation is manufactured in several forms.

Sedaphyton Tablets

The instruction for use says that they have a convex cylindrical shape, as well as a gray-brown or green-gray color with multi-colored inclusions on the fault. This remedy includes a dense extract of rhizomes of valerian, a thick extract of the herb of the motherwort and hawthorn fruits, as well as such auxiliary components as potato starch, magnesium carbonate, talc, magnesium stearate and povidone. In the sale of this drug comes in cardboard packs, which are placed blisters.

Sedaphyton Forte gelatine capsules

The instructions for use tell us that they have a brown shell and gray-green or brown-gray contents. This medicine contains the rhizomes of valerian, herb extract of motherwort and hawthorn fruit, as well as potato starch, magnesium carbonate heavy, povidone, talcum and magnesium stearate. This product is sold in cardboard packs containing blisters.

Action of the drug

How does the Sedaphyton drug work? Instructions for use( tablets and capsules affect the human body the same way) asserts that the components of this medication contain tannins, essential oils and saponins. They have a positive effect on the activity of the vegetative NS and CNS.

This drug has anxiolytic and sedative properties. It also has spasmolytic activity, reduces blood pressure and heart rate, normalizes cardiac work.

According to reviews of patients, after taking this drug, mental tension, a sense of fear, normalizing the structure of sleep, speeding up and improving the process of falling asleep disappears.

Properties of the

What are the characteristics of the Sedaphyton drug? Instruction for use reports that the hawthorn extract, which is part of the medicament, contains acetylcholine, flavonoids, choline, phytosterols and triterpene acids. It is this ingredient that improves blood circulation in the brain and coronary structures, and also increases the contractility of the myocardium and reduces its excitability.

One can not help saying that after taking the medicine, the patient's heart stamina increases with oxygen starvation and the blood pressure in peripheral vessels decreases. At the same time, the heart muscle becomes more hardy under intense physical exertion.

According to experts, after a long administration of the drug, the total level of triglycerides and cholesterol in the blood decreases.

Indications

When should I take Sedaphyton? Instructions for use informs us of the following indications of this medication:

• mild forms of neurotic disorders( eg, irritability, fatigue, anxiety and fear, nervousness, inattention);
• sleep disorders( light forms);
• headaches and migraine arising from nervous tension;
• menopausal syndrome, dysmenorrhea, PMS;
• unpleasant sensations in dermatoses( eczema, hives, atopic dermatitis);
• neurocirculatory dystonia with tachycardia, high blood pressure, cardialgia, first stage arterial hypertension, initial stage of chronic heart failure;
• constant mental stress.

Contraindications

When should patients not prescribe Sedaphyton? Instructions for use( capsules and tablets have the same contraindications) states that this drug can not be used for bradycardia, low blood pressure, allergies to components, depression and other diseases that are accompanied by CNS depression.

Instruction for use

"Sedafiton" is assigned to adults, as well as children from 12 years. The drug is swallowed in its entirety, washed down with water.

Medication in the form of tablets is prescribed 1-2 times twice or thrice a day. With insomnia, the medication is taken one hour before bedtime. The maximum dosage per day is 6 tablets. The duration of treatment is determined by the treating doctor.

As for the capsules, they should be taken 1 piece 2-3 times a day. For the treatment of insomnia, one capsule is enough 60 minutes before bedtime. The maximum dosage of the drug per day is 3 capsules.

The course of treatment for this medication is prescribed by a doctor, depending on the effectiveness of therapy and disease.

Side effects of

This drug is well tolerated by patients. Although in some cases, after taking pills and capsules, there may be:

• spasms in the gastrointestinal tract, allergic reactions, nausea;
• urticaria, vomiting, rashes and itching on the skin;
• dizziness, drowsiness;
• tachycardia, bradycardia, decreased blood pressure.

Reviews

In most cases, patients respond to the Sedafiton product only on the good side. Consumers say that it helps to quickly fall asleep and sleep soundly. However, in some cases, this medication can cause excessive drowsiness and confusion.