One of the largest achievements of Russian medicine is the appearance of the drug "Cortexin", which contributes to the therapy of various pathologies that occur in the brain of the human head. The development of the drug took almost 30 years. The creation and approbation of the drug was carried out by the Military Medical Academy. Did the "Cortexin" deserve at least one positive review? Practicing clinicians and leading pharmacologists have proved that this drug is the leading drug in the field of brain therapy and most of the concomitant ailments that have a neuronal etiology.
The principle of the therapeutic effect of
What is the "Cortexin", and what is its therapeutic effect? The drug is a complex morphological structure, which has many elements. It consists of the simplest protein components, which are balanced in a certain way from vitamins and other biologically necessary compounds. In a complex, all these components of the drug "Cortexin" enable nerve cells to quickly restore the functions lost by them.
The long-term practice confirms inefficiency of the majority of rather strongly working preparations in case of therapy of deviations in work of a brain of a head. They do not cope with problems because of the inability to overcome the blood-brain barrier. This is a powerful system of body protection, which prevents the impact on the brain of a variety of unfavorable and aggressive factors.
Despite the fact that the drug "Cortexin" has a complex structure, it has a fairly low molecular weight. This allows the drug to easily overcome the described barrier and penetrate into the brain, as a result of which the therapeutic effect is faster and stronger.
Mechanism of action of the drug
The action of the drug "Cortexin" is its ability to restore the broken balance between amino acids. They affect the activity of important biological processes in the nervous system, memory, intellectual abilities, and also suppress reactions in the form of convulsions, prevent the destruction of neurocytes. This effect of "Cortexin" allows you to use it not only in the field of neurology, but also in the case of mental disorders, neurosurgery and other therapeutic actions. This versatility of the drug can cause only positive feedback."Cortexin", in addition to a wide range of actions, has one more advantage.
The dose of the drug on the body is minimal, which facilitates its use regardless of the age category of the patients. Therapy with the help of it can be prescribed to both newborns and people in old age.
Areas of action of the drug
The positive effect of the drug "Cortexin" can be observed in the case of hemorrhagic stroke. Already a few days after the beginning of taking the drug, the condition of the affected area of the brain and the vascular bed improves, the process of recovery of neuropsychiatric connections that are violated is accelerated, and a positive dynamics is observed when the electroencephalogram is performed. In this case, the medication "Cortexin" acts and indirectly, stimulating an increase in the volume of blood flow and improving its access to the affected areas of the brain.
The efficacy of the drug has also been proven in the treatment of the symptoms of various neuroinfectious ailments. With it, the number of patients suffering from headaches, weakness and dizziness can be reduced several times. This fact also causes more than one positive response.
"Cortexin" is also used for ophthalmic abnormalities - in case of damage to the retina or other parts of the optic nerve.
Other areas of exposure to
The drug exhibits a rapid rehabilitative effect, which provides a positive effect when treating not only the brain of the head, but also parts of the nervous system remote from it. For example, the drug "Cortexin" reduces inflammatory reactions in the case of sacral or lumbar radiculitis.
Indications for use
The drug "Cortexin" is used for the complex treatment of the following conditions and diseases:
- craniocerebral injury;
- of bacterial and viral neuroinfections;
- asthenia;
- encephalopathy;
- encephalitis;
- disturbances of thinking and memory;
- of infantile cerebral palsy( its various forms);
- reduced ability to learn;
- delayed speech and psychomotor development at an early age;
- radiculitis;
- retinal pathologies and some others.
Contraindications and side effects of the drug
In some cases, when using the drug "Cortexin" there are reactions of an allergic nature. At the site of injection by injection, there may be a slight redness. But pretty soon it disappears, as evidenced by more than one review."Cortexin" is contraindicated for use in
during pregnancy and lactation. With individual intolerance to the drug, it is also not recommended for use.
Method of use of
For whatever purpose the "Cortexin" drug would be used, its effectiveness depends directly on the stage of the disease, during which the treatment with it is started.
Method of drug administration into the body - intramuscular injection. The contents of the vials are dissolved with water for injection or sodium chloride. The drug is administered daily, once a day. Appropriate dosages for each patient should be prescribed by a doctor.
The recommended amount of "Cortexin" for newborn infants and toddlers weighing less than 20 kg is 0.5 mg per kilogram of the child's weight. The rest is administered 10 mg daily. The course of treatment is 10 days. If necessary, it repeats. In this case, the break between the courses must be at least one month.
Interaction with other medicines
The drug "Cortexin" is not allowed to be used simultaneously with medical preparations of peptide origin. In the process of its dissolution, Novokain can not be used.
"Cortexin" preparation:
price The minimum cost of this medicine is 67 rubles per bottle( 5 mg).At the same time, the lowest price for packaging, which includes 10 such bubbles, is 620 rubles. How much is the medication "Cortexin-10"?The price of this drug ranges from 100 rubles per bottle to about 1090 rubles per package( meaning 10 bubbles of 10 mg each).