Activated charcoal, tablets 250 mg 50 pcs

It has enterosorbent, detoxifying and anti-diarrheal action. It belongs to the group of polyvalent physical and chemical antidotes with high surface activity.

It adsorbs poisons and toxins from gastrointestinal tract before their absorption, including alkaloids, glycosides, barbiturates and other narcotics, salts of heavy metals, toxins of bacterial, plant and animal origin, phenol and hydrocyanic acid derivatives, sulfonamides and gases.

The drug adsorbs excess of certain metabolic products – bilirubin, urea, cholesterol and also endogenous metabolites responsible for the development of endogenous toxicosis.

Pharmacokinetics

It is not absorbed, not broken down, excreted completely through the gastrointestinal tract within 24
hours.

Indications

Hangover, flatulence, allergy, salmonellosis, jaundice, liver cirrhosis, poisoning, dermatitis, preparation for diagnostic procedures, diarrhea, colic, hepatitis, alcoholism, bloating

• Exogenic and endogenous intoxications of different origin (as a detoxifying agent). Food toxic infections, dysentery, salmonellosis (in the complex treatment).
• Offensive drugs (psychotropic, sleeping pills, narcotics), alkaloids, salts of heavy metals and other poisons.
• Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, accompanied by dyspepsia and flatulence.
• Food and drug allergies.
• Hyperbilirubinemia (viral hepatitis and other jaundice) and hyperazotemia (renal failure).
• To reduce gas in the intestine before ultrasound and X-ray examinations.
• For the prevention of chronic intoxication at a harmful workplace.
  

Active ingredient

Activated carbon

Composition

For one tablet:
Active ingredient:
Activated carbon – 0,25 g.
Excipients (to obtain tablets of mass 0.32 g):
Potato starch – 0,054 g,
sucrose (sugar) – 0,016 g.

How to take, the dosage

Overly, in tablets or as a water suspension of crushed tablets, 1-2 hours before or after meals and taking other medicines. The required number of tablets is diluted in 100 ml (½ cup) of cool water.
Adults are prescribed on average 1.0-2.0 g (4-8 tablets) 3-4 times a day.

The maximum single dose for adults is up to 8.0 g (16 pills). In children the drug is prescribed at an average dose of 0.05 g/kg body weight 3 times a day depending on body weight. Maximum single dose is up to 0.2 g/kg of body weight.

The course of treatment in acute diseases is 3-5 days, in allergies and chronic diseases – up to 14 days. The second course of treatment is after 2 weeks upon the doctor’s recommendation.

Interaction

Reduces absorption and effectiveness of simultaneously taken drugs.

Special Instructions

In the treatment of intoxication it is necessary to create an excess of charcoal in the stomach (before gastric lavage) and in the intestine (after gastric lavage). Reducing the concentration of charcoal in the medium promotes desorption of the bound substance and its absorption (to prevent resorption of the released substance, repeated gastric lavage and administration of charcoal is recommended).

The presence of food masses in the gastrointestinal tract requires administration in high doses, as the contents of the gastrointestinal tract are sorbed by charcoal and its activity is reduced. If poisoning is caused by substances involved in enterohepatic circulation (cardiac glycosides, indomethacin, morphine and other opiates), it is necessary to use charcoal for several days.

When using the drug for more than 10-14 days, prophylactic administration of vitamins and calcium preparations is necessary.

For diabetics and patients on a low-carbohydrate diet it is necessary to know that one tablet contains about 0,07 g of carbohydrates (0,006 BE).

It is recommended to store the preparation in a dry place away from substances producing gases or fumes into the air.

Storage in the air (especially humid) reduces the sorption capacity.

Influence on the ability to drive vehicles, mechanisms

The use of the drug does not affect the ability to perform potentially dangerous activities that require high concentration and rapid psychomotor reactions
(driving vehicles, operating moving mechanisms, work of the dispatcher and
operator).

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Contraindications

Hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, gastrointestinal ulcers (including gastric and 12 duodenal ulcers, nonspecific ulcerative colitis), bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract, intestinal atony, simultaneous administration of antitoxic drugs whose effects develop after absorption (methionine and others).

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Side effects

Dyspepsia, constipation or diarrhea, staining of stools in a dark color. Long-term use (more than 14 days) may reduce absorption of vitamins, calcium and other nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract.

Pregnancy use

It is possible to use the drug during pregnancy and during breastfeeding if the expected benefits to the mother exceed the potential risk to the fetus and child. It is necessary to consult a physician.

Similarities

Activated charcoal