Odeston, tablets 200 mg 20 pcs

Pharmacological group:Drug with choleretic and antispasmodic action

Pharmacotherapeutic group: Bile diuretic

Pharmacological action

The diuretic drug. Increases the formation and excretion of bile. It has a selective antispasmodic effect on the bile ducts and sphincter of Oddi. The drug does not decrease gastrointestinal peristalsis and BP.

Limits bile stasis, prevents crystallization of cholesterol and thus development of cholithiasis.

Pharmacokinetics

absorption and distribution

After oral administration, it is rapidly absorbed from the GI tract. Cmax in blood after oral administration is reached after 2-3 hours. It weakly binds with plasma proteins.

Elimation

The T1/2 is about 1 hour. It is excreted with urine: about 93% – as glucuronate, 1.4% – as sulfonate, 0.3% – unchanged.

Indications

Active ingredient

Composition

The tablets are white to white with a yellowish tint, round, flat cylindrical, beveled and engraved on one side with the letters “Ch”.

1 tablet:

Hymecromone 200 mg

Auxiliary substances: potato starch – 45 mg, gelatin – 3 mg, sodium lauryl sulfate – 1 mg, magnesium stearate – 1 mg.

How to take, the dosage

The drug is used orally 30 min before meals.

Adults are prescribed 200-400 mg 3 times a day. The daily dose is 1200 mg. The course of treatment is 2 weeks.

If a dose is missed, take the drug as soon as possible. If the time of the next dose is approaching, do not take the missed dose. Do not take a double dose of the drug to make up for a missed dose.

Interaction

Concomitant use of morphine, which causes spasm of the Oddi sphincter, weakens the effect of Odeston.

When using Odeston concomitantly with metoclopramide there is a mutual weakening of action.

Odeston increases the effects of indirect anticoagulants.

Special Instructions

Special Precautions for Disposing of Unused Medication

Do not throw medications down the drain or into household waste containers. You should ask your pharmacist about how to dispose of unused medication. These measures will help protect the environment.

Impact on the ability to drive and operate machinery

The drug does not affect the ability to drive vehicles and to engage in other potentially dangerous activities requiring increased concentration and quick psychomotor reactions.

Contraindications

Side effects

Digestive system disorders:diarrhea, flatulence, abdominal pain, ulceration of the gastrointestinal mucosa.

Others:allergic reactions, headache.

Overdose

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