Phenibut, tablets 250 mg 20 pcs

Phenibut is a nootropic medicine.

Removes tension, anxiety and fear, improves sleep. It prolongs the latent period and shortens the duration and severity of nystagmus, has an antiepileptic effect.

Limits manifestations of asthenia and vasovetegetative symptoms, including headache, a feeling of heaviness in the head, sleep disturbances, irritability, emotional lability, increases mental performance. Improves psychological parameters: attention, memory, speed and accuracy of sensory-motor reactions.

Patients from the first days of therapy feel better, interest and initiative, motivation of activity are increased.
Phenibut administration after severe traumatic brain injury increases the number of mitochondria in perifocal areas and improves bioenergetic processes in the brain.

Phenibut also has an antioxidant effect.

When used in the elderly, Phenibut does not cause congestion or excessive lethargy.

Normalizes lipid peroxidation processes. Does not affect the choline and adrenoreceptors.

Indications

– asthenic and anxious-neurotic conditions, accompanied by anxiety, fear, apprehension
– obsessive-compulsive neurosis;
– psychopathy;
– stuttering, enuresis, tics (in children);
– insomnia, night anxiety (in elderly people);
– prevention of stress conditions (including, among others).ч. before surgeries and painful diagnostic tests;
– withdrawal (combined therapy);
– alcoholic delirium (combined therapy);
– Meniere’s disease;
– vertigo associated with disorders of the vestibular system of different genesis (including infectious and traumatic).Infectious, traumatic and vascular);
– prevention of kinetosis.

Active ingredient

Composition

1 tablet contains phenibut 250 mg.

How to take, the dosage

Phenibut is used orally before meals, for a course of 4-6 weeks.

Adults are prescribed in an average dose of 250-500 mg 3 times a day; if necessary, the dose is increased to 2.5 g/day. The maximum single dose is 750 mg, for people over 60 years old 500 mg.

Children from 2 to 8 years old – 50-100 mg 3 times per day, the maximum single dose – 150 mg; children 8-14 years old – 250 mg 3 times per day, the maximum single dose – 300 mg.

For relief of alcohol withdrawal syndrome during the first days of therapy the drug is administered by 250-500 mg 3 times a day and 750 mg at night, with gradual reduction of the daily dose to a daily dose usual for adults.

In otogenic labyrinthitis and Meniere’s disease during exacerbation – 750 mg 3-4 times a day for 5-7 days, when the severity of vestibular disorders decreases – 250-500 mg 3 times a day for 5-7 days and then 250 mg once a day for 5 days. In a mild course of the disease, 250 mg 2 times a day for 5-7 days, with subsequent reduction of the dose to 250 mg once a day for 7-10 days.

For the treatment of vertigo in disorders of the vestibular system of vascular and traumatic genesis – 250 mg 3 times a day for 12 days.

For prevention of motion sickness – 250-500 mg once 1 hour before the intended trip (the effect is dose-dependent).

Interaction

When used together, Phenibut prolongs and enhances the effects of hypnotics, neuroleptics, anticonvulsants and opioid analgesics.

Special Instructions

The drug is prescribed with caution in erosive-ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract.

Long-term use requires monitoring of liver function parameters and peripheral blood count.

Impact on driving and operating machinery

A refrain from engaging in potentially hazardous activities requiring increased attention.

Contraindications

– individual intolerance;
– children under 2 years of age;
– pregnancy, lactation.

Side effects

Allergic reactions: skin rash, itching.

CNS disorders: increased irritability, agitation, anxiety, dizziness, headache, drowsiness.

Digestive system: nausea (in the first administration).

Overdose

Symptoms: vomiting, arterial hypotension, drowsiness, nausea, renal failure.

In prolonged use of Phenibut at a daily dose of 7-14 g the development of hepatotoxic effects (including fatty liver dystrophy) and eosinophilia is possible.

Treatment: gastric lavage, symptomatic and supportive therapy.

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