Anti-Parkinsonics "Cyclodol" - instructions for the use of the drug

"Cyclodol" is a medicine that belongs to the pharmacological group of antiparkinsonian anticholinergics. The drug is intended for the treatment of Parkinson's disease - a chronic disease, more characteristic of people of advanced age.

A typical example of a patient suffering from this disease may be the world-famous heavyweight boxer Mohammed Ali. When he periodically appears on TV screens, you can see the characteristic signs of the aforementioned disease. Once the great boxing master, who, as you know, "fluttered like a butterfly and stung like a bee", now suffers from trembling limbs and speech disorders.

Unfortunately, this disease is currently recognized as incurable and spares no one, but there are effective methods that allow victims to live a more or less normal life. This disease was first described by the English physician James Parkinson - his name was subsequently named.

It is for the treatment of Parkinson's disease that the Cyclodol (tablets) remedy is meant.

This drug, producing a strong central n-anticholinergic action on the human body, also produces a pronounced peripheral m-cholinoblocking effect. Due to this, its reception helps to reduce or eliminate motor disorders, which are associated with extrapyramidal dysfunctions. With Parkinson's disease (Parkinsonism), the drug "Cyclodol" instructions for use Recognizes quite an effective remedy.

It helps to reduce tremor (trembling of the limbs). On rigidity, bradykinesia, the degree of influence of the drug is somewhat less pronounced. The drug also has antispasmodic properties, in turn, associated with its anticholinergic activity, as well as direct myotropic action.

How to take the drug "Cyclodol"? Instructions for use give such recommendations: the tablets should be taken before meals or during meals. Dosage should be selected strictly on an individual basis. Usually, therapy begins with a prescription of 0.5-1 mg / day. Subsequently, an increase in dosage of 1-2 mg is made every few days (3-5). Such an increase in the daily dose of the drug "Cyclodol" is recommended for use by the instruction manual until the expected therapeutic effect is obtained.

It should be taken into account that for adult patients the maximum daily dose is 16 mg, and a single dose of 10 mg. Contraindication to treatment with this drug is, first of all, increased sensitivity to its active component - trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride. Also, this drug should not be administered with closed-angle forms of glaucoma, problems with the prostate gland (more precisely, adenoma III-IV stage).

The instructions for use warn of the following side effects during the reception of the product:

• Constipation;
• Dysfunction of urination;
• headache;
• Disturbance of the heart rhythm (tachycardia);
• Excited state;
• Dry mouth;
• Violation of concentration of attention;
• Skin rashes.

Cases of drug dependence on the drug "Cyclodol" were also noted. Instructions for use also indicate the signs of an overdose of this drug: characteristic are violations of the central nervous system. In particular, we are talking about psychomotor agitation, the presence of delirium and hallucinations. These drugs are released strictly according to prescriptions, so for their appointment, medical advice is needed.

Patients who have been mentally ill, the drug "Cyclodol" should be administered with extreme caution!