Cerebrolysin. Instructions for use, contraindications

The drug "Cerebrolysin" refers to the pharmacotherapeutic group of nootropic drugs. It is available in the form of a solution for injection, the liquid has an amber color, is completely transparent, excludes mechanical inclusions of different origin.

Over the past decades, in medical practice, there has been widespread use of the drug "Cerebrolysin", the instruction for use indicates its multifunctionality when exposed to the brain. The drug is effectively used in psychiatry and neurology.

The therapeutic effect of the drug is due to the biologically active low-molecular-weight neuropeptides contained in its composition, which go directly to the nerve cells. The drug "Cerebrolysin" helps to improve intracellular protein synthesis, which has a positive effect on the aging or developing brain. Preventing the formation of free radicals is also one of the functions of the drug "Cerebrolysin", it helps to prevent the death of neurons in ischemia and hypoxia.

There is also a positive effect of the drug in conditions of cognitive impairment , it has a stimulating effect on the memory processes.

Until today, in medicine, there is no data on the individual components of Cerebrolysin, the instructions for use indicate only its complex composition and the presence of an active fraction in the drug that has a polyfunctional total effect.

The drug "Cerebrolysin". Indications for use

In modern neurology there is a huge experience of using a medicinal product, which indicates its high effectiveness in traumatic, vascular, infectious acute brain lesions. It is used in cases of cerebral circulatory failure in patients after surgical operations on the brain.

As an indication for the prescription of the drug "Cerebrolysin", the instruction for use calls the following diseases:

- Alzheimer's disease;

- Ischemic stroke ;

- a syndrome of a dementia;

- cerebrovascular pathology (chronic form);

- trauma of the spinal cord, brain;

- delay in children in mental development;

- lack of attention in children, disorders associated with this;

High efficacy of the drug in the complex treatment of endogenous depression resistant to antidepressants was noted.

The drug "Cerebrolysin". Contraindications, side effects

Along with the indications for the appointment of the drug "Cerebrolysin", the instruction for use warns against the possibility of side effects. First of all, you should not inject the drug quickly, it may cause fever, dizziness, in rare cases, there is arrhythmia and rapid heartbeat.

In some cases, taking the drug is accompanied by negative manifestations on the part of different systems of the body. The gastrointestinal tract, for example, may react with the onset of nausea, loss of appetite, constipation, or diarrhea.

From the side of the nervous system, side reactions are rare, sometimes confusion, aggressiveness and insomnia can occur.

Very rarely the immune system reacts, that treatment with "Cerebrolysin" affects the patient's body adversely, says itching and redness at the injection site.

There is also a list of extremely rare (less than one case per 10 thousand patients) adverse events, for example, arterial hypotension or hypertension, depression, lethargy and others.

If any of these symptoms occur during treatment with Cerebrolysin, the instructions for use recommend that you temporarily stop the introduction and consult a specialist. In some cases, treatment with the drug is absolutely contraindicated, such include:

- hypersensitivity to "Cerebrolysin";

- epilepsy;

- Renal failure.

Pregnant women are prescribed with special care the drug "Cerebrolysin", the testimony in this case should be maximally justified and prevail over the risk to the fetus.

The drug is administered parenterally, the recommended duration of treatment is 10-20 days, one injection with a maximum daily dose of 50 ml is prescribed. The medicine is dispensed in pharmacies according to prescriptions, there are no special instructions to store the conditions, it is enough to place the drug in a cool dark place and a place difficult for children.