Festal: instructions for use, dosage, contraindications

The inclination of the Russian to excess has long been a talk of the town. A huge number of holidays, celebrated by us every year, traditional friendly feasts that can last for hours, jamming a bad mood with something tasty and useless have become almost common for us. And to deal with all the problems that we create our own organism, we have a relatively small organ - the pancreas. It is she who is responsible for digesting all that incompatible abundance of products that we load into ourselves.

In the norm of the enzymes it produces must be sufficient for the normal functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. But only in the event that both the quantity and quality of food are also close to normal. Otherwise, we expect the heaviness in the stomach, poor intestinal peristalsis, problems with the liver and endless constipation. Coping with all these problems will help long known to all fans to eat well the drug "Festal", the instruction for which is set out below.

This drug belongs to the group of enzyme medicines, the reception of which is intended to help the human digestive system. Festal is produced in the form of a white dragee with a glossy glossy surface.

Festal: composition and properties

The composition of the drug includes: pancreatin, bovine liver extract and hemicellulose. The composition of the drug is balanced, so Festal has unique properties. By replacing certain enzymes produced by the pancreas, it can significantly accelerate and facilitate the digestion of the main constituents of food (proteins, carbohydrates and fats), allowing them to be easily absorbed. Also, hemicellulose makes it possible for plant cells to split more quickly, which causes a sharp decrease in gassing in the intestine. Bovine liver extract is included in the preparation to stimulate the gallbladder and to improve the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and lipids.

Indications for use and dosage

The drug "Festal", the instruction for its use is made on the basis of long-term studies of its effect on the body, has the following indications for use:

- Expressed inaccuracies in nutrition in people with a normally functioning GIT as a one-time symptomatic treatment;

- Toxic and alcoholic liver damage;

- Dysfunction of the gallbladder;

- Duodenitis and cholecystitis.

The drug "Festal" instruction for use recommends taking with or without food intake immediately after it. Dragee should be swallowed whole, without chewing and not irritating beforehand, with a small amount of non-carbonated liquid. During the day, when taken as an auxiliary therapy, the need for which is caused by heavy food, you need to drink 1 or 2 tablets three times each.

When used for a long time as an additional source of enzymes with insufficient functioning of the pancreas or gallbladder, the doses of the drug are prescribed by a doctor on the basis of laboratory data.

Contraindications and overdose

Even the most useful drug when taking it alone and in the wrongly calculated doses is capable of doing more harm than good. The preparation "Festal" instructions for use also reveals some contraindications and side effects. These include: liver disease (acute and chronic), intestinal obstruction, pregnancy, child age, cystic fibrosis, in which the medicine prohibits an abstract.

Festal also has some side effects to which the manufacturer refers to nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, allergic reactions and irritation of the oral mucosa. In case of an overdose, side effects increase and require symptomatic treatment.