"Smecta" from what helps? Instructions for use, feedback

Smecta is an excellent remedy for food poisoning, bloating, vomiting and diarrhea. The way Smecta helps quickly depends on the underlying cause of the disease. For example, food poisoning will require 2-3 medications to ease the patient's condition, and for a complete cessation of diarrhea it may take several days. What are the features of the drug and its difference from similar drugs?

Composition

The main active substance "Smekty" is a natural mineral extracted from shell rock - dioctahedral smectite (Diosmectite). He refers to a group of adsorbents of mineral origin. The manufacturer is Beaufour Ipsen International. The substance is a powder of grayish-white or grayish-yellow color. To improve the taste qualities, the manufacturer adds glucose, saccharin and vanillin to the preparation - and a drug with the trade name Smecta is obtained. What helps the medicine? In general, it is used for diarrhea of various etiologies.

Form of issue

Powder is packaged in paper bags weighing 3 g. In a carton box - 10 or 30 bags. Before use, the contents of 1 sachet are diluted in half a glass of water, gradually pouring the powder into the water and stirring. It turns out an opaque suspension, which is drunk before or after a meal, observing the interval of 1-2 hours. Also, Smecta is not allowed to mix with other medicinal products. Otherwise, there will be no effect from them - they will be consumed by Smecta. Store the drug at a temperature of not more than + 25 ° C.

Mechanism of action

"Smecta" refers to drugs for the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea. Its action is based on the ability of the crystal lattice of smectite to selectively attract and fix on its surface viruses, bacteria, toxins, gases and other harmful substances. Such a process is called adsorption. In addition, Smecta improves the production of mucus and together with it forms a glycoprotein layer that protects the intestinal wall from irritating effects of chemical and physical factors, pathogenic bacteria and viruses. This is the main advantage of the drug before other drugs with adsorption properties. In the complex therapy of enteritis, including infectious origin, Smecta is always prescribed. What helps the drug, in addition to inflammation of the intestine? Let's give a list of indications for the application of "Smekty":

• Food allergy;
• Drug diarrhea;
• Diarrhea due to eating disorders;
• Food poisoning;
• heartburn;
• gastritis;
• Peptic ulcer;
• Bloating due to increased gas formation.

"Smecta" can be used for children of any age, pregnant and lactating women. Consider carefully the peculiarities of use for various symptoms of digestive disorders.

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Does Smecta help with diarrhea? Of course, this is the main purpose of the drug. Diarrhea ceases due to the removal of harmful and irritating substances from the intestine by the medicine, creating a high-quality protective mucous layer on its inner shell. When poisoning and irritable bowel syndrome "Smecta" - one of the best adsorbents. If diarrhea is caused by infectious causes, then, in addition to Smekty, the doctor will prescribe antibacterial drugs. Recall that the interval between taking any medication and "Smekty" should be 1-2 hours, otherwise their effectiveness will significantly decrease. Adults with diarrhea prescribed 1 packet three times a day before the normalization of the stool. Thus, the daily dose of the drug is 9 g.

Does Smecta help with vomiting?

"Smecta" refers to antidiarrheal drugs, but can it be used for vomiting? It depends on the reason that caused it. As a rule, infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and food poisoning are accompanied by vomiting. In these cases it is recommended to take "Smektu" as an adsorbent, removing harmful substances from the stomach and intestines. The dose is the same as with diarrhea, 1 packet per reception. If immediately after taking the medication the patient again vomited, then it is necessary to drink the drug again.

"Smecta" helps with vomiting only if the process was caused by ingestion of poor-quality food, poisonous substances, or an infectious disease of the gastrointestinal tract. In all other cases, such as vomiting due to high temperature, head trauma, nervous disorders, absorption of adsorbents is useless.

"Smecta" helps against nausea if it is caused by the accumulation of toxic products in the stomach or intestines associated with the development of a viral or bacterial infection in the intestine, the intake of poor quality food. By removing harmful substances, the adsorbent removes the cause of nausea.

Use in children

Not all drugs are suitable for small patients. One of the medicines approved for children of any age is Smecta. What helps it to kids? From such problems as:

• Loose stools;
• Gases in the intestine;
• Rotavirus infections;
• Food poisoning;
• heartburn;
• A dysbacteriosis.

Newborns can take Smecta as early as the second or third day as prescribed by the pediatrician for jaundice.

Doses for toddlers differ from those recommended for adults. Up to a year the daily dose is 3 g - 1 sachet. Up to two years - 6 g (2 sachets). Older than two years - as in adults, up to 9 grams, that is, up to 3 sachets a day. The daily dose is better divided into two or three doses. You can mix the product not only with water, but also with children's mixtures, purees, compotes. To small children, the contents of the sachet are diluted in 50 ml of liquid. If Smecta is given in puree or milk mixture, then you need to divide the daily dose of the powder into three parts and dilute before use so that the food does not spoil. Drink the child on a teaspoon for 1-2 hours, the next dose of the medicine can be given after 2 hours.

Advantages of Smecta over other adsorbents:

• Does not affect the motility of the gastrointestinal tract;
• Does not injure the intestinal wall with microparticles;
• Selective adsorption - does not exclude vitamins and microelements from the body;
• Has an enveloping action.

For children let out "Smektu" with orange taste.

Contraindications for use

Do not take the drug with intestinal obstruction. Also, with caution appoint it with a tendency to chronic constipation, individually picking up the dose. Very rarely there are cases of individual intolerance to the components of the drug.

Side effects

Cases of overdose "Smekty" are not fixed. Of the side effects are possible:

• Development of constipation;
• Allergic reactions - urticaria, skin itching, rash, swelling of Quincke;
• With improper application - a decrease in the rate and degree of absorption from the gastrointestinal tract of other drugs.

It is undesirable to use the "Smecta" preparation for more than 7 days.

What helps and how effective is the remedy, according to consumers? Most of them agree that this is the most effective drug for diarrhea and vomiting that have arisen because of food poisoning in children and adults. Also, many mothers give Smecta to babies with colic, combining it with Espumizan. There are reviews that in some children this adsorbent can cause vomiting because of its consistency or constipation, which occurs when the drug is withdrawn or the dose is lowered. As for the taste of the drug, the adults do not experience any problems. But children often refuse to accept it because of a not very pleasant taste.

In general, Smecta is an affordable and high-quality drug for the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea and, in some cases, vomiting in children and adults. If you follow the instructions for use, the medication is harmless and has virtually no contraindications and side effects.