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Instruction for Cinnarizine

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Composition

The tablet contains active substance Cinnarizine weighing 25 mg.
Additional substances are: magnesium stearate, povidone, lactose monohydrate, silicon dioxide, potato starch.

Form of issue

The drug is available in the form of white tablets.
Cinnarizine Forte is also available with 75 mg of active ingredient.

pharmachologic effect

According to the annotation expands the vessels. Improves peripheral and cerebral circulation.

Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics

Reduces the flow of calcium into the cell, reduces the level of calcium in the depot of the plasmolemma, enhances the vasodilating effect of carbon dioxide, reduces the tone of the smooth muscle tissue of the arterioles. Cinnarizine has a vasodilating effect, does not affect blood pressure. The antihistamine activity of the drug is moderately expressed, reduces the tone of the sympathetic nervous system, moderately reduces the excitability of the vestibular apparatus. Cinnarizine is effective in patients with a latent variant of cerebral circulation insufficiency, with the initial form of cerebral artery atherosclerosis, after a stroke. In people with impaired peripheral circulation improves the nutrition of tissues, organs, myocardium, increases the postischemic dilatation of the lumen of blood vessels. Cinnarizine reduces the blood viscosity index, moderately increases the ability of erythrocytes to deform, and positively affects the elasticity of their membranes.
Maximum absorption occurs within 1-3 hours. It is excreted in the form of metabolites with urine by one third and with feces by two thirds. The half-life is 4-24 hours.

Indications for use Cinnarizine

From what tablets? The drug is prescribed after an ischemic stroke, after the traumas of the brain, discirculatory encephalopathy, Miniera disease, vestibular disorders, for the prevention of kinetosis.
What indications for the use of Cinnarizine exist yet? The drug is effective in Raynaud's disease, obliterating thromboangiitis, senile dementia, migraine, sea and air sickness, obliterating atherosclerosis, thrombophlebitis, angiopathy, paresthesia, trophic disorders.

Contraindications

The drug is contraindicated in lactation, during pregnancy, children under 12 years. With Parkinson's disease appoint with caution.

Side effects

Nervous system: increased fatigue, drowsiness, extrapyramidal disorders, depression, hyperkinesia, limb tremor, headaches.
Side effects from the digestive system: cholestatic jaundice, dyspeptic disorders, passing pains in the epigastrium, dry mouth.
Rarely sweating, allergies, falling blood pressure, red flat herpes, obesity are rare.

Tablets Cinnarizine, instructions for use (Method and dosage)

The drug is taken orally. Drugs in pricks do not exist.
If there is a violation of the blood supply to the brain: three times a day for 25-50 milligrams.
If peripheral blood supply is disturbed: three times a day for 50-75 mg.
Preventing marine and airborne diseases: 30 minutes before the event take 25 milligrams.
Labyrinth disorders: thrice a day for 25 milligrams.
Children with 12 years of age, the dosage is halved. Age less than 12 years is a contraindication to the use of the drug.
The effect is achieved with continuous treatment.
Do not use more than 225 mg of medicament per day.
Instructions for use Cinnarizine Sopharma 25 mg is similar.

Overdose

Drowsiness, vomiting, coma, excessive drop in blood pressure, tremor. It is recommended to take adsorbents, asymptomatic therapy. Antidote is not developed.

Interaction

Cinnarizine enhances the action of nootropics, sedatives, vasodilators, hypotensive drugs, ethanol. Reduces the effective action of hypertensive drugs.

Storage conditions

In a place inaccessible to children at a temperature of no more than 25 degrees Celsius.
Shelf life - Not more than 5 years.

special instructions

Cinnarizine can cause false positive doping control in athletes. This effect is due to the antihistamine effect of the drug. Long-term use requires control of the liver, kidneys, blood. It is acceptable to take the drug while breastfeeding. Affects the management of transport.
Often a combination of Cinnarizine and Piracetam is prescribed for chronic cerebral circulatory failure. The interaction of these substances is described in detail in Wikipedia.

Cinnarizine for babies

How to take for newborns? It is important to remember that the drug is contraindicated for infants.

Reviews of Cinnarizine

Those who took the drug, evaluate it as effective and inexpensive. The drug helps to cope with the headache, increases mental performance, removes noise in the ears and dizziness.

Reviews of Cinnarizine for children

Doctors sometimes prescribe medication to infants, and parents testify that it helps, without causing visible negative effects. However, it is worth remembering that this medication is contraindicated for children under 12 years old.