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Composition

The chemical composition of Vicasol varies from the form of the preparation.
    In one tablet of the drug, 15 mg of sodium menadione bisulfite is present.
    In the ampoule of the drug, a nominal volume of 1 ml contains 10 mg of the active drug component.

Form of production Vicasol

The drug is released as a solution (injection), intended for intramuscular administration, as well as in a tablet form. Tablets are packed in glass jars of 30 pcs. in each or in blisters for 10 pcs. in each, and then placed in cardboard packages of 1 bank or 3 blisters.
The solution of Vicasol is packaged in ampoules, with a nominal volume of 1 ml, and then placed in contour cells of 5 pcs. in each. In one carton package, as a rule, there are 2 cells with ampoules.

pharmachologic effect

Vicasol is an analogue of fat-soluble vitamin K of synthetic origin. By its mechanism of action, the drug belongs to the group of hemostatic drugs, i.e. hemostatics, as well as coagulants.

Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics

On the question "from what tablets Vicasol used by physicians?" You can answer as follows - the drug is involved in the synthesis of proconvertin and prothrombin, thereby enhancing the coagulability of the blood. Tablets, as well as intramuscular injections of this drug, contribute to enhancing the development of factors of hemocoagulation (II, VII, IX and X species).
With a lack of vitamin K in the human body, increased bleeding increases, which can lead to serious and sometimes fatal consequences. Vicasol has hemostatic properties, which appear after a maximum of 18 hours from the time of application of the drug.

Indications for use of Vicasol

The main indications for the use of Vicasol are: hemorrhagic syndrome caused by hypoprothrombinemia, bleeding due to wounds, surgical intervention or trauma, vitamin K hypovitaminosis, including jaundice and prolonged diarrhea, as well as cirrhosis and hepatitis.
As part of complex therapy, this drug effectively copes with menorrhagia and uterine bleeding, hemorrhagic disease in newborns. In addition, the drug is used in overdose with drugs that are related to vitamin K antagonists, for example, Phenylin or Neodicumarin.
Often doctors recommend their patients to take Vicasol tablets with menstruation. In free Internet sources, you can meet many positive responses from women about the effectiveness of this drug. However, gynecologists do not recommend self-medication and "prescribe" this drug to themselves without prior consultation and medical examination.
Since the drug belongs to hemostatics, Vicasol with monthly reduces the abundance of secretions. True, not all patients manage to get an equally stable result when using the drug. Therefore, only a doctor can prescribe this medicine, and also answer the question of how to take the monthly Wicasol correctly so as not to harm your health.

Contraindications

The drug is contraindicated in the use of: hypersensitivity, thromboembolism, with increased blood clotting, in the presence of newborns hemolytic disease. With extreme caution should be used Vicasol during pregnancy, with a deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, as well as with liver failure.

Side effects

If the recommendations for using the drug are not observed, allergic reactions may occur, for example, urticaria, rash, bronchospasm, erythema or pruritus. In newborns, symptoms of hemolytic disease may manifest.

Instructions for use Vicasol (Method and dosage)

Since the preparation is released in tablets and in ampoules in the form of a solution for intramuscular injection of dosage, the same pattern of administration of the medicament may vary depending on the health status and age of the patient.

Vicasol tablets, instructions for use

Adult patients are recommended to take 15 to 30 mg of the drug per day, children under 1 year - from 2 to 5 mg, up to 2 years - 6 mg, 3 to 4 years - 8 mg, 5 to 9 years - 10 mg , from 10 to 14 years - 15 mg. As a general rule, pills take no more than 3 times a day. However, the dosage, the schedule of taking the drug, as well as the duration of the course of treatment, can be established by the doctor individually.
Solution for injection to adult patients can be used in dosage not exceeding 10-15 mg per day. For children the dosage of the solution of Vicasol is similar to the rules for taking a tablet form of the drug.
As a general rule, the duration of the course of treatment with any form of the drug should not exceed 4 days. Re-use the drug can be after 4 days. The following maximum permissible doses of the drug are determined for a single dose of Vicasol (ie, the maximum permissible single dose):
    in tablets - for adult patients 30 mg, but not more than 60 mg per day, for newborn children not more than 4 mg per day;
    in the form of a solution - for adults 15 mg, but not more than 30 mg. per day, for newborn children - not more than 4 mg per day.
As such, instructions for the use of Vicasol in case of menstruation do not exist, since only a qualified gynecologist can competently pick up an individual dosage and develop a schedule for taking the drug for each woman.

Overdose

No data.

Interaction

With the combined use of Vicasol and Phenilin, Neodicumarin and other antagonists of vitamin K, the drug blocks the anticoagulant properties of the above-labeled drugs. With simultaneous use of the drug with antibiotics, quinidine, salicylates, quinine and antibacterial sulfonamides, an adjustment of the dosage of Vicasol is required.

Storage conditions

Keep this medicine at a temperature of not more than 25 C and away from children.
Shelf life - 3 years.

special instructions

The drug is absolutely ineffective in patients with Willebrand and Vergoff disease, as well as hemophilia. Vicasol can provoke the development of hemolysis in the deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.

Children

The drug can be used in the treatment of children in accordance with the dosages prescribed by the instruction.

Vicasol in pregnancy and lactation

In pregnancy, the drug is prescribed, usually in the third trimester to eliminate bleeding in a woman, as well as to prevent bleeding in newborns.

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