"Controllers": analogues. "Controllers": drug substitutes

Surely people who have encountered such problems as increased acidity or stomach and duodenal ulcer have at least heard from doctors about the drug "Controllers". This medicine is able in a relatively short period of time to eliminate abdominal pain, heartburn. He can also save a person from such ailments as erosive gastritis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer. Therefore today in the article we will consider the main points concerning the drug "Controllers": analogs, the form of release of the medication, the rules of admission, contra-indications, limitations. Also we learn the price of this medicine and compare it with the cost of similar tablets, called "Nolpaz".

Form of issue

The preparation "Controllers" (international name "Pantoprazole") is realized in 2 forms:

• In the form of tablets.
• As a powder for the preparation of a suspension.

Indications

The drug "Controllers", the instruction to which must necessarily be included in the package with the medicine, is prescribed to patients with the following health problems:

• Gastric ulcer and 12 duodenal ulcer (in the phase of exacerbation).
• Reflux esophagitis is an inflammatory lesion of the esophagus due to the repeated casting of gastric contents into it.
• Erosive gastritis is a gradual destruction of the gastric mucosa.
• The syndrome of Zollinger-Ellison (or adenoma). It is characterized by a tumor of the pancreatic glandular process.
• Stress ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract.

How to take pills?

Before getting medication, you should carefully read the instructions, follow all the doctor's recommendations, otherwise the medicine will prove ineffective. Tablets should be swallowed whole, not chewed and not snapped. Before meals or while eating, you can drink the water of the "Controllers" pills. The instruction to the preparation says that the drug should be taken in the following dosage depending on the diagnosis of the patient:

• With gastric ulcer and 12 duodenal ulcer - 1 tablet (40 mg) of medication every day.
• With reflux esophagitis, a doctor can prescribe 1 or 2 pills (20 or 40 mg) every day.
• If a person has kidney problems, or they are elderly patients, then the daily dose for them should not exceed 40 mg of the drug.
• If a patient has a severe impairment of liver function, the doctor can prescribe to him 1 tablet a day later.

The duration of therapy is determined by the doctor. Usually, with a stomach ulcer, a person takes these pills for a month, in other cases this period can be extended to 2 months.

Using the powder "Controllers"

The use of the drug in this form is justified if the patient for some reason can not swallow the pill. The contents of the bottle the nurse dissolves in 10 ml of sodium chloride solution. The medication is administered to a patient intravenously for 2-15 minutes.

With a stomach ulcer, 40 ml of the medicine (i.e., 1 bottle of powder) per day is administered to the patient. In the treatment of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, the daily dose of the drug can be 80 mg.

The prepared solution should be used within 3 hours.

Opinions of people

The drug "Controll", reviews of which are mostly positive, are often prescribed by a doctor in combination with other medications, including antibiotics. Patients find it difficult to determine what kind of remedy affected their health. But still there are reviews of patients who say that this drug helped them with a stomach ulcer and erosive gastritis during an exacerbation. Some even note the fact that the period of application of the money they have significantly reduced. If the instructions to the medication say that you can use the tablets for up to 8 weeks, that is, patients who have had a therapy period of only 2 weeks. After that, the patients began to feel better and forget that they had stomach problems.

There are also individual reviews of people who claim that the drug "Controller" helped them cope with gastritis. And the doctor prescribed only this medication. And only a few days after the therapy, people no longer had a burning sensation in the stomach, and they were cured quickly enough.

Tablets or powder "Controllers", reviews of which are rare, still has a small number of negative responses. And they are related to the fact that, according to the patients, this drug in no way helped them. However, one should pay attention to an important point: in these cases, people used it on their own, without the doctor's recommendations. And you can not do this categorically. After all, only a specialist can prescribe this remedy after all the tests done, and often he prescribes it in combination with other pills. Therefore, if the patient independently purchased this drug, drank the pills at his discretion, but did not get a positive result, it is not the fault of the manufacturer of this drug, but, in fact, the person himself. Therefore, in order not to throw money away, it is necessary to go to the hospital for a consultation, take tests, and then, on the advice of a specialist, get medicine and carry out therapy with it.

Cost

Medication "Controllers", the price of which varies depending on the form of release and volume, you can buy in any pharmacy, while the pharmacist sells the product without a doctor's prescription, if it concerns tablets. But to purchase the powder paper from the doctor is necessary, since the drug is administered intravenously only by a specialist within the walls of the hospital.

Tablets "Controllers", the price of which, by the way, is far from low, you can buy an average of 700 rubles. This is for 14 pills of 20 mg each. If you buy the same number of tablets, but at 40 mg, then the cost of packaging will be more expensive - within 800-900 rubles.

Powder with a medicine is sold in vials, and you can buy a drug in this form and one by one. So, the price of one bottle of a crushed agent for the preparation of a solution for intravenous injections varies between 300-350 rubles.

Side effects

Undesirable phenomena after treatment with the drug "Controllers" are available, and they are expressed as follows:

• From the nervous system and sensory organs: headache, dizziness, drowsiness, or vice versa, insomnia, nervousness, depression, impaired vision, tinnitus.
• On the part of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract: diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, constipation, increased appetite.
• From the skin: alopecia, acne, dermatitis.
• Allergic manifestations: rash, itching, hives.
• From the genitourinary system: edema, impotence.

Contraindications

"Controls", analogues of which also have many side effects, can not be used in the following cases:

• With dyspepsia of neurotic genesis.
• For individual intolerance to the components of the drug.
• Children under 18 years.
• Women during pregnancy, as well as during lactation.

Such means

Drugs, similar in effect to the body (substitute drugs), there is a drug "Controllers". Analogues of these tablets can be asked in any pharmacy, and the pharmacist will advise such pills as "Nolpaz", "Zipantola" "Pantaz", "Sunpras", "Panum", "Pepazol". These are all substitutes for the "Controllers", fighting with the same problems as the drug to which the article is devoted.

So, doctors can prescribe these medicines for peptic ulcer of stomach and duodenum, with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The most popular substitute is considered to be the Nolpaz tool. Therefore, we will consider this medication further and find out what are the similarities and differences between the two drugs.

The way of using the analogue

Means "Nolpaz", the instruction, the doctors' reviews about which they say that it is best to take the pill in the morning - before breakfast, and with a double reception - in the morning and in the evening, is prescribed in the following dosages depending on the nature of the disease:

• With dyspeptic symptoms, heartburn and pain when swallowing - 1 pill (20 mg) per day.
• With a stomach ulcer and 12 duodenal ulcer, doctors prescribe 1-2 tablets (40 mg each) per day. The course of therapy is 1 month.
• With Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, it is recommended to take 80 mg of the drug per day, this amount should be divided into 2 receptions.
• Elderly patients, as well as those who have liver function abnormalities, doctors prescribe a maximum of 1 tablet (40 mg) per day.

The use of "Nolpazy" means in the form of pills facilitates the symptomatology of the aforementioned ailments usually after 14 days of therapy.

Similarities and differences

What is the same for both drugs? First, it is the same active substance - pantoprazole. Secondly, both agents are prescribed for the treatment of the same diseases. Thirdly, the way of using the tablets and the dosage are very similar.

Differences in these medicines, perhaps, only two. The first is different producers. So, the drug "Nolpaz" is produced in Slovenia, and the drug "Controller" - in Germany. The second difference is the price. The tool to which the article is devoted turns out to be more expensive than its counterparts. So, tablets "Nolpaz", the price of which in different pharmacies is slightly different (depending on what percentage of the wrapping the institution will supply), on average, you can buy for 130 rubles - this is for 20 mg pills in the amount of 14 pieces. There is another packaging of this medicine. So, if the package contains 28 tablets of 20 mg, then the cost will then be higher - within 250 rubles per 1 pack of pills "Nolpaz". The price of tablets of a larger size (40 mg) will be in the range of 400-420 rubles. For comparison, for 14 pills (20 mg each) "Controllok" medications on average need to give 700 rubles. The difference in price is more than 500 rubles, and this is a tangible difference. Therefore, the question about what is better - "Controllers" or "Nolpaz", you can answer as follows: in terms of value, then, of course, the last medication. But, on the other hand, the medicine to which the article is devoted, acts on the body more quickly. Therefore, from the point of view of efficiency, then, of course, the means of "Controllers" is more preferable. In any case, on reception at the doctor it is possible to ask about replacement of this medicine by more cheap agent. And if the doctor allows you to buy another drug, but similar in action to the "Controllok" tablets, whose analogues are much cheaper, you can safely go to the pharmacy and buy a substitute for this remedy.

special instructions

• Before starting therapy with this medication, the doctor directs the patient to the examination in order to exclude from him the presence of malignant tumors. The fact that the "Controls" can prevent timely recognition of symptoms of cancer.
• During treatment with medication, it is necessary to control the level of liver enzymes in patients, in order to stop taking pills in case of a sharp increase in their number.
• After the end of therapy, experts recommend that their patients undergo endoscopic control. This is necessary in order to be able to timely detect the presence of a tumor and eliminate it in time.

Now you know everything about the medicine "Controllers": analogues, cost, patient opinions, rules for taking the remedy. We found out that this medication has similar drugs, which are cheaper, for example, Nolpaz tablets. However, the effect of the drug "Controller" is faster than its analogue. Therefore, it is impossible to say unequivocally which medication is best. In any case, a doctor should prescribe the medicine, and only with it can you coordinate the replacement of the drug "Controller" with "Nolpaz" or with another analogue.