Preparation "Finlepsin", instructions for use

The drug "Finlepsin", the instruction indicates, is released in the form of tablets, the active substance of which is carbamazepine, a derivative of dibenzazepine, in the first table. 200 mg. The drug is classified in the clinical and pharmacological group of anticonvulsants.

In addition, the tablets "Finlepsin" act on the body as an antidepressant, antipsychotic and antidiuretic. Have moderate analgesic properties in patients with neuralgia. When prescribing the drug to children, adolescents and adults with epilepsy, there is a decrease in signs of anxiety and depression, aggressiveness and irritability are significantly reduced.

Cognitive functions and psychomotor characteristics depend on the dosage of the Finlepsin. Anticonvulsant effect occurs in a few hours. In some cases there is a violation of the assimilation of the drug, so the therapeutic effect has to wait for a week or even a month

The drug "Finlepsin", the instruction indicates, prevents pain attacks in patients suffering from the trigeminal neuralgia of the essential and secondary type.

Carbamazepine smooths out the manifestations of alcohol abstinence.

After 7-10 days of taking the drug, positive results are observed in the treatment of manic syndrome. The active substance is absorbed in the body completely, although slowly.  

Preparation "Finlepsin": instructions, indications

The drug is prescribed:

• With epilepsy with elementary, complex and mixed symptoms;
• With trigeminal neuralgia;
• At a diabetes, for elimination of pains of diabetic neuropathy;
• Inflammation of the peripheral nerves;
• In idiopathic glossopharyngeal neuralgia;
• With multiple sclerosis, when there are convulsions of epileptic origin;
• With spasms of facial muscles in patients with neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve;
• With paroxysmal paresthesias and bouts of pain;
• With tonic convulsions, attacks of speech and movement disorders;
• With alcohol withdrawal syndrome, accompanied by anxiety, convulsions, hyperexcitability, sleep disturbance;
• With psychotic disorders, including affective disorders;
• At a schizophrenia, psychoses, disturbances of a limbic system.

Dosage of the drug is chosen by the doctor depending on the age, diagnosis and condition of the patient. Medication "Finlepsin" is used orally, the reception is given after or during meals. It is recommended to take the tablets with water.

Finlexin preparation: side effects

1. Disturbances in the work of the nervous system sometimes arise as a result of an overdose of the drug, as a result of a spasmodic accumulation of the active substance in the blood plasma. They show dizziness, ataxia, drowsiness, general weakness, headache, paresis of accommodation.

Less than 10% of patients are observed.

Even less often, less than <1% of patients, involuntary movements and nystagmus may occur.

Clinical studies have shown that the occurrence of hallucinations, depression, lack of appetite, anxiety, aggressive behavior, mental agitation, disorientation and exacerbation of psychosis is perhaps less than in 0.1% of patients. The drug "Finlepsin", the instruction indicates, also rarely can cause Complications in the form of peripheral neuritis, paresthesia, weakness in the muscles, paresis.

2. Allergic reactions are less than 10% of patients showed hives, less than 1% of patients with erythroderma, multi-organ reactions, hypersensitivity with fever, vysypke, vasculitis, lymphadenopathy, lymphoma symptoms, arthralgia, leukopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, eosinophilia. If any allergic reaction occurs, the drug is canceled.

3. Disturbances in the hematopoietic system.

4. Disorders in the digestive system.

5. Disorders in the work of the cardiovascular system.

6. Disorders in the endocrine system.

7. Disorders in the work of the genitourinary system.

8. Disturbances in the functioning of the musculoskeletal system.

9. Other disorders in the body.

When prescribing a medicine, the doctor must take into account contraindications and special instructions for the use of Finlepsin.