The medicine "Perfalgan". Instructions for use

Medication "Perfalgan", whose price is from 380 rubles and above, belongs to the group of analgesic non-narcotic drugs. The active substance is paracetamol. The mechanism of action of the agent is due to the ability to block a number of enzymes that act primarily in the central nervous system, affecting thermoregulatory and painful centers. This explains the almost absolute absence of anti-inflammatory activity. Medication does not negatively affect the gastrointestinal mucosa and the process of water-salt metabolism.

Means Perfalgan. Instructions for use. Appointment

The medication is recommended for febrile syndrome, which accompanies infectious pathologies. The medicine is prescribed to eliminate the soreness of the mild and weak flow. The indications include algodismenorea, migraine, arthralgia, neuralgia. Assign the drug and with headaches or dental pain, with myalgia.

Contraindications

Perfalgan (instructions for use clearly indicates this) should not be given to patients before the month of life, with hypersensitivity, hyperbilirubinemia (benign), Gilbert's syndrome, renal and hepatic insufficiency, alcoholic liver damage. Contraindications include hepatitis of viral nature, pregnancy, advanced age, diabetes mellitus (for a suspended form). The "Perfalgan" medication is not prescribed (the instruction for use confirms this) during lactation, with the deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.

Side effects

On the background of medication therapy, skin rash, irritation, itching of the cover or mucous membranes, orientation disorder, psychomotor agitation, angioedema may be noted. Negative reactions include hepatonecrosis (this effect is dose-dependent), multiforme exudative erythema, epigastric tenderness, hypoglycemia (before hypoglycemic coma). The drug can cause heart pain, shortness of breath, cyanosis, anemia (hemolytic including). When taken in large doses, there is papillary necrosis, interstitial nephritis, renal colic and other nephrotoxic manifestations.

The medicine "Perfalgan". Instructions for use

Drink a medicine with a large volume of liquid. It is recommended to take the medicine after meals (in an hour or two). Patients weighing more than forty kilograms over 12 years are prescribed 500 mg once. The maximum amount of a medicine for one reception is 1 gram. The frequency of application per day is no more than four times. Duration of treatment - no more than five or seven days. If the patient has renal or hepatic impairment, Gilbert's syndrome, and elderly patients, the dosage is reduced or the interval between doses is increased. The dosing schedule for children is established by the specialist personally.

The medicine "Perfalgan". Instructions. Additional instructions

Against the background of the reception of the drug, the distortion of the laboratory test results is probable when determining the level of uric acid and glucose in the plasma. With prolonged therapy should monitor the condition of the picture of blood (peripheral), as well as liver function.