Baklosan

Baklosan is the muscle relaxant relating to group of drugs with anesthetic and antiinflammatory effect.

Pharmacological action of Baklosan

Baklosan treats the medicines reducing a tone of skeletal muscles reduces a physical activity.

Oppression of transfer of nervous impulses and undervoltage in muscles happens because medicine has the following effects:

• Suppresses interneuronels;
• Reduces excitability of sensitive fibers of extremities.

At the same time, Baklosan does not influence neuromuscular transmission of impulses. Therefore, drug is used at neurologic diseases with spasms and muscle pains. Use Baklosan in these cases kills pain, spasms and spasms. Judging by reviews of Baklosana, the movements of joints improve. Thanks to it, there is possible a use of other ways of treatment (massage, physical culture, manual therapy).

According to the instruction to tablets Baklosan, is a part of drug the main active agent (directly баклосан) and other auxiliary components. Those are potato starch, lactose, talc, gelatin, ethyl cellulose, magnesium stearate.

Release form

Baklosan in tablets on 10 mg and 25 mg is issued. The tablet Baklosan of 10 mg is marked by dividing risky. The tablet Baklosan of 25 mg dividing has no risks. Tablets Baklosan round, biconvex, white color.

Indications to Baklosan's use

The main indications to Baklosan's use are the following diseases:

• Multiple sclerosis (the raised muscle tone);
• Stroke;
• Cerebral palsy;
• Meningitis;
• Craniocereberal injuries;
• Alcoholism (nervous breakdowns, affective states).

Besides, tablets Baklosan are appointed at various diseases of a spinal cord. At the same time such disturbances can have various origin (genesis):

1. Infectious (effect of an infectious disease);

2. Degenerative (pathological return process in an organism);

3. Traumatic.

Can be examples of a disease of traumatic genesis:

• Tumor myelosyringosis;
• Disease of motor neurons;
• Injury (fracture, dislocation).

Application instruction Baklosan

According to the instruction to Baklosan a pill is taken inside, washing down with water. Use Baklosan provides their inclusion in food time in tablets. Baklosan for adults is considered an initial dose of use a dose in 5 mg. Such dose for the adult makes 0,5 tablets Baklosan with a dosage of 10 mg. It is necessary to take a pill Baklosan 3 times a day (in the morning, during the lunchtime and in the evening). According to the instruction to Baklosan, it is necessary to raise a dose of drug gradually, each three days. Thus, the day dose of use Baklosan makes from 30 to 75 mg. The dose of reception of tablets Baklosan raises until the overt therapeutic effect appears. In spite of the fact that the instruction to Baklosan contains the exact scheme of a dosage, it is not recommended to apply medicine without appointment of the attending physician categorically.

In cases at which use Baklosan according to the instruction in high doses is reasonable (from 75 to 100 mg a day) appoint tablets Baklosan of 25 mg. According to the instruction to Baklosan, the maximum dose of standard daily rate of drug makes 100 mg.

In case of use Baklosan according to the instruction for children, it is necessary to observe special care. So, the initial dose of drug intake makes 5 mg. These are 0,5 tablets Baklosan 10 mg. Use Baklosan by children also assumes reception 3 times a day, during food. If on doctor's orders, it is necessary to raise a dose, each three days gradually increase a dose of tablets Baklosan. It should be noted that the maximum dose of tablets Baklosan for children differs, depending on age and the child's weight. Thus, norms of the most admissible use Baklosan according to the instruction for children are given below:

• 12 months up to 2 years – 10 - 20 mg a day;
• 2 - 6 years – 20 – 30 mg a day;
• 6 – 10 years – 30 - 60 mg a day;
• Children are more senior than 10 years - 1,5 - 2 mg at the rate on 1 kilogram of weight.

Side effects

Reviews of Baklosana contain information that drug considerably strengthens action of other drugs influencing the central nervous system. In case of simultaneous use with Baklosan of tricyclic antidepressants, the muscle tone decreases. To instructions to Baklosan it is written that reception along with this means of such drugs as the levodopa and a kardidopa, can result in the following effects:

1. Hallucinations;

2. Confusion of consciousness;

3. Excitement.

Elderly people (is more senior than 65 years) need to treat carefully reception of tablets Baklosan. Exceeding of a dose of use Baklosan at this age is fraught with serious side effects. It is possible to learn about it from reviews of Baklosana. Also with tablets Baklosan in their use it is necessary to be careful at the following problems with health:

• Liver diseases;
• Diabetes mellitus.

Side effect from overdose of drug is fraught with numerous problems with health. Numerous reviews of Baklosan testify to it.

In case of disturbance of a dosage of tablets Baklosan according to the instruction such side effects are possible:

• Vomiting;
• Nausea;
• Dizziness;
• Increased fatigue;
• Drowsiness;
• Spasms;
• Dryness in a mouth;
• Confusion of consciousness;
• Gait disturbance;
• Lock or diarrhea;
• Ischuria;
• Lowering of arterial pressure;
• Apathy;
• Depression;
• Euphoria;
• Paresthesias (anesthesia, goosebumps, numbness);
• Mialgiya (muscular pain, puffiness);
• Muscular weakness;
• Ataxy (the broken coordination of movements);
• Tremor (involuntary reductions of muscles);
• Nystagmus (involuntary movements of eyeglobes);
• Accommodation paresis (a vision disorder because of damage of nerves of an eye);
• Hallucinations;
• Dysuria (difficult urination);
• Enuresis (urine incontience);
• Decrease in a convulsive threshold.

From reviews of Baklosana of use of drug it is known that at its too long reception there is a renal failure.

Reviews of Baklosana contain the mass of examples about emergence of side effects concerning reception of this medicine. Therefore, use Baklosan is reasonable only according to the instruction of the attending physician, with accurate observance of a dosage.

Contraindications to Baklosan's use

Absolute contraindications to use Baklosan according to the instruction are:

• Hypersensitivity to drug;
• Chronic renal failure;
• Epilepsy;
• Parkinson's disease;
• Spasms;
• Psychosis;
• Pregnancy;
• Lactation period (feeding by a breast).

Use Baklosan is justified only at urgent need to children up to 12 years and to elderly people.

Besides, it is undesirable to appoint tablets Baklosan according to the instruction in case of atherosclerosis of vessels of a brain and an ulcer (a stomach and a duodenum).