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Cytisine

Cytisine – drug for correction of disturbances at alcoholism and drug addiction.

Pharmacological action

Drug makesПластырь Цитизин the stimulating impact on N-holinoretseptory that promotes reflex stimulation of a respiratory center of a myelencephalon. Cytisine exerts impact on holinoreaktivny structures of tissues of adrenal glands that leads to increase in allocation of Epinephrinum which, in turn, starts mechanisms of increase in arterial pressure.

Until recently drug was successfully used at organism intoxication morphine, carbon monoxide, barbiturates, and also other substances oppressing the central nervous system. Now, in connection with use of alternative antagonists of morphine and barbiturates, use of Cytisine is limited.

Drug was also used intravenously or intramusculary at an apnoea, oppression of blood circulation and breath at infectious patients.

Cytisine actively influences changes of feelings from smoking on unpleasant, promotes reduction of nicotine addiction. Drug stops manifestation of abstinence at refusal of tobacco smoking.

The mechanism of influence and the rendered effect of Cytisine approaches a nicotine pharmacodynamics that allows to use active components of drug for full refusal of smoking without development of a withdrawal.

Cytisine contraindications

In the instruction to Cytisine a number of contraindications which treat is noted: hypersensitivity to active components of drug, a myocardial infarction, stenocardia, atherosclerosis, disturbance of cerebral circulation, the increased arterial pressure, an exacerbation of stomach ulcer and a duodenum, pregnancy, feeding by a breast.

In reviews of Cytisine it is told that use of drug is not recommended at schizophrenia, tumors of adrenal glands, an ischemic heart disease, chronic heart failure, diseases of vessels of a brain, a hyperthyroidism, a round ulcer of a stomach, a diabetes mellitus, a liver or renal failure, age to eighteen and is more senior than sixty five years.

Use of Cytisine during pregnancy

Use of drug and analogs of Cytisine contraindicated during pregnancy in connection with increase in risk of embriotoksichesky action.

Route of administration of Cytisine and dosage

In the instruction Аналог Цитизинаto Cytisine it is specified that in the tableted form drug is accepted orally by each two hours on 1,5 mg within three days from the moment of refusal of tobacco smoking. From the fourth to the twelfth day Cytisine is accepted in the same dosage every two and a half hours. From the thirteenth to the fifteenth day from the moment of refusal – each three hours. From the sixteenth on the eighteenth – each five hours. In the absence of the expected effect, administration of drug is stopped. The following attempt of reception of Cytisine is made in 2-3 months after end of the first course.

In reviews of Cytisine it is noted that use of drug in the form of a plaster which is pasted on a forearm is possible. This form of reception promotes penetration into an organism of active components of Cytisine through the surface of skin. Before a pokleyka of a plaster it is necessary to wipe integuments with alcohol or to wash out water. The pasted plaster needs to be preserved against hit of water and other liquids. The drug dosage in a plaster depends on its size and is selected individually.

Drug is also produced in the form of films which fasten to the sky or the internal surface of a cheek. Uses a film daily from four to eight times, starting with first till the fifth day of refusal of tobacco smoking.

 
 
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