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Nicospanum

Таблетки НикошпанNicospanum – vazodilatiruyushchy means.

Form of release and structure

Is issued in tablets: flat, pale yellow (on 50 pieces in polypropylene bottles with a polyethylene cover).

Active ingredients in 1 tablet:

  • Drotaverinum a hydrochloride – 78 mg;
  • Niacin – 22 mg.

Excipients: talc, magnesium stearate, starch, поливидон, lactose.

Indications to use

  • Cerebral vasomotor spasm;
  • Atherosclerosis of coronary arteries;
  • Obliterating endarteritis;
  • The vasomotor spasms connected with migraine or a menopause;
  • Angiospastic manifestations at hypertensive/atherosclerotic encephalopathy.

Contraindications

  • Heart failure;
  • Heavy renal/liver failure;
  • Hypersensitivity to drug components.

Route of administration and dosage

Nicospanum is shown to be accepted inside after food, except for migraine and a vasomotor spasm – in these cases on an empty stomach.

The daily dose is defined by the doctor and makes 1-3 tablets.

Side effects

  • Most often: dizziness, feeling of heat, headache, hyperemia of the person, skin rash and itch, hyperoxemia, nausea, dyspepsia;
  • In rare instances: lock, tachycardia, dizziness, sleeplessness, arterial hypotension, syncope, loss of consciousness.

Special instructions

During pilot studies on animal and retrospective clinical trials of pregnant women neither embriotoksichesky, nor teratogenic effect of drug was revealed. However clinical experience of use of Nicospanum by pregnant women is not enough to estimate degree of its safety. For this reason during pregnancy and a lactation drug can be appointed only after careful assessment of the expected advantage and possible risks.

Lactose which can cause gastrointestinal frustration in the patients suffering from its intolerance is a part of drug.

Medicinal interaction

Nicospanum reduces efficiency of oral contraceptives and peroral hypoglycemic drugs.

At simultaneous use of statines the risk of development of a myopathy, acute necrosis of skeletal muscles increases.

Drotaverinum the hydrochloride reduces protivoparkinsonichesky action of a levodopa.

Terms and storage conditions

To store at the room temperature (15-25 °C). To protect from children.

Period of validity – 5 years.

 
 
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