Pantokaltsin

Pantokaltsin – nootropic means with neurotyre-tread, neurometabolic and neurotrophic action.

Form of release and structure

Dosage form – tablets: a ploskotsilindrichesky form, white color, with a facet and dividing risky (on 10 pieces in a blister strip packaging or on 50 pieces in bank, in a cardboard pack of 5 packagings or 1 bank).

Active ingredient of Pantokaltsin – calcium гопантенат (calcic salt of gopantenovy acid or gopantenovy acid), in 1 tablet – 0,25 g or 0,5 g.

Auxiliary components: talc, magnesium hydroxycarbonate, potato starch, calcium stearate.

Indications to use

• Parkinson's disease, hepatocerebral dystrophy, chorea of Gentington and other hereditary pathologies of a nervous system complicated by extrapyramidal hyperkinesias;
• The cognitive disturbances caused by organic lesion of a brain and neurotic frustration;
• Complex therapy: cerebrovascular insufficiency at atherosclerotic change of vessels of a brain, an initial form of senile dementia, residual organic lesions of a brain at mature and advanced age;
• Cerebral organic insufficiency at patients with schizophrenia (in combination with antidepressants and neuroleptics);
• Complex therapy of effects of craniocereberal injuries, neuroinfections;
• Prevention and correction of side effects of neuroleptics, akinetic and hyperkinetic extrapyramidal antipsychotic syndrome;
• Delay of mental processes at epilepsy (at the accompanying therapy by anticonvulsants);
• Decrease in physical and intellectual effeciency, psychoemotional overloads – for improvement of storing and concentration of attention;
• Frustration of an urination: imperative desires, pollakiuria, day incontience of urine, enuresis;
• Cerebral palsy, the epilepsy (combined with anticonvulsants therapy, especially at children with small epileptic seizures and polymorphic attacks), mental retardation at children (a delay of speech, mental, motor development), stutter (generally at a clonic form).

Contraindications

• Acute renal failure;
• Age up to 3 years;
• I trimester of pregnancy;
• Intolerance of components of drug.

Route of administration and dosage

Pantokaltsin's pill is taken inside after food (in 15-30 minutes).

The recommended therapy mode:

• Epilepsy: 3-4 times a day – adults on 0,5-1 g, children on 0,25-0,5 g, a course of treatment up to 6 months;
• Antipsychotic syndrome (for correction of side effect of antipsychotic drugs): adults – 3 times a day on 0,5-1 g, children – 3-4 times a day on 0,25-0,5 g, within 1-3 months;
• Hyperkinesias (tics): adults – on 1,5-3 g a day within 1-5 months, children – 3-6 times a day on 0,25-0,5 g, use duration – 1-4 months;
• Effects of a craniocereberal injury and neuroinfection: 3-4 times a day on 0,25 g;
• Disturbance of an urination: adults – 2-3 times a day on 0,5-1 g, but no more than 3 g a day; children – on 0,25-0,5 g, but no more than 0,05 g on 1 kg of weight of the child a day. Duration of therapy depends on expressiveness of pathology and therapeutic effect and 0,5-3 months can last;
• Maintenance at an adynamy and big loadings: 3 times a day on 0,25 g;
• Intellectual insufficiency at children: 4-6 times a day on 0,5 g within 3 months;
• Lag of development of the speech in children: 3-4 times a day on 0,5 g, a course of treatment 2-3 months.

Carrying out a repeated course is shown after 3-6 months of a break.

Side effects

Development of allergic reactions in the form of skin rashes, rhinitis, conjunctivitis is possible.

Special instructions

Safety of use of Pantokaltsin in II and III trimesters of pregnancy and when breastfeeding is not established.

Medicinal interaction

Simultaneous use of drug allows to neutralize undesirable effects of carbamazepine, phenobarbital, neuroleptics.

Pantokaltsin strengthens effect of the medicines intended for stimulation of the central nervous system, local anesthetics (including Procainum), anticonvulsant drugs, prolongs action of barbiturates.

Glycine, ксидифон at the accompanying therapy with gopantenovy acid exponentiate its action.

Terms and storage conditions

To protect from children.

To store at a temperature up to 25 °C in the protected from light, dry place.

Period of validity – 4 years.