Aminalon, pills 250mg, 100pcs

Composition

1 coated tablet contains:

Active ingredient:

gamma-aminobutyric acid 250 mg,

excipients:

sucrose (refined sugar) — 27.2 mg;

magnesium stearate monohydrate-2.8 mg,

shell:

magnesium hydroxycarbonate (basic magnesium carbonate) – 85.92 mg; wheat flour-17.26 mg

Pharmacological action

Pharmacodynamics

Aminalon is a nootropic agent that restores the processes of metabolism in the brain, promotes the utilization of glucose by the brain and the removal of toxic metabolic products from it. Increases the productivity of thinking, improves memory, has a positive effect on the recovery of movement and speech after a violation of cerebral circulation.

It has a mild hypotensive effect, reduces initially elevated blood pressure and the severity of hypertension-related symptoms (dizziness, insomnia), slightly reduces the heart rate. It has moderate antihypoxic and anticonvulsant effects.

In patients with diabetes mellitus, it reduces the glucose content; with normal blood glucose content, it has the opposite effect (due to glycogenolysis).

Pharmacokinetics

Absorption is fast and fairly complete. TCmax – 60 minutes, then the concentration decreases rapidly, after 24 hours in the plasma is not determined.

Indications

• Residual effects: craniocerebral trauma, stroke;
• cerebrovascular insufficiency, dyscirculatory encephalopathy with impaired memory, attention, speech, dizziness and headache;
• alcoholic encephalopathy, alcoholic polyneuropathy, cerebral palsy, consequences of craniocerebral birth trauma in children, mental retardation, motion sickness symptom complex (sea and air sickness).

Contraindications

Hypersensitivity.

Side effects

• Nausea,
• vomiting,
• insomnia,
• lability of blood pressure,
• dyspepsia,
• hyperthermia.

Interaction

Increases the effect of benzodiazepines, many sleeping pills and antiepileptic drugs.

How to take, course of use and dosage

Inside, before the meal. The daily dose for adults is 3-3.75 g; for children 1-3 years-1-2 g/day,4-6 years-2-3 g/day, older than 7 years-3 g/day.

The daily dose is divided into 3 doses.

Treatment is carried out for a long time (from 2 to 3 weeks to 2 to 4 months).

For the prevention and treatment of motion sickness syndrome, adults – 0.5 g, children-0.25 g 3 times a day for 3-4 days.

Special instructions

In the first days of treatment, blood pressure may fluctuate.

Form of production

Film-coated tablets

Storage conditions

In a place protected from light and moisture, at a temperature not exceeding 25 ° C. Keep out of reach of children.

Active ingredient

Gamma-aminobutyric acid

Conditions of release from pharmacies

By prescription

Dosage form

Tablets