Activated carbon - instructions for use, analogs, reviews and release forms (tablets 250 and 500 mg) of the drug for the treatment of dyspepsia, intoxication in infections, weight loss (cleansing) in adults, children and pregnancy
In this article, you can read the instructions for using the drug Activated carbon. There are reviews of visitors to the site - consumers of this medication, as well as opinions of specialists on the use of activated charcoal in their practice. A big request is to actively add their feedback on the drug: the medicine helped or did not help get rid of the disease, which were observed complications and side effects, possibly not declared by the manufacturer in the annotation. Analogues of Activated carbon in the presence of existing structural analogs.Use for the treatment of dyspepsia, intoxication with infections (dysentery, salmonellosis), weight loss (cleansing) in adults, children, as well as during pregnancy and lactation.
Activated carbon - adsorbing agent. It has a large surface activity and a high sorption ability. It reduces the absorption of toxic substances, salts of heavy metals, alkaloids and glycosides, medicinal substances from the digestive tract, facilitating their excretion from the body. Adsorbs on its surface gases.
Indications
- dyspepsia;
- intoxication in dysentery, salmonellosis, food poisoning;
- flatulence;
- hypersecretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach;
- allergic diseases;
- poisoning with chemical compounds, drugs (including alkaloids, salts of heavy metals);
- to reduce gassing in preparation for radiographic and endoscopic studies.
Forms of release
Tablets 250 mg and 500 mg.
Instructions for use
Inside for 250-750 mg 3-4 times a day. When used as an antidote - the dosing regimen is individual.
Side effect
- constipation;
- diarrhea;
- hypovitaminosis;
- a violation of absorption from the digestive tract of nutrients.
Contraindications
- ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract;
- bleeding from the digestive tract.
special instructions
After receiving the charcoal, activated feces turn black.
Drug Interactions
Activated carbon has adsorbing properties and, when administered simultaneously in a high dose with other drugs, can significantly reduce their absorption from the gastrointestinal tract, which leads to a decrease in the effectiveness of other drugs.
Analogues of the drug Activated carbon
Structural analogs for the active substance:
- Carbactin;
- Carbopect;
- Carbosorb;
- Sorbeks;
- Activated carbon-UBF;
- Ultra-adsorbent.
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