Smecta - instructions for use, reviews, analogs and formulations (powder for a suspension of 3 g) of a drug for the treatment of diarrhea and poisoning in adults, children (including newborns and infants) and during pregnancy

In this article, you can read the instructions for using the drug Smecta. There are reviews of visitors to the site - consumers of this medication, as well as opinions of doctors of specialists on the use of Smekty 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 Smecta in the presence of existing structural analogues. Use to treat diarrhea,heartburn and swelling due to poisoning and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in adults, children (including newborns and infants), as well as during pregnancy and lactation. The scheme of taking and diluting the drug for different age groups. Composition of the preparation.

Smecta - antidiarrhoeal drug of natural origin. It has an adsorbing effect.

Stabilizes the mucous barrier, forms polyvalent bonds with mucosal glycoproteins, increases the amount of mucus and improves its gastroprotective properties (with respect to the negative effect of hydrogen ions of hydrochloric acid, bile salts, microorganisms and their toxins).

Smecta has selective sorption properties, which are explained by its discoid-crystal structure; adsorbs bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, viruses.

Smecta in therapeutic doses does not affect intestinal motility.

Composition

Smectite is dioctahedral - 3g. Excipients: Dextrose monohydrate, sodium saccharinate, orange or vanilla flavor (depending on this, respectively, orange or vanilla Smecta).

Pharmacokinetics

Smecta is not absorbed. Removed from the body in unchanged form.

Indications

• acute and chronic diarrhea (allergic, medicinal origin, with a violation of diet and quality food composition);
• diarrhea of ​​infectious genesis (as part of complex therapy);
• symptomatic treatment of heartburn, bloating and discomfort in the abdomen with gastritis, peptic ulcer of stomach and duodenum, colitis.

Forms of release

Powder for the preparation of a suspension for oral administration in bags of 3 grams.

Instructions for use, dosage and scheme of taking and diluting the drug

Inside, with esophagitis - after eating, in other cases - between meals. Adults - 3 packs (9 grams), dissolving the contents of each sachet in 1/2 cup of water. In the case of acute diarrhea, a doubling of the daily dose at the beginning of treatment is possible.

Children under 1 year - 1 packet per day (3 g), 1-2 years - 2 sachets per day (6 g), over 2 years - 2-3 sachets per day (6-9 g).

The contents of the sachet are dissolved in a baby bottle designed for 50 ml of water and distributed to several receptions during the day, or thoroughly mixed with some semi-liquid product: soup, cereal, compote, puree, baby food.

The course of treatment is 3-7 days.

Side effect

• constipation (taking the drug in this case, you can continue to lower the dose);
• allergic reactions.

Contraindications

• intestinal obstruction;
• intolerance to fructose, syndrome of impaired absorption of glucose-galactose;
• insufficiency of sucrose-isomaltase;
• hypersensitivity to the components of the drug.

Application in pregnancy and lactation

It is possible to use Smecta during pregnancy and lactation according to indications.

special instructions

The interval between taking Smecta and other medicines should be 1-2 hours.

Drug Interactions

With the simultaneous use of Smect, it can reduce the rate and extent of absorption of other drugs.

When an overdose of the drug may develop constipation.

Analogues of the drug Smecta

Structural analogs for the active substance:

• Diosmectite;
• Neosmectin;
• Smectite is diiodectic.

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