Stimuloton. Instructions for use and description

The drug "Stimuloton", the price of which canmake up from 380 r, is an antidepressant. The active substance is sertraline hydrochloride. The drug, inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin, has a weak effect on the re-uptake of dopamine and norepinephrine. In the therapeutic dosage, the agent inhibits the binding of serotonin and platelets. The medication does not possess anticholinergic, sedative or stimulating effects. When receiving, there is no increase in the weight of the patient, and in some cases there is a decrease. In practice, there are no cases of dependence, there is also no withdrawal syndrome. Against the background of regular use, the antidepressant effect appears in the second week. The maximum effect of the drug reaches six weeks later.

Tablets "Stimuloton". Indications

The drug is prescribed for post-traumaticstressful conditions, panic disorders (with or without agoraphobia). The indications include depression of a different nature, as well as obsessive-compulsive disorders.

The medicine "Stimuloton". Instructions for use

Adults to eliminate manifestationsobsessive-compulsive disorders and with depressions appointed once a day for 50 mg. The drug is drunk in the evenings or in the morning. After at least a week, the dosage of the medicine gradually increases. The maximum amount of a drug per day is 200 mg. To achieve a stable therapeutic result, it may take at least eight to twelve weeks. Minimal dosages can subsequently be used as supportive. Against the background of post-traumatic stresses and in panic conditions, the initial dose is 25 mg / day. After a week, the amount of Stimuloton medication can be increased to 50 mg. After 7 days, the dosage begins to increase gradually to a maximum of 200 mg.

The satisfactory effect of therapy is usuallyreaches the end of the first week. To obtain a stable effect, the drug is taken regularly for two to four weeks. For children, the dosage of the drug "Stimuloton" recommends the use of the instructions for use individually. For elderly patients, dose adjustments are not required. When dysfunction of the liver is recommended to reduce the amount of the drug or increase the intervals between doses.

Stimuloton. Instructions for use. Adverse Reactions

The drug provokes violations of gait,agitation, insomnia, anxiety, headache. In the treatment of dry mouth, ejaculation disorder, irregularities in the menstrual cycle. On the basis of hypersensitivity, allergic manifestations are likely: rash, erythema multiforme, skin hyperemia, itching. The drug "Stimuloton" (instructions for use contains such data) causes a violation of appetite, nausea, dyspepsia, increased activity of liver transaminases.

Contraindications

The medicine is not prescribed for unstable epilepsy, in children (up to 6 years), intolerance, during lactation and bearing of the child.