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Coliomax is a prescription drug, patients can only use it when prescribed by a doctor. Coliomax is specifically used to treat elevated ammonia in the liver due to liver diseases such as fatty liver, cirrhosis, acute and chronic hepatitis, besides helping to treat neurological complications such as hepatic encephalopathy or pre-coma. .
1. What is Coliomax?
Coliomax is a drug for the treatment of liver diseases such as acute and chronic hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis. The drug is manufactured by Dat Vi Phu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Coliomax is prepared in the form of film-coated tablets, packing 3 blisters a box, each box of 30 tablets.Coliomax medicine is made up of the main ingredient L-ornithin-L-aspartat 500 mg and other excipients. L-ornithin-L-aspartate helps to provide two important substrates for the synthesis of urea as well as glutamine. In addition, L-ornithin-L-aspartate also helps reduce the concentration of NH3 (also known as ammonia) inside the extrahepatic tissue, helping to protect and detoxify liver cells.
2. What are the effects of Coliomax?
Coliomax drug includes the main drug L-ornithin-L-asparta. This compound, when entering the digestive system, will break down into amino acids ornithin and aspartic acid, these two amino acids help to increase the metabolism of urea and glutamine from ammonia in the liver. It also helps reduce ammonia in tissues outside the liver.
Coliomax 500 mg is indicated for use in the following cases:
Patients with cirrhosis, acute and chronic hepatitis because at this time the liver cannot convert ammonia into urea, increasing ammonia in the blood. the onset of symptoms of urea metabolism disorders Patients with hepatic coma, hepatic brain
3. How to use Coliomax
3.1. How to use Coliomax For Coliomax, this is a drug absorbed through the brush border in the small intestine, so patients need to use it orally. Patients take the tablet with an appropriate amount of liquid such as cooled boiled water, absolutely do not chew the tablet or break or crush it, because doing so causes Coliomax to lose its medicinal properties by gastric acid.
Patients need to consult their doctor and pharmacist to understand more about the course of the disease and the dose of Coliomax.
3.2. Dosage of the drug Coliomax Patients should consult a doctor and prescribe and prescribe by a qualified person. The recommended reference dose is as follows:
Starting dose, when new to use: Patients use 2 tablets once, 3 times daily Maintenance dose to increase urea metabolism: Patients use one tablet at a time, 3 times a day Patients should use Coliomax after meals. To ensure effective treatment, patients should take Coliomax and prolong the course for at least 1 to 2 months. 3.3. Handling when forgetting, overdosing Missed dose: Patients who forget to take Coliomax 500 mg should take it as soon as they remember. But in case the next dose is coming soon, take it in the amount prescribed in the prescription. Never take a dose to make up for the missed dose. Take a double dose to make up for the missed dose.
Overdose: Currently, there are no reports of overdose when using Coliomax. However, when there is any suspected symptom related to Coliomax overdose, please contact 911 emergency number and go to the nearest medical facility for timely support and treatment.
3.4. Contraindications to the drug Coliomax Patients with hypersensitivity to the stable salts L-ornithin-L-aspartate or any other ingredient of Coliomax. Coliomax is contraindicated in pregnant and lactating women. Patients with severe renal impairment or impaired renal function. Patients with Methanol poisoning, Lactic Acid, ..
4. Notes when using Coliomax
4.1 Coliomax side effects When using Coliomax, patients may experience unwanted side effects such as:
Side effects such as nausea or vomiting are extremely rare when patients use Coliomax medicine. . These effects usually only occur for a short time and during the initial use of the drug, so patients do not need to be too worried and stop taking the drug. Patients should inform their doctor about any unwanted side effects they experience when using Coliomax. 4.2 Coliomax drug interactions Currently, there have been no reports of negative effects occurring when using Coliomax in parallel with other drugs and foods To ensure safety and effectiveness, patients need to Report and list the medications you are taking and the diseases you have to your treating doctor. 4.3 Storing Coliomax medicine Store Coliomax 500 mg in a cool, dry place, not in a humid place. The storage temperature for Coliomax is below 30 degrees Celsius. Store the drug in the manufacturer's packaging. , reducing ammonia. Use of the drug requires a doctor's permission and advice. Hopefully the above information has helped you understand more about Coliomax and its treatment and uses.
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