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The composition of the drug Mezavitin includes 2 active ingredients, Vincamin and Rutin. This product is classified as a supplement for the body. So what is Mezavitin used for?
1. What is Mezavitin?
Mezavitin is a tonic, in the form of hard capsules for oral administration. Active ingredients in Mezavitin include:
Vincamine content 20mg; Rutin 40mg.
2. What are the effects of Mezavitin?
What does Mezavitin do? Mezavitin product is mainly used to improve the symptoms of mental decline due to pathological diseases in the elderly, such as impaired attention and memory impairment.
3. Contraindications of Mezavitin
Patients should not use Mezavitin when they have the following problems:
Location or history of being allergic to active ingredients Vincamin and Rutin; Hypersensitivity to other ingredients in the formulation of Mezavitin.
4. Instructions for using Mezavitin
4.1. How to use Mezavitin is manufactured and manufactured in the form of hard capsules and is for oral use only. The best time to take Mezavitin is after each meal.
4.2. Dosage The usual recommended dose of Mezavitin is 1 tablet, 3 times a day.
5. Mezavitin side effects
Although it is a drug to improve memory, Mezavitin can still cause some unwanted effects such as:
Itchy rash, skin rash; Feeling irritable, nauseous, dizzy; Sudden drop in blood sugar; Digestive system disorders, the most common and serious is diarrhea. In addition, to ensure safety when using Mezavitin, patients need to notify their doctor if any abnormal symptoms appear during treatment to receive treatment. timely.
6. Mezavitin-related drug interactions
6.1. Some combinations are contraindicated Active substances that can lead to torsades de pointes when used concurrently with Mezavitin increase the risk of torsade de pointes, including:
Amiodarone ; Bepridil; Bretylium; Disopyramide; Intravenous Erythromycin antibiotics; The quinidine group; Sotalol; Sultopride. 6.2. Certain drug combinations should be used with caution Drugs with hypokalemic effects increase the risk of torsades de pointes. Low blood potassium is a predisposing factor for torsades de pointes, in addition to several other factors such as bradycardia or long QT interval; Amphotericin B is administered intravenously; Systemic gluco-mineralocorticoid; Tetracosactide; Loop diuretics or Thiazides; Stimulant laxative products. When using Amphotericin B, hypokalemic diuretics, Corticosteroids and Tetracosactide, patients need to take measures to prevent hypokalemia, and have available methods to adjust potassium when necessary. Patients should be monitored QT interval on electrocardiogram, in case of torsades de pointes, antiarrhythmic drugs should not be used.
For cases where laxatives are needed, the patient should be replaced with non-stimulant laxatives.
Active substances that increase the risk of torsades de pointes when combined with Mezavitin require enhanced clinical and electrocardiographic monitoring as follows:
Astemizole; Halofantrine; Pentamidine; Sparfloxacine; Terfenadine.
7. Some notes when using Mezavitin
Doctors should increase the dose of Mezavitin slowly, combined with careful ECG monitoring during the treatment period in some subjects who are in the post-myocardial infarction stage and have real cardiac arrhythmias. body.
When Mezavitin is used in humans with altered euphoria due to hypokalemia, treatment should be initiated only after the serum potassium status has been stabilized.
In addition, the active ingredient Vincamine in Mezavitin has no long-term antihypertensive effect, so it is not used for specific treatment of hypertension.
Some notes of Mezavitin drug on special subjects:
Drivers and machine operators can use Mezavitin. However, the process of using Mezavitin needs to be cautious, because patients may have side effects such as dizziness and may affect the safety of working; Pregnant women and lactating mothers can still use Mezavitin because up to now, there have not been any scientific reports that concluded the harmful effects of the drug on these subjects. However, because this is a special group of people when using any drug (including Mezavitin), special care should be taken to avoid harm to the health of mother and baby. Mezavitin overdose treatment:
Mezavitin overdose cases, whether intentional or accidental, need to be taken to the nearest medical facility for timely emergency treatment; Mezavitin overdose treatment is mainly to treat symptoms, stimulate vomiting to reduce the level of drug absorption into the body. Instructions for storing Mezavitin:
Keep Mezavitin in places out of reach of children and pets in the house; Store Mezavitin in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight or moisture; The best storage temperature for Mezavitin is below 30 degrees Celsius. Mezavitin is a tonic, made in the form of hard capsules for oral use. Active ingredients in the drug Mezavitin include: Vincamine content 20mg; Rutin 40mg. To ensure effective use, users need to strictly follow the instructions of the doctor or pharmacist.
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