Cinarizine: instructions for use, price, reviews, analogues of the preparation

The drug belongs to the category of inexpensive effective agents. It should be familiar with the contraindications and side effects and if the product is suitable for the patient, then it can be taken after consulting a specialist. Therefore, today we will review the instructions and indications for the use of Cinnarizine, the price, reviews and analogues of tablets.

Features of the drug

The drug differs from other means of this direction in that having a vasodilating property, the blood circulation has the opportunity to improve. However, this does not affect the blood pressure indicators in the direction of deviation from the norm.

Composition

The preparation contains one active substance, which sets all its properties: cinnarizine. Additional Ingredients:

• Povidone,
• Lactose,
• Magnesium Stearate,
• Wheat Starch,
• Silicon.

Dosage Forms

Manufacturer produces the drug in two forms: capsules and tablets.

Tablets - 25 mg, in a package of 50 pcs. Approximate cost: 38 ÷ 40 rubles.

Cinnarizine in pharmacies( depending on the quantity in the package and the manufactured form) has a value of about 8 rubles, and the upper limit of the price is not more than 60 rubles.

More details about the drug Cinnarizin will tell the doctor in the video below:

Pharmacological action

• The drug blocks the passage through the cell membrane of calcium ions. This helps to reduce their presence in the depot.
• The drug reduces tinnitus, reduces headache. This happens because the property of the drug to improve the state of the blood vessels helps normalize the cerebral circulation.
• Tonus of smooth muscle arterioles decreases. Peripheral and coronary circulation improves, tissues are supplied with blood more fully. Possible postischemic hyperemia.
• Vessel-containing biogenic substances after taking the drug do not have an adequate response from the body, because cinnarizine can suppress them. The property of cinnarizine to exhibit antihistamine activity in moderate amounts also works to improve blood circulation.
• Ingredients of the drug have an effect on blood cells, reduce its viscosity. Erythrocytes under the influence of the agent improve the state of membranes, increasing their elasticity. The drug helps cells survive in conditions of lack of oxygen.

Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics

• The drug is a vasodilator. It is used for diseases caused by disorders of the cerebral and peripheral blood circulation.
• Digested cinnarizine in the stomach, partially in the intestine. Metabolism of substances that make up the drug occurs in the liver.
• A remedy is given with a caloric mass - two-thirds of the total volume to be disposed of. The rest of the kidneys are excreted.

Indications for the use of the drug Cinnarizin

The agent is prescribed for such diseases:

• peripheral circulation worsens and this manifests itself as:
  • Raynaud's disease,
  • obliterant thromboangiitis,
  • intermittent claudication,
  • diabetic angiopathy,
  • obliterating atherosclerosis,
  • thrombophlebitis,
  • pregangrenosis states,
  • trophic disorders, including ulcers;
• ischemic stroke,
• senile dementia,
• discirculatory encephalopathy,
• prophylaxis of migraine attacks,
• states after strokes,
• kinetosis prevention,
• craniocerebral trauma,
• vestibular disorders.

Next, we will review the instructions for using Cinnarizine.

Instruction

The daily intake of the drug should not be more than 225 mg. Children drink half of the adult dose. You should take the medication after eating.

One-time dose should be consulted by a specialist. Usually, the medication is prescribed as follows:

• in the case of labyrinthine disorders of 25 mg,
• in the same dose is taken for the prevention of airborne and seasickness,
• if the patient has problems with cerebral circulation of 25-50 mg,
• thenHowever, with peripheral circulation of 50 ÷ 75 mg.

Contraindications

This:

• cases, when there is a negative reaction of the body to any component;
• during childbearing and breastfeeding,
• children under 12 years.

Side effects of

The drug may cause undesired reactions.

These include:

• allergic rash,
• digestive problems:
  • abdominal pain,
  • digestive disorder,
  • dryness in the oral cavity,
  • cholestatic jaundice;
• drowsiness,
• headache,
• depression,
• extrapyramidal disorder.

If an overdose occurs, symptoms may appear:

• tremor,
• vomiting,
• severe depression,
• drowsiness,
• coma.

Special instructions

• The drug should be used with caution to athletes, because this may affect the anti-doping control.
• During the course of treatment, simultaneous administration of cinnarizine and ethanol is not allowed.
• If there is a need to treat cinnarizine with patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the physician should analyze whether there is an excess of usefulness over possible negative consequences.
• If a long course with cinnarizine is used, then it is necessary to observe the state of the kidneys, liver, peripheral blood. To do this, appoint a survey.
• During treatment, care should be taken when carrying out activities that require attention and concentration and are hazardous activities. It's about driving.

Reviews

Patients note that after the course of treatment, the level of vascular problems decreased markedly. There are cases when systematic attacks of migraine or just a headache have stopped.

Users emphasize that it was possible to improve blood circulation, but the result did not affect the blood pressure index. This fact was important for the patient, since from his words other drugs that gave the effect of improving blood circulation changed these parameters.

Patients write that drowsiness and worsening of attention at the beginning of the course of treatment were observed. Low cost of medicine is noted.

Analogs

This:

• Cinnarizine Sopharma,
• Cinnasan,
• Stugeron,
• Vertizine,
• Cinnarone,
• Cynedyl,
• Cinnarizine Avexime.

The following video answers the question about the side effects of Cinnarizine: