Effects of the drug on the body: - antiallergic,
- antipruritic,
- prevents tissue swelling,
- antiexudative.
Farmakodinamika
- The main active substance reduces the manifestation of an allergic reaction when the process is at an early stage. Participates in preventing the development of allergies in the direction of the late stage.
- The drug helps to eliminate spasms of smooth muscles, prevents swelling of the tissues. The remedy affects the patient's ability to perform work that requires careful attention.
- The main active substance prevents, including allergic skin reaction to cold.
Pharmacokinetics
Cetirizine does not have the property of penetrating into the cell.93% of the substance binds to molecules of proteins that are in the blood plasma. To a small extent, cetirizine is metabolized in the liver.
A single dose of admission has a half-life of approximately 10 hours. Two-thirds of the amount of the drug taken( the main substance) leaves through the urine in an unchanged form.
Now let's find out why and how to take Zodak.
Indications
The drug is prescribed for use in cases of:
- Quincke edema,
- pollinosis,
- allergic conjunctivitis and rhinitis,
- urticaria( including dermograph),
- nodular scabies and pseudotum,
- of allergic dermatosis.
The following is an instruction for tablets, Zodak drops from allergies for children and adults.
Instruction for use
So, the way of using Zodak:
- Patients of adult age are recommended to take one tablet a day( 10 mg of the basic substance).It is acceptable to take twice a day for half a tablet. The medicine should be washed down with water.
- In the same dose, it is recommended to take for children over the age of 12 years .If the child is younger than this age, then, as a rule, the appointment is made to take the pill, dividing it in half twice a day( 5 mg per reception).
Contraindications
The drug is not prescribed if:
- a woman carries a child,
- during breastfeeding,
- , the patient has a negative reaction to the ingredients of the drug.
Side effects of
The drug is usually well tolerated. If there are undesirable phenomena, then they have the property of passing without consequences.
Possible side effects:
- migraine,
- drowsiness,
- dizziness,
- headache,
- arousal,
- fatigue,
- indigestion,
- skin itch,
- dry mouth,
- skin rash,
- urticaria,
- angioedema.
Special instructions
Take this medication with caution if the patient has a kidney or liver function.
Special attention should be paid if: the
- patient is of advanced age, this may indicate a possibly decreased renal function;
- it is known that the patient has renal failure, it is necessary to make an adjustment to the dose of the drug for this diagnosis;
- in the presence of violations in the liver correction dose do in the case of simultaneous disorders of kidney function.
Interaction with other medications
- No interaction with other drugs has been observed.
- It is necessary to exclude the use of ethanol during treatment with an anesthetic.
Reviews
Users note that the drug really helps with allergic reactions of the body to various factors, in particular, an example of an allergy in the spring for flowering is given. People who used zodak liked that the price of the drug is affordable, there are several medicinal forms of the remedy.
About what is best, Zodak, Zirtek or Suprastin, for an adult and a child, and also what are the cheap Zodak analogs, let's talk below.
Analogs
The agents that have the same active substance in the composition are called analogues. In the case of the zodiac, it is:
- cetirizine ds,
- zirtek,
- cetirizine,
- alerzine,
- cetrin,
- parasitic.
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