CHOOSING AN EFFECTIVE LAXATIVE

Press service of the popular science magazine "Navigator of Pharmacy"

Autumn is a time of epidemics and exacerbations of "chronic", colds and acute respiratory viral infections. Even if you can boast of good health, you have probably encountered the symptoms of SARS at least once in your life, because this group of diseases is the absolute leader among other infectious pathologies.

Fortunately, most of these diseases are well treatable and disappear in about a week, leaving no complications behind. However, doctors do not advise taking even the smallest infections lightly: any disease is a risk of undermining your health and, ultimately, ending up in the hospital.

If you get sick, first of all, seek medical help and do not self-medicate! Treatment of SARS includes a regimen, diet, etiotropic, pathogenetic and symptomatic therapy depending on the cause of the disease, severity, presence of complications and concomitant diseases.

The multi-symptom nature of acute respiratory viral infections determines the multi-component nature of medical care, which is resorted to for its elimination. At the same time, both the patient and the doctor are faced with a large number of drugs, a multitude of analogues, which often leads to the appointment of a multitude of drugs (polypharmacy), undesirable situations and side effects. In particular, frequent disorders of the gastrointestinal tract are of great interest, namely such a delicate problem as constipation. For example, after the use of such drugs for ARVI, as anti-inflammatory non-steroidal and antihistamines.

This is especially true for those patients who self-medicate and prescribe excessive doses of any pills that cause intestinal motility disorders. That is why, if constipation occurs after drug therapy for any disease, you should not postpone a visit to a specialist, because it is important to choose the optimal treatment in time and improve the quality of life.

In this aspect, lactulose-based drugs are recognized as one of the most mild, safe and effective laxatives, in particular, the drug PRELAXAN ®.

PRELAXAN ® is a natural laxative, the active substance of which is not digested in the gastrointestinal tract, is not absorbed and is not metabolized in the small intestine. Under the influence of colon bacteria, lactulose is hydrolyzed to short-chain fatty acids - lactic, acetic, oleic and propionic. As a result, on the one hand, the pH of the intestine decreases, on the other hand, the osmotic pressure in the colon increases, water is retained in it, the volume of the contents increases, which enhances intestinal peristalsis, triggering natural mechanisms of bowel emptying and a sufficient laxative effect.

Also, PRELAXAN ® is a prebiotic, the lactulose of which selectively stimulates the growth and metabolic activity of the colon microflora (bacteria Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus). Thus, lactulose acts exclusively in the lumen of the colon and does not cause systemic effects, which is a guarantee of the high safety profile of drugs based on it.

It is important to note that the drug is characterized by European quality, because it is produced from high-quality raw materials (packaging in the form of "in bulk"), which is supplied by the well-known pharmaceutical manufacturer Fresenius Kabi Austria GmbH, Austria.

In combination with the prebiotic properties of lactulose, PRELAXAN ® stimulates the growth of bifidobacteria, inhibits the growth of pathological intestinal microbiota and, as a result, reduces intoxication with the products of their metabolism. As a result, the drug has a laxative effect and normalizes intestinal function.

In addition, PRELAXAN ® does not need to be washed down with a large amount of liquid, it does not affect the tone of the myometrium, does not disrupt the water-electrolyte balance, and is also well tolerated, which is especially important for constipation during pregnancy. And the absence of side effects allows us to recommend its use in children from an early age.

When providing pharmaceutical care to patients taking cold medications, it is important to remind them of the need to read the instructions in advance in order to avoid the occurrence of such a side effect as constipation and to warn against the occurrence of undesirable situations.

And a drug with maximum effectiveness, a favorable safety profile, a convenient dosage form and pleasant organoleptic properties will help in this. PRELAXAN ®.

Strengthen your health today so as not to get sick tomorrow, consult a doctor on time, be treated with safe and effective means and then you will overcome any disease with minimal harm to yourself.