The drug "Pantokaltsin". Reviews of parents. Instructions

Medication "Pantokalcin" is a nootropicagent whose activity is associated with the presence of gamma-aminobutyric acid in the composition. The drug has a neuroprotective, neurometabolic, neurotrophic effect, increases brain resistance to the effects of toxins and hypoxia. Also, the drug reduces motor irritability, has an anticonvulsant effect. In children, Pantokalcin (positive feedback from parents about it) increases physical and intellectual activity. In the gastrointestinal tract is absorbed quickly, maximum concentrations are observed in the kidneys, skin, liver, walls of the stomach. The drug is not metabolized, unchanged excreted in the urine, faeces.

Indications for use

Children medicine "Pantokaltin" (parents reviewsconfirm its effectiveness) is prescribed for delays in motor, mental, speech development, or their combinations, cerebral palsy, stuttering (most often of clonic form), epilepsy (in combination with anticonvulsants, especially for small epileptic seizures and polymorphic seizures). Also, the drug is used to improve memory, concentration.

Form of issue, composition

В таблетированной форме выпускается медикамент "Pantokalcin". Reviews of parents say that the medicine is well tolerated by the kids. The tablets have a flat-cylindrical shape, there is a risk and chamfer, the color is white. They are packaged in polymer cans or cellular packaging. One tablet contains the active ingredient - calcium hopantenate - in a mass of 250 or 500 mg. Calcium stearate, talc, magnesium hydroxycarbonate, potato starch act as secondary components.

Method of reception

It is necessary to take the drug after meals (later15-30 minutes) inside. The duration of taking the drug "Pantokalcin" (the dosage for children is set by the doctor) is one to four months, in certain cases it may increase to six months. A repeated therapeutic course is possible after three to six months. As a rule, for children, a single dose of the drug is 0.25-0.5 grams, daily - 0.75-3 grams. The manual states that it is not recommended to use the drug in the treatment of children under the age of three. However, in certain situations, the doctor may prescribe the drug Pantokalcin to the infant (in the case of perinatal encephalopathy).

With mental deficiency for threemonths every day children are shown to take thrice or four times a day at 0.5 grams. In neuroleptic syndrome (to correct the negative effects of neuroleptic drugs), children are prescribed three, four times a day, 0.25-0.5 grams. Therapeutic course is one to three months. In the case of epilepsy, the daily dosage will be similar, but the course of treatment is longer (up to six months). With ticks (hyperkinesis), children for one to four months a day three to six times are shown to receive 0.25-0.5 grams.

Side Effects of Pantokalcin

Reviews of parents indicate cases of development in children of allergy in the form of conjunctivitis, skin rashes, rhinitis after taking the medication.