The drug "Cycloferon" in ampoules

The drug "Cycloferon" in ampoules is an immunostimulating agent with pronounced anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties.

Features pharmacological action of the drug

This drug is a low molecular weight.inducer of a special protective substance that is produced in small quantities by the human body. However, the drug "Cycloferon" in ampoules further stimulates the process of its release. The pronounced immunomodulatory effect of this drug is expressed in the correction of the immune status and activation of T-lymphocytes, killer cells and phagocytosis. As for the effectiveness of this drug, it is particularly effective against influenza, tick-borne encephalitis, cytomegalovirus, papilloma virus and human immunodeficiency virus. Herpes and hepatitis also quite quickly copes with the drug "Cycloferon" in ampoules. The price of this immunostimulating agent varies between 150-300 rubles (depending on the volume).

The main indications for prescribing the drug

This immunostimulant is usually prescribed.remedy for adult patients and children older than four years to treat a variety of neuroinfections (Lyme disease, serous meningitis, multiple sclerosis), HIV infection, herpes, cytomegalovirus infection, viral hepatitis type A, B and C, secondary immunodeficiencies (chronic and acute forms of fungal and bacterial infections, radiation injuries, burns, ulcers) and chlamydial infections (urogenital chlamydia, venereal lymphogranuloma, chlamydial arthritis). In addition, the drug "Cycloferon" in ampoules instructions recommends the use of diseases of the joints of degenerative-dystrophic nature, systemic and rheumatic diseases of the connective tissue.

Method of administration and dosage

Introduce this drug intravenously.or intramuscularly once a day, as a rule, according to the scheme “every other day”. The duration of treatment in each case is determined individually, depending on the severity of the disease and the general well-being of the patient. In most cases, the drug "Cycloferon" in ampoules is prescribed according to the basic scheme - ten injections of two hundred fifty or five hundred milligrams.

List of contraindications to the appointment

It is not recommended to assign thisimmunostimulating agent to patients suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and increased individual sensitivity to its active and auxiliary components. Childhood age (up to four years), pregnancy, and breastfeeding are also reasons for discontinuing this drug. With great care should be used means "Cycloferon" in ampoules for patients with various diseases of the thyroid gland. In this case, the drug should be used only under strict control by an endocrinologist.