A frequent cause of development of viral, infectious diseases is low immunity. The scheme of complex therapy of these pathologies includes immunomodulators, which stabilize the body's defense system. Likopid - instructions for use indicate that these pills and their analogs help normalize adult and child's immunity, the drug has many positive reviews from doctors. The drug is from a new generation of drugs, has a wide range of applications.
What is Likopid
This drug refers to a new generation of immunomodulators that are used for complex therapy in a child or adult with different secondary immunodeficiencies. They arise against a background of frequent, chronic infectious and inflammatory diseases:
- with tuberculosis;
- furunculosis;
- viral infections;
- psoriasis;
- herpes;
- respiratory tract infection.
Composition
Produces Likopid only in the form of tablets that are taken orally, the package must contain instructions. Active active substance is glucosaminylmuramyl dipeptide( GMD), which can be in the amount of 1 mg or 10 mg. These two versions of the form of release of the drug, which according to the instructions have different conditions and dosages of application. The tablets also contain the following excipients:
- lactose monohydrate;
- calcium stearate;
- sucrose;
- potato starch;
- methylcellulose.
Likopid is available in the form of round planocylindrical tablets of white color with a bevel. Medications of 10 mg in addition to this still have a risk that they can be distinguished from 1 mg. The difference in the amount of active substance makes these forms different from each other, they are prescribed for different pathologies and with different admission rules. You can buy Lycopid 1 mg in a pharmacy without a doctor's prescription, but 10 mg - with a prescription only.
Indications for use
Immunomodulator Likopid according to the instructions can be given to a child from any age, taking into account some features. For an adult, the use of this medication is recommended in the following cases:
- with papillomavirus infection;
- with ophthalmoherpes;
- for purulent-inflammatory skin diseases;
- for chronic lung infections;
- for postoperative complications;
- for herpetic infection;
- for hepatitis B, C;
- for pulmonary tuberculosis;
- for psoriasis.
Contraindications
Each medication has, according to the instruction, a number of prohibitions on the use that the patient is obliged to observe. For example, Lycopid and alcohol during treatment are incompatible, other conditions are contraindications:
- is not recommended by the instructions to take Lycopid if the hyperthermia is above 38 degrees or there is a febrile condition;
- should be discontinued when exacerbating thyroiditis of autoimmune origin4
- according to the instructions is forbidden application in the presence of hypersensitivity to the components of Lycopida;
- is contraindicated during pregnancy, nursing mothers.
Side effects of
In case of violation of the rules for the use of medication, instructions may have negative consequences. Likopid tablets can cause short-term subfebrile condition, sometimes there are muscular, joint pains. There are side effects, as a rule, when the permissible dosage is exceeded( over 20 mg).Seldom happens a hyperthermia, for decrease in temperature it is recommended to drink an antipyretic agent, that in any way will not affect action Licopid. Less than 0.01% of patients experience diarrhea.
Likopid Instruction
There are features of taking and dosage of medication, which are taken into account by the doctor when prescribing a child's treatment or course for adults. There are also general rules that are described in the annotation to the drug. It is necessary to swallow the tablet whole, grind or grind it into powder.then you need to drink plenty of water. Take Lycopide half an hour before meals on an empty stomach.
According to the instructions to take Lipopid 1 mg should be sublingually - put the tablet under the tongue, wait for its complete dissolution. Do not try to move the intensity of the tongue or dissolve it to accelerate the dissolution. If, for some reason, this method of application can not be performed, then the whole tablet should be swallowed, washed down with water in large quantities.
According to the instructions, the use of Lycopida is recommended at the same time. If you skip the next appointment, you can drink a pill if less than 12 hours have passed since the previous use. If more time has passed, then only the next dose should be taken, without increasing it. Children can only take Lycopid 1 mg, adults can consume 10 mg, but only with a complicated course of the disease or ineffectiveness of a lower dosage.
For children
Application for a child allows a dosage of only 1 mg. Likopid for children is prescribed according to the following rules according to the instructions:
- Once a day for 10 days, one tablet should be consumed in the treatment of chronic, acute inflammatory pathologies of soft tissues and skin.
- The same scheme is used for the treatment of chronic infections of the respiratory tract. The course should be repeated 3 times with an interval of 20 days.
- 3 times for knocking for 10 days for 1 tablet is necessary for herpetic infection with any localization.
For adults
The medication is different when treating various pathologies. Likopid for adults is recommended to take the following rules:
- Treatment of the respiratory tract with chronic infection - 2 times a day for 1 tablet for 10 days.
- Treatment of soft tissues, skin with a purulent-inflammatory disease in acute form is carried out with 2 tablets 2-3 times a day for 10 days.
- For therapy of herpetic infection, it is recommended to take 2 tablets three times a day for 10 days.
For the prevention of acute respiratory infections, acute respiratory infections during seasonal epidemics of influenza, reducing the likelihood of recurrence of abnormalities of ENT organs, it is recommended to drink 10 tablets 3 times a day for 10 days. Elderly people( from 65 years old) and those who have liver function abnormalities, do not reduce the kidneys, they should take the medicine in prescribed norms according to the instructions.
Likopid in psoriasis
Adults in the treatment of this pathology appoint 10 mg tablets, the recommended number of receptions - 3 per day, the duration of the course - 10 days. After a one-day break, you can repeat the treatment schedule again, but only 1 tablet per day. If the symptoms are pronounced, the disease is severe, psoriatic arthritis has developed, then it is necessary to drink twice a day for 20 days. Children's dosage( up to 16 years) - 1 mg 3 times a day for 10 days.
Analogues of Likopid
If there is no medicine in the pharmacy you can buy analogues, some of them are expensive others have a lower cost. Choose from the following:
- Polyoxidonium;
- Immunomax;
- Anaferon;
- Citovir-3;
- Genfaxon;
- Efstifan;
- Cycloferon.
If you need to buy cheap medications or order them, you should purchase one of the following options:
- Echinacea;
- Cycloferon;
- Interferon.
Price for Likopid
In Russia, a medicine can be ordered from an online store or bought from a pharmacy. The remedy is dispensed in a dosage of 1 mg without a prescription, you can buy tablets of 10 mg only by prescription of a doctor. Price Likopida depends on the region of sale, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, it is roughly the same. Sale in online pharmacies is possible with delivery by mail to the home buyer. How much does Likopid from a proven manufacturer:
- for 1 mg 10 pcs.in the package - from 217 to 300 rubles;
- 10 mg 10 pcs.- from 1500 to 2200 rubles.
Video: preparation Likopid
Reviews
Marina, 35 years old
I gave this medication to my child according to the instructions. The whole winter passed without disease, once there was a slight runny nose while the whole class was sick with the flu. The option for 1 mg is relatively cheap, the daughter drank it with two courses of 10 days, no side effects, so the remedy will go into mandatory purchases before the dangerous periods of autumn and spring.
Andrew, 29 years old
This drug helps with the HPV virus, and the price is not very high, so I decided to buy it. Maybe I had poor compatibility with Glucoseminyl muramildipeptide( the main active substance), but I was not very good at taking medication. After the re-delivery of the analysis, the result did not change, the virus remained in the blood.
Catherine, 26
The child is small, several times already picked up angina, the pediatrician advised to drink Likopid. I give my son 1 tablet a day, a course of 10 days, then a break of 10 and once again the same. Now here comes the cold, we walk every day and everything is fine, not even a throat. For such a price - it is a wonderful drug to strengthen immunity.