Fenibut - instructions for use. Compatibility of Phenibut with alcohol and other drugs

Detailed instructions for use of the drug Fenibut. Choice of analogues and compatibility with other medications.

Phenibut - nootropic drug for improving human brain activity is widely used in medical practice since Soviet times. The article introduces the instructions for the use of Phenibut, analogs and compatibility with other medicines.

Phenibut - instruction for use

Structure of γ-aminobutyric acid

• Phenibut belongs to domestic preparations, which was developed in the 1970s for cosmonauts, in order to reduce the stressful state during long-time pilots in outer space, retaining high mental potential, vital energyand high performance.
• Abstract on the use of the drug explains in detail the rules for taking the drug, indicates the diseases in which the medication is prescribed, the dosages of adults and children, contraindications and side effects.
• This medicine belongs to the group of nootropics( substances that improve brain activity) and daytime tranquilizers-anxiolytics( psychogenic soothing substances).
• Phenibut increases cerebral blood flow, enhances vitality and performance, improves memorization, concentrates attention, removes emotional instability of behavior. At the same time, the medication acts relaxing: stresses, stress, fear go away, sleep normalizes.

Aminophenylbutyric acid - is an active ingredient in the preparation of Phenibut. The medicine has a single dosage: 250 mg in one tablet, in a package of 10 or 20 pieces. The Russian Federation has registered Fenibut of such pharmaceutical manufacturers:

• OOO Ozon Russia
• OOO Organica Russia
• Moscow Endocrine Plant Russia
• Mir-Pharm LLC Russia
• RUE Belmed drugs Republic of Belarus
• Olainfarm Latvia

IMPORTANT: Phenibut is a prescription drug andis released strictly according to the doctor's prescription.

Phenibut is prescription-dispensed

Indications

Phenibut refers to preparations of the γ-aminobutyric acid derivative .This substance is the main inhibitory mediator of the central nervous system of all mammals, including humans. The active substance of Phenibut acts as a biogenic stimulator of neurotransmitter and metabolic brain reactions.

In a state of inhibition, the brain requires less oxygen and energy make-up, which saves and protects the brain from prolonged strain and aging.

Pharmacological action of Phenibut:

• Brain blood supply, removal of spasms, vasodilation
• Balance between excitation and inhibition in the brain
• Protection of brain nerve cells from oxygen starvation
• Activation of energy and metabolic processes in neurons of the brain

Anxious and oppressed conditions, fearsand nervous tension - indications for the appointment of Phenibut

Preparation Phenibut is indicated for such diseases:

• neuropsychiatric conditions accompanied by anxiety, fear and anxiety
• mental and physical fatigue
• depressive and stressful conditions
• Ménière's disease( internal ear disease leading to deafness)
• as a sedative in front of painful medical procedures and surgical intervention
• insomnia and anxiousdreams
• dizziness and noise in the ears with pathologies of the vestibular apparatus
• preventive medicine with kinetosis
• in dNesting practice with nerve tics, stuttering, enuresis
• withdrawal syndrome in the treatment of alcoholism

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Phenibut is used to treat stresses of different etiologies

• The duration of treatment is established by the attending physician in accordance with the diagnosis of the disease, the severity of the disease, the dynamics of the effect of the drug on the body, the age category, tolerability and the absence of side effects.
• Usually, Fenibut is prescribed by 2-3 week courses with good drug tolerance. With further treatment, it is possible to adjust the dose and prolong course to 4-6 weeks.
• With dizziness and noise in the ears caused by dysfunction of the vestibular apparatus and Meniere's disease, Fenibut treatment is prescribed for 14 days.

IMPORTANT: It should be remembered that the duration of treatment with Fenibut is established by a physician. Uncontrolled use of the drug Phenibut for a long time can provoke mental and physiological dependence on the drug. The state of health of a person is so deteriorating that he can not refuse tablets.

Dosages

Therapeutic dose of the drug Phenybut - 250 mg .Different indications of diseases require differentiating the dosage of the medicine, and also take into account the age of the patient and the degree of drug tolerance.

Phenibut is prescribed 250-500 mg 3 times daily after meals. In some cases, it is possible to increase the dose to 2500 mg per day.

IMPORTANT: The dosage of Phenibut medication is prescribed by a physician. Treatment with the drug should be carried out under medical supervision. It is forbidden to increase the dose of the drug by yourself.

A single maximum dose of the drug is :

• for adults 750 mg( 3 tablets of 250 mg)
• for the elderly over 60 years - 500 mg( 2 tablets for 250 mg)

The dosage and administration of Phenibut should be controlled by a physician

• Migraine : to prevent and stop the attack use a dose of: 150 mg per day.
• Mental and physical fatigue : with mental fatigue and reduced memory, to increase efficiency and vitality, the recommended dosage is 250 mg per day for 1-1.5 months.
• Disturbing and restless states, insomnia : with the syndromes of constant anxiety and fear, the inability to fall asleep, restless unstable sleep with anxious dreams, prescribe the drug 250 mg twice a day for 1.5-2 months before the disappearance of the pathology.
• Abstinence syndrome : withdrawal of withdrawal symptoms begin with 250-500 mg of the drug three times a day and a night dose of 750 mg. Then the dose is gradually lowered.
• Dizziness and Meniere's disease : dosage is 250 mg 3 times daily after meals for two weeks
• Vacillation and seasickness : One hour before the proposed trip or with the appearance of the first symptoms of motion sickness take 250-500 mg of the drug.

IMPORTANT: In severe manifestations of kinetosis: severe vomiting, arterial hypotension, impaired consciousness, etc. The use of Phenibut is ineffective even with an increased dose of the drug to 750-1000 mg.

For children

Phenibut is used in children's practice

Phenibut is used in children's practice as a medicine that has a soft effect with low toxicity and a minimum of side effects. The drug is widely used in the treatment of stuttering, neuropsychic manifestations, enuresis, hyperactivity of the child at a dosage of 20-100 mg per day, maintaining a course of up to 2-4 weeks.

Children's doses of the Phenibut by age category:

• Children under 8 years old : 20-100 mg 3 times daily
• 8-14 years : 250 mg 3 times daily

The maximum single pediatric dose of is:

• up to 8 years old : 150 mg
• from 8 to 14 years : 250mg

Phenibut is prescribed for children's hyperactivity

IMPORTANT: Children under two years of age are not assigned to Phenibut.

Since the drug has a single dosage of 250 mg, it is difficult to calculate correctly the dose for childhood. Therefore, it is advisable to treat children with Phenibut, using a dosage form in the form of powders that are extemporally prepared in a pharmacy under the prescription of a doctor.

IMPORTANT: Do not independently prescribe a child Fenibut with increased activity, tearfulness, irritability and unstable mood. Such a child should be shown to the doctor, and at first use sedative drugs of plant origin on the basis of motherwort and valerian.

During pregnancy

I trimester of pregnancy is a contraindication for the use of Phenibut

• Instruction for the use of the drug Fenibut strictly specifies the inadmissibility of treatment of pregnant women( especially in the first trimester) and breast-feeding women because of possible toxic effects on the fetus or the baby.
• In cases of insomnia or anxious conditions of pregnant women requiring treatment, the doctor has in the arsenal of other medications and tools to remove pathological symptoms without jeopardizing the health of the baby's future.

Side effects of

Side effects of the drug may appear in the first day or even hours of use. Sometimes this happens after a long treatment. Usually, Phenibut is well tolerated and side effects are not so common, but it does happen. As a rule, reactions to the use of Phenibut occur at the beginning of treatment. There are the following side effects on the drug:

• allergic manifestations in the form of red spots, rash, skin itching
• drowsiness
• nausea
• headache
• excitation
• dizziness

Annotation to the medicine contains the necessary information about the drug

For any signs of side effects of the drug should be reportedthe doctor. In such cases, the doctor reduces the dosage of the medicine or replaces the treatment with other drugs.

Contraindications

Abstract on the use of Phenibut indicates the following contraindications:

• child under 2 years of age
• individual reaction
• pregnancy
• breast-feeding
• hepatic pathology

IMPORTANT: Patients with erosive ulceration should remember that the drug tends to cause irritating effects on the walls of the stomach.

Phenibut: overdose

Incorrect dosing of drugs may adversely affect the health of

Failure to dosing the medicine in the form of increased therapeutic and maximum dosage, changing the frequency of admission, ignoring the doctor's recommendations can lead to unfortunate consequences.

Such complications can be caused by the simultaneous administration of other drugs that potentiate the action of Fenibut. As a result of an overdose of the drug, the organism becomes intoxicated with the phenomena:

• increased sleepiness
• with reduced
• with cold sweat and weakness
• with nausea and indomitable vomiting
• fatty liver dystrophy
• with kidney failure
• by changing blood pattern( increased eosinophils)

IMPORTANT: In case of drug poisoning and the presence of listed syndromes, promptly call for emergency care.

Treatment of overdose includes gastric lavage and the administration of sorbent medications: Sorbeksa , activated carbon , Enterosgel , Polysorb , Polypepane .In the future, treatment is directed to normalize the vital functions of the body.

Phenybut: analogs

Medication-analogs

There are analog preparations Phenibut with different chemical composition, but similar action on the body with similar indications in use and preparations synonymous with with the same active substance, but different pharmaceutical manufacturers.

-analogs Formulations

• Adaptol tablets
• Aminalon tablets
• Atarax tablets
• Afobazol tablets
• Vinpocetine tablets
• Glycine tablets
• Cavinton tablets
• Calcium gopantenat tablets
• Lutset tablets
• mebicar tablets
• Nootropil tablets
• Omaron tablets
• Pantogam tablets
• Pantokaltsin tablets
• Pikamilon tablets
• Piracetam tablets, capsules
• To strezam capsules
• Tenoten and Tenoten children's tablets for resorption
• Fezam drops
• Phenorelaxan tablets
• Phenotropol tablets

Synonyms

• Anvifen capsules
• Noophen capsules

Is it possible to phenibut for the night?

Phenibut is prescribed for sleep disorders

• Phenibutum promotes sleep normalization and is used for some types of insomnia. The medicine removes the anxious state before going to bed, removes fears, promotes falling asleep.
• Phenibut is effective as a soft cure for insomnia with symptoms of nervous tension, fussiness of the mind, nightmares, anxious dreams.
• Admission of the drug at night has a beneficial effect on the structure of sleep in disorders associated with neurotic genesis: accelerates the time of falling asleep, increases the duration and depth of sleep and the positive state of health after awakening.

IMPORTANT: Phenibut is not a hypnotic, which removes insomnia in a short time. Tablets are taken by the doctor's prescription in the prescribed dose. To achieve the effect requires treatment for a certain time.

Compatibility of Phenibut with alcohol

Drugs not compatible with alcohol

• Although Phenibut is widely used to stop the withdrawal syndrome ( addictive or breakdown syndrome) with alcohol dependence, this does not mean that the drug is compatible with alcohol intake.
• Treatment of alcoholism with the use of Phenibut is always carried out under in-patient conditions under the supervision of a physician. The dosage of the drug, the regimen and the course of treatment is prescribed by the attending physician and corrected by the patient depending on the patient's well-being.
• Phenibut potentiates the action of alcoholic beverages. Simultaneous reception of the drug with alcohol causes more rapid and strong intoxication, and therefore a deeper intoxication.
• Joint use of alcohol and Phenibutum can lead to unpredictable consequences: from a critical state against the background of alcohol intoxication caused by sedative and hypnotic action of the drug, to serious violations of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and blood picture.

Compatibility of Phenibut with mexidol, phenazepam, atarax, cavintone, glycine and other

preparations

Not all medications are compatible with each other

• Phenibut is widely used in medical practice both in monotherapy and in combination with many drugs for better efficacy.
• With the combined use of anxiolytics, antipsychotics, hypnotics, narcotic analgesics, anticonvulsants with Phenibut, a potentiation effect is observed, which can lead to a critical situation.
• In some cases, doctors prescribe drug combinations using lower dosages. This achieves a stronger therapeutic effect with smaller doses of drugs.

Phenibut, Mexidol, Glycine

• There are methods for simultaneous administration of Phenibut, Mexidol and Glycine with nervous exhaustion, breakdowns, unstable behavior, poor sleep, reduced performance.
• Mexidol , like Phenibut enhances blood circulation in the brain, improves memory, reduces dizziness, and relieves symptoms with vegetative-vascular dystonia.
• Glycine gently reduces psycho-emotional stress, improves social adaptation, promotes falling asleep.

Combined use of drugs may damage your health

Phenibut, Phenazepam, Atarax

• Phenosepam and Atarax - anxiolytics ( tranquilizers ) stronger than Phenibut .When these two drugs are combined with Fenibut, there is an increase in sedative-hypnotic effect and inhibition of motor nerves and muscles, which can lead to undesirable side effects: increased drowsiness and lethargy.
• Usually, such joint drug combinations are not used. In some cases, doctors prescribe Fenibut with Phenazepam or Atarax, strictly selecting the dosage of medication in each individual case while generally reducing the dose.

Fenibut, Cavinton

Cavinton ( vinpocetine) is a widely known drug used in various age groups to improve the blood circulation of the brain. Fenibut also has the same nootropic function. If necessary, doctors combine the drugs, adjusting the dose and course of treatment.

Afobazole with phenibut?

Afobazole and Phenibut

• When comparing Phenibut with Afobazole , the latter is a more modern preparation that has become widely used in neurological practice in the last 15 years. Like Phenibut , Afobazol developed by domestic scientists and has nootropic properties, relieves nervous tension and stress.
• Afobazol has low toxic properties and does not lead to retardation and drowsiness. At the same time, the drug copes well with fears, activates mental activity, intelligence and memory.
• Afobazole is not used in pediatric practice, with sensitivity to galactose and lactase deficiency. The drug is contraindicated in pregnant and lactating women, liver pathologies. Use for the treatment of Phenibut or Afobazole is decided by the attending physician according to the diagnosis.

Pantogam with Phenibut?

• Pantogam exhibits similar healing qualities as Phenibut , having another chemical active substance( calcium gopentenate).The drug is widely used as a psychostimulant and nootropic medicine for hyperkinesia, nervous pathologies, tics and stuttering in children's practice.
• For therapeutic purposes Pantogam and Pheniobut is used in both monotherapy and in combination with dose adjustment and treatment. There are alternate therapeutic courses Phenibut and Pantogam .

Phenibut or anvifen?

Increased excitability of the child and nervous disorders require a doctor's consultation

• Anvifen is a representative of the new generation of nootropics. The active component of the drug is amylophenylbutyric acid . Phenibut and Noophen are considered older drugs with a similar effect.
• Anvifen is available in capsules, which favorably affects the digestive tract without causing irritation. There are various convenient dosages of the drug: 25 mg, 50 mg, 125 mg, 250 mg, which facilitates the dosage of the drug, especially in children's prescriptions.
• The drug improves brain function, relieves irritation, improves sleep, relieves anxiety and fear, affects memory and intelligence. Anvifen is recognized by doctors and is widely prescribed in the treatment of many diseases in adults and children.

Phenibut or phenotropil?

• Fenotropil is considered a new generation drug among nootropics, which was developed by Russian scientists in the 1990s in the Institute of Space Biology and Medicine. According to the doctors: Fenotropil has a wide range of pharmacological activity on the brain and high efficiency, which raises it to the leading position among nootropic drugs.
• The drug is used for diseases of the central nervous system associated with vascular disorders, neurotic and unstable psychoemotional states, depression, correction of the day and night cycles for violations in the daily biorhythm.
• The drug increases efficiency, enhances mental activity, promotes better memorization and the ability to learn, promotes social adaptation and improves the quality of life.
• The medicine affects visual functions: the visual acuity, the brightness of the colors increase, the field of view increases. A drug with a low toxicity rate. The instruction warns of the use of Fenotropil in pediatric practice because of the lack of data from clinical studies.

Phenibut: reviews

Before using the drug, you should read the instructions of

• Reviews about Fenibut are different: someone helped the drug to cope with problems, someone switched to other medications, but overall there is a positive dynamics in the treatment of diseases with the help of Phenibuta .
• Many note the effect of the drug after the course of treatment: anxiety passes, mood improves, life improves, fears go away, sleep normalizes. At the beginning of the treatment, some patients noticed some inhibition, lethargy, drowsiness, which eventually passed.
• According to doctors, the preparation Fenibut has proved itself well in the treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases, depressive conditions, and vascular pathologies of the brain. The drug is well tolerated, low toxicity and has a small percentage of side effects. Phenibut has found wide application in pediatrics in the treatment of childhood neuroses and increased mental activity of the child.

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