Instructions Activated charcoal tablets 250 mg blister No. 10
Composition
active ingredient: activated charcoal;
1 tablet contains 250 mg of activated charcoal;
excipient: potato starch.
Dosage form
Pills.
Main physicochemical properties: round tablets, with a biconvex surface, without a score, black in color.
Pharmacotherapeutic group
Enterosorbents. Code ATX A07B A01.
Pharmacological properties
Pharmacodynamics.
Adsorbent. Has high surface activity and high sorption capacity. Absorbs toxic substances, heavy metal salts, alkaloids and glycosides, medicinal substances from the digestive tract, promoting their excretion from the body. Adsorbs gases on its surface.
Activated charcoal in tablets has a lower adsorption capacity compared to powder, but is more convenient to use.
Pharmacokinetics.
The drug is non-toxic.
Activated charcoal is not absorbed and is well excreted from the body through the intestines.
Indication
Food poisoning; acute poisoning with food, household and industrial poisons, alkaloids, drugs, heavy metal salts; dyspepsia, flatulence; in preparation for X-ray examinations.
Contraindication
Gastrointestinal ulcers;
gastric bleeding;
hypersensitivity to the components of the drug.
Interaction with other medicinal products and other types of interactions
Due to its adsorption properties, activated charcoal may reduce the effectiveness of medications taken simultaneously with it.
Application features
With concomitant pharmacotherapy, activated charcoal should be taken 1-1.5 hours before or after taking medications or food due to the adsorbing properties of the drug.
Long-term use (more than 15 days) may be accompanied by malabsorption and cause a deficiency of vitamins, hormones, fats, and proteins in the body, which requires appropriate medical or nutritional correction.
If hypovitaminosis occurs due to prolonged use of the drug, it is necessary to take multivitamins.
After taking activated charcoal, stools turn black.
Women taking contraceptives are recommended to use additional (namely barrier) contraceptives during treatment with activated charcoal.
Activated charcoal is a common medicinal product of mineral origin for use according to indications confirmed by long-term use.
Use during pregnancy or breastfeeding
There is no data on the negative effects of activated charcoal on pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers.
Ability to influence reaction speed when driving vehicles or other mechanisms
Does not affect.
Method of administration and doses
Adults: The usual dose is 3-6 tablets 3-4 times a day.
In case of poisoning and intoxication, prescribe a dose of 20-30 g per reception in the form of an aqueous suspension in 0.5-2 glasses of water. This suspension can also be used for gastric lavage. In case of increased acidity, adults are prescribed 1-2 g of the drug 3-4 times a day. To achieve a faster and more pronounced effect, the tablets can be crushed and taken in the form of a suspension (in 0.5 glasses of water).
Children over 3 years of age: the usual dose is 2-4 tablets 3-4 times a day; in case of diarrhea, increase the dose to 4-5 tablets 3-4 times a day.
In case of various poisonings, children aged 3 to 7 years should be given orally at a dose of 5 g 3 times a day; children aged 7 to 14 years should be given orally at a dose of 7 g 3 times a day. Activated charcoal should always be given to children in the form of a suspension of crushed tablets in a small amount of water, after which a glass of water should be drunk.
The course of treatment for acute diseases is 3-5 days, for chronic diseases caused by endogenous intoxications - 10-15 days.
The patient should consult a doctor if the symptoms of the disease do not disappear while using the medicine or if any adverse reactions are observed.
Children
The drug should not be used in children under 3 years of age.
Overdose
Significantly exceeding the maximum single doses may lead to the development of adverse reactions (nausea, vomiting, constipation), which disappear after reducing the dose or discontinuing the drug.
Side effects
Possible manifestations of hypersensitivity, dyspeptic phenomena (constipation, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting), which are eliminated by discontinuation of the drug and the appointment of symptomatic therapy.
With prolonged use, a deficiency of vitamins, hormones, fats, and proteins occurs in the body, which requires appropriate medical or nutritional correction.
If any adverse reactions occur, the patient should consult a doctor.
Expiration date
2 years.
Do not use the drug after the expiration date indicated on the package.
Storage conditions
In the original packaging, separate from substances and materials that emit vapors and gases, at a temperature not exceeding 25 ° C. Keep out of the reach of children.
Packaging
10 tablets in a blister; 10 tablets in a contoured, non-sterile packaging.
Vacation category
Without a prescription.
Producer
Public Joint Stock Company "Research and Production Center "Borshchagov Chemical and Pharmaceutical Plant".
Address
Ukraine, 03134, Kyiv, Myru St., 17.
