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Description of the medicine: Polydocanol (Polidocanol)

POLYDOCANOL (Polidocanol).

3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27-Nonaoxanatriantane-1-ol.

Synonym: Ethoxysclerol, Aetoxysclerol.

By the mechanism of action is close to decylate.

Applied for sclerotherapy varicose veins, telangiectasias and hemorrhoids.

Enter intravenously and paravazalno (submucous, subepithelial) in a dose of up to 2 mcg / kg per day.

When sclerosing the subcutaneous veins and telangiectasias, 0.1-0.3 ml of a 0.5% solution, a central vein and small varicose veins 0.1-0.3 ml of 0.5% solution are injected strictly (along the tangent to the venous wall) Solution, varicose veins of medium mean size and varicose veins of the esophagus and stomach - 0.5-1 ml of 1% solution.

The minimum single doses of 2-3 ml, the maximum - 10-12 ml. Treatment consists of 3-7 sessions with an interval of 3-4 days.

When hemorrhoids are injected into the lumen of the hemorrhoidal site, 0.5-1.5 ml of a 3% solution.

Possible side effects: hyperemia and hyperpigmentation of the skin at the injection site, with sclerosing hemorrhoids - pain in the anus and in the prostate gland; Probably the occurrence of arrhythmias.

The drug is contraindicated in the elderly with limited mobility, with chronic arterial insufficiency, vein thrombosis, edema of the legs, with symptoms of diabetic angiopathy, with bronchial asthma, acute infectious and inflammatory diseases, in the treatment of alcoholism.

Product: 0,5%; 1%; 2% and 3% solutions for injections in ampoules of 2 ml and 0.5% and 1% - in bottles of 30 ml.