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Description of the medicine: Lycoria hydrochloride (Lycorini hydrochloridum)

LICORINE HYDROCHLORIDE (Lycorini hydrochloridum). 1, 2-Dihydroxy-9, 10-methylenedioxy-7H, 1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 12a-hexahydro-pyrrolo [3,2, 1-d, e] phenanthridine hydrochloride.

Lycorin is an alkaloid contained in a number of plants of the family. Amaryllous (Amarillidaeae) and lily (Liliaceae).

Lycorin hydrochloride is a white powder with a greyish-yellow hue. Labor is soluble in water, but little in alcohol.

According to the main action, lycorine is close to apomorphine (see), being a vomiting agent. In small doses has an expectorant effect.

The drug is proposed as an expectorant for chronic and acute inflammatory processes in the lungs and bronchi.

The dose for adults inside 0.0001 - 0.0002 g (0.1 - 0.2 mg) 3 - 4 times a day.

In large doses, lycorone should not be prescribed, since nausea and vomiting are possible.

Contraindications are the same as for other expectorant and emetic agents: open forms of pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases with a tendency to pulmonary hemorrhage, organic diseases of the central nervous system and cardiovascular system, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, lesions of the esophagus with a tendency to bleeding.

Form release: a tablet of 0.0002 g (0.2 mg). Each tablet also contains 0.2 g of sodium bicarbonate.

Storage: List A. In the dark place.