Description of the medicine: Oxaphenamidum (Oxaphenamidum)

Oxaphenamidum. Para-Oxyphenylsalicylamide.

Synonyms: Auxobil, Drenamide, Dreol, Enidran, Neocol, Osalmid, Osalmidum, Salmidochol, and others.

White or white with a lilac-gray shade of powder. Almost nerastvorim in water, easily - in alcohol, alkali solutions.

Strengthens the formation and secretion of bile, has an antispasmodic effect and removes or reduces spasms of the biliary tract. It also has the ability to lower the cholesterol in the blood, which is more clearly manifested with hypercholesterolemia.

Assign with chronic cholecystitis, cholangitis, cholecystogalitis, cholelithiasis and other indications for the use of choleretic preparations. The drug can be used to strengthen the bile secretion before duodenal sounding.

Take inside tablets of 0.25-0.5 g 3 times daily before meals. The average course of treatment is 15-20 days; If necessary, the drug is used for a longer period or repeated courses after a short break.

In acute inflammatory processes in the bile duct and gall bladder, it is recommended to combine oxaphenamide with antibacterial drugs. With severe spasms and accompanying pains, it is advisable to prescribe simultaneously with oxaphenamide cholinolytics, papaverine or other antispasmodics and promedol.

Oxaphenamid is usually well tolerated and does not cause side effects. In some cases, with prolonged use, a laxative effect is observed.

Contraindications: acute inflammatory and pronounced dystrophic processes in the liver.

Product: tablets of 0.25 g.

Storage: in well-ukuporennoy packaging in a place protected from light.