Viprosal Ointment: instructions, reviews and a wide range of analogues

Viprosal is an ointment of animal origin, with a snake venom in the composition.

It is white in color and smells of turpentine or camphor. Used as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent.

Has a local action.

Natural composition

As part ofointment Viprosal:

1. Dry venom of viper ordinary .Small doses of this substance produce an irritating, warming and anesthetic effect. It includes histamine, phospholipase, hyaluronidase, phosphodiesterase, peptides, lecithinase. It is rich in amino acids, fats, enzymes, proteins, minerals, toxins, pigments. All these substances can improve the quality of capillaries and affect the coagulability of the blood.
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2. Turpentine glaze .Antiseptic.
3. Racemic camphor .For analgesic action.
4. Salicylic acid .It acts as an antiseptic and has a keratolytic effect. It softens the epidermis and helps to reject its stratum corneum.
5. Supporting components .Fir and turpentine oil, paraffins, vaseline, glycerin, emulsifier, sodium chloride, water.

Pharmacological actions

The drug works with a pronounced analgesic and irritating effect, inhibits nervous impulses. It acts on the receptors of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.

As a result, the vessels expand, their permeability increases, blood circulation and trophicity of soft tissues improve.

The medicine has a healing effect. Its acceleration is due to hyaluronidase activity of snake venom. In addition, the poison has the ability to destroy proteins, so the scar tissue changes and inflammation decrease.

The drug is good for pain in joints and muscles of any nature - from trauma or from exacerbation of chronic diseases. It eliminates pain, has an anti-inflammatory effect, alleviates other symptoms.

When ointment

should be used Nonsteroid analgesic Viprosal is prescribed for the following patients:

• with arthritis of different etiology, arthrosis, osteochondrosis;
• indication is pain in the joints;
• in the presence of rheumatic pain, with neuralgia, myalgia, radiculitis, sciatica;
• with lumbago, that is, there are attacks of intense pain in the lower back;
• with bruises and joint injuries;
• with pain in muscle tissue;
• with seizures.

Application rules

Ointment is applied externally, applied to diseased areas.

Before rubbing these places should be washed with warm water or wiped with cotton wool soaked in some antiseptic solution without alcohol. It should be done once a day. At the same time, the drug consumption is 1 to 2 teaspoons. Wipe gradually for 2-3 minutes.

Intensively massage the sore spots should not be, since Viprosal with the viper poison has a strong warming effect. After application, a burning sensation occurs. This is a good distraction.

For severe pain, you can use the medicine twice a day. Course - ten days. In some cases, treatment is possible up to 27 days. The manifestation of the disease during this time is facilitated, puffiness disappears, pain syndrome is eliminated.

After the massage, you should wash your hands to prevent the ointment from getting into the eyes, on the mucous membranes.

Usage not recommended

There are patients to whom this ointment is not prescribed.

In the application instructions for Viprosal it is indicated that the ointment is contraindicated to the following people:

• having skin diseases;
• in the presence of allergic skin rashes;
• with a feverish condition;
• with an active form of pulmonary tuberculosis;
• with severe impairment in the liver or kidney;
• with severe exhaustion( cachexia);
• with insufficient cerebral and coronary circulation;
• with a tendency to angiospasm;
• pregnant and lactating;
• does not tolerate individual components of the drug.

So extensive list of contraindications makes the high penetrating ability of the drug, its ability to quickly enter the bloodstream and reach the maximum concentration in the joints, muscles and soft tissues.

Possible side effects of

In some cases, during the treatment of Viipalsal, some undesirable manifestations are possible:

• allergy;
• skin reactions in the form of hives or red rashes;
• sometimes itch.

Such complications are extremely rare. Most often the medicine is well tolerated.

If this does happen, the ointment should be washed off immediately and the drug discontinued.

No data on the possibility of an overdose. There is also no data on the interaction of the ointment with other drugs and alcohol.

On the effectiveness of patients say

Reviews of people who use Viprosal for joints are mostly positive.

Professional view

Purchase and storage of ointment

Approximate price of ointment Viprosal:

• 25 - 30 grams of tube-225 rubles;
• 50 grams - 287 rubles.

Store the drug in a refrigerator. Shelf life - two years. The medicine should not be accessible to children.

Sold without a doctor's prescription.

But before using it you need his advice. It is available in the form of an ointment that is applied externally. Produced in Yugoslavia, Estonia, Latvia.

Alternative solutions

The drug has many analogues. They are similar in composition and impact. These drugs have a similar effect in diseases of the musculoskeletal system, but not all of them have the venom of a viper.

There are only four analogues of Viprosal:

• Algasan. Solution. Country of origin Germany.
• Salvisar. Ointment. Produced in Russia.
• Alvipsal. Ointment. Russia.
• Nizvysal V. Ointment. Country of origin Russia.

Let's name other similar preparations.

They are similar to the tool for the mechanism of action:

• Red elephant. Liquid. Country of origin Vietnam.
• MOV.Ointment. India.
• Dolobene. Gel. Germany.
• Deep Heath. Cream. United Kingdom.
• Vipratox. Liniment. Ukraine.
• Deep Relief. Gel. Country of origin United Kingdom.
• Capsicum. Ointment. Estonia. Latvia.
• Finalgon or Finalgel. Ointment. Germany.
• Released Actylab, ointment, country of origin - India.
• Dimethyl sulfoxide. Liquid for external use. Ukraine.
• Lipstick Ointment. Manufacturer Germany.
• Menovazine. Alcohol solution. Country of origin Ukraine.
• Gevkamen. Ointment. Ukraine.
• Biofreeze. Gel. USA.
• Alflutop. Gel. Country of origin Romania.
• DYRASIN.Solution for external use. Bulgaria.
• Nyzer. Gel. India.
• Bengay. Cream. France.
• Espol. Ointment. Country of origin Ukraine.
• Wim-1.Balm. Vietnam.

The list is far from complete. There are a lot of drugs of this kind. You can call Sanitas, Boromentol, Matarin plus, Karmolis, Arthrin and others.

Russian substitutes

In Russia are manufactured:

1. Salvisar is a true analog of Viprosal. Producer of JSC "Biochemist".The Republic of Mordovia. The drug was registered in late 2006.Produced in the form of ointment.
2. The same can be said for preparation Alvipsal .This ointment. Producer Altayvitamin, Russia. The state registration was carried out in 2002.
3. Nizvysal In - is also a true analog of the tool. Ointment. Manufacturer NIZHFARM OJSC.Russia. Date of registration 2006 year.
4. In addition, concentrate is produced for the preparation of liquid for external use - Dimexide .Himreaktivkomplekt, Zavod, OAO, Russian Federation. Registered in 2006.
5. Still produced Bishofit - a tool for the musculoskeletal system. The drug is in the form of a gel or balm for baths. Bischofite is a natural help to the human body. It's a mineral, magnesium salt. Many sanatoriums in Russia practice bischofite treatment in the form of appliqués, baths.
6. Several pharmaceutical factories in Russia are producing Boromentol .These are factories in Ivanovo, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Tver.
7. Arthrin is also a product of Russian origin. The manufacturer is the state institute of blood substitutes and medications.