Periodic attacks of anxiety and emotional exhaustion against the backdrop of incessant internal tension often visit a modern person.
All this can be the result of excessive physical or emotional stress, chronic complexes, self-doubt and other inherent fears.
Among the recommended drugs that help in the fight against such nervous disorders, one of the most popular is Adaptol.
Accompanying the full complex therapy in the treatment of neurosis, this drug contributes to the soonest return of a person to a normal and healthy life, eliminates fears, having a relaxing effect on the nervous system.
Among other things, Adaptol, acting as a "daytime" tranquilizer, is a very effective blocker of nicotine addiction, which can rid the harmful habit of even a smoker with a long experience.
The drug is sold in packs of 500 and 300 mg, in the form of white tablets that have the form of a flat cylinder with a risk.
The average price of Adaptol in Russian pharmacies ranges from 650 to 680 rubles. The manufacturer is the Latvian joint-stock company "Olainfarm".It is recommended that the product be kept out of reach of children, in a dry place, which prevents accidental use, at a temperature of 15 to 25 ° C.
Pharmacokinetics and effect of the drug
Formula mebikara
Adaptol is a drug belonging to the group of anxiolytics( Greek: "weakening fear") and has an easy effect of a tranquilizer. At the heart of the drug is a medicinal substance mebicar. Having a structure close to the chemical composition of natural metabolic products, the mebicard:
- is characterized by easy assimilability and the absence of reactions to contacts with acids, alkalis and components of all kinds of food;
- does not accumulate in the body;
- is easily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and the active concentration of the active substance in the blood plasma reaches within half an hour;
- does not interact with other drugs, but it can accelerate the effect of hypnotics.
In addition to anxiolytic effects, the agent is capable of deducing mental activity due to stagnation. What can be observed, for example, in severe depression.
The drug increases the pace of thought processes, promotes coherent, productive thinking based on logic, improves brain performance in general( which is confirmed by clinical trials).
The action of Adaptol is not accompanied by inadequately "upbeat" mood, pathological activity or excessive excitement. A positive influence on the internal state of a person is achieved by influencing the processes of metabolism of 
serotonin( "happiness hormone"), as a result of which the percentage of the content of this substance in the central nervous system increases.
The soothing effect comes smoothly, for half an hour. With moderate anxiety, the drug normalizes sleep. Some time after the beginning of the course, the patient is no longer disturbed by nightmares and restless sleep.
Increasing the amount of serotonin in the nerve fibers of the brain, the drug enhances the processes of inhibition in the human CNS, without exerting a perceptible influence on the periphery of the nervous system.
The action of the mebicard is quite similar to the result of the action of antidepressants. With red blood cells, almost 50% of the active substance of the drug comes into active interaction. The rest of the free movement through the body due to plasma. As a result, it easily overcomes the cell membranes.
Indications for use
Adaptol( as well as similar preparations) has a wide range of uses, indications for the use of tablets:
- moderate neuroses and neurosis-like conditions;
- nerve disorders, accompanied by anxiety, irritability and unreasonable fear;
- treatment of alcohol and nicotine dependence;
- in case of pain in the heart area associated with the VSD syndrome and not accompanied by real arterial pathologies;
- PMS and menopause in the second phase of the menstrual cycle;
- with chronic fatigue syndrome.
In addition, the drug is able to eliminate the side effects of taking tranquilizers and neuroleptics. Moreover, Adaptol is actively used in complex therapy, very productively combined with various psychostimulants, antidepressants, hypnotics and tranquilizers. Including to mitigate the consequences of intoxication, resulting from the use of such funds.
Restrictions on the prescription of
Despite the fact that the drug is a very effective tool to mitigate a number of symptoms characteristic of the VSD syndrome, it is not recommended for use in panic attacks.
This is due to the fact that the effectiveness of the drug as a tranquilizer is rather weak, and insufficient to eliminate such a symptom. In addition, the attack attack is extremely fleeting, and Adaptol is unable to block it because it simply does not have time to act.
In addition, Adaptol is not recommended for use:
- during pregnancy;
- for breastfeeding;
- with the use of hypnotics;
- for individual intolerance.
The drug often lowers blood pressure and body temperature. Therefore, it is not recommended to take it with patients with low blood pressure. For the same reason, it is undesirable to drive during the treatment with the drug, since the risk of unconsciousness can not be ruled out with a sharp decrease in pressure.
Use and side effects of
The drug is used regardless of the schedule of meals. Dosage due to low toxicity, if necessary, can vary. Typically, Adaptol is recommended for use in the following dosages:
- 1-2 tablets up to 3 times during the day;
- for children older than 10 years - up to 500 mg 3 times a day;
- for complex therapy of nicotine dependence - from 500 to 800 mg three times a day( 6-7 weeks).
On average, treatment may take from two weeks to three months. In this case, the possibility of a noticeable effect from a single administration of the drug is not excluded. The drug lasts up to 3-4 hours.
As a drug with low toxicity, the drug is practically not capable of causing serious adverse effects in overdose. Having a beneficial effect, eliminating anxiety and irritability, it does not affect the motor functions of the body, as well as muscular and mental activity.
However, take Adaptol should be strictly recommended by the doctor, following the directions in the prescription.
The medicine is a bit bitter, unpleasant to the taste and can upset the work of the digestive tract( up to vomiting).The sensation of bitterness in the mouth can last up to one hour after taking the drug.
Neither addiction to the drug, nor its dependence on it in clinical trials was revealed. However, Adaptol, like any tranquilizer, should be canceled for at least a week, gradually reducing the dosage.
The question of the use of the drug in the treatment of children remains open, as similar clinical trials have not been conducted. According to the instruction for children under 10 years of age, Adaptol is not recommended. Despite this, such practice exists, and many doctors actively prescribe this drug to children, based on its low toxicity.
Generally, the drug causes side effects rather rarely( usually with a very severe overdose).In addition to those mentioned above, there may be: weakness and dizziness, as well as allergies.
Look for the truth in someone else's experience
Reviews of doctors and patients who have taken or are taking Adaptol for various purposes.
Three years combined work with study at the institute. Gradually began to notice that less and less began to get enough sleep. There were pressing pains in the chest. Became whiny and irritable.
The neurologist has registered Adaptol. At the end of the second week of the course, she began to notice obvious improvements. After a month and a half - everything went away.
Of the side effects noted the following. The first week was somehow awkward: constantly stumbled over the steps, dropped things. There were no problems with study.
Marina
Adaptol was prescribed to me by a neurologist, to whom I came with trigeminal neuralgia. He ordered to drink in stressful situations, so as not to aggravate the disease.
The main disadvantage: the price and the number of tablets in the box - 20 pieces. Suffices for 10 days. The very same drug really helped. On the second day, all problems as a hand removed. Walked calm and even as if detached. None of the side effects mentioned in the manual, I did not notice.
Olga Konyukhova
The reaction of each patient to Adaptol is strictly individual. I prescribe it actively, but with great care. I will not hide it, there were such things that the drug did not help and did not eliminate the symptoms. With the correct dosage( 2-3 times a day for two tablets), they will not make themselves better.
I do not recommend this drug alone. The results may be deplorable, although I never read about the overdose or poisoning by this apparatus.
Maria Borovikhina, neurologist
I am a therapist with 20 years of experience - very cautious about soothing drugs. Most of them depress the nervous system, causing in general the processes of inhibition, not only in the central nervous system, but also in the peripheral departments.
In addition, with the systematic use of most drugs increases the tolerance of the body, and the dose has to increase. In addition, when the patient decides to refuse to take the drug, even a gradual decrease in the dose leads to a sharp increase in excitability and the manifestation of the cured anxiety symptoms.
In this sense, Adaptol favorably differs from the bulk of sedative drugs, becausehas a slightly different mechanism of action, which allows painlessly refuse to accept it.
Raisa Sadykova, physician-therapist
Video review of the doctor about the drug Adaptol:
As an output of
Without going into details and specific terminology, one can say that Adaptol in the overwhelming majority of cases: 
- does not cause depression of the peripheral nervous system;
- does not lead to the dispersion of attention;
- is virtually non-addictive;
- with a gradual decrease in dosage makes it virtually painless to refuse admission.
That is, often this is the drug of choice for various nervous failures.
