Medication "Diprospan" is used by specialists for high-quality treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system. The drug has a powerful prolonged analgesic effect on the affected joints and tissues. Qualified specialists practice the use of the blockade with "Diprospan" to effectively eliminate the pain syndrome. The universal composition of the drug neutralizes inflammation and relieves swelling, and also improves the mobility of damaged structures of the osteoarticular apparatus.
Medication description
Blockade with "Diprospan" is in great demand in modern traumatology and rheumatology. The drug belongs to the category of high-quality glucocorticosteroid hormones. The key feature of this drug is that it successfully combines a fast-acting multifunctional substance. That is why doctors most often use Diprospan to treat patients,than its counterparts. The drug has the following pharmacological properties:
- Decrease tissue swelling.
- Suppression of the action of those enzymes that support the process of inflammation.
- Minimizing the likelihood of adhesion formation.
Blockade with "Diprospan" has a good anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and decongestant effect on the patient's body.
Main indications
Special blockade with "Diprospan" is used by qualified doctors to eliminate pain, which often occurs in damaged connective tissues, as well as in osteoarthritis, osteochondrosis and arthritis. Proper use of the drug helps to eliminate uncomfortable symptoms, due to which a long-term therapeutic effect can be achieved. "Diprospan" is intended for parenteral administration into the cavity of the diseased joint or into the nearest tissues. The high effectiveness of the drug is due to the presence of the following components:
- Betamethasone dipropionate.
- Betamethasone sodium phosphate.
Blockade with "Diprospan" is effective in the fight against such diseases:
- Sharp pain from osteoarthritis of the knee.
- Gout.
- Inflammation of the ankle joint.
- Inflammation in the knees.
- Hygroma of different localization.
- Osteoarthritis.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Chronic form of arthrosis and arthritis.
- Complications after trauma.
- Shoulder inflammation orankle joint.
- Systemic diseases of cartilage.
- Severe pain in the lumbar region, elbow area, hip joint.
Contraindications
Not all patients can use Diprospan injections. Instructions for use and reviews indicate that in some cases this medication can adversely affect the patient's condition. To avoid the manifestation of negative reactions, it is necessary to take into account a number of contraindications:
- Infectious-type arthritis.
- Mycotic lesions.
- Infectious pathologies of any kind.
- Increased sensitivity of the body to any of the components of the drug or intolerance to glucocorticosteroids.
- Presence of systemic parasitic diseases.
- Unstable joints.
- Skin damage.
- Pathologies of the cardiovascular system.
- Diagnosed immunodeficiency.
- Kidney failure.
- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Diabetes.
- Pathologies of the endocrine system.
Many patients do not dare to use this medication due to numerous contraindications, but in practice, experts actively use the blockade with Diprospan. Reviews of this drug indicate that with the correct dosage, adverse reactions are extremely rare.
Techniqueprocedures
For effective treatment of osteoarthritis and other articular pathologies, specialists prefer to use Diprospan injections. Instructions for use and reviews of qualified doctors indicate that in order to achieve the desired therapeutic effect, the drug must be injected into the affected area. If the patient has severe pain in the hip or ankle joint, then the blockade should be performed exclusively by a specialist in conditions of absolute sterility.
The drug is injected into the joint cavity, but does not penetrate into the bloodstream. After the procedure, there is no irritation of the gastrointestinal tract, and the natural process of drug absorption is not disturbed. Before performing the treatment procedure, the doctor determines the dosage, since each case is individual. For example: for blockade of the shoulder joint, a maximum of 5 ml of the drug is administered, but for the treatment of knees, the dose can be increased to 7 ml.
The procedure itself includes several important steps:
- The patient should take a comfortable position. Specialists allow you to lie down on the couch.
- The puncture area is thoroughly anesthetized.
- The injection area is thoroughly lubricated with iodine solution.
- At the final stage, the painful area is punctured and the drug is injected.
For effective treatment of arthrosis of the knee joint, all blood and pus accumulated in the cavity must be removed before the procedure. Quite often, specialists use the blockade of the spine with "Diprospan", as this procedure allows you to eliminate painsyndrome, reduce the severity of swelling, and improve joint mobility. The knee, ankle and shoulder are injected no more than 1 time in 5 days. The medication can be injected subcutaneously only if the patient's joints of the palms and feet are damaged.
Adverse reactions
Pain after the blockade of "Diprospan" is quite rare. Like all glucocorticosteroids, this drug has a number of undesirable consequences that each patient must take into account before the procedure. The main adverse reactions include:
- Sleep disturbance.
- Rise in blood pressure.
- Irregular menstruation in women.
- Manifestation of allergic reactions.
- Significant deterioration in the course of glaucoma, cataracts.
- Headaches, loss of consciousness.
- Acne.
- Accelerated leaching of calcium s alts, which is fraught with the development of osteoporosis.
- Exacerbation of chronic peptic ulcer and gastritis.
If the patient takes into account all the recommendations of the attending physician, the risk of adverse reactions will be minimized.
Possible Complications
Even if the patient figured out how often to do the blockade with Diprospan, the risk of deterioration in general well-being is still present. In such a situation, the patient experiences a feeling of unreasonable fear, lack of appetite, nausea and diarrhea. In severe cases, uncontrolled growth of bone tissue and the appearance ofedema, which is fraught with an increase in body weight. Blockade "Diprospan" is a rather serious procedure. Only a qualified doctor can administer the medication. After the procedure, the patient must follow all the instructions of the specialists.
Negative consequences of the procedure
The result of the blockade with "Diprospan" for hernia is not always positive. The main complications are directly related to the wrong actions of the doctor during the injection and exceeding the allowable dosage. Quite often, negative consequences are associated with the individual characteristics of the human body and the presence of concomitant pathologies. It is the human factor that is fraught with the following manifestations:
- Injury to the lining of the spinal canal. This situation most often occurs if the doctor acts on the sacrum.
- Puncture with a needle of veins or vascular plexuses, which are located in close proximity to the spinal column.
- Accidental damage to internal organs that are located near the inflammatory focus. Most often, the organs of the genitourinary system, lungs, and pleura suffer.
- Acute headache and shortness of breath when medication enters the subarachnoid space.
- Neurological problems are not ruled out when the needle passed between the spines and penetrated the spinal cord itself.
- Specific anaphylactic reactions that occur as a result of a violation of the integrity of the blood vessels and the penetration of the administered drug solution into them.
- As a result, excessiveprolonged exposure to anesthesia may develop bladder pathologies.
In isolated situations, specialists have recorded cases of suppuration and swelling at the injection site.
Interaction
Qualitative blockade with "Diprospan" of the lumbar and other joints is carried out locally. For a painless injection, the drug is administered simultaneously with anesthetics - Procaine or Lidocaine. Blockade of inflamed knee joints can be carried out in combination with other painkillers, but with a mandatory break of 3 days between procedures.
The consequences of an overdose
If the patient has not figured out how long the blockade with Diprospan lasts, then in the end he may encounter negative reactions of the body. The most common symptoms of an overdose are:
- Laxity and weakness in the muscles.
- Variation in blood pressure.
- Water retention in the body, which is fraught with swelling.
- Disorder of the stomach and intestines.
- Development of heart failure.
- Irritation of the esophagus.
- Excessive sweating.
- Meteorism.
- Peptic ulcer.
- The appearance of steroid acne.
- Cramps in the limbs.
- Headaches.
Available analogues
If after the administration of the drug the patient's condition has not improved, then you should choose a qualitysubstitute for the drug "Diprospan". Only a specialist can prescribe the right medicine, since everything depends on the clinical picture. The list of the most popular analogues of the drug includes:
- Betaspan.
- Flosteron.
- "Soderm".
- Celeston.
Use of the drug during pregnancy
Experts did not conduct special studies, but the treatment of this category of patients is associated with certain nuances. Doctors categorically forbid interrupting therapy if the woman only found out about her condition. Glucocorticosteroids can cross the placenta during childbearing, and are also excreted along with breast milk during lactation. The drug is forbidden to use in the third trimester of pregnancy, as the composition of the drug is a danger not only to the mother, but also to the baby.
