Magnesium Sulfate is a medicine with a wide range of applications.
Therapeutic action
The effectiveness of the drug "Magnesia sulfate" depends largely on the way it is used. So, when used internally, the medicine has a choleretic effect and a laxative. The agent serves as an antidote for poisoning with s alts of heavy metals. Intramuscular and intravenous administration of the drug has a sedative, antispasmodic, anticonvulsant, antiarrhythmic, vasodilating, diuretic effect. With parenteral use of the drug in high doses, tocolytic (used to prevent premature birth), curariform (inhibition of nervous muscle transmission), narcotic and hypnotic effects can occur. The use of the drug "Magnesium sulfate" (this is magnesia) allows you to reduce the excitability of the respiratory center, blood pressure, increase the separation of urine.
Indications for use
Medication "Magnesia sulfate" in powder form is used to prepare a solution or suspension that is taken orally for cholecystitis, constipation,cholangitis, dyskinesia. Before performing probing and diagnosis, the medicine is prescribed to cleanse the intestines. Injections are made in the treatment of hypomagnesemia, arterial hypertension, urinary retention. In addition, the solution is administered with preeclampsia or convulsions, the threat of premature birth, epileptic syndrome, eclampsia, encephalopathy. In any form, the drug is effective for poisoning with mercury, tetraethyl lead, arsenic, heavy metals.
Medication "Magnesia sulfate": contraindications
Oral use of the drug is prohibited for hypermagnesemia, dehydration, appendicitis, obstruction, rectal bleeding. Injections are not made with severe bradycardia, arterial hypotension, depression of the respiratory center, 2 hours before delivery. Do not prescribe for kidney failure and hypersensitivity.
Medication "Magnesia sulfate": side effects
The use of the drug can cause reactions such as dizziness, vomiting, thirst, flatulence, nausea, diarrhea, exacerbation of digestive ailments. In some cases, there is an electrolyte imbalance, manifested in the occurrence of seizures, confusion, arrhythmias, fatigue, asthenia.
The drug "Magnesia sulfate": instructions
Before taking the powder internally, it must be diluted in 100 ml of a little warm water. To get a laxative effect, it is enough to use the contents of one sachet. For children, the amount of medicine is calculated from their age (every year - onegram). To obtain a choleretic effect, a solution (20%) is drunk three times a day, 15 ml each. Injections are made slowly by injecting the drug (no more than 3 ml in three minutes). In this case, injections are repeated 1-2 times a day, the duration of therapy is 2-3 weeks. To cleanse itself of metal s alts, the medicine is used intravenously in 5-10 cubes.
