Among the variety of vitamins and trace elements in pharmacology, group B substances stand apart. These are thiamine, riboflavin, cyanocobalamin, pyridoxine, biotin, nicotinic and folic acids. Pharmacology recognizes these substances not just as biologically active, but classifies them as drugs with a medicinal effect. The names of B vitamins in ampoules are different. You can familiarize yourself with them in this article, as well as learn about the principles of their action, contraindications and side effects from taking them.
Interesting facts about B vitamins
Those people who often adhere to strict diets and like to arrange curative fasting are more likely to be diagnosed with a deficiency of riboflavin and thiamine. With poor nutrition, this is an inevitable result.
The fair sex suffers from a shortage of this groupvitamins several times more often than men. Therefore, they need two or three times a year as a preventive measure to arrange a course of injections of B vitamins in ampoules (the names of which are presented below).
Cyanocobalamin, pyridoxine and thiamine (respectively vitamin B12, B6, B1) are practically not absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, to achieve a therapeutic result, it is necessary to use either combined injectable preparations, or to inject each vitamin separately intramuscularly.
Vitamin injections are painful. To reduce the discomfort from the injection, you need to relax the buttock and think about something abstract. Then the injection process will pass with a minimum of pain.
Indications for use. Why do our bodies need these substances?
The benefits of this category of vitamins can hardly be overestimated. Not without reason, from the whole variety of vitamins and minerals, this particular group was recognized as a medicine, and not a dietary supplement.
Indications for the use of B vitamins in ampoules (the names and descriptions of each remedy will be presented below):
- disturbances in the work of the central nervous system;
- insomnia and sleep problems of any etiology;
- mental retardation in children;
- delayed psycho-speech development in children;
- some psychiatric diagnoses;
- disorders in the vestibular apparatus;
- chronic alcoholism and drug addiction;
- dermatitis and other skin diseases;
- alopecia (baldness) in men and women.
Each individual vitamin or drug is active to a greater or lesser extent against each of the listed diseases.
Thiamine preparations in ampoules and their benefits
Thiamin, or vitamin B1 is fuel for the human central nervous system. A timely course of this vitamin can save the vital activity of hundreds of thousands of nerve cells (neurons). And sometimes even restore some of those already destroyed.
If there is a deficiency of exactly thiamine (this can be seen in the results of a blood test, to which a neurologist refers the patient before prescribing treatment), then it is worth piercing the course of the drug "Thiamin Chloride". It is inexpensive - a package with 10 ampoules is about fifty rubles. The drug belongs to the list of vital drugs for humans.
After a course of thiamine, the patient's condition changes: he becomes more alert, vitality increases, irritability and anxiety go away. If there were problems with sleep or insomnia, then they become much less pronounced. Thiamine also has a beneficial effect on skin quality in adolescents. In some cases, it is prescribed by dermatologists for purulent boils, seborrhea, acne.
Medicines with cyanocobalamin
Vitamin B12, or cyanocobalamin, affects the composition of the blood. Effective for increasing the body's resistance to viruses and infections. It has a beneficial effect on the process of mitosis and cell division. Accelerates the growth of hair and nails. Improves the appearance of the skin. Wellcyanocobalamin is an excellent prevention of the development of purulent furunculosis.
Cyanocobalamin can be taken in the form of capsules and tablets, or injected into the gluteus maximus or thigh. Tablet preparations that contain sufficient amounts of cyanocobalamin:
- "Doppelgerz asset" (group B vitamins);
- "Alphabet Classic";
- "Vitrum Classic";
- "Perfect";
- "Animal pack" (vitamins for athletes).
As for the injection form, you can use the drug "Cyanocobalamin", in the package of which there are ten ampoules with a reddish solution of the vitamin. Or try combined preparations for intramuscular injection - Neuromultivit, Kombilipen.
Pyridoxine in the form of injections: benefits and harms
Vitamin B6, or pyridoxine, is considered the beauty vitamin. Able to prevent baldness (except when alopecia is provoked by hormonal problems) and skin problems. Dermatologists often prescribe a course of pyridoxine in ampoules for furunculosis, psoriasis, dermatitis of various etiologies, and acne. Injections are very painful, but for the sake of the result it is worth to be patient.
Pyridoxine in ampoules can be bought at any pharmacy without a doctor's prescription. The cost of one package (ten ampoules) is about fifty rubles. The drug is produced by many domestic pharmaceutical companies.
Alas, pyridoxine causes an allergic reaction in approximately 15% of the adult population. This is the most problematic vitamin of group B, which often provokes skin itching and hives. After the abolition of injections or tablets, the symptoms immediately disappear. So people prone to allergic reactions should be careful with pyridoxine.
Use of riboflavin in ampoules
Vitamin B2, or riboflavin, is the leader among its counterparts in terms of useful properties. This drug has the following indications for use:
- keratitis, iritis, conjunctivitis;
- purulent furunculosis, dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, acne;
- viral hepatitis;
- intoxication due to the abuse of alcoholic beverages;
- chronic cholecystitis;
- chronic liver disease;
- endocrine diseases;
- myopia, astigmatism;
- diseases of the nervous system.
Often, patients are surprised by the fact that riboflavin is prescribed for liver diseases. In fact, this vitamin has a very beneficial effect on the cells of this organ, preventing fatty degeneration.
Of all the other B vitamins for children, riboflavin is the most beneficial. It is optimal to use it in injectable form, since this substance is not completely absorbed from capsules and tablets. Regardless of age, you need to use at least one ampoule per day, which is equivalent to 50 mg of riboflavin.
B vitamins in a child can provoke allergic reactions. Therefore, before usingyou should consult your doctor and determine the optimal duration of administration and dosage.
Nicotinic acid injections
This substance also belongs to the B vitamins and is part of many combined injection complexes. Nicotinic acid is used in the complex therapy of the following conditions:
- alopecia (baldness) in men and women;
- purulent furunculosis, dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, acne;
- myopia, astigmatism;
- obesity;
- delayed psycho-speech development in children;
- traumatic brain injury;
- chronic alcoholism and drug addiction.
In a pharmacy you can buy a package of this drug without a prescription, in which there are ten ampoules. Nicotinic acid is injected in a standard way, into the gluteus maximus muscle or thigh. The cost of one package of the drug is about one hundred rubles.
Nicotinic acid perfectly stimulates the blood circulation of the head and upper body, so after the injection there may be a tingling sensation in the face, shoulders, neck. Do not be afraid of this effect. On the contrary, it indicates that at the moment the bloodstream carries nutrients and trace elements to every corner of the body.
"Combilipen" - vitamins of group B in ampoules
The name of this drug is rarely known to anyone. Meanwhile, this is one of the most effective and cheapest combined injectable medicines, which include the entire palette of B vitamins.
"Combilipen" contains per 1 ml:
- 50mg thiamine hydrochloride;
- 50 mg pyridoxine hydrochloride;
- 500 mcg cyanocobalamin;
- 10 mg lidocaine;
- sodium hydroxide;
- potassium hexacyanoferrate;
- water for injection.
Solution for injections "Beviplex" has a similar composition. At the price of "Kombilipen" and "Beviplex" are approximately the same. Beviplex will have to buy additional water for injection and dilute the powder inside the ampoules on its own. The injections are very painful. Of the advantages of Beviplex, it should be noted that it contains riboflavin, which is absent in Kombilipen.
"Neuromultivit" is the most popular injectable preparation of B vitamins
The drug is produced abroad, this is due to its relatively high cost. Release form: ampoules for injection and capsules for oral administration. Neuropathologists usually prescribe the drug in injections, so it is better absorbed.
One ampoule contains:
- thiamine hydrochloride 100.00 mg;
- pyridoxine hydrochloride 200.00 mg;
- cyanocobalamin 0.20 mg.
As you can see from the composition, the drug does not contain riboflavin - it will have to be taken additionally in tablets or injected.
"Milgamma" and "Trigamma": what is the difference
"Milgamma" is a drug of complex action for the treatment of diseases of the nervous system, musculoskeletal system. The complex includesneurotropic compounds, which are the main active ingredients: thiamine, pyridoxine, cyanocobalamin. According to the instructions for use for "Milgamma", when administered intramuscularly, allergic reactions to the components of the drug may develop.
Due to foreign production, the cost of "Milgamma" is quite high. Neurologists often recommend replacing this drug with cheap Russian-made analogues, for example, Trigamma, Kombilipen, Beviplex.
The composition of "Trigamma" is in no way inferior to "Milgamma", and the cost of buying a domestic drug is more profitable.
"Neurobion" - vitamins of group B in ampoules
The name of this drug immediately says that it is neuroactive. Most often, this drug in ampoules is prescribed by neuropathologists to their patients with insomnia, increased anxiety, and irritability. It is also effective for pain caused by osteochondrosis.
Neurobion injection solution contains the entire complex of B vitamins, with the exception of nicotinic acid and riboflavin. This is an excellent analogue of the more expensive Neuromultivit. Neurobion injections are quite painful when administered, so you can draw 0.1 mg of lidocaine into the syringe - this will reduce the intensity of pain. The drug should be administered intramuscularly - in the gluteus maximus muscle or thigh.
"Blagomax": benefits and harms
This drug is biologically active andnot a drug. used as a biologically active food supplement - an additional source of vitamins B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12, and inositol (B8).
"Blagomax" - a complex of vitamins of group B, which will help both students and schoolchildren during a busy examination period, and an elderly person in a period of anxiety. The range of effects of this dietary supplement is wide: it is prescribed for osteochondrosis, dementia, and cognitive impairment. "Blagomax" is a complex of vitamins of group B, which has practically no side effects and contraindications.
Foods rich in B vitamins
If you bring the diet to the ideal, taking pills or injections will not be needed. What foods contain B vitamins:
- chicken and quail eggs;
- nuts: peanuts, almonds, pistachios;
- beef liver;
- turkey;
- cod;
- spinach and celery.
Nutritionists recommend including beef liver and tongue dishes in your diet - this will help prevent the development of a deficiency of almost all B vitamins.
