Spazmalgon for headaches and migraines: efficacy and method of application

Spazmalgon for headache (cephalalgia) is a modern combination medicine with a pronounced analgesic and antispasmodic effect. Vascular spasm often causes migraine attacks and other painful sensations in the skull area.

The medication is produced in two forms: tablets and ampoules for intramuscular use. The injectable form of administration of spazmalgon has an advantage in the presence of nausea and vomiting, in inpatient treatment or in the provision of urgent care (priority of the rate of pain relief).

Spazmalgon components:

• Metamizole sodium (well-known analgin) is a non-narcotic analgesic. Anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects complement the main analgesic effect.
• Pitofenone hydrochloride - the action in the body is papaverine-like, an antispasmodic for smooth muscle fibers.
• Fenpiverinium bromide - M-anticholinergic (blocker). Relaxes spasmodic smooth muscle fibers, reduces gastrointestinal (gastrointestinal) motility.

The pharmacological components of the drug complement and mutually potentiate the therapeutic effects of each substance, therefore, Spazmalgon is effective against excessive headache, providing pain relief even with migraines and severe headaches pain. The components of the drug leave the body through the excretory system, practically do not undergo changes in the liver.

The drug is actively included in the treatment regimen for tension headache, but it will not eradicate the root cause. A person gets relief only for a while, the underlying disease only worsens. The tool is compatible with taking paracetamol and citramon.

Indications for use

Spazmalgon is widely used in therapeutic and surgical practice for spasm and pain of varying intensity.

The drug has broad indications:

• The scourge of today is neuralgia, migraine attack, headache.
• Spasm of smooth muscle fibers of the gastrointestinal tract and other internal organs, including infectious and inflammatory genesis. For example, with renal, hepatic or intestinal colic, biliary dyskinesia, cholelithiasis and urolithiasis, algomenorrhea, etc.
• After some diagnostic hardware manipulation.
• In the postoperative period.
• Pain localized in the musculoskeletal system (joints, muscles).
• To lower body temperature.

When there is no point in taking the drug

Spazmalgon for migraine will not have the proper effect if the root cause of the migraine attack is not a spasm. Dizziness will also not go away, because they are rarely associated with spastic reactions of the bloodstream. Spazmalgon helps to lower blood pressure, so if the headache develops due to low blood pressure, then the drug will not help, but will aggravate the situation.

If the cause of the headache is a serious illness or injury, then you do not need to self-medicate, but you should contact a medical institution for a full examination, diagnosis and treatment at the appropriate specialist. If the drug stops helping or its effect has become insufficient and you have to increase the usual dosage, you need to consult a doctor and be further examined.

Spazmalgon for migraine: applications, contraindications

The medicine is used in adults and children with 6 year old age. The contents of the ampoule are administered only intramuscularly. 2-3 once a day, no more than 10 ml per day for a course of up to 5 days.

Spazmalgon tablets are taken after meals without dissolving, without chewing. The recommended dosage is 1 tablet 3 times a day for a course of up to 5 days. The maximum dose is 6 tablets per day. Exceeding the course or daily dose is possible only under medical supervision.

Spazmalgon in children should be prescribed by a doctor. The drug in pediatrics is used only after the ineffectiveness of weaker antispasmodics. After the first use of the medication, the child's condition is strictly monitored so as not to miss the first signs of an allergic reaction.

Contraindications

Spazmalgon with severe migraine may have a number of contraindications. These include:

• Individual intolerance to the components of Spazmalgon.
• The period of pregnancy and lactation (it is recommended to stop lactation at the time of taking Spazmalgon).
• Diseases of the kidneys and liver with serious impairment of their function.
• Angina pectoris, decompensated heart failure, tachycardia.
• Hematopoietic disorders.
• Intestinal obstruction.
• Glaucoma.
• Prostate pathology.

Overdose and side effects

With an overdose of Spazmalgon, intoxication and allergic syndromes develop. Medication is symptomatic. At home, you can wash your stomach and take sorbents: Activated carbon, Sorbeks, Bionorm, Polysorb, Smecta.

Like any effective drug, Spazmalgon has its own side effects. In the instructions, the manufacturer listed all possible manifestations.

The most common are:

• tachycardia (increased heart rate);
• hypotension (lowering blood pressure);
• dry mouth;
• dizziness; bronchospasm;
• allergy.

Reviews

Marina, practicing doctor.
“I actively use Spazmalgon for migraines and observe a good therapeutic effect. I have never met an allergic reaction to a medication, "side effects" are rare.

Vlad, 49 years old.
“I drive a pack of these pills in my car, they help me with any headache. Relief comes within 15 - 20 minutes. "

Karina, 35 years old.
“Why only from a headache? Spazmalgon is indispensable in the first-aid kit, I need it on critical days and for various health problems. An inexpensive antispasmodic with a good shelf life, convenient packaging and an acceptable cost. "