Afobazole is among the drugs most commonly used in the treatment of panic attacks. This medicine is tranquilizer and should be used only as directed by the physician.
The regimen and pharmacological properties of Afobazol have some peculiarities. Improper use of the drug can cause side effects and lack of result of therapy.
This tranquilizer is assigned if available certain pathological conditionsthat trigger the occurrence of unwarranted panic attacks.
What is this drug?
Afobazol is a tranquilizer, an anxiolytic drug and a selective non-benzodiazepine anxiolytic.
The main effect of the drug is directed certain brain receptors.
The drug has a neuroprotective effect and increases the protection of nerve cells. The effectiveness of the drug is manifested within five days after the start of the course of therapy.
The main active component in the composition of the tablets is fabomotizol, which provides the main pharmacological properties of the drug.
Features of the drug:
- pills are not addictive (even with a long course of admission);
- the drug is rapidly excreted from the body (this nuance reduces the risk of overdose);
- the drug is prescribed to mentally healthy patients who have minor deviations in the work of the nervous system;
- The main indications for the use of the drug in the treatment of panic attacks are attacks of unreasonable fear, excessive internal stress, feelings of panic and sleep disorder.
Mechanism of action
Afobazole performs several functions simultaneously.
On the one hand, this drug has a pronounced sedative and anti-anxiety effect, on the other hand, it has a protective effect on the nervous system.
Optional medication normalizes some brain functionthat have been adversely affected by panic attacks.
After the course of therapy, an improvement in the patient's vital tone, normalization of sleep and memory is observed.
pharmachologic effect drug due to the following properties:
- reduction and elimination of anxiety;
- eliminating irritability and psychological stress;
- reducing irritability and stopping aggressiveness;
- relieving symptoms of weakness of the nervous system;
- relief of the somatic symptoms of panic attacks;
- elimination of neuropsychiatric consequences of stressful situations;
- lack of inhibitory effect of the nervous system;
- normalization of sleep and elimination of insomnia;
- strengthening the overly sensitive psyche;
- relief of cognitive disorders.
How to take?
The duration of treatment of panic attacks with Afobazol is four weeks on average.
Dosages in most cases are used standard, but can be adjusted by a doctor based on the individual characteristics of the patient and his psycho-emotional state.
Do not take the drug yourself. Afobazole categorized potent drugs with a pronounced sedative effect.
Regimen Afobazole for panic attacks:
- the drug is recommended to take one tablet three times a day;
- the maximum daily dosage should not exceed 60 mg (two tablets three times a day);
- an increase in dosage should be justified by certain indications;
- if complications develop, the course of therapy may be extended to three months.
Side effects
The risk of side effects when taking Afobazol increases if contraindications are available.
Negative reaction the body can manifest itself in different forms. If there is a general weakness or headache after a single dose of pills, it is necessary to stop therapy and consult a specialist.
To identify the causes of side effects will require additional examination.
Adverse symptoms The following states are:
- allergic reaction of the body;
- dizziness and headache;
- disorders of the digestive system;
- bouts of nausea and company;
- symptoms of diarrhea.
Contraindications
Afobazole is prescribed only to patients whose age reached eighteen. Some components of the tablets have a potent effect.
On the children's body, such components can have a negative impact.
To treat panic attacks in children and teenagers special medications developed for these age categories of patients are used.
Absolute contraindications for taking the drug are:
- pregnancy at any time and lactation period;
- hypersensitivity to the individual components of the tablets;
- lactose intolerance (including glucose-galactose malabsorption);
- deficiency of lactase in the body.
Does it help?
Distinctive feature Afobazole is an effect on certain areas of the brain.
Such a nuance allows not only to eliminate the symptoms of panic attack, but also to influence the pathology that provoked them.
The exceptions are panic attacks, provoked by vegetative-vascular dystonia, cardiac problems or endocrine disorders.
In these cases, Afobazol will help to normalize the psycho-emotional state, but the therapeutic effect will not extend to the underlying disease.
Application features drug:
- Afobazole is used for the course treatment of panic attacks (the duration of therapy depends on the individual clinical picture of the patient's health and psyche).
- Using the drug as a means of stopping a panic attack will not lead to the expected result (tablets take effect within thirty minutes, and the duration of a panic attack in most cases does not exceed fifteen or twenty minutes).
Analogs
Afobazole categorized anxiolytics with moderate effect.
Among the analogues of this drug are not only drugs with similar compositions, but also identical pharmacological properties.
Some of them have more pronounced therapeutic effect. Analogues of the drug may vary in cost and imply special patterns of use.
The following tranquilizers are considered analogues of Afobazol:
- Adaptol (the drug belongs to a similar group of drugs, has a sedative and anti-anxiety property, eliminates the symptoms of excessive fatigue and nervous tension).
- Tenoten (tranquilizer is suitable for short-term therapy, is used to normalize the work of the nervous system and as part of panic attack therapy).
- Divaz (tranquilizer has a beneficial effect on the blood supply to the brain, normalizing the performance of its individual areas, due to this effect insomnia, autonomic abnormalities and other symptoms that accompany panic attacks are eliminated).
- Phenibut (tranquilizer from the group of nootropic drugs, in addition to eliminating the symptoms of panic attacks, this tool has a beneficial effect on brain activity and the state of the blood supply system).
- Persen (in addition to the sedative effect, this drug has a sedative effect and normalizes sleep, the pill contains mostly herbal ingredients).
- Grandaxine (A distinctive feature of the drug is rapid efficacy, the drug can be used to treat and prevent panic attacks of various etiologies)
Phenazepam (the drug largely surpasses Afobazol in its pharmacological properties, but belongs to the same category, the drug not only eliminates the manifestation of panic attacks, but also has an anticonvulsant effect on the body, it is used to treat a number of neurotic and mental disorders).
Phenazepam (the drug largely surpasses Afobazol in its pharmacological properties, but belongs to the same category, the drug not only eliminates the manifestation of panic attacks, but also has an anticonvulsant effect on the body, it is used to treat a number of neurotic and mental disorders).Afobazole is assigned as fixed asset treatment of panic attacks with minor lesions of the nervous system.
If the attacks are regular and differ in the maximum degree of manifestation, then the drug is necessarily supplemented by other medicines and is used as an auxiliary method of therapy.
Treatment of panic attacks should deal with qualified specialist. Independent selection of drugs can cause deterioration of health.
A brief review of the drug Afobazol in the treatment of VSD:
