Oxybral
Drug name: Oxybral
Other names used:
- Aethroma®
- Alfavinca®
Active Ingredients:
- vincamine
Therapeutic actions: Oxybral contains the active ingridient Vincamine. It is an indole alkaloid found in the leaves of Vinca minor which improves cerebral blood circulation. It increases cerebral blood flow and utilization of oxygen by brain tissues, stabilizes the resistance of cerebral vascular circulation. It possesses hypotensive, spasmolitic and sedative action, increases mental fitness for work, improves memory.
Indications: Oxybral is used to treat:
- cerebrovascular insufficiency,
- condition after ischemic stroke,
- intracranial hypertension after coma,
- neurogenic tachycardia, arterial hypertension,
- impairment of memory,
- impairment of attention,
- vertigo (as a result of atherosclerosis of the vessels of brain, with diabetic angiopathy, after the disturbance of cerebral blood circulation or craniocerebral injury),
- vestibular disorders,
- the disturbance of hearing or sight caused by vascular diseases,
- migraine,
- the slowed development of intellectual abilities in children and adolescents.
Contraindications and cautions:You should not use this medication if you have
- an allergy to vincamine ore vinpocetine
- brain's tumour
- ischemic heart disease
- arrhythmia
- hypotension
You should talk with your health care provider prior to taking this medication if:
- you are pregnant
- you are breastfeeding
Adverse effects: Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with this medicine. Because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.
- skin rash
- arrhythmia
- hypotension
The side effects listed above may not include all of the side effects reported by the drug's manufacturer. For more information about any other possible risks associated with this medicine, please read the information provided with the medicine or consult your doctor or pharmacist.
Interactions: It is important to tell your doctor or pharmacist what medicines you are already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, before you start treatment with this medicine. Similarly, check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any new medicines while taking this one, to ensure that the combination is safe.
Especially pay attention to the drugs , containing alkaloids of Vinca minor
Additional Information: DO NOT SHARE THIS MEDICINE with others. DO NOT USE THIS MEDICINE for other health conditions. KEEP THIS PRODUCT, as well as syringes and needles, if needed during treatment, out of the reach of children. Do not reuse needles, syringes, or other materials.
