Mydocalm
Drug name: Mydocalm
Active Ingredients:
- Tolperison
Therapeutic actions: Mydocalm is a centrally acting muscle relaxant. Due to acting on cerebrospinal mono- and polysynaptic reflexes, Mydocalm possesses a membrane stabilizing action and retards the conductivity of impulses in the primary afferent fibers and motor neurons. Mydocalm possesses a wide spectrum of therapeutic action: it lowers increased muscular tone, muscle stiffness and relieves self-produced movements.
Mydocalm does not act on cerebral cortex and ,thus, does not change the level of wakefulness.
Indications: Mydocalm is used in the treatment of the following conditions:
- Pathologically increased tone of the cross-striated muscle caused by neurological diseases(damage of the pyramidal tract, multiocular sclerosis, myelopathy, encephalomyelitis)
- Spastic paralysis and other encephalopathies manifested with muscular dystonia
- Muscular hypertonicity and muscular contraction caused by the following:
- Spondylosis
- Spondylarthrosis
- Cervical and lumbar syndromes
- Arthrosis of the large joints
- Obliterating atherosclerosis of the extremity vessels
- Diabetical angiopathy
- Thromboangiitis obliterans
- Raynaud's syndrome
Contraindications and cautions: Mydocalm should not be used in the following conditions:
- Myasthenia
- Children under 1 years of age
- Pregnancy
- Breastfeeding
Adverse effects: There are possible side-effects associated with this medicine that can affect individuals in different ways. If a side effect is stated here, that does not necessarily mean the fact that all people using tolperisone will experience it or any other.
In hypersensitivity: muscle weakness, headache, arterial hypotension, nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia.
Skin allergic reactions: skin rash, hives, Quenke's edema, anaphylactic shock.
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 Mydocalm, please read the information provided with tolperisone 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 Mydocalm. Similarly, check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any new medication while taking this one, to ensure that the combination is safe.
Mydocalm may enhance the effects of other neuromuscular blocking agents.
Additional Information: DO NOT SHARE Mydocalm 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.
