We investigate the medicine cabinet: drugs poisoning

Health care in the family, perhaps starting with a healthy lifestyle and, of course, the home kit. Along with medicines for chronic diseases and pain medication, an important place in the home medicine cabinet to borrow from poisoning. How is drug poisoning consumers prefer, what is expected of them and what property value? That is what this publication.

Poisoning: what is expected from the drugs

So it happened poisoning. Unpleasant, but fixable - because that is what created the drug. What do we expect from the drugs in the treatment of poisoning?
First of all - safety. Rapid withdrawal symptoms, removal of harmful substances from the body, alleviate the condition.

In the case of poisoning by users in the same note the importance of restoring damaged by toxins microflora. If the drug has such functions - this is certainly a big plus.

In addition, it is essential that the drug was safe, no danger "pobochki" serious consequences overdose.

A nice bonus to the reliability and safety can be ease of use of the drug: the ability to take it at any time, without using large amounts of water and the need to swallow at once a large number of pills, convenient packaging.

And, of course, an important role in the choice of the drug plays its price.

Pros and cons of pharmaceutical assortment

So, a "portrait" of the ideal means of poisoning have received:

• effective;
• safe;
• restores microflora;
• with a small amount of tablets / capsules for reception;
• with the convenient form of release;
• pleasant to the taste and color;
• affordable.

With this feature set and go inspect the pharmacy shelves. Which means in the end it would be optimal?
Of the total pharmaceutical range for comparison, we selected four of the most popular among consumers for the treatment of poisoning. Compare them in the pre-selected quality Us:

	activated carbon	Karbopekt	Enterosgel	White coal
Effectiveness	Efficiency tested by several generations, proved many years of experience, efficiency clinically proven	Basis of preparation - the same activated charcoal, the effectiveness of which is no doubt the consumer does not occur, the effectiveness is clinically proven.	Efficacy clinically proven	Efficacy clinically proven, but consumer survey showed that, in practice, not all are happy with the action of the drug
Security	You can apply for adults, children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.	You can apply for adults, children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.	You can apply for adults, children, pregnant women and nursing mothers	Not suitable for children, not shown to pregnant women and nursing mothers
The impact on flora	Sorbed as toxins and nutrients from the microflora	Thanks to a special technology - mikrogranulyatsii, the sorption properties of the preparation work selectively remove toxins and leaving the body nutrients. Also contains pectin and microcellulose promoting restoration of the microflora	Sorbed as toxins and nutrients from the microflora	Sorbed as toxins and nutrients from the microflora
Dosage	If poisoning - 500-1000mg 10 kg (250 mg per tablet)	Due mikrogranulyatsii coal in a preparation, the sorption properties are increased three-fold, respectively, capsules Karbopekta need three times less than the activated carbon pellets	Adults - 1 tbsp 3 times a day, children - 1h. Spoon 2 times a day	If poisoning - 3 tablets 3 times a day
Product form	Round pills fairly large. Members say that such children do not swallow the pill, and the process for adults taking the drug difficult because tablets often need to take much.	The capsules are small, easy to swallow.	Powder for solution. Along with the drug for adults will need to drink a liter of water, in terms of vomiting in case of poisoning can be difficult.	Tablets or powder for solution.
Taste, color	Black tablet. When you receive may color the mouth and hands, which is one of the major complaints from users. Taste coal also causes some consumer dissatisfaction.	Due to the containment, coal capsules can stain hands and mouth, the capsule shell dissolves in the gastrointestinal tract only. Kapusly no need to crack, so that the taste of coal at the reception is not felt.	Light, sweet substance. Sugary taste like it is not all that complicated drug.	White pills with no clearly defined taste. Unlike conventional coal, it does not stain the oral cavity.
Cost	Pack 10 tab. - 6-10rub, packing 50 tab. - 40-50 rubles. In the case of poisoning with an adult weighing 70kg need 30 tablets.	Packaging 20 caps - 60-70 rubles. In the case of poisoning of adults need between 12 and 24 capsules.	Packaging 225g - 220-250r. For adults, this package will last for five days of treatment.	Pack 10 tab. - 100-130r.

Summing up

For the price of the investigated drugs (based on the daily dose for an adult) are located as follows, in order of increasing price of activated carbon, "Enterosgel", "Karbopekt", "white coal".

Questions to the effectiveness of the drug users to the drug appeared "white coal". "White coal" - the only one of the drugs not shown to children, pregnant women and lactating women.

Most tablets in cases of poisoning have to swallow if you choose for yourself charcoal.
Unpleasant surprises in the form of dirty hands and black teeth can give its customers activated carbon.

"White Coal" and "Karbopekt" - the only of these means, whose taste qualities not complicate the drug.

Actions aimed at restoring the microflora of these drugs has "Karbopekt."

At the same polls show that the most reliable means, from personal experience, users are referred to as activated carbon and preparations based on it. And the rest - make your conclusions yourself!