Meksidol, developed and produced in Russia, is considered a drug of a wide scope of application. And this is justified! Mexidol exerts the following effect on the body:
- antioxidant;
- antihypoxic;
- nootropic;
- anti-stress;
- anticonvulsant.
Medication Mexidol is prescribed to improve blood circulation in ischemia, hypoxia, intoxication with alcoholic and antipsychopathic agents.
Structural analogues of Mexidol
There are many analogues of Mexidol or substitute products. Consider the most popular of them.
Analogues-synonyms of Mexidol (drugs similar in composition and having a similar pharmacological effect) are:
- Mexidant;
- Mexiprim;
- Mexicor;
- Mexicin;
- Medomexi;
- Neurox;
- Cerekard.
In the pharmacy network, there are several other preparations containing the active substance ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate. All mentioned analogues of Mexidol are produced in tablets and ampoules in different countries of the world and have small differences in the content of medicinal components.
Mexicor, produced in the form of capsules and injectable solutions in ampoules, is most often recommended for patients with alcohol dependence. With regular use of the drug for a week, neurotic disorders accompanying alcoholic syndrome occur. In addition, actively working on the brain, Mexicore helps to get rid of oppressive depression.
Mexifan is produced exclusively in ampoules and is widely used for preventive purposes under stress conditions, physical and mental exhaustion. It can be used when moving to other climatic latitudes for the speedy adaptation of the organism to new conditions. Successfully used Mexifan in the therapy of newborn babies born with central nervous system damage, and the elderly to prevent or slow down the negative processes associated with aging.
Other analogues of Mexidol
The specialist can recommend the use of analogues of Mexidol, not similar in structure to the drug, but having a similar effect on the patient's body. The most famous among them are:
- Instenon , appointed for diseases of the brain that occur against the background of age-related changes, and functional disorders in the brain.
- Antifront - a drug used in the treatment of diseases associated with fluctuations in blood pressure, the emergence of headaches and dizziness.
- Cortexin , recommended as part of a comprehensive treatment of craniocerebral trauma , neuroinfections, epilepsy, cognitive impairment. Also, the medicine is used in practice to overcome the delay in the psychomotor development of children, the therapy of infantile cerebral palsy, with a reduced ability to learn.
- Armadin is an analog of Mexidol in ampoules with a solution for injections. Armadin contributes to the increase of mental activity, including in the old age, and weakens the intoxicating effects of alcohol.
- Glycine and Glycised - both drugs are prescribed at
disorders of the nervous system, changes in blood supply to the brain and craniocerebral trauma. - Actovegin is a drug that doctors prescribe together with Mexidol. The preparation on the basis of drawing calf blood positively influences on tissues of an organism and first of all on structures of a brain.
- Nootropilum can also replace Mexidol in medical practice or be used in conjunction with it. The active substance in the preparation is piracetam . A medication is prescribed for the disorder of cognitive functions (most often with various memory disorders) and for treating the negative consequences of alcoholism.