This medication is often prescribed for the treatment of various types of fungal nail, hair, scalp and other parts of the body. But before you start taking Tarbinaphin tablets, you need to know the specifics of their use. This medicine is far from as harmless as it might seem at first glance.
Instructions for Terbinafine tablets
The drug belongs to a group of fungicidal drugs that stop the synthesis of new cells of various types of fungus and prevent their spread throughout the body. Unable to reproduce, mushrooms eventually die, and recovery comes. Tablets are effective for such types of fungus:
- dermatophytes of the genus Trichophyton;
- fungi of the species Epidermophyton floccosum,
- parasites of Microsporum canis,
- various fungi of the genus Candida (microsporia, trichophytosis, candidiasis, onychomycosis , epidermophytia and other infections).
Tablets from Terbinafine fungus are excreted from the body by the kidneys (80%) and the intestine (20%). With normal operation of the internal organs, the maximum concentration in the blood occurs 4 hours after taking the drug, most of it is excreted from the body within 2 days, the remaining amount of the active substance accumulates in the cells of the nails, hair and skin, which determines the effectiveness of the drug in fighting fungi . The complete excretion of terbinafine from the body occurs after 200-400 hours after stopping the taking of tablets.
Analogues of Terbinafine in tablets
Tablets of terbinafil have the following components:
- terbinafine hydrochloride;
- auxiliary substances (starch, cellulose, etc.).
Terbinafine hydrochloride refers to allylamines of a broad spectrum of antifungal action. On the basis of this substance there are no other preparations in tablets, but there is a group of medicines, in the composition of which other allylamines:
- Lamisyl;
- Terbisyl;
- Lamicon;
- Exifin;
- Fungotheca and other drugs.
It should also be noted that both these medicines and Terbinafine itself are available in the form of ointments with different concentrations of the active substance.
How to take terbinafine?
From the nail fungus tablets Terbinafine should be taken in the amount of 125 g immediately after meals once a day. The course of treatment is from a week to a month.
In the treatment of fungal skin lesions, 250 g of the drug per day are taken once a day after meals. The course of taking the drug varies from 2 to 6 weeks, depending on the nature of the infection.
Children and patients with renal insufficiency are recommended not to exceed the daily dose of the drug in 125 g.
Overdosing with tablets Terbinafine is manifested by common symptoms of intoxication - headache and nausea. In this case, it is necessary to do a gastric lavage and take several tablets of activated charcoal.
Features of the use of terbinafine tablets
Taking the drug may disrupt the effect of antidepressants and drugs that stimulate the production of serotonin. It is also not recommended to use tablets against the fungus during the intake of hormonal contraceptives.
The exact dosage of terbinafine and the regimen for taking the drug are usually prescribed by the doctor. In case of early payment
It is strictly prohibited to use the drug in the following diseases:
- violations of the liver of any origin;
- deficiency of lactase and lactose intolerance;
- tumor formation;
- an allergy to terbinafine.
Also, it is not possible to carry out treatment during pregnancy and lactation, children under 3 years of age and weight up to 20 kg. Elderly age is not an obstacle in the treatment of terbinafine.