Instructions for use for the drug Dicinon - is it effective during menstruation?

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Women begin to use Dicinon during menstruation for several reasons. At its core, Dicinon is a mild, effective medication that helps reduce the intensity of menstrual bleeding. But you should not rush to conclusions, since the drug has contraindications and not all women can take it.

Indications and contraindications

Doctors prescribe Dicinone most often for heavy periods. The instructions for use indicate that the drug has a number of indications and contraindications.

Tablets can be prescribed:

• If menstrual bleeding is excessive (pathological) intensity;
• If menstruation lasts more than 10 days;
• If a woman regularly experiences heavy, painful and prolonged menstruation.

The medication helps reduce the amount of discharge and stop pathological blood loss. The drug can be recommended for use not only for menstrual bleeding, but also for uterine bleeding. Taking it will help stop blood loss, avoid anemia and maintain pregnancy if a woman is at risk of miscarriage.

Important: The medicine can also be taken for gynecological diseases. It is often prescribed to patients with endometriosis, uterine fibroids and other diseases that lead to heavy menstrual bleeding.

The following conditions can also be considered as indications for the use of Dicinon tablets:

• Severe anemia. In this case, blood loss is fraught with serious health consequences;
• Blood diseases associated with blood clotting disorders;
• You can also take the tablets if you are planning to undergo surgery in the near future. When it is not possible to postpone the operation, the doctor may prescribe a drug to delay the onset of menstruation by 2 weeks.

But the medication also has a number of contraindications, these include:

• Arterial hypotension – low blood pressure, which is observed in the patient over a long period of time;
• Breastfeeding period;
• Increased blood viscosity;
• Individual intolerance to the components of the drug.

Dicynon tablets can be part of complex therapy or used individually. But the doctor must prescribe the medication. The doctor determines the dosage and duration of use. You should not experiment with the medicine, as this can lead to serious consequences.

Tablets can cause a deterioration in your health; if such complications occur, you should immediately stop taking the medication and consult a doctor.

What symptoms may occur?

You need to visit a gynecologist if you have the following symptoms:

• You have noticed that your periods have become heavier than before. A woman may notice that she begins to spend more hygiene products and has to choose more “drops”.
• During your period, you begin to feel worse, and pain occurs. Worried about weakness, increased fatigue.
• The duration of menstruation has increased.
• There is pressure, discomfort, pain in the pelvis.
• Enlargement of the abdomen, something dense can be felt in it. If the fibroid is large enough, it protrudes and is noticeable when the woman lies on her back.
• I am worried about pain in the pelvis and legs.
• Urination has become frequent or difficulty occurs during urination.
• Constipation occurs constantly.
• Your vagina leaks blood when you don't have your period.

These signs may indicate not only fibroids; they occur in various diseases. An accurate diagnosis will be made by a gynecologist after examination and ultrasound.

pharmachologic effect

Dicinone during menstruation affects a woman’s body as follows:

• promotes blood clotting;
• stimulates bone marrow activity, promotes platelet formation;
• ensures localization of platelets on the walls of blood vessels;
• increases the elasticity of small capillaries and vessels;
• has a hemostatic effect;
• controls the process of fluid circulation in the body;
• prolongs the “life” of platelets and also enhances their activity.

The medication acts as follows: it increases the strength of capillaries and affects the mucous membrane, as a result of which the capillaries become more resistant to external influences.

Simply put, the drug stops heavy bleeding due to the formation of platelets, which glue the vessel together and help stop blood loss.

Anemia with fibroids

Constant blood loss due to fibroids can lead to anemia. The level of red blood cells and hemoglobin in the blood decreases. The woman constantly feels tired, becomes pale, and has headaches and dizziness. Sometimes the appetite becomes distorted and cravings for inedible things - for example, you may want to chew on a piece of chalk. Hair loss and brittle nails are also possible symptoms of anemia.

The brain of a woman suffering from anemia is constantly in conditions of oxygen starvation. There is “fog” in the head, the quality of life decreases. Appearance deteriorates. And all this because of fibroids.

Release form

Dicynone is available in 2 forms: tablets and solution for injection. The dosage of the drug and the duration of its action depend on the form.

Features of the drug in various release forms:

• The tablets, in addition to the main active ingredient (ethamsylate), contain lactose. They start working in about 30 minutes. The active substance reaches its maximum concentration in blood plasma after approximately 2–4 hours. If the patient took the pill in the morning, the effect of taking it will last about 6 hours.
• The injection solution is used less frequently; it can be administered intramuscularly or intravenously. But the drug is administered intravenously only if there is an urgent need. The medication begins to act in about 15 minutes and helps to quickly cope with acute blood loss. If the solution was injected intramuscularly, the effect of the injection can be felt after 30–40 minutes. The duration of action of the drug is about 6 hours.

Tablets are prescribed if regular, heavy menstrual bleeding is observed. But injections can be prescribed when diagnosing a pathological condition associated with the presence of a gynecological disease (endometriosis, fibroids or other pathologies).

When can you drink alcohol?

Patients undergoing treatment are often interested in the timing of drug removal from the body and the possibility of drinking alcohol.

Doctors advise, after completing a course of therapy with this drug, to start drinking alcohol no earlier than 15 days after taking the last pill.

When taking a single tablet or using an ointment, men are allowed to drink alcohol after 14 hours; female patients should wait a little longer - at least 20 hours. Also, the tablet can be taken once a day before taking alcohol-containing products for male patients, and 32 hours before for female patients.

Method of use of the drug

The doctor should tell you how to use the medicine. Since there are several options for taking the medicine, it all depends on the patient’s complaints and her condition at the time of therapy.

How to take Dicynon?

• If the drug is prescribed as a prophylactic agent that will help cope with heavy bleeding, then it should be taken 2-3 times a day at a dosage of 250 mg. The start of treatment is scheduled for the 3rd day of the current menstruation. As a result of treatment, it is possible to achieve good results: the bleeding becomes less profuse, the woman’s well-being improves, and weakness and drowsiness disappear.
• If blood loss is intense, then the medication is prescribed in a certain dosage. The standard regimen is to take the drug on the 5th day of the current menstruation, the course of treatment lasts 10 days. If necessary, the doctor can change the medication regimen and extend the course of treatment.
• Dicinone to stop menstruation is taken for 3-4 days at a dosage of 500 mg. It is recommended to start taking the medication 3-4 days before the expected start of menstrual bleeding. But it is worth keeping in mind that menstruation can begin after 2 weeks, there is a high probability of problems with the cycle.
• During pregnancy, tablets are prescribed not only when uterine bleeding occurs, but also if there is malaise on certain days (cyclically, these days coincide with those on which the woman could previously begin menstruation). In this case, the doctor may recommend drinking Dicynon at a dosage of 250 mg.
• If blood loss continues for more than 10 days, the medication is prescribed in a dosage of 250 mg once every 24 hours. But you should not take the medicine for longer than 10 days; if there is no effect from taking the medicine, then the treatment requires correction.

If taking Dicinon is not of a therapeutic nature, but is carried out with the aim of postponing the onset of menstruation for some time, then such “therapy” can be carried out no more than once a year. Otherwise, serious problems with the cycle may occur.

What is the effect of dicinone on the body?

This drug has a strong and rapid effect, since its main composition contains ethamsylate, the main active ingredient. Dicynone is a hemostatic drug, so it can not only change the intensity of blood flow, but also contribute to its complete cessation.

The abundance of menstrual bleeding is associated with the condition of the capillary vessels, so exposure to dicinone on them significantly reduces blood loss.

The direct effect of dicinone on the blood leads to increased blood clotting and also promotes increased platelet formation. The drug directs masses of platelets to the site of damage to the blood vessel, as a result of the accumulation of these blood cells, the wound is quickly and effectively repaired. At the same time, dicinone has a beneficial effect on strengthening the walls of blood vessels, making them stronger and more elastic.

Side effects

But we should not forget that the drug has a number of side effects, for this reason it is worth following the recommended dosage and not exceeding it. If side effects occur during complex therapy, then the treatment is subject to correction: the drugs used are canceled or their dosage is reduced.

What side effects may a patient experience when taking Dicynone?

• Dizziness, headaches;
• Nausea, attacks or urge to vomit;
• Allergic reactions of various etiologies (skin itching, urticaria, etc.);
• Decreased appetite, aversion to food and smells;
• Numbness in the limbs, in most cases patients complain of numbness in the legs;
• Stomach pain, heartburn and other unpleasant symptoms associated with disruption of the gastrointestinal tract.

If you try to use the drug to significantly reduce the duration of menstrual bleeding, as well as its intensity, this can have a detrimental effect on the state of a woman’s hormonal levels.

Important: An imbalance of hormones in the body can lead to various complications and affect a woman’s reproductive function.

Experiments with drugs can lead to disruption of the menstrual cycle and the appearance of acyclic bleeding of unknown etiology. Therefore, you should not take the medication if there are clear contraindications to its use.

Alcohol compatibility

Since alcohol-containing products have a similar effect on the human body, it is strictly not recommended to take Dicynon with alcohol. It will be quite difficult even for a specialist to predict the effect of these two substances on the body. That is why all doctors advise refraining from drinking alcohol while undergoing medication therapy.

When combining medication with alcoholic beverages, the entire cardiovascular system can be affected. There may be disturbances in the functioning of the heart muscle, the development of acute heart failure or sudden changes in blood pressure.

Patients often notice the development of tachycardia, sudden jumps in blood pressure that do not allow them to live and work normally, as well as the development of bradycardia. It is important to consult a doctor at the first signs of poisoning to avoid possible negative consequences for the body.

Interaction of dicinone with alcohol.

Almost all medications are incompatible with alcohol. Only in some cases does alcohol nullify the medicinal effect of the drug, while in other cases unforeseen situations with serious complications may arise. The result of simultaneous use of alcohol and medication can be a further uncontrolled process of deterioration of health and significant harm to one’s health.

One of the properties of dicinone is to increase blood viscosity; the same effect is observed after drinking an alcoholic drink. To decide whether to take dicinone and alcohol at the same time, the compatibility of which is unpredictable and dangerous, you should first take care of your health and remember the possible dangers of such a combination.

Drinking alcohol with dicinone is especially contraindicated for those who have high blood pressure or a tendency to form blood clots. In addition, exposure to alcohol significantly increases the allergic reaction to the drug in the presence of hypersensitivity to the active substance.