What are the pharmacological characteristics of nitrodiazepam

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My child suffers from infantile spasm and always starts to twitch unconsciously, which worries us to death. The doctor prescribed nitrodiazepam and now takes medicine every day. But some people say that this medicine has side effects on the child, so they are very worried. Today, let me talk about the pharmacological characteristics of nitrodiazepam.

What are the pharmacological characteristics of nitrodiazepam

First, it has sedative, sedative and significant hypnotic effects. It is characterized by similar physiological sleep, no obvious sequelae effect and strong antiepileptic effect. It is used for all kinds of insomnia and epilepsy.

Second: the drug is widely used in various types of epilepsy in children, especially for infantile spasm, small seizure variant, myoclonic epilepsy and absence seizures. For psychomotor seizures, localized seizures and other epilepsy with poor drug treatment effect, it can sometimes receive good effect after taking or taking the drug.

Third: the common side effects are salivation, weakness, ataxia, unclear speech and behavior disorder, most of which disappear after 1-2 weeks. Infants often have low muscle tension, increased saliva and tracheal secretions, dysphagia, and generally have no toxic effects on liver, kidney and blood system.

matters needing attention

After taking the medicine, I have headache occasionally. When taking the medicine, I should avoid drinking. Children should not use it. Taking it for a long time will cause certain damage to the liver and kidney function, and it will also produce drug resistance. When taking a large dose, it is best to use the medicine according to the doctor's instructions because of regular check of liver and kidney function.