Vitamins and microelements play one of the most important roles in maintaining human health and normal work and the functioning of all vital systems. Most of these substances can be obtained with food, but usually their concentration in foods is not enough, therefore, to provide the body with the necessary amount of elements, it is necessary to take biologically active supplements and vitamin complexes.
Medicinal preparation nicotinic acid
The substance in question is found in nature in buckwheat, rye flour, fruits, mushrooms, vegetables, legumes, milk, yeast, fish and animal organs. Its structure is close to nicotinamide.
Nicotinic acid is involved in the production of enzymes, the transfer of hydrogen, the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, purine constituents and fats. In addition, it provides such processes as tissue respiration, glycogenolysis and biosynthesis.
In fact, nicotinic acid preparations are vitamins - PP and B3, the daily requirement of which is 15-20 mg for the human body. Previously, they were often used in the food industry as an additive Е375.
The use of nicotinic acid in tablets
The described agent has the following positive effects on the body:
- reduces the concentration of cholesterol in the blood, as well as the ratio between it and phospholipids;
- has an anti-atherogenic effect;
- reduces the level of triglycerides;
- improves microcirculation of blood in the brain due to the expansion of blood vessels;
- has anticoagulant effect;
- contributes to detoxification of the body;
- increases fibrinolytic activity.
In addition, there is a pronounced cosmetic effect, which has nicotinic acid in tablets: they start to grow hair faster, their density increases, nails become stronger.
Preparations containing nicotinic acid
To date, there is a special solution for injections with this substance. It is used to treat serious vitamin-deficient conditions, circulatory disorders of the brain, neuritis and vascular diseases of the extremities.
Preparations of nicotinic acid in the form of capsules or tablets:
- Enduracin;
- Nicoverin (with papaverine);
- Nicotinic acid-MS.
All of them have a prolonged effect and are prescribed in the complex treatment of beriberi.
Nicotinic acid is an application
Indication for the purpose and use of the remedy are:
- liver disease;
- cardiac pathologies;
- Pellagra (vitamin PP deficiency);
- ulcerative lesions of the duodenum and stomach;
- enterocolitis ;
- poor wound healing, trophic erosion;
- allergy;
- the need to expand the lumen of blood vessels;
- gastritis;
- decreased acidity of gastric juice;
- spasms of the vessels of the kidneys and brain;
- atherosclerosis ;
- infectious diseases;
- acute hepatitis with relapses and subsequent chronization.
Nicotinic acid: how to take pills?
Proper preventive use of the drug as a vitamin supplement
If pellagra develops, you should drink 20-50 mg of the drug 2 or 3 times a day for 15-25 days. Children under 14 years are recommended to reduce the dose to 5-30 mg.
Nicotinic acid preparations - side effects
If the rules for taking pills are not observed, temporary skin hyperemia of the face and trunk (upper part), dizziness, mild nausea may occur. Symptoms disappear on their own after the removal of nicotinic acid from the body.