How to properly dose activated charcoal
How to properly dose activated charcoal
Activated charcoal is a medicinal preparation that excels from the body toxins, allergens and slags. It is used to treat children and adults in medical institutions and at home.
The drug has an enterosorbent,detoxification and anti-diarrheal properties and high porosity. Activated carbon effectively absorbs poisons, gases, allergens, toxins, bacteria, overdose medicines and alcohol.
Negative property of the drug is the absorption of microelements, vitamins and beneficial microflora of the intestine, which is important for long-term treatment.
Cases of prescribing
Activated carbon is prescribed for:
- intoxication - fermentation processes, increasedacidity of gastric juice, diarrhea, dyspepsia, flatulence, poisoning with salts of heavy metals, drugs and foodborne infections;
- intestinal infections - dysentery and salmonellosis;
- acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver and kidney failure;
- allergic diseases: bronchial asthma, atopic dermatitis, Quincke effusion, urticaria;
- metabolic disorders;
- poisoning with psychotropic, narcotic drugs and alcohol;
- intestinal diagnosis;
- as a complex therapy for weight loss and body cleansing.
Rules for taking the drug
When poisoning and intoxication dosageactivated carbon is calculated: twenty to thirty grams in the form of an aqueous solution: the required amount of powder for the preparation of the suspension is diluted in one hundred and fifty milliliters of water. In case of acute poisoning, a gastric lavage procedure is performed with a 10-20% solution, after which it is taken orally, twenty to thirty grams per day (twenty grams is contained in one hundred tablets).
A one-time dose of taking the drug is calculated in this way: one tablet per ten kilograms of the body weight of a person.
