Amelotex is a good and inexpensive anti-inflammatory drug. Shortcomings of the remedy include short-acting and a large number of contraindications. To the merits - a wide variety of forms of release, which allows you to vary the treatment, avoiding side effects. There are analogues of Amelotex in ampoules and other forms, it is not difficult to find a substitute for a medicine.
Analogues of Amelotex in tablets
What to replace Amelotex, often depends on the form in which you take the medicine. The matter is that for today there is no structural analogue of a preparation which would be issued in all the same forms as Amelotex:
- pills;
- solution for intramuscular injection;
- rectal suppositories;
- tablets 7.5 mg;
- tablets 15 mg;
- gel for external use.
The main active ingredient of the agent, meloxicam, belongs to the group of oxycamines derived from enolic acid. Meloksikam is actively used in pharmacology, therefore, it is quite easy to choose an analogue of Amelotex in composition. Below we present a list of its analogues in tablets, structured according to the duration of the exposure - from stronger means to weaker ones:
- Melbek-forte;
- Movalis;
- Melbeck;
- Ex-Samovel;
- Mirlocks;
- Meloksikam-Stade;
- Meloflam;
- Bee-ksikam;
- Aktameloks;
- Arthrosan;
- Lem;
- Meloksikam ;
- Matarin.
If we wanted to put Amelotex on the same list, he would have taken a place near the end. Bioavailability of the drug is very good - 99%, it starts to act after 30-40 minutes, but reaches its maximum effect in just 2 hours. The half-life period is 15-20 hours, while the drug does not stay in the body for longer than a day. For comparison - Melbek-forte reaches a maximum concentration in the blood for 6 hours, that is, it acts 3 times longer, with a half-life of 24 hours. Bioavailability of this remedy is 90%.
Analogues of injections Amelotex
Amelotex in ampoules for injection has quite a lot of analogues. These include some of the above drugs, and other medicines. Unites them one - meloxicam as the main active substance. Most often, doctors as an alternative offer such nyxes:
- Movalis ;
- Arthrosan;
- Meloksikam DS;
- Mesipol;
- Movasin.
All of them have the same indications for use and contraindications as Amelotex. If you have an individual sensitivity to the main active ingredient, it makes sense to choose a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that is not related to oxicams, for example, Ibuprom, or Texamen.
Amelotex gel analogues are also not uncommon. The advantage of this form of drug release is that the gel and cream have fewer contraindications than tablets and injections. They can be used to treat children older than 10 years, as well as those who are contraindicated Amelotex and its analogues because of problems with the gastrointestinal tract. Here are the drugs that are analogous to Amelotex in the gel according to the active substance:
- cream Mataren Plus;
- Exen-Sanovel;
- Oxycamox.
The disadvantages of drugs based on meloxicam is not a strong analgesic function, so for severe pain, it is better to choose a remedy with additional analgesic components in the composition:
- Advance;
- Brufen;
- Deblock;
- Ibuprofen-Verte;
- Nurofen forte.
Since the active ingredient in each of these ointments is different, the absence of an allergic reaction to one of them does not guarantee the absence of individual sensitivity to the components of the other. Be careful when using gels for the first time.