Magnesium sulfate – medical applications

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It is Difficult to imagine what all the well-known drug as magnesium sulfate, the use of which in medical practice dates back several centuries, originally used as a laxative. And currently, despite the creation of a modern and seemingly more effective drugs, magnesium sulfate remains a popular tool that is used in the provision of emergency assistance.

The Mechanism of therapeutic action

As the drug magnesium sulfate, the use of which is based on the clinical effects of its components, is widely used not only in therapy but also in neurology, gynecology, dermatology. Magnesium is a competitive antagonist of calcium, so it has a direct effect on metabolic processes in the cells of the body, the transmission mechanism of the neuromuscular impulse in the nervous system and the excitability of muscles. Moreover, the same mechanism of action and comparable strength of the effect occurs in smooth and striated muscle fibers. At the same time this substance causes a noticeable slowing of the heart rate and decrease peripheral vascular resistance – that is why magnesium sulfate is indicated for the relief of hypertensive crises.

The Sulfate group in composition of this drug explains why magnesium sulfate, the use of orally as a cholagogue and laxative in demand and today is considered the most effective drug for the treatment of constipation. In contact with the solution of magnesia in bowel substance is practically not absorbed and retain water in the lumen of the colon – in 2-4 hours there expected laxative effect. In addition, the purgative effect of magnesia enables you to assign a drug for the reduction of intestinal absorption of any toxins and encourage the elimination of poisons in case of poisoning.

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As prescribed magnesia

Magnesium sulfate, which inside currently shown as for the treatment of acute poisoning of poisons taken by mouth, and the elimination of constipation that occurs when disruption of the normal flow of bile, is assigned a 25% solution. In the first case, the drug inhibits the absorption of any chemicals and fluid from the lumen of the colon. In the second case - relieves spasms of the muscles of the biliary tract, and due to the influence of bile on the motility of the digestive tract accelerating the passage of intestinal contents.

Assigning magnesium sulfate injection, the doctor takes into account antigipertenzivnoe and antispasmodic effect of the drug. That is why the drug is prescribed for the initial stage of hypertension, neurocirculatory dystonia of hypertensive type, or the initial stages of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. There is another useful property of magnesia-this substance can be administered to pregnant women or new mothers at risk of developing severe forms of late toxemia of pregnancy (preeclampsia or eclampsia) for the prevention and treatment of seizures, convulsions, excessively strong labor activity. In this case, administered magnesium sulfate intravenously or intramuscularly, but only under the condition of constant medical supervision and the possibility of immediate provision of intensive care treatment – in case of overdose or overly rapid administration of the drug respiratory depression is possible.


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