Pregnancy is the most important and, undoubtedly, the most crucial stage in the life of every woman. However, this period is incredibly difficult. None of us are immune from diseases and the need to take medicine, but if the ailment happens to a pregnant woman, then it is necessary to select a treatment, eliminating the risk of harming the health of the unborn baby.
The progress of any disease in pregnant women should be monitored by a qualified doctor who will select the safest medicines. If you look at the instructions for use of almost any medicine, you can find warnings there - is it possible to take the drug during pregnancy, or is it acceptable to take the drug if the mother’s benefit from the medicine is higher than the risk of harming the baby.
Due to harmonious restructuring in the body, as well as due to an increase in uterine pressure on the abdominal organs, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are the most common type of ailment in pregnant women. Moreover, if a woman has previously been exposed to such diseases. The drug riboxin during pregnancy helps fight chronic gastritis, pain in the epigastric region, rumbling in the abdomen, discomfort with toxicosis, and vomiting. Another name for the drug is inosine.
In the instructions for the use of riboxin during pregnancy, it is said that the drug is safe both for the mother’s health and for her unborn baby if the woman does not have an increased sensitivity to the components of the drug. Ribokin during pregnancy helps to restore the functioning of the glands, and therefore the well-being of a pregnant woman improves significantly. In addition, the instructions indicate the dosage of the drug - it must be taken 3 or 4 times a day, one tablet. The period of continuous treatment is up to one month. Specialists recommend combining the drug with a special diet and nutrition control.
In addition to problems with the stomach and intestines, the doctor can prescribe riboxin during pregnancy in case of arrhythmia, because it helps to improve metabolism in cells and tissues during oxygen deficiency (when there are complaints of "lack of air"), accelerates metabolic processes and increases the energy reserve in heart muscle.
Another reason to prescribe riboxin during pregnancy is to improve the blood supply to the placenta with slower fetal growth. Gynecologists claim that riboxin can help cope with stress on the liver.
As for the administration of riboxin intravenously, there are rather conflicting opinions of specialists. Many gynecologists do not recommend the use of riboxin during pregnancy intravenously in case of renal failure and, again, hypersensitivity to its components. But during childbirth, they sometimes put a dropper with a ribokine to improve blood circulation. In the second half of pregnancy, riboxin may be recommended intravenously to reduce the risk of premature birth.
There are many forums on the Web to discuss pregnancy issues and nuances. On these resources, women discuss the drug riboxin. You can find completely opposite opinions about the need to receive it. Someone says that this drug is harmless, and more likely resembles vitamins, others - that ribokine is an additional unnecessary burden on the body, which is already sufficiently weakened. However, if you ask those who took the drug and have already given birth to a baby, they will answer that everything is in order with them and their babies.
Thus, if your doctor recommended taking riboxin during pregnancy, then you should not refuse the drug. To support the body in this difficult time for him will not be amiss. If in doubt about the benefits of the medicine, ask your doctor to explain how riboxin will help in your particular case during this period.