Mannitol for lumbar disc herniation

For many people, when treating lumbar disc herniation, doctors prescribe the treatment method of mannitol injection. Some patients feel that their discomfort symptoms begin to ease after injecting mannitol. So, what kind of drug is mannitol? Next, we would like to introduce mannitol to you. We hope that you can realize how helpful mannitol is for lumbar disc herniation and use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.

Medication pros and cons:

This drug mainly has the effect of promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and can improve microcirculation. For people with lumbar disc herniation, the situation where the tissues around the lumbar disc are edematous due to compression can usually be improved by this drug.

Medication cycle:

1 week

Adverse reactions:

I had dry mouth, frequent urination, and my hands felt swollen and painful when I was receiving the infusion. The doctor said it was because of the high concentration of the drug.

Note:

People who use this drug for a long time need to supplement potassium, because some trace elements in the body will be lost when the diuretic is very strong, so it must be supplemented. This drug is a prescription drug and generally requires a doctor to observe the condition before giving the drug.

Effect of medication:

This medicine is very effective. My grandfather felt relieved quickly after taking it and the bloating and pain in his waist improved significantly. So I think if everyone just promotes this medicine, the effect will be very good. However, you must remember that treating the disease requires good communication with the doctor and fighting the disease together.

Mannitol is a good diuretic in medicine, reducing intracranial pressure, intraocular pressure, and treating kidney medicine, dehydration medicine, sugar substitute, and is also used as an excipient for tablets and a thinner for solids and liquids.

Mannitol Injection

Mannitou) is a hyperosmotic antihypertensive drug, which is commonly used in clinical rescue, especially in the rescue of brain diseases. It has the characteristics of fast and accurate blood pressure reduction required by drugs for reducing intracranial pressure. After entering the body, mannitol can increase plasma osmotic pressure, dehydrate tissues, reduce intracranial pressure and intraocular pressure. After being filtered through the glomerulus, it is not easily reabsorbed by the renal glomerulus, which increases urine osmotic pressure and brings out a large amount of water, causing dehydration. It is used for edema caused by craniocerebral trauma, brain tumors, brain tissue hypoxia, edema caused by large-area burns, and ascites glaucoma caused by renal failure. It can also prevent and treat early acute renal insufficiency. [3]

As an excipient for tablets, mannitol is non-hygroscopic, dries quickly, has good chemical stability, and has the characteristics of refreshing taste and good granulation properties. It is used in most tablets of anticancer drugs, antibiotics, antihistamines, vitamins, etc. In addition, it is also used in chewable tablets such as hangover sobering medicine and mouth freshener.

Although mannitol can be absorbed by the human gastrointestinal tract, it does not accumulate in the body. After being absorbed, part of it is metabolized in the body and the other part is excreted in the urine;

Mannitol absorbs heat when dissolved, has a sweet taste, and feels comfortable in the mouth. Therefore, it is more widely used in the manufacture of chewable tablets such as hangover medicines and mouth fresheners. Its granular form is specially used as an excipient for direct tableting.