Piracetam injection 

Piracetam Injection is given in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, age-associated memory loss and head injury.

Piracetam Injection is a medicine that works on your nervous system and brain. It is used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (a condition that cannot be reversed and devastates memory as well as other major mental faculties), Parkinsonism (tremors and involuntary movements) due to brain damage/shrinkage due to age. It is also used to heal stroke (paralysis of the legs, arms, and face) that causes tough speech, walking, and understanding. It strengthens the blood and oxygenation to your brain and rejuvenates the cells to their proper functioning.

Piracetam Injection has some side effects that occur commonly, like nervousness, weight gain, insomnia, dizziness and nausea. They may disappear on their own. Talk to your doctor if they are bothersome to you or become severe. Don’t take this drug if you are allergic to it. Avoid driving cars and machinery after taking this drug because it will affect concentration.

How Piracetam Injection works?

Piracetam is a nootropic drug. It works by improving the activity of a chemical transmitter (acetylcholine) that increases communication among the nerve cells. It also protects the brain and nervous system from a lack of oxygen.

What is it used for?

Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease is a neurological disorder that deteriorates your ability to live on your own. It damages social behaviour, thinking, memory, and cognition. This disease is managed with piracetam.

Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease is a neurologic disorder of movement. Its characteristic features are tremor, bradykinesia, cogwheel rigidity, gait and balance disturbances and impairments of balance and coordination. Piracetam injection is used for the management of this disease.

Cerebrovascular accident

A cerebrovascular accident or stroke is a condition where there is a cut-off blood supply to the area of your brain, or it might also result from the injury of blood vessels or head trauma. It leads to speech, walking, and comprehension difficulty due to paralysis in the face, arm, and leg. Piracetam is prescribed to treat this condition.

Cognitive enhancer

Cognitive enhancers improve concentration, attention, information execution skills like decision making and reasoning. Piracetam is a cognitive enhancer that improves the overall well being and functioning of your brain.

Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a learning disability that is linked to the lack of ability to distinguish the sound of speech and assign them with words or letters. Piracetam has been proven to be effective in the treatment of this condition.

Cortical myoclonus

Cortical myoclonus is the recurrent sudden muscle contraction or jerking. Piracetam is administered along with other drugs for the disorder.

Dosage

Missed Dose

Don’t miss even a single dose of Piracetam Injection. If you forget a dose, take it as early as you can remember. If it is time for the next dose, then skip the missed one. Never double the dose to make up for the missed dose.

As Piracetam Injection is injected in the hospital environment by a trained medical practitioner, the chance of forgetting a dose is extremely remote.

Overdose

As Piracetam Injection is injected in the hospital by a trained medical professional, the risk of an overdose is extremely low. Nevertheless, your physician will take appropriate actions if an overdose is assumed.

Expert advice for Piracetam Injection

• It can cause dizziness.
• Do not drive and use machinery until you know how it makes you feel.
• Inform your doctor if you have bleeding conditions or are on drugs that thin the blood.
• Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding.
• Inform your doctor if you experience stomach cramps, diarrhoea and vomiting.
• Do not stop the drug all of a sudden without consulting your doctor.

Side Effects

Severe & minor side effects for Piracetam

• Shortness of breath
• Swelling of face, lips, eyelids, tongue, hands and feet
• Bruising and bleeding
• Restlessness and anxiety
• Weakness
• Weight gain
• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhoea
• Rash
• Nervousness
• Sleeplessness
• Dizziness
• Nausea