Creon in pregnancy, like any other drug, can be used only on prescription. Contraindication to its use for pregnant women is not, however, it is recommended to be used with caution, as Creon clinical trials in pregnant women have been conducted.
Under what conditions during pregnancy may be appointed Creon
During pregnancy, under the influence of hormones may significantly reduce the motor activity of smooth muscles of the gastrointestinal tract. As a result, from the very beginning of pregnancy, a woman may experience digestive problems. This happens because of the stagnation of food in the stomach and intestines.
The main manifestation of digestive disorders in this case will be constipation, bloating, and intoxication, which develops due to the re-absorption of toxic decomposition products of food into the bloodstream. Intoxication may show weakness and headaches. With increasing gestational age and increasing the volume of the uterus that begins to prop up and squeeze the stomach and intestines, further exacerbating the situation.
Also during pregnancy may experience exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis, which has long existed among these women. And in some cases, the first symptoms of pancreatitis occur is during pregnancy.
Finally, changes in tastes of pregnant women can lead to overeating or eat large amounts of fatty, fried foods, leading to digestive disorders such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, which is very dangerous during pregnancy.
As Creon helps a pregnant woman to establish a process of digestion
Creon - is an enzyme preparation, which includes enzymes that break down fats, carbohydrates and proteins. Get it from the pancreas of pigs. Creon usually very well tolerated by pregnant women and allows them to establish a process of digestion.
Creon special feature is that a part of his great natural gelatin capsule include pancreatin, which is "packed" in a variety of microspheres - small beads coated with an enteric coating.
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its outer gelatin capsule dissolves quickly in the stomach and small (less than 2 mm in diameter) microspheres mixed in food situated in the stomach. During the time spent in the stomach microspheres with pancreatin
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well mixed with food, while remaining neutral.
After the transfer of food from the stomach into the duodenum enteric coat microspheres under the action of an alkali content of dissolved enzymes are uniformly intermixed with the food. Everything happens, just like in natural digestion when the duodenum pancreatic juice
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It comes in small portions under the influence of advancing food.
Mix with food, enzymes are beginning to break down fats, carbohydrates and proteins. In addition, the enzymes that break down proteins, have contributed to increasing the motor activity of the upper gastrointestinal tract and promote the improvement of stool through the intestines. As a result, constipation disappears, and with it decreases intoxication - a favorable impact on the condition of the body of mother and child.
If a woman suffers from some kind of allergic disease, the timely excretion of toxic products of disintegration of the food will contribute to improvement of the body.
Thus, Creon during pregnancy can help relieve a number of problems, not only with digestion, but with intoxication, as well as to reduce the allergy.
Why Creon can be taken only on prescription?
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And with him the work of all organs and body systems. Therefore, to predict exactly how the woman's body will react to a particular drug is difficult. That is why, in order to accurately answer this question, in clinical trials.
But clinical trials carried out on pregnant women is prohibited, are carried out only laboratory research on animals and their offspring. In the absence of data on any adverse effects of the drug on the woman or fetus manufacturer of medicines indicated in the instructions to the drug, that its use is possible only on prescription and for health reasons. That is actually a doctor, after weighing all the pros and cons, taking responsibility in the appointment of the drug to a pregnant woman.
Creon - is an enzyme preparation, which is often prescribed during pregnancy, but it does not mean that a woman can take it yourself without a prescription.
Galina Romanenko