Eparema helps to alleviate poor digestion and liver and biliary tract disorders and also helps in cases of mild constipation. This drug exerts its effect by stimulating the production and elimination of bile, which is a substance that facilitates the digestion of fats and acts as a mild laxative, which does not cause habituation.
This medicine is available in various flavors and can be purchased in pharmacies for a price that can vary between 3 to 40 reais, depending on the size of the packaging and the pharmaceutical form.
How to take
Eparema can be taken before, during or after meals and the recommended dose is one teaspoon, which equals 5 mL, neat or diluted in a small volume of water, twice a day. In the case of flaconetes, the recommended dose is a flacetone, twice a day. If you have constipation, you can take one or two flaconetes before bedtime.
As for the tablets, the recommended dose is 1 tablet, twice a day and in cases of constipation, one or two tablets may be taken before bedtime. Children over 10 years should take one tablet once or twice daily.
The duration of treatment depends on the need of the person or what is recommended by the doctor, however it is not advised to exceed 2 weeks of treatment.
Who should not use
Eparema should not be used in people who are hypersensitive to any of the ingredients in the formula, pregnant women, women who are breast-feeding, children under the age of 10 or people who have severe kidney, liver or heart disease.
In addition, it is also not indicated in situations of chronic constipation, acute abdomen, abdominal pain of unknown cause, intestinal obstruction, ulcerous processes of the digestive tract, acute inflammatory bowel diseases such as colitis or Crohn's disease, reflux esophagitis, disorders hydroelectric, paralytic ileus, irritable colon, diverticulitis, and appendicitis.
It should also be used with caution in diabetics, since it contains sugar in its composition.
Possible side effects
The most common side effects that can occur with the use of Eparema are intestinal spasms, alteration or diminution of the palate, throat irritation, abdominal pain, diarrhea, bad digestion, nausea, vomiting and malaise.
