The possibility of using Mexidol in the complex therapy of mental disorders

Authors:
V.K. Shamray, E.S. Kurasov, V.V. Nechiporenko, A.I. Kolchev, N.V. GYPSY

FGBVOU in the "Military Medical Academy named after CM. Kirov ”, St. Petersburg, Russia

Place of publication:
a journal of neurology and psychiatry named after S.S. Korsakova, 2020, T. 120, No. 5

Summary:
A review of modern literature is presented regarding the use of Mexidol (ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate) in the treatment of mental (in particular, addictive) disorders. The possibility of its prescription for the correction of negative psychopathological symptoms, neurocognitive deficiency, manifestations of neuroleptic syndrome (including its extrapyramidal disorders) in the treatment of antipsychotics in patients with schizophrenic spectrum, insomnic disorders in the complex therapy of border mental disorders is shown. The possibilities of the use of the drug Mexidol in the treatment of addictive pathology, as well as the consequences of intoxication caused by alcohol and other psychoactive (in particular, narcotic) substances deserve. Key words: mental disorders, addictive pathology, Mexidol, treatment, complex therapy.

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