Brand Name: Cobavit
Active ingredient: Cobavit – a complex compound of cobalt with glutamic acid and vitamin U.
Release form: Tablets on 0,005 g or 0,01 g in blisters and in bottles.
Pharmacotherapeutic group: Hepatoprotectors. Remedy stimulating erythropoiesis. Antiulcer drugs.
Pharmacological properties
The pronounced clinical effect of Cobavit is due to both the properties of the complex components of the drug and the fact that they are connected into a single composition – the biocomplex, which significantly increases their endogenous activity.
Indications for use
As a hepatoprotective agent, it is used for acute and chronic hepatitis of various origins (including viral, toxic, reactive), cirrhosis of the liver, posthepatitis hepatomegaly; hepatopathies during pregnancy, as well as with hepatopathies due to various hepatotoxic drugs; with toxic liver lesions of various etiologies, including alcoholic, medicinal (antibiotics, antitumor, anti-tuberculosis and antiviral drugs, tricyclic antidepressants, oral contraceptives, etc.); in chronic carriage of HBs antigen.
It is used as an antianemic agent for iron deficiency hypochromic anemia, anemia of pregnant and lactating mothers, anemia of alimentary origin in children, anemia associated with B12 deficiency, anemia of mixed origin, hypoplastic and posthemorrhagic anemia, and anemia caused by toxic substances and drugs.
As a cytoprotector and a drug that accelerates the healing of ulcers, it is used for peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum. The drug is also used in the treatment of complications arising in the long term after various surgical interventions in patients with gastroduodenal ulcers.