Riboxin: instructions for use in treatment, bodybuilding and sports * Crossfit

Riboxin is a drug that improves the contractility of the heart, corrects its rhythm, reduces oxygen deprivation of tissues and regulates the body's metabolism.

In essence, it is a source of energy for the myocardium and coronary vessels. In parallel, the drug prevents renal ischemia during surgery, participates in glucose metabolism and takes over the functions of ATP in its absence in the body. Adenosine triphosphate is present in every cell, but with age or with diseases, its amount decreases, which requires an additional source of energy supply from the outside.

The use of Riboxin in sports is justified, since physical activity requires increased endurance, and this drug becomes an additional source of energy.

Composition and release forms

Riboxin is available in tablets and ampoules for oral and injection use. It is based on inosine, a metabolic stimulant that generates energy in the body. In addition, starch, methylcellulose, sucrose and other cachet elements are present as additional substances in the tableted version. The drug belongs to list B, that is, it is dispensed only by prescription.

As a source of energy, Riboxin is interesting for athletes who, during training, give themselves increased physical activity. The fact is that at the molecular level it is the basis for ATP (adenosine triphosphate) - the basis of the body's life. The main function of this acid, which is produced in the body on its own, is to maintain the heart muscle in optimal condition and guarantee the absence of hypoxia in the tissues.

Riboxin becomes an additional substance that stops ATP deficiency in different situations. The drug is responsible for the correction of arrhythmias, accelerates anabolic processes, expands coronary arteries, which stimulates the strength of heart contractions and improves blood flow.

In practice, the patient experiences a surge of strength, his chest pains, migraines, weakness, fatigue disappear, shortness of breath practically ceases to bother him.

Riboxin is stored in a dark place out of the reach of children, at a temperature of 0 to +25 degrees, for 5 years.

Precursor to ATP

Riboxin is sometimes called a heart vitamin. But this is not an entirely accurate definition. Indeed, without its main component - inosine - cells are not able to assimilate either vitamins or microelements. Hypoxia occurs in them, and the heart may stop altogether. Since inosine is a nucleoside that is part of every cell membrane, its deficiency provokes dysfunction of a wide variety of organs and tissues. The first to suffer:

The cardiovascular system, in which ischemia, atherosclerosis, myocardial dystrophy progress against the background of hypoxia.
The liver, oxygen starvation of which leads to inflammation with an outcome in cirrhosis. Hepatocytes suffer, the gland loses its function as a natural filter.
Eyes, namely: the optic nerve and the muscles of the ocular apparatus. Visual acuity and contrast are lost.
Kidneys with the formation of uroporphyria - metabolic disorders at the local level.
Stomach - hypoxic toxicosis violates the integrity of the mucous membrane with the formation of erosions.

Riboxin, getting into the body, puts everything in place. As a source of ATP, it lowers blood pressure, normalizing the vascular wall, but it turns out to be dangerous for hypotensive patients. It stimulates the immune system, helping to resist radiation therapy. The same properties of the drug are used in sports to withstand the intensity of stress in training and competition, to prevent muscle and ligament sprains.

Instructions for use

Riboxin is taken according to certain rules.

If it is injected, and this is the most optimal delivery of inosine to the body, then intramuscular injections or intravenous administration are chosen: drip or stream. The first injection is 200 mg once a day. Provided there are no side effects, the dose is doubled. The course is 10 days. Through a dropper, the medicine is injected slowly to exclude heartbeat: no more than 50 drops per minute.
Tablets or capsules are used from the age of twelve. The first dose is a tablet (capsule) three times a day. With good tolerance, the dose is increased: first, to two tablets three times a day, and then to four. Exchange disturbances change the scheme: a tablet 4 times a day for a month or three. Reception takes place 30 minutes before meals, capsules are washed down with plain water.
For athletes, the best regimen is to take a pill a couple of hours before training. The course is no more than three months with a break of 30 days. A side effect of Riboxin is the accumulation of muscle mass.

Contraindications for admission

The big plus of Riboxin is the minimum of contraindications. But they are:

Sensitization of the body, urticaria. When the drug is canceled, everything disappears.

Exacerbation of gout with prolonged oral administration. Purine, which is a precursor to Riboxin, is involved in the conversion of uric acid. Its long-term presence in the body provokes a gouty attack.
CKD.
End-stage leukemia.
Individual intolerance.
Prenatal weeks and the period of breastfeeding require minimization of the drug intake or its complete elimination.

In the case of chemotherapy, there is a danger of metabolic hyperuricemia resulting in gout. Therefore, oncologists prescribe the drug with great care and under close supervision.

Pregnancy before prenatal weeks is not a restriction on taking Riboxin. On the contrary, he saves expectant mothers from many heart troubles. He also insures the progression or debut of gastritis, pathology of the biliary system. A feature of the drug is its positive effect on the fetus, the prevention of its hypoxia. But Riboxin is prescribed only by a doctor, in dosages corresponding to the condition of the mother and fetus.

Treatment of pathologies of the heart

The heart muscle is constantly under stress associated with the provision of normal nutrition and oxygen supply to the tissues. With age, it wears out, that is, it becomes dependent on additional energy support. It is provided by Riboxin, which plays the role of a cardioprotector. It interrupts the chain of negative processes provoked by muscle ischemia, protecting the cells of the myocardium.

Unfortunately, its mechanism of action has not been thoroughly studied. But it is reliably known that, being a purine derivative and a precursor of ATP, it exhibits anabolic qualities. With its help, anaerobic glycolysis is activated, that is, anoxic energy production using glucose. This reduces its concentration in the myocardium and allows Riboxin to stimulate the synthesis of nucleotides and protein under ischemic conditions, performing the function of a cardioprotective agent.

This is how the metabolic potentiation of Riboxin is manifested. This effect of the drug is used not only for the treatment of myocardial ischemia, but also for hypertension, arrhythmia.

With hypertension

In the case of high blood pressure, Riboxin affects the receptors of the cells, restoring their function. This is especially effective in the early stages of the disease. In parallel, the drug dissolves cholesterol plaques, which corrects the work of blood vessels and restores metabolism. In combination with Enapril, Renitek, Curantil, Delix, Enalzid and other hypotensives selected by the doctor, this gives a good result. There is a long and persistent decrease in blood pressure.

However, using Riboxin in combination with other drugs, it should be remembered that it is not combined with some medications, and if alcohol is consumed during treatment, it can lead to a hypertensive crisis or an exacerbation of cardiac pathology.

With arrhythmia

Violation of the heart rhythm is clinically manifested by a change in the heart rate in one direction or another, dizziness, shortness of breath. As a rule, this is a secondary symptom of some underlying disease. Therefore, before building a treatment regimen, you need to accurately diagnose. However, Riboxin is the very drug whose appointment for arrhythmias of any genesis is indicated without fear of negative consequences. Its use with potassium preparations is especially effective.

The essence of its action in arrhythmia is reduced to the normalization of metabolism in the heart muscle. Riboxin freely penetrates into every cell and, increasing its energy balance, restores the normal conduction of electrical impulses through the myocardium. This stops the arrhythmia.

It should be noted that such an unambiguously positive effect on the heart and blood vessels makes the drug indispensable in the complex therapy of cardiovascular pathology. Including during the acute phase of myocardial infarction.

Recently, articles have appeared in medical journals that Riboxin is a placebo. However, practice says something completely different. Its action is confirmed by animal experiments and clinical trials.

Digestive system treatment

Riboxin is a purine derivative. It is phosphorylated, penetrating into hepatocytes, and converted into inosinic acid. This substance is a source of nucleotides, both adenyl and guanyl, which are responsible for the functioning of the digestive system. Having acquired the properties of a curator of the gastrointestinal tract, the drug guarantees:

Optimization of energy-dependent reactions, creation of a basic basis for redox processes, formation of macroenergetic molecules, stimulation of tissue respiration, utilization of lactates. All this, as it were, duplicates the functions of the liver, removing some of the load from it.
Synthesis of a whole complex of purine nucleosides necessary for the formation of DNA and RNA. This stimulates regenerative processes in the food tube and aids adaptive synthesis.

In practice, biochemical transformations scientifically proven in laboratory conditions are visualized in the correction of metabolism, removal of free radicals, a decrease in antitoxic function, rapid regeneration of liver tissue and gastric mucosa. Riboxin is indicated for hepatitis and cirrhosis of various origins and at different stages of pathological inflammation.

Compatibility with other products

Riboxin is absolutely incompatible with alcohol, especially when administered parenterally and with B vitamins, in particular B6. But it can be combined without problems with almost all drugs that are prescribed for the treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular, digestive and urinary systems: Nitroglycerin, Concor, Renitek, Enapril, Nifedilin, Lasex, Furosemide.

The use of Riboxin in bodybuilding

Understanding the benefits of additional energy that Riboxin brings to the body has led to its widespread use in strength sports requiring high energy consumption. The use of the drug allows:

Increase the concentration of hemoglobin in the blood to the optimal value, taking into account the throughput of the substance.
Stimulate the production of insulin by the pancreas, which ensures easy absorption of carbohydrates by the myocardium.
Correct the lumen of the vessels depending on the tension, increasing it.
Activate immunity.
Accelerate muscle regeneration.
Raise the athlete's stamina.

All of this, especially endurance, is invaluable for bodybuilding. In addition, Riboxin improves the blood supply to all organs, including those responsible for potency, which is important for men.

The multi-vector nature of the drug allows you to completely stop energy consumption when performing strength exercises, guaranteeing normal oxygen supply, and, therefore, respiration and tissue nutrition, that is, metabolism.

In this case, one should not forget about a sense of proportion and caution. That is, before using Riboxin, a complete clinical and laboratory examination is shown in order to assess the state of the body and its need for a drug. Athletes using Riboxin can easily tolerate physiological hypoxia, since tissue cells absorb oxygen as much as possible. At the same time, the myocardium works calmly and confidently.

The use of Riboxin in sports

The popularity of Riboxin among athletes is not at all associated with the effect of weight loss, as is the case with many other drugs. Abroad, inosine is included in the menu of every athlete. This is due to the fact that it does not just normalize the work of the main internal organs: the heart. liver, kidneys, but also stimulates the body's defenses, forms a high endurance to macro loads.

Since Riboxin is a complete analogue of inosine, it also acts: strengthens the vascular wall, prevents ruptures and stretches of muscles and ligaments. This is appreciated in any sport, but especially among the “siloviki”. The indisputable advantage of the drug is that it meets all anti-doping requirements. In addition, its complete safety has been proven (with the exception of individual intolerance) and effectiveness in the recovery of athletes after extreme physical exertion.