Dimefosfon shows anti-acid, membrane-stabilizing, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, normalizes blood flow and metabolism of brain tissues, reduces cardiac and pulmonary insufficiency, improves blood circulation regulation, including cerebral circulation.
Anti-acid effect is realized due to intensification of renal and pulmonary mechanisms of regulation of acid-base state, enhancement of intraorganic blood flow and tissue metabolism, and dimephosfon reduces the content of lactic and pyruvic acids in the brain tissues.
Dimefosfon stabilizes cell membranes, restoring reactivity of cerebral vessels,improving the functions of the cerebral hemispheres and the brain stem, reduces the depth of disturbances in consciousness, restores the sleep-wake cycle, reflexes, arcs that close through the stem divisions, reduces the severity of pyramidal, cerebellar, vestibular, visual and auditory disorders.
Antioxidant action is carried out by preventing the activation of lipid peroxidation and increasing the activity of antioxidant enzymes in the brain tissues.
Dimefosfon strengthens the energy processes in the brain as directly, directly affecting the mitochondria, and indirectly by stimulating the pituitary-thyroid system, increasing the consumption of thyroid hormones by tissues, which is accompanied by activation of energy and catabolic processes in the mitochondria of cells. It shows the properties of some neurotransmitters (GABA-positive, H-cholino and dopaminergic activity).
Dimefosfon reduces cardiac and pulmonary insufficiency, restoring the resistivity of peripheral vessels (arterial and venous).
Dimefosfon improves the regulation of cerebral circulation, not having a pronounced vasodilating effect,but positively affects the metabolism of brain tissues during their ischemia, improves venous outflow. The effectiveness of clinical use of the drug for various forms of cerebrovascular insufficiency is associated with its ability to increase the resistance of nerve cells to ischemia, with a decrease in edema and, in connection with this, improvement in microcirculation.