Suprax is an antibiotic of the third generation, which contains the active ingredient zymixin.
Supraks - indications for use
This drug is prescribed and used for:
- infectious diseases of the respiratory tract (pneumonia, tracheitis, bronchitis, whooping cough, etc.);
- infectious diseases of the urogenital system;
- for the treatment of inflammatory processes of ENT organs (angina, pharyngitis, otitis, sinusitis, etc.).
The area of application of the suprax is rather wide. This drug belongs to one of the most powerful antibiotics, because of what it is referred to as the so-called stock. Supraks is logical and necessary to use in the case when other, more "sparing" drugs do not have the necessary action. It is undesirable to use the antibiotic suprax to begin treatment of the disease, since in the future the organism may become addicted to this drug.
Suprax in the form of a suspension is the most optimal treatment option for angina and bronchitis in children. If the attending physician prescribes the correct course of treatment with suprax, given all contraindications, allergy indications and drug tolerability. With the optimal dosage and duration of the course, suprax is very well tolerated by children. In hospitals, with the help of this drug, acute forms of pneumonia are treated.
Suprax in otitis media is a very effective drug. It quickly penetrates into the lesions, as its maximum concentration in the blood is reached in four hours. In tissues, this drug is delayed for a long time. Patients are well tolerated with this medication. All these properties suggest that suprax is suitable for the treatment of acute otitis media in children.
Widely used antibiotic supraks with sinusitis, he safely eliminates the pathogens of the disease. In use, this drug is convenient - taking the medicine twice a day and treatment course for three to six days.
Supraks is a release form
The main forms of production of suprax are:
- capsules that contain 200 mg or 400 mg of the active substance;
- granules;
- a suspension which, due to its quick action, as well as a pleasant taste, is used mainly in the treatment of children.
It should be remembered that suprax, like any other drug, is quite individual in its composition, and therefore not suitable for everyone. Many are allergic to an antibiotic. In the treatment with suprax, not all have positive body reactions to this drug. Therefore, about this antibiotic you can hear both positive and negative feedback.
Suprax side effects and contraindications
To this medicine, as well as to some other antibiotic, there are a number of contraindications.
It is forbidden to take suprax to people who are allergic to penicillin and cephalosporin drugs. Caution should be taken supraks to patients with kidney or liver disease. Do not recommend taking it to women during pregnancy and lactation of young children, as well as infants up to 6 months of age.
Side effects of the drug:
- for the digestive tract: dysbacteriosis, jaundice, stomatitis, glossitis, as well as provoking the condition
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, flatulence; - for the hematopoietic system: anemia, leukopenia, bleeding;
- for the central nervous system: the appearance of migraine, dizziness, tinnitus;
- for the urogenital system: vaginitis;
- for urinary system: impaired renal function, interstitial nephritis;
- various reactions due to allergy to suprax: manifestation of itching and redness of the skin, itching in the genital area, increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood, urticaria, fever, various diseases of the skin and mucous membrane, anaphylactic shock.
In order to avoid diseases associated with the violation of the intestinal microflora, as well as the microflora of the mucous membranes of the mouth, the vagina, it is necessary to take probiotics (lacidophil, acipol, etc.) simultaneously with suprax.