Indications for taking ceftriaxone during pregnancy
Ceftriaxone is a third generation antibiotic with a strong antibacterial effect and a wide range of uses. Due to the fact that it is more effective than antibiotic drugs of the penicillin series, it is often prescribed to pregnant women for treatment of the following pathologies:
- pyelonephritis and other urinary tract infections;
- gonorrhea and other infections of the genitals;
- burns and infected wounds;
- salmonellosis;
- Borrelesis;
- typhoid fever;
- infectious meningitis;
- infectious lesions of bones and joints;
- peritonitis and other inflammations of the abdominal cavity;
- sepsis;
- endocarditis;
- infectious diseases of ENT organs;
- infectious diseases of the respiratory system.
In addition to a wide spectrum of action, Ceftriaxone during pregnancy can have a number of side effects. First of all, these are various skin rashes, signs of dyspepsia, thrush, headaches and dizziness, nosebleeds. A lot of troubles associated with the use of antibiotic ceftriaxone in pregnancy from the side of the gastrointestinal tract. Nausea, vomiting, flatulence, diarrhea is a common response of the digestive system to the ingestion of a given drug in the body.
Admission Ceftriaxone depending on the gestational age
Ceftriaxone in pregnancy is prescribed with due regard for the term: in the first trimester, when the embryo organs are formed, the drug is strictly prohibited, since synthetic components are capable of causing mutagenic changes in the fetus.
Ceftriaxone in pregnancy in the second trimester can be used in exceptional cases with ineffectiveness of other possible therapies. It is extremely dangerous to exceed recommended doses. This can cause the fetus gene changes and various body lesions.
In the third trimester of pregnancy, ceftriaxone is approved for use in accordance with all the requirements of the instruction. First of all, it concerns the comparison of benefits from its use with risks for normal intrauterine development of life, because the drug enters the blood of a pregnant woman, and with it through the placenta into a growing organism. It is important to be convinced of the advisability of such therapy and the absence of possible adverse effects on the health of the baby.
Ceftriaxone is categorically prohibited during pregnancy (even in the 2nd and 3rd trimester) with sensitivity to cephalosporins, and with special caution is prescribed for various abnormalities in kidney function. Categorically prohibited simultaneous reception of the drug with other antimicrobial medicines.
Despite the fact that the drug penetrates the placental barrier, with the recommendations of the doctor and dosage, Ceftriaxone during pregnancy very rarely has negative consequences for the child, such as a violation in the work of the kidneys, the laying of teeth, damage to the auditory nerve.