Despite the fact that antibiotics - drugs that adversely affect the body, sometimes you can not do without them. Both cephalexin and its analogues have a powerful bactericidal effect and help cope with many diseases in the fight against which other drugs are powerless.
Who is showing the antibiotic Cephalexin?
Like all members of its group, Cephalexin is designed to fight bacteria. The drug disrupts the synthesis of the cell wall of harmful microorganisms, and they lose the ability to multiply.
Apply Cephalexin is recommended for such diagnoses:
- pneumonia (including chronic form);
- pharyngitis;
- cystitis;
- pyelonephritis;
- osteomyelitis;
- abscesses, phlegmon ;
- lymphadenitis;
- prostatitis;
- gonorrhea;
- urethritis;
- bronchitis;
- abscess of the lungs and many others.
How to replace cephalexin?
Unfortunately, it is not always possible to choose the right antibiotic the first time. This is due to the fact that it is very difficult to reliably identify a bacterium that causes damage to the body. If a couple of days after the start of treatment, the patient's health does not improve, you need to urgently change the antibiotic. Fortunately, the choice of generic drugs is quite large.
Amoxicillin is one of the most famous substitutes for cephalexin. Both drugs have similar compositions, the main difference is in the manufacturing company. Therefore, say that it's better: Cephalexin or Amoxicillin is difficult, it's antibiotics from one group - cephalosporins - which act almost identically. Determine the same, which of the drugs is more suitable in this or that case, you can only try it.
Among the most famous analogues of Cephalexin are the following:
- Cef;
- Felaxin;
- Opexin;
- Sporidex;
- Cefaklen;
- Ceflex;
- Ecocephron;
- Palitrex;
- Soleksin;
- Lexin;
- Piassan and others.
Most of these drugs are available in the form of tablets, and in the form of injections, and in capsules. Nevertheless, as practice has shown, the drugs in tablets are most popular.
Both cephalexin and many of its analogues in tablets are taken before meals. The standard dosage is 200-500 mg two to four times a day (every 6-12 hours). Increased doses may be used to control bacteria that are less sensitive to the active ingredient.
Continue treatment course should not less than a week or ten days, otherwise the effect of it will not be complete.