Antibacterial agent 'Sulfadimethoxin': instruction

Tablets "Sulfadimetoksin" are included in the pharmacotherapeutic group of antimicrobial agents. The active substance is sulfadimethoxine, which in one tablet contains 0.5 grams. It is a long-acting sulfanilamide preparation. You can say that the drug "Sulfadimetoksin" - an antibiotic, which is a synthetic antibacterial agent. This drug is one of the derivatives of sulfonamide.

About the indications for the prescription of the drug "Sulfadimethoxin" the instruction informs the following.

The drug is active in the treatment of infectious and inflammatory diseases, which were provoked by the microflora sensitive to its action. These are inflammatory pathologies, such as pneumonia and bronchitis, dysentery, as well as:

• Inflammatory processes of the biliary, urinary tract;

• Wound infections;

• Toxoplasmosis;

• Meningitis, otitis media, sinusitis;

• tonsillitis;

• Trachoma and other infectious diseases, accompanied by an inflammatory process.

What are the contraindications for the prescription of the antibacterial drug "Sulfadimethoxin"? The instruction, in the first place, calls hypersensitivity to the medicinal product under consideration. If a history of the patient shows marked toxic-allergic reactions to drugs of this group, the purpose of the described agent is contraindicated. Do not prescribe this medicine for renal / hepatic insufficiency, pregnancy, heart failure, porphyria. It is forbidden to drink to children under the age of three.

Regarding the methods of using the antibacterial agent "Sulfadimethoxin", the instruction gives the following recommendations. To appoint adult patients one gram of sulfanilamide preparation on the first day and 0.5 grams on the remaining days of treatment. Increase in dosage is allowed in case of severe course of the pathological process.

Children receive the drug according to the same scheme, but the dosage is calculated somewhat differently. Day one - 25 milligrams of the drug, the remaining days of treatment - 12 mg per kilogram daily.

The drug is found in the blood in half an hour after intake, reaching the maximum effect on the body for about ten hours. After twelve years, children are prescribed a medication, as well as adult patients. The medicine is excreted in the urine. The treatment course usually lasts from one to two weeks.

Side effects that were seen when treating with tablets "Sulfadimethoxin":

• Allergies - hives, itching, dermatitis, rashes;

• Pain in the lower back and in the region of the liver;

• Fever caused by taking medication;

• Altered color of urine ;

• Hepatitis cholestatic, increased activity of liver enzymes;

• Dry mouth, nausea, pathological thirst;

• Hematopoiesis, leukopenia.

Such side effects in the treatment of the drug "Sulfadimetoksin" instruction refers to the symptoms of an overdose with this drug. In such cases, they stop treatment. If there is a need, you should wash the stomach, prescribe alkaline drink, salt laxative, but such appointments are made exclusively by a doctor.

Features of therapy with the use of medicines "Sulfadimetoksin"

Caution is prescribed for heart failure in the patient, with hepatic and renal pathologies. It should be consumed a lot of alkaline drink throughout the course of therapy. Problems with the management of transport during treatment with the drug was not identified. Regularly during the treatment with this medicine, urine and blood are taken for analysis.

Produced in tablets. One contour cell container contains ten tablets of the drug. Vacation is made by prescription.