Antibiotic "Tetracycline". Instructions for use

"Tetracycline" is a broad-spectrum antibiotic. The trademark and international name of the drug have a similar name. There are several forms of the drug, the antibiotic "Tetracycline" is available in the form of tablets, eye ointment, capsules, substance-powder, ointment for external use. To treat infectious lesions of the oral cavity, the drug is released in the form of dental cones with anesthetic substances and tetracycline.

The drug "Tetracycline" was widely used because of its high activity against a variety of bacteria, including gram-negative bartonella, brucella, chlamydia, mycoplasma, treponema, ureaplasma, and others. Sensitivity to the drug is found in some types of Gram-positive bacteria, such as streptococci, staphylococci. The simplest microorganisms such as amoeba and infusoria also die from the action of the active substance "Tetracycline".

There are, however, parasites that are resistant to the drug. These are viruses and fungi, as well as a number of bacteria (sera, proteins, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, most of the strains of bacteroides).

The medicine "Tetracycline". Instructions for use, indications

The variety of forms of release of the drug testifies to the possibility of its internal and external application. The list of diseases, which are indications for the appointment of "Tetracycline" as a medicine, is very capacious. Combines all the indications with one general condition concerning infectious agents, namely, all microorganisms exhibit hypersensitivity to the drug, which is the reason for the satisfactory result of the treatment.

Inside "Tetracycline" is prescribed for the diagnosis:

- pneumonia, purulent pleurisy;

- bronchitis, dysentery (of amoebic and bacterial origin);

- septic endocarditis;

- tonsillitis, whooping cough, scarlet fever;

- brucellosis, gonorrhea, tularemia;

- typhus (recurrent and sypnoy), psittacosis;

- urinary tract infections;

- purulent meningitis, chronic cholecystitis.

In order to prevent complications, surgical patients are often prescribed prophylaxis with Tetracycline, and the instruction for use calls a number of indications, in which its external application is also provided. These include infectious lesions of the eyes, phlegmon, burns, mastitis.

In the medical literature, cases of high efficacy of treatment of patients infected with a carrier bacterium of cholera are described. It is widely used in gonorrhea, if a severe form of infection is diagnosed, "Tetracycline" is recommended to be used simultaneously with another antibiotic.

The drug "Tetracycline". Application and contraindications

Along with a huge list of indications of the drug "Tetracycline" instructions for use calls a number of cases and diseases in which the drug is contraindicated. A list of this kind is as follows:

- severe hepatic impairment;

- Pregnancy;

- Lakopenia;

- the age of the child is less than 8 years and the period of breastfeeding;

Hypersensitivity to the constituent elements of the drug.

The use of the drug varies in adult patients and children. In the first case, 3 or 4 times a drug intake of 250 mg in a single dose is prescribed. Less than 800 mg of antibiotic "Tetracycline" instructions for use do not recommend use, because the resistance of bacteria to its active components can develop.

For children, the daily dose is calculated depending on the weight of the child (maximum 25 mg per 1 kg of body weight).

Sometimes there is a negative reaction of the body to taking the drug "Tetracycline", the instruction for use warns of the possibility of side effects of the medication, which manifest as a decrease in appetite, vomiting and nausea. In rare cases, allergic reactions in the form of pruritus and rashes were seen in patients. It is not recommended long-term treatment with Tetracycline, the use of medication in excessively increased doses will not lead to the desired result, but will also adversely affect the overall condition of the patient and the course of the entire medical process. Never use medicine without prescribing a doctor.