Antibiotic "Tetracycline" (tablets)

Everyone has known for a long time such a drug as "Tetracycline." The form of release of this drug can be as follows: coated tablets, capsules, eye ointment and ointment, which is intended for external use only. It is an antibiotic that belongs to the tetracycline series and has a wide spectrum of action.

With the help of this tool, the growth of bacterial cells stops , because they suppress protein synthesis. Although the drug "Tetracycline" (tablets) can be used independently, but a greater effect is achieved when it is prescribed together with other antibacterial agents, the most commonly used streptomycin.

After the tetracycline tablet enters the body, or rather the gastrointestinal tract, it is absorbed by about 75%, eating a little reduces the absorption of this drug. The distribution of the active substance in the body is uneven. In the kidneys, spleen, liver, lungs, bile, lymph nodes it is much larger than in plasma, sometimes 10 or more times.

Since the drug "Tetracycline" (tablets) very poorly penetrates the blood-brain barrier, then treatment with it infectious diseases that affect the brain or spinal cord, is not carried out.

The greatest amount of this drug accumulates in the dentin of milk teeth and bones, as well as in tumors.

The drug "Tetracycline" (tablets) - indications for use

Currently, this drug is used in the following cases:

• If necessary, the treatment of infectious diseases that are caused by bacteria sensitive to the drug;
• In the presence of infection of soft tissues, skin, mucous membranes, bones, as well as conjunctivitis and acne;
• For the treatment of cholera, brucellosis, plague, intestinal amoebiasis, trachoma, chlamydiasis, yaws, listeriosis, anthrax, inguinal granuloma, tularemia, syphilis, etc .;
• If necessary, treatment of bacterial infections of the urinary tract and respiratory system.

Contraindications

You can not take this medication in the presence of allergic reactions, in pregnancy, for children under 8 years old (because they have a lesion of the dentin of the baby teeth), with a low level of leukocytes in the blood (leukopenia), as well as breastfeeding.

Possible side effects

After taking the drug "Tetracycline" (tablets), there may be a decrease in appetite, nausea, an increase in the papillae of the tongue, dysphagia, pancreatitis, intestinal dysbiosis. Gastritis and glossitis may also develop, an increase in transaminases and a toxic liver damage.

Possible occurrence of azotemia, increased intracranial pressure, the development of hemolytic anemia.

Antibiotic "Tetracycline" (tablets) - instructions for use

It is recommended to take the tablets for half an hour or an hour before meals up to 4 times a day, while they should be washed down with plenty of water. At a time, usually take 250-500 milligrams of the drug.

If acne is treated, the daily dose of the drug can go up to 2 grams per day and it is taken for 3 weeks. After that, the dose is reduced to 0.125-1 gram per day for the supporting effect.

When brucellosis treatment is administered, it is necessary to take 500 milligrams of this agent every 6 hours for 2 weeks. For greater effect, it is necessary to simultaneously take streptomycin in doses that correspond to the age of the patient.

Uncomplicated gonorrhea is also treated with this medication, but its initial dose should be 1.5 grams, and only then 500 milligrams after 6 hours, for 4 days. In the treatment of syphilis take 500 milligrams of the drug for 15 days, and if late syphilis, then for a month.